When I was a baby my dad won something on the pools. Not a fortune but it made a real difference to them. They bought their first telly, a doll's pram for me and couple of other thing they wouldn't otherwise have been able to afford. No more wins after that, but it came at good time for them.
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Gem - how lovely, and what good timing. I think in those days when everyone had so much less than today even a relatively small win made a huge difference.
I remember my mum saying she once won £50 on the pools. Just after they were married, long before I was born, and she bought my dad a pair of trousers for work, and paid for the headstone for her step-father's grave as he has just died."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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2014
Birmingham city council began investigating an alleged plot to oust headteachers in the city's schools, replacing them with people who would run their schools on 'strict Islamic principles'. The plan, dubbed 'Operation Trojan Horse' claimed that up to four schools in the city had already been taken over.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1972
The Goodyear airship Europa flew over Britain. It was the the first airship over Britain in 20 years.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1946
33 fans were killed and hundreds injured when a barrier collapsed at the Bolton Wanderers' football ground. The dead and injured were taken from the stand, with those who had perished lain along the touchline and covered in coats. Incredibly, a little under half an hour after leaving the pitch, the game was restarted, with a new sawdust lined touchline separating the players from the bodies. It was the deadliest football stadium-related disaster in British history until the Ibrox Park disaster in 1971.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Gem, how incredible that the game was resumed, right next to the fans who had died. That is, literally, shocking.
The only thing I can think is that it was the WWII mentality where you carried on no matter how many bombs had fallen, or how many people had been killed.
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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I know, I could hardly believe what I was reading.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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1997
The Spice Girls made pop music history by becoming the first group to top the charts with every one of their first four singles.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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It's hard to believe the impact they had now, when things are so different in the pop world."Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1997
Ann Widdecombe became the first Prisons' Minister to visit all the 129 jails in Britain.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Gem - you'd have thought that it was a given for Prison Ministers to have a proper look at what their responsibilities were!"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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2014
Thieves who had built a 50ft (15m) tunnel to a cash machine on Liverpool Road, Eccles, got away with more than £80,000. The complex nature of its structure could have taken months to excavate and echoes a similar raid in Fallowfield Shopping Precinct in January 2012. Police said they were looking for 'people acting suspiciously, possibly covered in soil.'“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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Gem, the police comment is priceless!
"Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognise how good things really are. "
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1824
Building work started on the London Bridge designed by John Rennie.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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2001
According to a health survey, 16th March 2001 was the only day between 1993 and 2002 when nobody in the United Kingdom killed themselves.“A grandchild fills a space in your heart that you never knew was empty.” – UnknownComment
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