New Jersey
7:21 Tue Jun 1
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The hunt in 1966 for police killer Harry Roberts, his mug shot gave me nightmares. Strangely I can't remember the 1966 World Cup.
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Mr Kenzo
7:10 Tue Jun 1
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Zammo from Grange Hill warning us off the Nikki Lauda
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Kandu
7:05 Tue Jun 1
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Not sure I really remember much except football from early days-
1971 FA Cup Final Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1
Charlie George hit the winner
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wanstead_hammer
6:32 Tue Jun 1
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plankton 10:43
Don’t remember them ones mate.
I got all the coins and used to think ‘who the fuck’s Brian Labone’!
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Coffee
5:18 Tue Jun 1
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Worst Case Ontario 2:14 Tue Jun 1
Dodgy builder.
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Oh dear
5:00 Tue Jun 1
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1968 European Cup Final
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Pi Alpha Nu
4:52 Tue Jun 1
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1969 First man on the moon.
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the exile
2:49 Tue Jun 1
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Likewise, Great Train Robbery. We only lived a few miles from where it happened.
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BubblesCyprus
2:39 Tue Jun 1
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Great Train Robbery my comic books were suddenly in My Dad's newspaper.
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Hallerinthemorning
2:34 Tue Jun 1
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Iranian Embassy and SAS.
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legrandefromage
2:23 Tue Jun 1
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Freddie Starr eating that hamster
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SDKFZ 222
2:21 Tue Jun 1
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Aberfan.
I was at about the same age as those who had died.
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Iron Duke
2:19 Tue Jun 1
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Actually, Charles and Diana getting married was before that.
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Iron Duke
2:17 Tue Jun 1
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The Falklands War I think.
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Worst Case Ontario
2:14 Tue Jun 1
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The fall of the Berlin Wall (though I had no idea what was going on)
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Darby_
2:07 Tue Jun 1
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Probably Elvis dying. I remember wondering what all the fuss was about and who this fat bloke in a weird white outfit was.
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bill green
1:15 Tue Jun 1
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daily reports on the Vietnam War as a kid, i thought the Viet Kong guerillas were gorillas like Planet of the Apes
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Northern Sold
1:08 Tue Jun 1
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Probably the Israeli athletes massacre at the 72 Olympics... would have been 5
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Woodford Green
1:01 Tue Jun 1
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same as Mad Dog for me
1980 cup final and a few months later John Lennon's assassination.
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easthammer
1:01 Tue Jun 1
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Coffee
Haha No wireless with valves!😣
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Coffee
12:52 Tue Jun 1
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easthammer 12:34 Tue Jun 1
The transistor, surely?
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