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Had a young chap in with some cricket stuff, I asked if he was a fan, as he had brought 7 shirts and a bat to be framed, he replies, no I am a player, oh up and coming player then, I say, he smiled and we sorted out the jobs.

He left, my staff then tell me I am a knob head?. That's Joe Root.

Apparently he plays cricket quite well.
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Thats funny.... :clap: :giggle:
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brilliant :clap: just the sort of thing we would do too!

shows what a down to earth kind of person he is though that he obviously could see the funny side and not go out of his way to correct you
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Always good to see celebrities and sport figures using local frame shops
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We got to know an elderly gent quite well, not by name, until he came in with some stuff to frame - he was Colin Cowdrey!

Then his son, Grahame, who used to bring hs own mug for coffee as our disposables were too small!
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What a great thread. Indeed what a great place this is. Framing question answered and a couple of good cricket stories. Only on the Framers Forum. :clap:
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well i love cricket






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My business used to frame all of the signed cricket bats for the Professional Cricket Association, until I retired. The PCA preferred a glass case set in a frame for bats. The year Graham Hick scored his 100th century for Worcestershire, we got an order that autumn for 50 cased bats to be collected prior to a presentation function.

My workshop was on the top floor of an old warehouse by the river Severn, and prior to flood defenses being built, when there was a major flood, the building's ground floor would flood, though we could continue to work, access to the building was gained with waders, but we had to keep an eye on the level of the water when it was rising as the current would get too strong to wade against at a certain point.

PCA said they would get their driver to collect the bats in good time, but we had a flood alert, and it was to turn out to be one of the highest on record, there was a light coloured brick in the wall of the building opposite, if the water reach this level we would be marooned in the building. I had to balance the risk of stacking 50 cased bats in pouring rain in a flooding car park, against timing it so that we could carry each item out wearing waders through 50 yards of rising water. We held on and the driver arrived just in time, the level was just lapping on the light brick as we got the last case out of the building and I was able to lock doors that were half submerged in flood water, the invoice clenched between my teeth.
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:shock: It may not have been fun at the time, but at least you have a great story to share with your fellow framers. :D

As indeed you have done. :clap:


If you had really got seriously marooned you could have knocked up a raft from offcuts and used the bats as paddles. :giggle:
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