SQUADDIES in Germany have been making urgent contact with a butcher in Bare for his sausages.

"It's their wives who usually get in touch," said Bare butcher Cllr John Fretwell. "It seems their husbands are fed up of bratwurst and what have you and are dying for a proper British sausage. -The squaddies saw the sausages advertised on the internet and John has been doing a roaring trade. The army lads spend £45 a time to taste the culinary delights from Bare.

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