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« Reply #45 on: March 12, 2026, 03:55:19 PM » |
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Like many I could have had a bigger list.
Aberfan - the first big news story that stuck in my memory. I was 8 years old.
9/11 also the death of Osama Bin Laden.
Chernobyl
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« Reply #46 on: March 12, 2026, 04:18:26 PM » |
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1986 Challenger
1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
2008 Financial crash
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« Reply #47 on: March 12, 2026, 06:58:12 PM » |
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1966 - I was 12 and away at Boys’ Brigade Camp. Took the ferry to the Isle of Wight and kept my radio to my ear. When Hurst scored the goal that put us ahead in extra time I ran up Ryde Pier and slipped on the damp boards nearly losing my radio over the side.
1968 - the first English team to win the European Cup. Yes, I am aware that Celtic did it the year before and that too was memorable.
2001 - my daughter rang me to say that a plane had hit a skyscraper in New York.
There were any number of others but the first two were joyful memories and we need more of those.
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« Reply #48 on: Today at 08:12:08 AM » |
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Well if the passing of Elvis gets in, then I'll have to add the murder of John Lennon. One of those "I remember where I was when I heard the news" things.
Also, Grenfell.
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« Reply #49 on: Today at 10:01:44 AM » |
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Elvis: Went to see my now wife, then fiancé and found her crying her eyes out.
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Lennon: I was 25 and on my way to play a snooker tournament. I heard it on the radio in my truck and was devastated the needless tragedy.
Such a waste.
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« Reply #51 on: Today at 10:31:48 AM » |
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Lennon, what a terrible waste of a talent and decent human being. Been passed away now longer than he was alive.
So difficult only choosing 3 things on this thread. It's like being asked your favourite 5 songs, just impossible.
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Lennon, what a terrible waste of a talent and decent human being. Been passed away now longer than he was alive.
So difficult only choosing 3 things on this thread. It's like being asked your favourite 5 songs, just impossible.
Favourite five songs is easy Get Back Sympathy for the Devil Heroes Common People Learn to Fly It’s so easy that I can do it again tomorrow |
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« Reply #53 on: Today at 11:42:56 AM » |
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Lennon, what a terrible waste of a talent and decent human being. Been passed away now longer than he was alive.
So difficult only choosing 3 things on this thread. It's like being asked your favourite 5 songs, just impossible.
Favourite five songs is easy Get Back Sympathy for the Devil Heroes Common People Learn to Fly It’s so easy that I can do it again tomorrow Great choices there. I think music is mood dependant. I could choose 5 today and a totally different 5 on another day. I couldn't even do a top 5 singer/group, just impossible for me. |
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« Reply #54 on: Today at 04:11:48 PM » |
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Jimmy Saville, and I suppose in the same genre, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall, and Max Clifford.
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« Reply #55 on: Today at 08:06:08 PM » |
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I agree Kev, totally depends on mood. I don't think mine would be the same 5 bands for weeks, maybe months.
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« Reply #56 on: Today at 08:47:36 PM » |
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Jimmy Saville, and I suppose in the same genre, Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris, Stuart Hall, and Max Clifford.
That list makes you shudder. A friend of mine worked in the prison where Harris was detained. Have you seen the drama where Steve Coogan played Jimmy Savile called "The reckoning"? Coogan was eerily impressive as Savile. |
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« Reply #57 on: Today at 08:51:36 PM » |
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It's 30 years since Dunblane. Another tragic news story. 😪
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