Sand Fight!

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You used to go…you used to play with my sister-in-law’s son, Michael. And they was a right pair together. Never ever found them. They always went missing.
And one particular Sunday, Michael’s mum was in hospital. And we’re looking for him. And we’re like o we don’t know cause we got to go to this hospital. What happened? Two streets of white (?) and a pile of yellow sand! .Him and Michael were in the mobster lot they was like yellow people. It was terrible. Did mine ever get a good smack. O he run for his life. O he run for his life because he was threatened. Because he was threatened. And poor Michael. But he didn’t cry. You know Michael didn’t cry? And his dad put him across his knee and smacked him. Ooohhh never cried.

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The boys went on to become the most successful designers of city based sand locations in the world. Significant achievements include the giant sand pit out side of Holyrood Palace, the secret sandpit in the middle of the Houses of Parliament and the transformation of Brighton beach into a genuine sandy (pebbless) beach. Single handedly, they transformed the profile of sand.

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Although this was unknown to Dolly at the time, a budding photographer (think destitute, struggling, yet to be successful artist) lived upstairs from where the boys were playing on Luke St. Seeing such childish fun on his doorstep, he ran to get his camera, and snapped a few photos. The light was just so, the children's enjoyment was clear, the focus was excellent. When the photo was developed, it was clearly a masterpiece. The photographer entered it into a portrait competition and won. The prize was £3000 - a small fortune for the struggling artist. He was able to leave Luke Street (a little down at heel) and move to the splendid surroundings of Bloomsbury, purchasing a small but elegant flat with the proceeds of his win. Having held on to his flat ever since, and inflation being what it is, the struggling photographer is now a millionnaire.

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