They ran the same thing here in NL, and I got accosted the same way.

Why do you assume they were "Students"? That's a pretty bigoted thing to say (the implication that students are crooked gits and will do anything for a fiver). The blokes who got me were definite "Wide Boys" who definitely WERE crooked gits who would do anything for a fiver.
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