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We where playing Sheffield Wednesday at their place but the real ropic of the day was the realisation that nuclear war was likely to break out over Cuba. On the previous evening the V-bombers of the RAF and their crews were put on alert and for the following 24 hours even though PM MacMillan...

BBC1 8-9PM, must be worth a look. I can recall my aunts going to the tea dances, but that was some time ago.

33 years ago tonight Pan AM flight 103 aircraft named Clipper Maid of the Seas was blown up by a bomb 30 minutes after leaving Heathrow en rout to JFK New York. RIP. passengers,crew members and those residehts who perished that terrible night in Lockerbie. The first we heard in NY was that...

Arrived this morning, such a shame to eat it. haha.

It is a few years since I last visited the ground and having read an article recentley about the Emerates stadium, I wondered if BFC were using solar panels on the roofs of the stands to power the floodlights when needed. Why are all new house builds and commercial buildings not instructed...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58734265

Do you know your E5 from your E10? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58398606

Based on Jo Brands novel set just outside of Blackpool, "The More You Ignore Me", it touches on mental illness something that has had such an enormous effect on our family in recent months. It is channel 10 on Freeview.

https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2021/february/a-statement-from-the-brentford-fc-dressing-room/

Concerns of Covid19 being at the top of most peoples thoughts, just a few words on my experiences with the health service in recent weeks. I have had four hospital visits along with several covid tests since early October and on every occasion to be first class in every way. As an example...

I read today how many youngsters those leaving education and aged between 18-24 and their prospects in seeking employment, no not the role that we saw decades ago but a national service whereby youngsters can be trained in Nursing, technical trades, police, paramedics, HGV driving and a host...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-53436447

With just four deaths to date from the Corona virus, Hong Kong will be testing all incoming passengers at the airport who will then have to wait in a hall for some hours to learn the outcome from the test. Imagine that at Heathrow, every incoming passenger being tested then having to wait three...

We have all read or heard of some very sad cases during this corona virus outbreak but the one below is a real eye opener. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-52344678/coronavirus-we-woke-up-in-the-morning-and-he-was-gone RIP

Branson is looking for the government to help out the airline financially to the tune of £500 million because in common with so many others, are finding things very tough at present. Should a billionaire owner with his own private island in the Caribbean get help from the tax payer, or...

I have just logged on to the B & Q website looking at prices for a saw, when I found that I was in a queue, they are limiting number of users but the most remarkable point of interest was that I was 189,702 in the queue with over an hour to wait.

Boxing day 1963 at home to Chelsea and at one time in the match 4-0 down when Dave Durie scored, end result loss 5-1 anyone remember that awful day. Things were worse elsewhere for some clubs, United lost 6-1 to Burnley Ipswich went down 10-1 down to Fulham Stoke lost to Liverpool 6-1 The...

Critical for front line staff, but for the wider population not so sure the Government would be that keen. On the their website this morning the figures up to yesterday (31ST March) were 143,000 tested with 25,000 tested positive, (i have rounded up the figures)= 17%. If the government were...

I understand just how serious the Corona virus is effecting not just ourselves but the world generally. so I am not in anyway making light of the present situation when I say that I was amazed that the figures given out by the Office of National statistics estimated that last winter (1 Dec-31st...

I was wondering if any of you had a house up for sale and were now very anxious about strangers coming to look around in this present situation we find ourselves in. I have an elderly neighbour who has a property to sell and I advised her not to proceed any further, not just because of visitors...