On This Day;

[kev]

Rumble In The Jungle.
50yrs ago today

God I feel old. Half a Century FFS.

 

[Connor mcloud]

Rumble In The Jungle.
50yrs ago today

"Once there was a battle here"

 

[Rita_Poon]

 

[Eggs]

 

[kev]

On this day 1922 Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Tilda Swinton 64
Ginger personification.

 

[Eggs]

….a game I was at and remember well; the first European penalty shoot-out;

 

[kev]

….a game I was at and remember well; the first European penalty shoot-out;

Seems like yesterday
54 years ago FFS

 

[Gary1959]

….a game I was at and remember well; the first European penalty shoot-out;

First European Champions Cup shoot out.

Aberdeen lost in a penalty shoot out in the Cup Winners Cup five weeks before.

 

[Eggs]

…5th Nov, 1909, Frank Woolworth opened his first U.K. store in Church St, Liverpool;

 

[Eggs]

 

[kev]

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Amazing.

 

[Dancing Pat]

Hate to say it, but today marks the 42nd anniversary of one of our darkest days...

The Keeley Derby

 

[Joey66]

…5th Nov, 1909, Frank Woolworth opened his first U.K. store in Church St, Liverpool;

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Someone told me it was the only building purchased by Woolworths all the other branches were leased - hence no collateral when they went bust ?

 

[Dancing Pat]

Someone told me it was the only building purchased by Woolworths all the other branches were leased - hence no collateral when they went bust ?

Think they did own their properties, as my old dad worked for them, working on modernising and rebuilding various stores. I’m pretty sure that when Kingfisher took them over, property was all sold and leased back.