Ploughman's

Ever since British New Wavers Ian Dury and the Blockheads scored with their 1979 single Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 3) -- which celebrated people like Elvis and the Marx Brothers and pleasures like Ploughman's sandwiches (cheddar cheese and a pickle) and "coming out of chokey" (solitary confinement) -- inquiring minds have wondered about parts one and two.

Michael Sigman: Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 1) 2009

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A New Innovative Commenting and Comment Flagging System 2009

'Ploughman's Lunch' is not a traditional meal going back to the dawn of time, but was invented by a marketing executive in 1961 to increase sales of cheese this has long been rumoured, but Victoria Coren unearthed documentary evidence and proved it.

Archive 2006-01-01 Carla 2006

'Ploughman's Lunch' is not a traditional meal going back to the dawn of time, but was invented by a marketing executive in 1961 to increase sales of cheese this has long been rumoured, but Victoria Coren unearthed documentary evidence and proved it.

Balderdash and Piffle: TV review Carla 2006

And then I was on Devonshire Close, a dead-end street that ran north a single block from another street with the irresistible name of Ploughman's Bush.

The Burglar On The Prowl Block, Lawrence 2004

First, though, I walked back to Ploughman's Bush and circled the block.

The Burglar On The Prowl Block, Lawrence 2004

From the type of food they'd brought into the carriage-the cheapest sort of provender, a Ploughman's lunch of bread, pickle, onion, a raw turnip, and a bit of greasy beef or strong cheese-it seemed that might be the case.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

She shut her eyes and tried to shut her ears to the sound of stolid jaws chewing away at a Ploughman's lunch and a knife cut-ting bits off the onion and turnip that were part of it.

The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002

But otherwise he might have been in Ploughman's Lane.

Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981

In his rear mirror he saw a flying figure, a woman who was running down Ploughman's Lane as if pursued.

Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981