25-02-2018, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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You must have got married the same year as Mrs Fox and me Mags....1972..?We've had our "up's and Down's" over the years but we'd be nothing without each other.....
25-02-2018, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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We were right bang in the middle of it! Car horns blaring, people shouting, drunks singing, staggering and falling over... Yes, it was fun....l think?!! 
25-02-2018, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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He was at some of the same protests I was contrary to your perception there's a lot of laughter at protests a lot of good friendships born.
"To laugh often and much,
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends,
to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others,
to leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded!"
... Ralph Waldo Emerson
25-02-2018, 12:58 PM
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I was in labour with our first daughter on the night of the general election in 1970. My husband was sitting in the maternity home sittingroom watching the results as they came in on the TV. The nurse asked him if he had any message for his wife, "Tell her George Brown is out at Belper!"
About an hour before our girl put in an appearance the following afternoon, which was also my husband's birthday, the staff asked him to sit with me as they were quite busy. At 4.30pm she decided to keep me waiting no longer, and when I asked my husband the inevitable question, there was a long silence and then he said, "I think its a girl". I still tease him about that to this day.
25-02-2018, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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I also, loved standing on a cliff in Cornwall at around 11am on 11th August 1999 with a glass of pink champagne in my hand, celebrating the total solar eclipse.
It was a unforgettable experience!
25-02-2018, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Artangel
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We were right bang in the middle of it! Car horns blaring, people shouting, drunks singing, staggering and falling over... Yes, it was fun....l think?!!
I'm guessing there'd be even more in the city centre .....
A taste of the day (from the internet):
25-02-2018, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I remember it like it was yesterday Arty. A friend from work and myself were cycling the 'coast to coast' from Whitehaven to Robin Hoods Bay. We had just set off from Ambleside on the second day and just had to stop and watch the fantastic spectacle. There were lots of people gathered but you could hear a pin drop.......Very mystical...I think Cornwall was supposed to be the best place to be, to see the eclipse?
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