WILSON TELLS A JOKE

Wilson seemed lost in thought as we proceeded into the next room of the mill. 

'Actually,' he announced, 'a hundred years ago I might have been a Rich (but beneficent) Mill Owner instead of a Poor Worker. My credentials would have been perfect!'

'Credentials?' I asked, 'You know a lot about milling? Or cotton? Or flour?'

'I am ambitious!' he replied, 'I am VERY ambitious!'

He broke off the conversation while he attempted to stop Antony and TT climbing on the machinery — it felt a lot like watching myself trying to stop HIM climbing over the exhibits at the Rochester Naval Dockyards Museum a year or so ago…

Once the children had been apprehended and given a warning, we headed outside to the Museum area, and Wilson told me a joke.

'Okay, New Dad, the Past, the Present and the Future all walked into a bar.' He paused. 'It was… tense!'

His shoulders shook in silent laughter.