Word: redmund
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gallons of beer that he couldn't grow a beard and keep it on till Easter. Alf figured the bet was a cinch, because he had grown a beard last summer and none of his bosses had said a word. This time, however, Brewery Manager Jack Redmund (who had been Alf's officer in the territorials during the war) issued an ultimatum: "Shave it off or work inside." A brewery executive explained: "We didn't feel that the growth of the beard upheld the prestige of our delivery to our customers...
...took a job in the barrel room at a 5-shilling cut in wages, but he was far from happy. "Redmund smokes a pipe," he grumbled. "I don't like it, but I ain't saying anything." A reporter from the Daily Herald printed the remark and Alf got the sack...