RIP Denis Law and Garry Brooke

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I remember the banana ones but couldn't recall what they were called. Don't think I ever had a Haunted House....

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With Denis Law's passing, the big 3 at MU are now all gone - Best, Charlton and Law. In an era when silly money is paid for ordinary players, how much would you have to pay for those guys today?

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Denis Law and Garry Brooke have passed away at the age of 84 and 64 respectively. Denis Law was a phenomenal player for Manchester United in the 60s and early 70s, being part of the team which lifted the European Cup, and represented Scotland with distinction, while Garry Brooke was a crucial part of...

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Linda Nolan has passed away after her brave battle against cancer at the age of 65. RIP.

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Ah, now Pogle's Wood I do remember. I had a Pogle's Wood annual one year, and maybe that's why Pippin jogs my memory.

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I didn't have either of those, but did have a Sinclair ZX81 with its wobbly 16kB RAMpack, an Atari 400, then A C128, the special 1988 Olympics pack. I had so much fun with the C128 and bought loads of games, many in the £1.99/£2.99 budget range or full-price games reduced as they were older.
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Yep, it was rather a bind to have to completely remove the lid every time you wanted to use it. The Waltham made more sense in that it was hinged, although being plastic you had to be careful in case it cracked.

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Trying to remember the comics I would have had as a very young child. Maybe Pippin, it rings a faint bell, but don't think I had any of the others in the post above, though Robin keeps nudging me. The earliest I can remember with clarity is TV21 in 1968, when I would have been 6 years old. I recall...

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Don't think I ever got a Countdown annual, but I seem to remember that the weekly comic was produced on rather cheap-feeling paper. I think there was a strip based on the Gerry Anderson live-action series UFO, and one issue included a colour full-page picture of Ed Bishop as Straker.

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I can't remember for infants school, but at junior and secondary schools we had assemblies each morning that lasted 20 minutes. At secondary school we would sing a couple of hymns, say a prayer, and the headmaster or deputy would say a few words, read out any notices and so forth. There was one girl...

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Warren Comics in the USA published a trio of B+W horror titles in the early 70s, Psycho, Scream and Nightmare. Top Sellers in the UK produced versions for the British market, but with fewer pages. I had a couple of the US originals and more of the UK versions. The UK ones I recall being quite graphically...

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Just to clear up something about Whizzer & Chips, they were never separate comics. Rather, Chips was a comic inside Whizzer, and they could be separated if you undid the staples. There was a rivalry between the two comics, and characters from one would occasionally appear in a panel of the other...

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The earliest record player I can remember was one covered in a red material with a lid that was lifted up to get to the record deck. Can't remember the brand, but it would have been from the 50s to early 60s.

Around 1976 my parents bought one with a smoked-plastic lid that you had to take...

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I remember the ones in Dolly Mixtures but not sure I ever had anything apart from that. Oh, yes, coconut mushrooms were a favourite of mine as well, haven't had any for decades, though. There used to be several sweet shops on our small high street, but sadly long gone now.

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Well, it's new year's eve, and the festive season is drawing to a close. Can't say I am a big fan of this particular day, never have been. Nevertheless, I have usually followed tradition and stayed up to welcome in the new year. When my gran was still alive she would spend the evening with us, then...

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Oh, that's so sad. I hadn't heard he had passed away. Agree with George's words about him. RIP.

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Sad to hear she has passed away. A very beautiful and talented actress. RIP.

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Richard has reminded me that after passing my driving test it would be my job to collect my dad from the club after the pre-Christmas party his boss held, usually in the afternoon of the final work day before Christmas. He would tell me what time to pick him up and I would wait in the car for him. It...

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The 27th was traditionally when we would go to either Walsall or more often Wolverhampton for the day, and I would usually spend some of the money I got for Christmas and/or get a book with the book token I seemed to get every year. A visit to W.H. Smith and Midland Educational were compulsory for me,...

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Ours has seen better days, it's around 15 years old, and the star on top leans over a bit as if it's been at the mulled wine....