Nostalgia

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Our local shopping centre

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Iconic.

 

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Iconic.

Absolutely!

 

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(I can distinctly remember listening to this innings on my transistor radio)

Mike Whitney at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after surviving against New Zealand's great fast bowler Sir Richard Hadlee in the 1987 Boxing Day Test...

 

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69 years ago, Aussie flash Shirley Strickland stormed to 80yds hurdles gold at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Game

 

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Remember it well.

 

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69 years ago, Aussie flash Shirley Strickland stormed to 80m hurdles gold at the Melbourne 1956 Olympic Game

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Would of still been yards back then me thinks

 

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Would of still been yards back then me thinks

Thanks champion @happy_tiger - fixed now thanks to your eagle eye.

 

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Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Mark Knopfler, David Bowie, Mark King, and Bryan Adams together in London, 1986.

 

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Back in 1975, the Bob Dylan single “Hurricane” debuted.
Although it only peaked at #33 in the US, Australians loved it, with the single going all the way to #7 on
the Aussie charts.



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The former West Ham captain and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79, the Premier League club has announced.
RIP
Bonds was the longest-serving player for the Irons, making 799 appearances across a 21-year career in which he lifted the FA Cup twice as well as winning the old Second Division.

Billy Bonds: Former West Ham captain 'embodied spirit of the Hammers'

Billy Bonds, who has died at the age of 79, was one of the greatest players ever to represent West Ham United and one of the finest never to win a full England cap, writes Phil McNulty.

www.bbc.com

 

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The former West Ham captain and manager Billy Bonds has died at the age of 79, the Premier League club has announced.
RIP
Bonds was the longest-serving player for the Irons, making 799 appearances across a 21-year career in which he lifted the FA Cup twice as well as winning the old Second Division.

Billy Bonds: Former West Ham captain 'embodied spirit of the Hammers'

Billy Bonds, who has died at the age of 79, was one of the greatest players ever to represent West Ham United and one of the finest never to win a full England cap, writes Phil McNulty.

www.bbc.com

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When i was 10 years old got to meet Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking, the reason i become a Hammer supporter. The only club i can truly say i love with a passion.

 

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Ah, the memories. Followed by ham steaks the next night

 

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The Regent Theatre 1828-1988 (demolished, despite its Heritage Listing)
George St, Sydney
Closed 1984.