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6 hours ago, Old Frightful said:

I don't watch or listen to the news that much so this sad news has passed me by a bit.

"Make me smile (Come up and see me)" is one of the truly great seventies number one hits and instantly recognisable as soon as it starts. But, of course, there was so much more to the great man than just that one song.

RIP Steve Harley.

There certainly was:

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To return to a measure of gravity; My old man died this morning after a short illness. He was RL through and through, a former groundsman and director at Batley amongst other roles at a number of

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my mum, aged 82. Proud Leigh supporter, season ticket holder for god only knows how many years, the woman that took me to my first match and made me a knitted scarf for the event( Leigh versus Austral

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RIP Hughie, a proper legend and a damn nice bloke as well. I only saw him a few years ago when he was playing a veterans’ game and he was in fine form then. This is one of my favourite pics of mine of

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Just now, Les Tonks Sidestep said:

Pretty sure the world's oldest man is still alive.....😉

He’s the only one celebrating the death of the last one 

Hopping Mad

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Former world No 3 (1975) and British No 1 (1975) speedway rider John 'Tiger' Louis. He was 82.

Ipswich-born Tiger's racing career spanned 1970-84, and included a couple of seasons with Halifax. Louis, a speedway hall of fame inductee, won World Team Cup gold medals three times (1972, 1974 and 1975). With Malcolm Simmons, he won the 1976 World Pairs title. Later, Louis was England team manager, and promoted speedway at Ipswich until 2019.

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/miscellaneous/john-louis-1941-2024/

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On 07/04/2024 at 13:15, Futtocks said:

Former MP and father of the current Speaker of the HoC, Doug Hoyle, aged 98.

I remember Wire drawing Chorley away in the Challenge Cup. Doug was MP for Warrington North and his son was MP for Chorley. 

They innocently wandered around the perimeter of the pitch at half time and got an impromptu standing ovation on all 4 sides of the ground. It was absolutely lovely to see. 

I really hope there's some footage of it somewhere. 

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Futtocks

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At the Dancing Itos' former agent's boarded-up office, a dusty phone rings...

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33 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

"Deadly" Derek Underwood: England and Kent great dies aged 78.

Used to get a lot of bowlers like him in local league cricket i.e. fall somewhere between spinner and medium-pacer. Not many could fruitfully ply that method in County cricket let alone the Test arena. He had it down to a fine art.

Heard a number of Aussie batsmen say they hated facing him. Constantly nagging away, always there or thereabouts. Seemed to get under their skin like Boycott did the Aussie bowlers.

Those Kent teams Derek Underwood was a vital member of were instrumental in one-day cricket's halcyon years.

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