Your own dear Chicken Supremo was able to add another useful article to the All Blissford Useful Tools and Implement Collective on Tuesday (yes – another market purchase) Nestling amongst the bric a brac of the “deadstock” (this is a technical auctioneers term to describe everything not connected with animals – nothing to do with carcasses at all) was an item that gladdened the heart of your Supremo and she was determined to get it. Lurking in the press of old farmers and cattle truck drivers, she stood her ground until the desired item came under the hammer. With extreme noncholance which belied her mounting excitement she managed the purchase without alerting the others present to the gem that was under their very noses.

Anyone wishing to borrow the Blissford MEGAPHONE can call at the Hen Haven. Its efficiency has already been proven – by simply announcing “GOOD AFTERNOON” to an assortment of neighbours they all rushed round to Izzys to find out what the noise was about – some had even risen from their sickbeds to investigate. In future, anyone wishing to make a general announcement will only have to do it once from Blissford Cross, for all the hard copy b.v. readers to be instantly au fait with the news.