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3am: Where's me Long Johns?


Byline: Clemmie Moodie & Danielle Lawler

ALFIE Allen was nearly made to walk the plank to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; - a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates.
to walk off the plank into the water and be drowned; - an expression derived from the practice of pirates who extended a
 after turning up late to dad Keith's first night of Treasure Island.

Alfie, who has made up with girlfriend Jaime Winstone, told us: "We got here late because we were stuck in traffic coming back from Cambridge. We ran down the aisles to get in, but it was worth it - dad was brilliant."

In fact, Keith's Long John Silver is so good when his young son Teddie saw the posters at the Haymarket, he pointed and said: "There's a pirate called Daddy."

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Title Annotation:Features
Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Nov 19, 2008
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