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Make way for the Bold Gendarmes
Roger Crutchley, Published on 04/08/2024
» The Paris Olympics have sparked memories of the time as an eight-year-old I was dressed up as a French Gendarme for a Christmas concert at a church hall in England. There were four of us and we had to perform The Bold Gendarmes, a popular song in the mid 1950s by French operetta composer Jacques Offenbach. It made gentle fun of the French policemen as the opening lyrics suggest:
Kiwi side romps away to win sevens tournament
Sports, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/10/2012
» Hot favourites NZ4Nations stormed to victory in the 18th Bangkok Rugby Sevens Tournament yesterday after an emphatic 53-7 win over the Hong Kong Lions at the Police Stadium.