On This Day;

[Joey66]

25 February 1977. Met Mrs Whittle for the very first time. At a bus stop.

 

[Alan Whittle]

Mrs Whitte insists that this is "our song".
She won't have it, even if I insist, that it's "South London's Red'n'Blue Army".

 

[Joey66]

Mrs Whitte insists that this is "our song".
She won't have it, even if I insist, that it's "South London's Red'n'Blue Army".

Written by a young lad who later was in 10CC also wrote Everton Everton - he wrote loads of hit records such has

• Graham Gouldman: Known for his "commercial" pop sensibilities, he was already a successful hit songwriter before 10cc, having written "For Your Love" (The Yardbirds), "Bus Stop" (The Hollies), and "No Milk Today" (Herman's Hermits)

he was in his last year at School

 

[Tommy Chong]

One for the boxing fans:


And one for the cricket fans:

I wonder what he’d have to say about Australia’s embarrassing exit from the T20 World Cup?

Mrs Whitte insists that this is "our song".
She won't have it, even if I insist, that it's "South London's Red'n'Blue Army".

Was it at least love at first sight, Al?!

 

[Alan Whittle]

One for the boxing fans:
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And one for the cricket fans:
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I wonder what he’d have to say about Australia’s embarrassing exit from the T20 World Cup?


Was it at least love at first sight, Al?!

It was

 

[Joey66]

Remember my older brother & late father making these - they were lethal old pram wheels etc no drill hole for the steering made with a red hot poker off the coal fire & a bolt that always worked loose & no brakes - going down hill lethal -

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[Tommy Chong]

Remember my older brother & late father making these - they were lethal old pram wheels etc no drill hole for the steering made with a red hot poker off the coal fire & a bolt that always worked loose & no brakes - going down hill lethal -

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‘Requested page not found’ when I try to click on that attachment, Joseph.

 

[Joey66]

‘Requested page not found’ when I try to click on that attachment, Joseph.

wrong thread moved it to the oldies thread sorry ....

 

[Rita_Poon]

Remember my older brother & late father making these - they were lethal old pram wheels etc no drill hole for the steering made with a red hot poker off the coal fire & a bolt that always worked loose & no brakes - going down hill lethal -

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red hot pokers? this how you keep the riff raff off your bowling greens?

 

[Tommy Chong]

wrong thread moved it to the oldies thread sorry ....

Ahhh, acknowledged mate.

 

[Kurt.]

Remember my older brother & late father making these - they were lethal old pram wheels etc no drill hole for the steering made with a red hot poker off the coal fire & a bolt that always worked loose & no brakes - going down hill lethal -

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Is this how you banged your head as a youngster ?

 

[Joey66]

Is this how you banged your head as a youngster ?

I will bang your head - keep reading your Beanos...

 

[Eggs]

 

[summerisle]

 

[tonka1878]

On this day, 3rd September 1939, Britain declared war on Germany.

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And the World would be forever changed in what ended the Nazi's (or so we hoped!!) but could have gone the other way and ended society!?!

That bugs me, if whoever wrote the piece was confident enough to write 480 -500 people why not just put 492.