banana Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Grange Hill was a smash hit in the Soviet Eastern Bloc, but so censored that each episode only lasted around 10 minutes. Gonch was completely edited out due to an entertainment ban on gingers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetwiseHercules Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 I teach salsa classes at the local community centre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 The average time taken to choose a pet cat is 3.9 decades. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Former James Bond baddie & lead guitarist of the Shadows bespectacled Hank Marvin (75) was Virginnia Wade's (23) tennis coach (& pianos teacher) in the run up to her 1977 Winbledon championship. It was after this event that the British Lawn Tennis Association recommend him to be the GB Olympic team of 1984. Hank had pencilled in Cliff "Peter Pan" Richard (104) for the team but he refused to give a place to the superior tennis player Eddie Large (75) because Large (76) refused to stop calling him "Supersonic", luckily tennis was not part of those Summer Olympics as stated earlier. Syd Little (74) was unavailable for comment because he was too busy (eating black puddin) on his bow tie emporium stall (on Bury market), according to Reuters. Grimbo (17&3/4's) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Virginia Wade owns 8 pianos and at one point could play four of them simultaneously.Ginny played pianos on the bootleg Sex Pistols LP Spunk but Hank yanked her off the official Nevermind The Bollocks recordings after they rejected his suggested alternative riff for their God Save The Quern track, Ginny & Hank parted company in 1979, they have not spoken since. She was in the audience of his appearance of This Is Your Life but was disguised & was sporting a hipster type beard. Grimbo Eta the Wurzels originally wrote the track God save the quern, it was Rotten who changed it to English. Edited April 20, 2016 by Grim O'Grady 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Following the various medieval Scottish wars of independence a small area in the east end of Glasgow which now includes Celtic park was never transferred back to Scottish rule due to a technicality. There was an attempt to rectify this error during the 1980s but a bizarre administrative error saw the region declared an exclave of the tiny island of Diego Garcia. As a British overseas territory, UK citizens have the freedom to enter any part of Diego Garcia, thus it is technically illegal for Celtic to charge for tickets to any of their games 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 As a British overseas territory, UK citizens have the freedom to enter any part of Diego Garcia, thus it is technically illegal for Celtic to charge for tickets to any of their games Due to an ancient bylaw, residents of Guernsey are legally entitled to enter popular 80's/90's actor Andy Garcia, should he set foot on the island. But only on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Similarly, native Andalucians do not require permission to enter golfer Sergio Garcia during weekends in April. This created problems during the final round of a European tour event at Valderrama in 2011 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Following the various medieval Scottish wars of independence a small area in the east end of Glasgow which now includes Celtic park was never transferred back to Scottish rule due to a technicality. There was an attempt to rectify this error during the 1980s but a bizarre administrative error saw the region declared an exclave of the tiny island of Diego Garcia. As a British overseas territory, UK citizens have the freedom to enter any part of Diego Garcia, thus it is technically illegal for Celtic to charge for tickets to any of their games I've got an off-shore bank account on the island of Diego Garcia, can't believe I've got a local branch now, fantastic news, hoorah! Grimbo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee_62 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Following the various medieval Scottish wars of independence a small area in the east end of Glasgow which now includes Celtic park was never transferred back to Scottish rule due to a technicality. There was an attempt to rectify this error during the 1980s but a bizarre administrative error saw the region declared an exclave of the tiny island of Diego Garcia. As a British overseas territory, UK citizens have the freedom to enter any part of Diego Garcia, thus it is technically illegal for Celtic to charge for tickets to any of their games Diego Garcia's most famous son - Diego Maradona came across to visit the region in the East End of Glasgow in June 1979 as part of the Argentina squad. Under the 35 year record amnesty, recently released government and SFA documents show that in return for the UK keeping the Falklands and "guaranteeing" the Celtic Park area's status in the upcoming administration exercise, Ernie Walker instructed the Scottish Team to allow Maradona to score his first International goal. The Scottish defenders stuck by this agreement but the Argentinian government went back on its word and promptly invaded Las Malvinas a few years later. Amazingly, Ernie Walker (a man of honour) stuck by his side of the bargain and insisted that the administrative error should still be made. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The TV channel Dave is called Diego in Spain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie95 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The TV channel Dave is actually named after infamous P&B poster Dave Coaches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 When customs officials from Diego Garcia asked Ronny Deila to show them his work visa, he was unable to find it. Kept muttering "I left it in a cup." They have allowed him to stay for now but asked him to leave by the summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Great train robber Ronnie Biggs was given compassionate jail leave in 1997 to attend the funeral of internet friend Biggie Smalls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham was originally made of spaghetti - hence the name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pittsburgh phil Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Great train robber Ronnie Biggs was given compassionate jail leave in 1997 to attend the funeral of internet friend Biggie Smalls. They originally met in a Punjana Tea appreciation chatroom and bonded over a mutual love of BBC's Countryfile and now largely forgotten entertainer Lenny Bennett, before progressing to playing online Scrabble. In over 5 years of daily playing Smalls only lost twice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweaty Morph Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Popular P&B poster Grim O'Grady appeared on the very first series of Dragon's Den. Indeed, he was the first ever contestant to receive financial backing, with Duncan Bannatyne offering Grim £50K for a stake in his PetProtect © system; a series of intrinsically linked smoke alarms and heat sensors which, in the event of a fire, opened a host of cat and dog flaps around the perimeter of the house. Unfortunately, instead of investing in his idea, Grim used the money to take his pals on holiday. The rest, as they say, is history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Popular P&B poster Grim O'Grady appeared on the very first series of Dragon's Den. Indeed, he was the first ever contestant to receive financial backing, with Duncan Bannatyne offering Grim £50K for a stake in his PetProtect © system; a series of intrinsically linked smoke alarms and heat sensors which, in the event of a fire, opened a host of cat and dog flaps around the perimeter of the house. Unfortunately, instead of investing in his idea, Grim used the money to take his pals on holiday. The rest, as they say, is history. It was Debrah Meaden actually! & I had to put down a "deposit" first the wee dirty that she is. Grimbo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1974h Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Graeme le saux was the first player to play for England with a coo's lick. Breaking down barriers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim O'Grady Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Graeme le saux was the first player to play for England with a coo's lick. Breaking down barriers. He was also the first French player to play for England (post war). Grimbo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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