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George 1978 started a thread Breaking up for the summer holidays in School days

I was thinking just now that as we are approaching the fourth week of July, back in the day it obviously meant the end of the school year and six (or...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Just painted this.... in Member's lounge

I've seen him used on a few memes.

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Drama lessons in School days

My secondary school had a play each year, even though I liked Drama I never took part in any, as I was already struggling with homework & didn't have...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Just painted this.... in Member's lounge

Bob Ross was that Afro-style haired American, perhaps Canadian bloke, wasn't he? He was someone who I used to see on the Discovery channels during...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Lion king in Movies

I was such a huge fan of Call My Bluff when it was on TV.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Drama lessons in School days

Also, it made me think of those Grange Hill episodes where they did their own productions - the Joseph and his Technicolour Dreamcoat one from series...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Drama lessons in School days

I think that the downside to acting is trying to learn lines, being in character - i.e. responding to someone else's name as if it's your own, and...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Just painted this.... in Member's lounge

John Constable eat your heart out! :)

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George 1978 replied to a thread Lion king in Movies

People get it eventually.

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Drama lessons in School days

I was never good at learning lines but liked putting on a play. The warm up games were always stupid, especially if we were in the middle of...

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George 1978 started a thread Drama lessons in School days

I enjoyed Drama lessons quite a bit - it was a chance to express oneself and be what one wanted to be; a sort of Let's Pretend for 11 to 16 year...

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George 1978 replied to a thread English Villages in Member's lounge

It used to frustrate me when I used to live under Nottingham City Council as they had no rural areas and only had urban areas, and when it became a...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Lion king in Movies

There was a mondegreen at the start of the original Lion King film which sounds as if the former Arsenal manager's name is sung in the lyrics.

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George 1978 replied to a thread English Villages in Member's lounge

I have always wanted to live in a village myself - as the council I now live under have a few of them within their patch, I suppose that it would...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Lion king in Movies

I wonder whether Arsene Wenger will get an honorable mention?

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George 1978 replied to a thread RIP Denise Nickerson in Gone but not forgotten

By the way, I used to find it humorous that her name sounded rather like "Denise Knickers On!" On a tangent, I read in the news yesterday about...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Hello to all in Introduce yourself

Welcome, Sophia.

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George 1978 replied to a thread The Crying Boy painting in Other nostalgic stuff

I probably was back then - all these coincidental fires seemed a bit too much, and I was seven years old at the time.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Family get togethers in Miscellaneous memories

Yes, I know that dating shows are ways of ridiculing people as you said, but on the other hand, I feel that the more people know about my problem,...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread The Crying Boy painting in Other nostalgic stuff

We were talking about this at work a few months ago, supposedly the pictures were covered with a retardant with made them hard to burn. I wonder...

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George 1978 started a thread The Crying Boy painting in Other nostalgic stuff

I refer to the very depressing portrait of a young male child in tears which brought even more depressing consequences to the many homes around the...

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George 1978 replied to a thread PE and towels, soap etc in School days

That school sounds like a hotel to be honest, supplying towels and soap. My school wasn't like that, probably because the pupils didn't really want...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Family get togethers in Miscellaneous memories

Also, various factors in my life have attributed to the fact that I haven't found a partner apart from platonic relationships - for example, being...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Family get togethers in Miscellaneous memories

Thanks for the positive comment HG - the problem is that I almost see everyone as stereotypes as each other - you know, married at 17, family of...

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Richard1978 replied to a thread Family get togethers in Miscellaneous memories

While I've not been short of girlfriends over the years, things happened fast when I met my wife, & we were married in less than a year together.

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Richard1978 replied to a thread PE and towels, soap etc in School days

Back in the good old days when the rich actually paid their taxes, & didn't need the working class as a brainwashed stooge army to do their dirty...

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George 1978 replied to a thread Family get togethers in Miscellaneous memories

In many ways I often make this more than apparent so that people can understand - it is good that you have picked up on this Tex because I can...

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George 1978 replied to a thread RIP Denise Nickerson in Gone but not forgotten

Now that would make a great wallpaper pattern.

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George 1978 replied to a thread Family get togethers in Miscellaneous memories

Regarding weddings - I actually come from a small family and so not many weddings in the recent past. In fact, I haven't been to a family wedding...

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Silver Bear replied to a thread School Punishment in School days

I vividly recall an occasion when I was in the Lower Sixth at boarding school (about 17 years old). In the shower after a Rugger game I released an...

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