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Just Another Gooner
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Father, carer, advocate.

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Remember:

Juries are important not so much for the powers they have, but for the powers they prevent others from having.
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Reminds me of a Bernardism from Yes, Minister.

James Hacker:
...but I have never leaked.

Bernard Woolley:
Oh, that's another of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential press briefings; you leak; he's been charged under Section 2a of the Official Secrets Act.
December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
He only bought the calendar on a whim because he and the old boy had a shared interest in photography and he was impressed by the photos rather than the scenes. Chance in a million really.
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
But it didn't stop there. His mother-in-law saw it and stopped cold...she had worked there as well! Turns out the two of them had worked a couple of huts apart but never met until a few years after the war. Married since the early 50s neither had ever mentioned it to their partner until that day.
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Downloaded it and put it to video. The only version on YT is recording from a grammerphone. It's too good buried on Internet Archive!

youtu.be/Al6XsXVPWaQ?...
FA Cup Final 1927 - Cardiff v Arsenal- 92,000 Dan's singing "Abide With Me"
YouTube video by Jack Rae
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It all went wrong when they started to rename personnel departments as 'human resources'.
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The b side + another '78' from the community singing are here m.soundcloud.com/escapedfromn...

Also, they're actually 80rpm not 78.
Stream EscapedfromNewcastle | Listen to music tracks and songs online for free on SoundCloud
Play EscapedfromNewcastle on SoundCloud. 0 followers. 12 tracks on desktop and mobile.
m.soundcloud.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM