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This one is true - believe it or not https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/68704147

One every month or so, 3 teas daily and don't ask about the wine

Just watched this film again after a brilliant result today. Both outstanding

Worked for BICC in both Wilton and Cassel installing twin 66kv cable feeds from Lackenby and North Tees in the late 70's

Taking the boagy down to the farmer's field near Sandy Flats, digging up potatoes only to be caught by Ma Maudsly, Acklam Hall Secretary - Joe Hurst (AH Head) wasn't too pleased as he lived at the end of Cowley Rd

Lighting a banger and putting inside the handle bars of yer bike, then putting a marble on top and then riding down the street. Happy days

And yes me and my brother hid behind the sofa in the early episodes.......

David Tennant is brilliant - one of the best!

Am I the only one that thinks that Jeremy Hunt is a look alike....

I'm now 71 and went to AGS after passing my 11+ from Whinney Banks in 63. No memories of A.H. I'm afraid but she must have lived close to the Old family ( Chis and Alan of cricket and rugby fame). The new physics teacher had a Scottish accent if I can remember but I don't think it was Ian Smith...

Yup - and believe it or not I was often late. We lived at no 12 - the closest side of Adcott Rd to the school - is that the side you visited. Neil Small taught me plus another who joined after this photo was taken - what I do remember is they had smoking room next to the classroom in the big...

Used to walk to Acklam Hall from Adcott Rd via Hall drive so 10 min walk - get in before the prefects tolled the bell at 8.50 am or otherwise detention. Yes, Tom Bull was the bully of a gym teacher, Joe Hurst Head, Chippy White and Pickersgill were the woodwork teachers and Neil Small the...

Onion seller on a bike

'Twas good - couldn't want for a better start. Onwards and upwards

Thanks borolad - for me it adds a whole new dimension. From afar I can now relate to the people fighting on and behalf of their country against a brutal aggressor