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When I lived in Leeds there was a local roofing firm which traded under the name ADUXAS. But that was intentional rather than unfortunate!
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dan3008 wrote:when I was with sally army, we had mr & mrs Major Prat... and my dad new a Captain Scarlet when he was with MOD


I don't suppose they were residents of


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There was always hilarity in the typing pool (a long time ago!) when someone had to write to Mr. Aaron Mycock.
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My wife (an Educational Psychologist) had dealings with a boy named Robin.
What were his parents (Mr. and Mrs.Hood) thinking ?
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And there was Isaac Hunt,a manager of a company,now gone,in Cardiff.Imagine him being called over the tannoy for the first time by the(female)receptionist!!
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