...really, on a similar note I was in Everton Supporters Club after we won the league in 1970 and Alan Ball's dad (Alan Ball snr) let me hold Bally's winners medal.
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...really, on a similar note I was in Everton Supporters Club after we won the league in 1970 and Alan Ball's dad (Alan Ball snr) let me hold Bally's winners medal.
....just up in the loft and came across the 66 Cup Final Programme. The player pen pictures are a sign of the times but there isn't a single mention of the man who ended up the hero - Mike Treblecock. He's not even on the team picture, clearly he was Catterick's secret weapon.
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A group of cats is called a 'clowder'.
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Oh and approximately 24 cat skins can make a coat.
Titus Bramble
Best centre half to grace the Premier League
All of the planets in the solar system could fit quite snugly if side by side in between the earth and the moon with about 5000 miles to spare.
Milk
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80 mole skins can make a pair of trousers. If you want back pockets add another 6 moles
The longest time between two twins being born is 87 days.
Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese that contains live maggots. The maggots can jump up to five inches out of cheese while you're eating it.
A family of peole with blue skin lived in Kentucky for many generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin through combination of inbreeding and a rare genetic condition.
Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese that contains live maggots. The maggots can jump up to five inches out of cheese while you're eating it.
A family of peole with blue skin lived in Kentucky for many generations. The Fulgates of Troublesome Creek are thought to have gained their blue skin through combination of inbreeding and a rare genetic condition.
quickest way to measure a football pitch
walk from the corner flag to the edge of the pitch,as you know the eighteen yard box is 44 yards wide (2 x 18 yds and 8 yards for goal) ,so double the yards you walked and that's your width
for length ,walk from edge of D on penalty box to edge of center circle.so the goal line to the D is 22 yds ( 12 yd penalty spot + 10 yds to furthest point of D),add the centre circle's 10 yards + the distance walked = 32 yds + distance,double that total and there's your length.
walk from the corner flag to the edge of the pitch,as you know the eighteen yard box is 44 yards wide (2 x 18 yds and 8 yards for goal) ,so double the yards you walked and that's your width
for length ,walk from edge of D on penalty box to edge of center circle.so the goal line to the D is 22 yds ( 12 yd penalty spot + 10 yds to furthest point of D),add the centre circle's 10 yards + the distance walked = 32 yds + distance,double that total and there's your length.
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Liverpool had a castle situated where the Crown courts and Queen Victoria statue now stand! During the English civil War Prince Rupert lay siege and seized it for Charles l. Here it is.
I could talk for hours on this subject.Liverpool had a castle situated where the Crown courts and Queen Victoria statue now stand! During the English civil War Prince Rupert lay siege and seized it for Charles l. Here it is.
It's said there's tunnels that ran from the castle down to the river, which still exist under the buildings on James Street down to Goree.
Someone built a replica of the ruins in a field in Rivington in Cheshire.
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I could talk for hours on this subject.
It's said there's tunnels that ran from the castle down to the river, which still exist under the buildings on James Street down to Goree.
Someone built a replica of the ruins in a field in Rivington in Cheshire.
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They did indeed , Lord Lever I think. Keep meaning to go.I could talk for hours on this subject.
It's said there's tunnels that ran from the castle down to the river, which still exist under the buildings on James Street down to Goree.
Someone built a replica of the ruins in a field in Rivington in Cheshire.
I could talk for hours on this subject.
It's said there's tunnels that ran from the castle down to the river, which still exist under the buildings on James Street down to Goree.
Someone built a replica of the ruins in a field in Rivington in Cheshire.
...The Goree is an island off the West African coast (Senegal I think) and the Liverpool landmark is so named because many slaves came from that island to this port. I'm told the marks where the shackles were are still in the Goree wall.
Liverpool had a castle situated where the Crown courts and Queen Victoria statue now stand! During the English civil War Prince Rupert lay siege and seized it for Charles l. Here it is.
.....Castle Street.