Being a Tuesday it is, of course, ESSEX TALES day and we’ll come onto that in a moment but firstly we had time to take a look at a more recent story.

This concerned a church in Kenya where the pastor has forbidden female members of his flock from wearing underwear during his services. Female worshippers were told that they needed to feel free in their “mind and body” and warned of dire consequences if they failed to observe the new rule. Curiously it appears that males would already feel free enough not to have to divest themselves of their pants. And you think you’ve heard everything!

Coming closer to home, but distant in time, we heard from CARL MERRY about the king of smugglers, William Bligh who came from Paglesham. Not for nothing was William Bligh accorded this title, as anyone who can prove themselves as more than a match for the revenue men, deserves that and more. Listen to the tale by clicking on the link below, and be amazed: –  Essex Tales 4th March

See you next week,

Scott