Note: for the last 25 years of his life his best friend was the black guy who lived next door. I think my grandfather was the only man alive who could say that word to him and not have him react.
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funny you say that,when i was very little we lived in gloucester,and my dads best mate was a jamaican immigrant called charlie,this was in the early 60's and immigration on any large scale was new here.....when my dad was going downhill with cancer we tried to find charlie unsuccessfully
the thing is he was charlie harris,my dad was robert harris and my grandad was a charlie harris