LE LANCASHIRE LÈVRE

PLAYERS: CHRIS ASHTON

SOMETIMES - JUST SOMETIMES - A COLD CALL CAN LEAD TO A HOT DATE, SO WHEN CHRIS ASHTON - IN EXILE IN TOULON - NOT ONLY PICKED UP THE PHONE BUT OFFERED US COFFEE AND CROISSANTS IF WE WANTED TO STOP BY, WE HEADED STRAIGHT TO HEATHROW. AND, AS EVER, THE LANCASHIRE LIP WAS IN THE FINEST OF FETTLE.

Back in the 18th century, there used to be rules against this …