The BDSC was a real club formed in the late summer of 1966 by a group of friends in a town in mid-Essex. The minutes of the club were kept
scrupulously in various colours of biro or pencil right up until...
Well, you'll need to read the book to find out...
The quotes in the book are all real excerpts from these actual minutes. Assuming they were accurate (and they were certainly 'eligible' (sic))
then the club must have turned over about 50 per cent of the national GDP in fines each year.