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Right: John Goulding
(with his trousers on!)
Only the Sun could come up with such a resque headline and the story
that followed on page 3 of the paper on December 7, 1987. Mind you,
there was a topless young lady next to it.
But as they say, everyone is entitled to 15 minutes of fame and John
Goulding, now 83 and still a member of Hereford Lions Club certainly
got his dose of fame that day. He told Festive News: “My mishap playing
Santa made national news and I have lived with it ever since, although
I doubt if many readers of Festive News remember the story. I certainly
had the micky taken out of me when I got to work that morning.”
What the Sun wrote about John’s mishap
Father Christmas’s trousers fall down round his ankles Santa Claus blushed
as red as his tunic when his trousers fell down as thousands of kiddies looked
on.
John Goulding donned the traditional costume and cotton wool beard to
play St. Nicolas when he was invited to switch on a city’s Christmas lights.
He battled through an
enthusiastic crowd to
reach the stage where he
stood proudly next to
the mayor and mayoress
of Hereford and assem-
bled dignitaries. But
then John suddenly got a
sinking feeling – and
looked down to find his
trousers in a crumpled
heap around his ankles.
“There was a roar of
laughter and I knew my
performance had been a
disaster,” said John
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