The ladies told me to get on my bike (From Bournemouth Echo)

The ladies told me to get on my bike

8:00am Monday 8th February 2010 in

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THE scandal surrounding England football captain John Terry has caused me to recall the days when, as a young man, my attempts to attract young ladies invariably ended in rejection and humiliation.

I could not afford a car and I used to turn up at dances on an old rusty push-bike.

I remember, on one occasion, parking my bike outside the Gaiety Ballroom in my home town of Grimsby.

As I removed my cycle clips a doorman said: “You’ll not pull tonight mate”.

He was right – I didn’t.

GEOFFREY LINDLEY, Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth