Xela Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 10 hours ago, mjmooney said: We've covered this before, but it was a bloody miracle that none of my mates were involved. We actually discussed going to the Tavern in the Town that night, but finally decided not to. My Mom and Dad were out in Brum that night although luckily elsewhere in town. My Dad was stopped by the Police later that night and questioned when dropping my Mom back at her parents (they lived by Edgbaston reservoir). I think they were stopping a lot of people though in the hope of hearing an Irish accent! It was the incident that convinced my Dad to sign up to the force a few months later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 27, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2019 In my head this is a relatively recent album. Released 29 years ago today! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bickster Posted November 30, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 27/11/2019 at 14:00, choffer said: In my head this is a relatively recent album. You've just reminded me that this is another of those albums that has been lost to my collection over the years. Added to the list of records that need replacing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 30, 2019 Moderator Share Posted November 30, 2019 On 27/11/2019 at 14:00, choffer said: In my head this is a relatively recent album. Released 29 years ago today! Released 40 years ago. It seems mad that one was 29 and the other 40, yet they seem like they were relaesed abosolutely aeons apart. Yet it was only 11 years difference 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 25 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted January 25, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, Xela said: 25 years ago I'll never forget that night. Most of the country just had rain, but West Yorkshire was in the grip of a whiteout blizzard. My drive home from work - normally 35 minutes - took me six hours. I was listening to the radio commentary on that match during my snow crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I'll never forget that night. Most of the country just had rain, but West Yorkshire was in the grip of a whiteout blizzard. My drive home from work - normally 35 minutes - took me six hours. I was listening to the radio commentary on that match during my snow crawl. I was down VP with my Dad. Can't remember who we played but when we got back to the car, it was the only thing Radio 5 were talking about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Just checked and we beat Spurs 1-0 This happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) Yesterday: Quote Auschwitz survivors return after 75 years for memorial ceremony More than 200 survivors gathered at the former Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz, many probably for the final time, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation. As rows over the make-up of the international guest list at the memorial ceremony threatened to overshadow Monday’s event, survivors who drew on harrowing memories of their incarceration warned the lessons from the atrocities sanctioned by Adolf Hitler’s administration and carried out often by ordinary Germans were in danger of being forgotten. ... rest of article on link Also a thread and a link to a video of the speech transcribed in the thread: Edited January 28, 2020 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 On 27/11/2019 at 14:00, choffer said: In my head this is a relatively recent album. Released 29 years ago today! couple of my mates shared a house together and I'd quite often swing by on my way home .... they would usually have this on the turntable , tin foil with lots of random holes punched in it t over the TV for a light show and a substance of some description inside them Drugs weren't my thing but i still used to join them on the sofa staring at the lightshow ,listening to this album anyway .... so this record always brings back some memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 On 28/01/2020 at 11:35, tonyh29 said: couple of my mates shared a house together and I'd quite often swing by on my way home .... they would usually have this on the turntable , tin foil with lots of random holes punched in it t over the TV for a light show and a substance of some description inside them Drugs weren't my thing but i still used to join them on the sofa staring at the lightshow ,listening to this album anyway .... so this record always brings back some memories That was pretty similar to my late teens but Underworld’s Dubnobasswithmyheadman was my mates drug album of choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted February 6, 2020 The music died, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Dunblane, 1996. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Liberation of Belsen, 1945. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 15, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 15, 2020 Hillsborough Disaster 1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, bickster said: Hillsborough Disaster 1989 One of the first major events/disasters I can remember (along with Lockerbie). I can picture the afternoon now. Where I was, the weather even, and the look of horror from people around me when the news was breaking Edited April 15, 2020 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 15, 2020 Moderator Share Posted April 15, 2020 10 minutes ago, Xela said: One of the first major events/disasters I can remember (along with Lockerbie). I can picture the afternoon now. Where I was, the weather even, and the look of horror from people around me when the news was breaking Me too. I remember being absolutely worried sick for a few friends I knew were there and then the realisation that I turned down the chance to go a few days before. Unlike the year before when I actually went to the same game. Then the relief when I knew my friends were safe... then it dawns on you that not everyone was coming home. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid4ever Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 minute ago, bickster said: Me too. I remember being absolutely worried sick for a few friends I knew were there and then the realisation that I turned down the chance to go a few days before. Unlike the year before when I actually went to the same game. Then the relief when I knew my friends were safe... then it dawns on you that not everyone was coming home. Days if not years before mobile phones and I still remember now trying to get in touch with my brother who I thought had gone to the game. Never spent so many 5p’s in public phone boxes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enda Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 9 hours ago, bickster said: Hillsborough Disaster 1989 Lincoln assassinated, Titanic sinks, Nazis kill a thousand people in the Belfast Blitz, and the Boston Marathon bombing. Bad old day, this. Though I do hope Tom Heaton had a good birthday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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