Petition: Part I

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Programmes three quid?

By Andrew Senior

You know that man who stands outside The Railway Hotel shouting

                                       three

“Prograaaammes

                                                       quid"

with that exact intonation? The repetitious sound of his voice on matchdays, floating over the Hill Street / Bramall Lane / Cherry Street intersection, is as glorious and comforting as birdsong ‘pon a winter’s morn.