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From joining as a PC at age 23 I went into a variety of roles from emergency

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Greetings, my name is David Flappman.

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's episode of our weekly flats and shanks pod cast.

I'm David Flappman. I'm Tom. Tom who? Tom Hanks. You.

What you like. I think if we have a new listener this week they don't know who you really are.

Fair enough I am Tom Shanklin. Former. Former London Welsh. Former

Sarasant, former Cardiff Blue. And go on. Social captain.

I mean to be more playful. You probably were actually weren't you? Yeah, 100%.

If there was a social going on I would lead it and I would also make sure everyone came

in fancy dress otherwise what's the point? What's the point of the social if everyone's just going to

wear their best clothes? Yeah, although fancy dress is a ball like. Yeah, but I like

that. I like people making the effort. It says a lot about a person.

When they're forced to make an effort. When they're forced to make an effort and what they come out fighting like.

Yeah, was it you or me that went to the Sarasant's fancy dress party and the thing was

different countries and went in a jeez string with Hong Kong? Was that you or me?

I think it might be me. That's a great shout that. Yeah. If you don't know if it was you

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