The Voice Issue 6, Autumn 2011 | Page 23

Peter sums it up best, “If I hadn’t seen them before the op, I wouldn’t have had a clue what to expect. It wasn’t reassuring as such, but made me feel less in the dark. I always thought, these guys have still got their sense of humour, so it can’t be too bad!” He’s already speaking very effectively and has clearly retained his sense of humour too. A big mix of people Of course, when you get any group of larys together, you meet all sorts of people with all sorts of stories. And, as you’d expect, the Chatterbox Club is full of them – inspiring stories, tall tales, saucy anecdotes; everyone’s got something to say. After nineteen years, Tony is the group’s longest serving lary. He told us a tale about a time, five years ago, when he bought a paper from the l