Petria Thomas, Kirsten Thomson, Giaan Rooney and Susie O'Neill swam to silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay at #Sydney2000.
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Buttface
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When I said we I meant all 3 of our clubs.
Different times ......
Don Bradman receives a telegram during play in the Australians' opening tour match at Worcester, April 30th 1938.
Such interruptions were not uncommon.
Lionel Tennyson while captain of Hampshire used telegrams to give his batsmen instructions during games!
(Bradman kicked off his tour with 258. In his four innings at New Road he scored 236, 206, 258 and 107 - in his last innings he gave his wicket away after reaching his hundred. Syd Buller was the keeper.)
Don Bradman receives a telegram during play in the Australians' opening tour match at Worcester, April 30th 1938.
Such interruptions were not uncommon.
Lionel Tennyson while captain of Hampshire used telegrams to give his batsmen instructions during games!
(Bradman kicked off his tour with 258. In his four innings at New Road he scored 236, 206, 258 and 107 - in his last innings he gave his wicket away after reaching his hundred. Syd Buller was the keeper.)
Another one that champion @Geo (RIP) would have loved ......
Leonard Nimoy with his 10-year-old son Adam on the set of Star Trek, 1966.
While Leonard was busy filming, the makeup crew secretly gave Adam a Spock haircut, eyebrows, and pointed ears before sending him onto the bridge to surprise his dad.
Father and son posed for this photo afterward, creating one of the sweetest behind-the-scenes moments from the original series.
Leonard Nimoy with his 10-year-old son Adam on the set of Star Trek, 1966.
While Leonard was busy filming, the makeup crew secretly gave Adam a Spock haircut, eyebrows, and pointed ears before sending him onto the bridge to surprise his dad.
Father and son posed for this photo afterward, creating one of the sweetest behind-the-scenes moments from the original series.
Halbrowne61
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Memories !
According to the Australian War Memorial: "Having left school at 13 to work on the family farm near Macksville, New South Wales, Frank Partridge was called up for full-time Army duty when he turned 18. He was posted to the 8th Battalion, a militia unit. The Battalion moved to Lae, New Guinea, in May 1944, and from June 1945 operated in northern Bougainville."
"On 24 July 1945 Partridge's unit came under heavy Japanese machine-gun, grenade, and rifle fire and he was badly wounded. Ignoring his injuries, he snatched up a Bren gun from alongside an expired gunner and challenged the enemy to come out and fight. He next rushed the nearest enemy bunker while armed with grenades and his knife, and eliminated the occupants. Finally, he attacked a second bunker until his injuries stopped him. He 'inspired his comrades to heroic action', and was awarded the Victoria Cross at the age of 20 years old." (Australian Dictionary of Biography)
"After the war Partridge went to London as a member of the Australian Victory Contingent, then settled back onto the family farm, living quietly with his father. In the evenings, to overcome his lack of education, Frank avidly read the Encyclopaedia Britannica." (AWM)
In 1962 Frank Partridge first appeared on Bob Dyer's television quiz show, Pick-a-box. He was an outstanding success and won many prizes. Frank soon became a National celebrity. On 23 February 1963 Frank married Barbara Dunlop, a 31-year-old nursing sister from Turramurra in Sydney. The wedding received extensive media coverage.
"Partridge was an honorary member of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia, a life member and patron of the Macksville Ex-Servicemen's Club, and vice-president of the Nambucca district council of the Banana Growers' Federation Co-operative Ltd. To supplement the income from his farm, Frank travelled around the district selling life assurance.
On 23 March 1964 Private Frank Partridge was fatally wounded in an automobile accident near Bellingen. He was 39 years old at the time of his passing. Frank was buried with full military honors in Macksville Cemetery New South Wales Australia. Lest We Forget.
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#lestweforget
Nicky Henson only appeared in one episode of Fawlty Towers, but he certainly made an impression as the very confident Mr Johnson in The Psychiatrist.
With the open shirt, tight trousers, gold chains and medallion, he looked exactly like the sort of man who was going to annoy Basil the moment he walked into the hotel. Sybil, on the other hand, was rather more impressed by him.
What makes the whole thing even funnier is that the outfit wasn’t put together by the costume department at all.
According to the British Comedy Guide, the clothes Nicky Henson wore as Mr Johnson were actually his own — right down to the medallion. So that very distinctive late-70s look was simply how Nicky turned up dressed!
Henson later joked that, despite having a career lasting around five decades, his gravestone would probably end up saying that he was “in one episode of Fawlty Towers”.
He was only paid £150 for the appearance, although repeat fees continued to bring him money afterwards.
And he wasn’t wrong about the episode being remembered. Mr Johnson’s arrival gives Basil yet another person to become irrationally suspicious of, especially once he realises the guest is trying to sneak a young woman into his room.
Knowing that the shirt, trousers and medallion were genuinely Nicky Henson’s own somehow makes the character even better.
