November 24, 201312 yr JFK, sat at home watching the telly as the newsflash came on. Elvis, just came out of the Swan after a punk night. Twin Towers, on a building site in Warrington. Muamba, on a train coming back from Workington. Big Sam, a pub in Leigh. Bruce, a job in Radcliffe.
November 24, 201312 yr Twin Towers, in a Geography lesson. Muamba, white hart lane. Big Sam, at the gym, and my mate said he had signed a new contract because he read it as "big Sam re-signs" on sky sports news, I was gutted
November 24, 201312 yr Live Aid. Down a slate mine in norh wales listening to status Quo coming thtrough the speakers was a strange experience.
November 24, 201312 yr twin towers ...watched it live at home lady diane.... doing a iceland staffroom in burnley muamba ....watching it in the dancers
November 24, 201312 yr Twin Towers: Fitting a phone system at Bentley in Crewe Lady Di: found out off the newsagent when I went for the morning paper Live Aid: At Wembley watching Freddie Mercury dying: At work John Lennon: At work in Kearsley
November 24, 201312 yr Diana, was up as couldn't sleep and the programme I was watching was interrupted. Can't remember what the programme was. Muamba, in the Albert with Nb, could have heard a pin drop. Twin towers, at work on manc. JFK, playing with my toys, though I can't remember that, my mum told me last week. Elvis, not a clue but Mrs Dee was in bed. Nelson Mandela being freed, she was knitting a red cardigan at home.
November 24, 201312 yr John Lennon - 6am, DLT on the wireless box just before my paper round. Diana - Pissed on Pernod at home. Bolton winning at Derby in the league cup quarter final. Chaes chippy on TMR.
November 24, 201312 yr Lady Di? I was 20 minutes away from the chauffeurs home. For Lennon, I was ont periphique
November 24, 201312 yr Muamba - In my local Twin Towers - In Wigan annoying them selling gas & electric door to door. I thought it was a film, customers were telling me how sad it was as I just filled the contracts in without a care in the world, I was gobsmacked when I realised
November 25, 201312 yr JFK - glint in the milkman's eyeElvis - as aboveTwin Towers - school, only found out when I got homeMuamba - White Hart LaneDiana - at home, remember running upstairs to wake my parents up with the news ("We don't care, go away")
November 25, 201312 yr Twin Towers - at work Diana - in bed, I was looking forward to watching Liverpool v Newcastle the inconsiderate witch. Muamba - in a pub in Dalkey, gone over to Dublin for paddys day
November 25, 201312 yr Germany 1 England 5 - Cricketers Arms, Orlando, Florida. Many happy times in pubs but that takes some beating. Rugby World Cup Final 2003 stuffing the Aussies - four rows further back from where Jonnys winning kick landed. First born, born - Abduls takeaway on St. Georges Rd.
November 25, 201312 yr 9/11 - at work watching coverage online and the scale of it all simply not sinking in. It was like watching a filum. Diana - boning some bird I'd pulled in Europa (used to be Pink Panthers). Muamba - doing the ale train and the pub we were in didn't have a telly. Remember just thinking he's a goner for sure.
November 25, 201312 yr 9/11 was at work making football shirts. Diana Was on the phone trying to find out where my missus was after she'd been to Europa. (not really I was at home trying to watch something else that appeared to be impossible) Muamba was at the ground and like the 9/11 incident it took a while to sink in.
November 25, 201312 yr Diana Was on the phone trying to find out where my missus was after she'd been to Europa. (not really I was at home trying to watch something else that appeared to be impossible) Haha. I was the same. I seem to remember Hollyoaks had been replaced by news coverage. I was livid.
November 25, 201312 yr 9/11 grouting a bathroom on a building site in lytham Muamba in a silent golden eagle. Diana, in bed and my mum came in from work and said "Di's dead" I thought she meant the woman that worked in pub over the road till about dinner time. Big Sam playing Sunday football before my retirement....got back in the local and people had actually rang the pub to find me haha Bruce,I was in the 50p shop in Cleveleys with my mum and it came on the radio in the shop....
November 25, 201312 yr 9/11 - home from college - was waiting for Quincy M.E. to come on Diana - woke up and flicked the telly on Sam - on holiday in Florida, caught it on the BBC World Service thing on the telly Megson - was at home sick, soon cheered up Anelka - in work, did a jig of delight
November 25, 201312 yr JFK too young to remember Elvis... Sitting in living room with my sick father... I don't know what date it was but aug 18th sticks in my mind Big Sam . Wasn't important enough fir me to remember Muamba. At home on my own watching sky sports. There is a video now on YouTube of coverage that I first watched last week. I shed a tear again. Diana. She died on my (&CWPs) birthday! I had been for a piss up and hit in at 3am and turned tv in and programme was interrupted with a news flash
November 25, 201312 yr 66 WC final - playing football in Brazley with some tattered casey, telling everbody i was Jimmy Greaves 9-11 -M62/A1 listening to bbc muamba - some Irish bar in Michigan trying to listen to the tele telling the psuedo paddies to shut the fuck up. Sad time Dad died - Saturday night phone call in Brown Cow just before i kicked the door panel out
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