"Jimmy knew a lot of the high-ups. He met Mr Churchill and did some work for one of the Ministers. But it all changed after the war; things went back to normal," the retired writer for the East London Pioneer, who still treasures the notebook from his early 1960s interview with Jimmy Sowerbutt, said. "But he got a phone call about a year after the war ended from someone he knew. Some idiot had broken into No 11 Downing Street where the Chancellor lived - a sour-faced bloke called Dalton - and stolen his briefcase, full of important papers.
"You wouldn't read about it. Didn't take Jimmy long to find the briefcase - it had been sold to a pawnbroker in Charing Cross Road for a couple of bob. The old pawnbroker had been about to put the papers on his fire.
"A young smart-arse had been causing trouble around Jimmy's manor - in one of his brothels and a couple of the pubs. So Jimmy dropped the briefcase off at his lodgings and tipped off his contact. Jimmy got £100 reward, the smart-arse learnt his lesson with a six-month stretch and Mr Dalton got off the hook. He only lasted another year or so anyway."
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"You wouldn't read about it. Didn't take Jimmy long to find the briefcase - it had been sold to a pawnbroker in Charing Cross Road for a couple of bob. The old pawnbroker had been about to put the papers on his fire.
"A young smart-arse had been causing trouble around Jimmy's manor - in one of his brothels and a couple of the pubs. So Jimmy dropped the briefcase off at his lodgings and tipped off his contact. Jimmy got £100 reward, the smart-arse learnt his lesson with a six-month stretch and Mr Dalton got off the hook. He only lasted another year or so anyway."
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