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HANCOCK
Pin your ears back, this is going to be a big ‘un, this’ll probably clear you right out. Now then… I want ten*crates of stout winter brew, five*crates of best brown, twelve*quarts of Dragon’s Breath, two*barrels of bitter, two*crates of Danish lager, and a barrel of rough cider.
OFF LICENCE MANAGER
Cor, blimey! Are you going to have a party?
[beat]
HANCOCK
No, me grandmother’s coming over.
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From*Hancock’s Half Hour,*‘The Reunion Party’, BBC Television, first broadcast 25 March 1960.
Hancock at the Off Licence, 1960 from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Beer blogging since 2007, covering real ale, craft beer, pubs and British beer history.


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