The Professor Peregrine Papers

Listening to the professor's colourful and lengthy tales of his past, it's difficult to avoid the name Reggie "Engine Driver" Faustroll. I asked to hear more about him and, after an exceptionally detailed account of the afternoon Faustroll took 5 for 27 on a turning wicket against a visiting Patagonian 11 at Stockleigh Pomeroy, the professor retrieved an old photograph from his personal archive.  It showed Faustroll in jovial mood at the official opening of the Alfred Jarry monument. Unhappily, the professor has completely forgotten the location of this fine piece of public sculpture. In fact, after a glass or two of a particularly pleasant Madiran, he ventured to suggest that it was now only visible as a metaphor. (Although, he has subsequently denied saying anything of the kind and asserts that he was simply discussing varieties of turnip).