With the open shirt, tight trousers, gold chains and medallion, he looked exactly like the sort of man who was going to annoy Basil the moment he walked into the hotel. Sybil, on the other hand, was rather more impressed by him.
What makes the whole thing even funnier is that the outfit wasn’t put together by the costume department at all.
According to the British Comedy Guide, the clothes Nicky Henson wore as Mr Johnson were actually his own — right down to the medallion. So that very distinctive late-70s look was simply how Nicky turned up dressed!
Henson later joked that, despite having a career lasting around five decades, his gravestone would probably end up saying that he was “in one episode of Fawlty Towers”.
He was only paid £150 for the appearance, although repeat fees continued to bring him money afterwards.
And he wasn’t wrong about the episode being remembered. Mr Johnson’s arrival gives Basil yet another person to become irrationally suspicious of, especially once he realises the guest is trying to sneak a young woman into his room.
Knowing that the shirt, trousers and medallion were genuinely Nicky Henson’s own somehow makes the character even better.
Fifty-five years ago this week, five Australians were killed at Nui Le.
They were the last Australian soldiers to die in combat in Vietnam.
We remember Private Brian Charles Beilken, Private James Duff, Private Keith Michael Kingston-Powles, Private Ralph James Niblett and Private Roderick James Sprigg.
RIP all
We pay our respects to all who fought alongside them, and to all who served in Vietnam.
They were the last Australian soldiers to die in combat in Vietnam.
We remember Private Brian Charles Beilken, Private James Duff, Private Keith Michael Kingston-Powles, Private Ralph James Niblett and Private Roderick James Sprigg.
RIP all
We pay our respects to all who fought alongside them, and to all who served in Vietnam.
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Elevator operators existed in public, private, commercial and retail buildings right up until around the 1970s, when newer buildings were created with more effective lifts that only required the push of a button.
Retailers such as Myer and David Jones held on to lift operators longer, with DJs stores retaining the position until the 1990s.
Retailers such as Myer and David Jones held on to lift operators longer, with DJs stores retaining the position until the 1990s.
Norman J. Rowe, AM (b. 1947)
Australia's once King of Pop till his career was suddenly interrupted when he was called up to do National Service. The press followed his military service, but it was no substitute for the attention he had received as a touring and recording celebrity. He was duly sent to serve in Vietnam with A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment.
Rowe has said of his National Service days: “You can look at your life and say that wasn’t fair and that killed your career … or you can look back and take out of that segment of your life whatever was good. The best friends that I’ve got are Vietnam veterans.”
And Normie still performs today - although a career highlight will always remain his his turn as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.
Australia's once King of Pop till his career was suddenly interrupted when he was called up to do National Service. The press followed his military service, but it was no substitute for the attention he had received as a touring and recording celebrity. He was duly sent to serve in Vietnam with A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment.
Rowe has said of his National Service days: “You can look at your life and say that wasn’t fair and that killed your career … or you can look back and take out of that segment of your life whatever was good. The best friends that I’ve got are Vietnam veterans.”
And Normie still performs today - although a career highlight will always remain his his turn as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables.
Warning: this is a moooving story.
But not udderly ridiculous.
A cow joined a family party in a rowing boat on the Bellinger River near Kempsey, New South Wales on, the 28th March in 1945.
Two cows were shoving each other and one fell over the riverbank into the boat in which Mr Martin of Fernmount and two of his children were sitting.
The boat did not capsize but Martin and one of the children fell out.
The cow stayed in the boat with the other child, but was unsettled and soon fell overboard.
When Martin had saved his child in the water, he went back to save his other in the half swamped boat.
One of the cows horns cut martins upper lip and he required medical attention.
But not udderly ridiculous.
A cow joined a family party in a rowing boat on the Bellinger River near Kempsey, New South Wales on, the 28th March in 1945.
Two cows were shoving each other and one fell over the riverbank into the boat in which Mr Martin of Fernmount and two of his children were sitting.
The boat did not capsize but Martin and one of the children fell out.
The cow stayed in the boat with the other child, but was unsettled and soon fell overboard.
When Martin had saved his child in the water, he went back to save his other in the half swamped boat.
One of the cows horns cut martins upper lip and he required medical attention.
Racehorse trainer Tommy Woodcock with his champion racehorse Reckless on the night before the 1977 Melbourne Cup.
Horse and trainer died within months of each other in 1985.
Tommy Woodcock holds a special place in Australian racing.
He was strapper to the mighty Phar Lap in 1930 when the great horse won the Melbourne Cup, and Phar Lap died in his arms while overseas in 1932.
Horse and trainer died within months of each other in 1985.
Tommy Woodcock holds a special place in Australian racing.
He was strapper to the mighty Phar Lap in 1930 when the great horse won the Melbourne Cup, and Phar Lap died in his arms while overseas in 1932.
