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93 Sqn Linebook No. 2 - Page 56 Recognise him in his best blue? News-clipping says: Gorilla to tea - Mr John Aspinall's pet gorilla which he keeps at his Kent home, was taken out to tea in Canterbury last week. Clinging to the back of a woman member of Mr Aspinall's staff, the gorilla went into a fashionable tea house. Two or three customers left immediately in some disorder. The reaction of other customers the proprietress tells me varied between "surprised and pained". She adds; "There was no need for me to take any action as the gorilla was extremely well-behaved all the time. Anyway, I have no rules banning gorillas from the tea-rooms. It certainly loved the home-made cakes." Caption under the centre picture: "It has an ape-like face , manlike limbs, proably walks semi-erect. It has a larger jaw and a higher brow than apes." Final caption: "If you saw this evil man it would be the last face you ever saw!" Anyone able to identify the photo? (Thanks to RAF Museum.) |
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