Nostalgia

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Before we could tap on ......................

 

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(Before GPS ... )

"You’re on map 59, turn to 82... no wait, back to 47!"

 

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The owner of Crazy John's was John Ilhan'
RIP

He was an Australian entrepreneur who founded the mobile phone retail chain in the 1990s.
Sadly, he passed away in 2007 at the age of 42 after suffering a heart attack.
Following his death, his wife, Patricia Ilhan, sold their stake in the company to Vodafone Australia.

 

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(Before GPS ... )

"You’re on map 59, turn to 82... no wait, back to 47!"


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A fine for using your phone while driving (as it should be), and we used to have the street directory on our lap (or a big map for the road trips)

 

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Back in the day, the celebs were celebrating a birthday - 2 of radio's giants involved!

Chevron Hotel General Manager Frank Christie, Brian Henderson, Vicki Carr, Long John Laws, birthday boy Bob Rogers and his wife, Jerry Rogers

 

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Another Pommy cricket team on tour, this one way back in 1974

Tony Greig, Bob Willis, Mike Hendrick, Chris Old, Pocock, Geoff Arnold, Jameson, Derek Underwood, Frank Hayes, Dennis Amiss, Birkenshaw, Keith Fletcher, Taylor,Alan Knott and Mike Denness of England gather for their trip to West Indies in 1974 where they would win the fifth Test, a feat no England side was to repeat until 1990.

 

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I'm sure I saw one somewhere recently, wish I could remember where. 🤔

 

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That deserves the full Rick Roll. If only Pascoe had the same attitude!

 

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On this day, 10 November, in 1983. The Don Lane Show went to air for the last time.

 

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John Belushi’s funeral, 1982
America stopped.
The laughter paused.

 

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There was only one Sid James ..................

 

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"Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!"
"Look! Up in the sky!"
"It's a bird!"
"It's a plane!"
"It's Superman!"

 

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An old scorecard.
Number 2 for Barnsley would have been 19 year old Michael Parkinson, and number 5 21 year old Dickie Bird.
Pretty historic trivia ........................