Billyís cuppa tea

Local character, Billy Gibbons, who has been known to cause a stir in the past, has featured in a national newspaper today by selling a cup of tea for £12.50 on eBay. The article in The Guardian explains that Billy was taught how to make a proper cup of tea by his mother, and goes on to say that he had up to 30 potential buyers bidding for his "nice cup of tea". His only problem now is how to deliver it – and in admitting this, he said, "By the time it arrives it might not be as nice as it was. But I will be sending a mug or cup with it, so someone might be just as satisfied with my mum's recipe for a nice cup of tea."

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