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    TV Series

    I found the original Upstairs Downstairs on an obscure freeview channel. Although it is a little bit set based with few outdoor shots, I think it is far better than Downton Abbey. It brings back memories of Sunday evenings, getting ready for school the next day.
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    Match Thread Everton 0-1 Arsenal Sat 20th December @ 20:00

    Their opponents, Crystal Palace, are in the European Conference League this Thursday.
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    What's your very earliest Everton related memory?

    I can just about remember my uncle coming home after the 1-0 win over Spurs in the 1962-63 Championship season and telling me the title was a certainty.
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    The Making of ‘The Golden Vision’ for the BBC ‘Wednesday Play’

    One of the scenes that struck me was the priest paying a visit to the house to ask why they were not attending church. Did that happen often at that time?
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    Old Everton Pictures

    I remember we had the Philips video system at one time. I think you could record on both sides. My dad believed it was the best of the three.
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    Job interview during which you realised you weren't getting the Job.

    For my first job application after university, for some reason, I had put in the CV that I had travelled extensively in Italy when I had only been to Milan briefly for my cousin’s wedding. One of the interviewers had lived in Rome for 10 years and was amazed when I said I had never heard of the...
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    Explain a film plot, badly

    A royal with a speech problem goes to a therapist.
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    Explain a film plot, badly

    One of the best assassins of the 1960s misses with his shot at the French president.
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    Old Everton Pictures

    It looks as if Jimmy Husband is trying to copy Rod Belfitt’s answers.
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    Barry Vs Beto

    Between these two; Beto, with more than a passing reference to none of the above.
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    Most treasured piece of Everton memorabilia?

    The programmes from the 1966 and 1968 cup finals.
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    Best Cover Versions

    The Nice version of America, with Keith Emerson on keyboards.
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    Old Photos Of Where You Live

    Did the Beeching Report lead to its closure or had it gone before?
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    Old Photos Of Where You Live

    I I wondered where that term came from. I spent a happy postgraduate year there that coincided with the 1984-5 League title, but never realised that the Victoria Building was its origin.
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    Match Thread Wolves 2-0 Everton (Carabao Cup 3rd Round) 23rd September 19:45

    Was it a case of disrespecting the cup which then turns and kicks you up the backside?
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