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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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1979

Randomly recorded and just watched ‘Top of the Pops: The Story of 1979’

For those of an age there’s some memories there!!

Rubbish piled on the street. ITV on strike when there were only three channels on TV. Shit cars like the Austin Maxi

Music wise - some half decent post-punk bands like The Skids and Gen X, utter tosh like The Nolan’s and The Dooley’s, absolute belters from Nile Rodgers and then you had the saving grace of The Clash, The Police, The Specials and Madness. And the weirdness of Gary Numan

John Noakes on Blue Peter, Tom Baker as Dr Who, Tomorrow’s World

Desperately trying to get into pubs at 15 (mostly failing) but getting into Cinderella Rockerfellas 

Cherry red Doc Martens and drainpipe Levi’s 

But to cap it all, standing on the paddock at OT to see Frankie’s double, thinking we are in the big time, not knowing the heartbreak a year later

Looking back, life was a bit shit, but fuck me it was brilliant that year 

And then there was Maggie 💣.........

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3 hours ago, Dimron said:

 

Ken? Ken?? Him as used to sell Fullomeat Puddings and Pies from Hypatia Street until they got closed down after a rat drowned in the gravy?

I can just imagine Brian Potter saying that as a throw-away line 🙂

 

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