Day 130 when one door opens , another shuts , but we often look so long and so regretful upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us Tomorrow is both British sandwich week ( 11-16) and Eat what you like day !! Well Steve , my son , miss you like crazy and sometimes feel like its only me and you talking each day , but thats not a problem just normal I guess the league ends tomorrow and yes Villa are safe - no doubt there - who will win ?? hope as its 25 anniversary of the 96 that Liverpool do , but need help from West Ham This day in 1978 - Liverpool wins 23rd European Cup - Omen ?? 33 days to start of World cup - and I see many family members collecting and spending vast amounts of money collecting cards !! well my G Dog collected cards from Players fags and myself collected cards from Brook Bond Tea - do any remember ? And this day in 1773 - The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies. Wow wait till December and one hell of a party in Boston And this day in 1850 Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, founder of Liptons grocery chain, was born in Glasgow. He went from errand boy to millionaire by the age of 30.Wow millionaire in them days !! also Lipton Tea note A proud moment this day in 1994: Mandela becomes SAs first black president Nelson Mandela has become South Africas first black president after more than three centuries of white rule. This day in 1503 - Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands. Wow this is a good one - this day in 2002 - Dr. Pepper announced that it would be introducing a new flavor, Red Fusion, for the first time in 117 years. 117 years didnt know it had been going that long !! and Red Fusion?? Some Birthdays John Wilkes Booth 1838 - Stage actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln Fred Astaire (Frederick Austerlitz) 1899 - Film and stage dancer, choreographer, singer, actor Bono (Paul Hewson) 1960 - Musician (U2) I shot the Sherrif was recorded this day in 1974 - by Eric Clapton And this day in 1986, The Pet Shop Boys went to No.1 on the US singles chart with West End Girls, the duos first US No.1, also a No.1 in the UK. History and comic in the making , as this day in 1940 - British Local Defence Volunteers forms (later renamed the Home Guard - and later became Dads Army - loved that show For Janice Jones this day in 1963 Decca signs Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison - so Beatles first Stones later !! and guess your not watching Eurovision tonight !! Conundrum , this day in 1804 William Pitt the younger, British prime minister, returned to office.Was he then William Pitt the Elder or was that someone else ?? The National Gallery in London opened to the public this day in 1824 The Evening Chronicle was first published, by Edward Hulton, a Manchester man this day in 1897 A quiet and unassumingly bloke this day in 1915 The birth of Sir Denis Thatcher, British businessman and husband of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Un-real, this day in 1916 Explorer Ernest Shackleton and companions reached the Falkland island of South Georgia after sailing 800 miles in 16 days in an open boat. They were looking for help for the remaining members of their party marooned on Elephant island, Antarctica. And to finish , this day in 1919 The first scheduled commercial air service in Britain began. The flight from Manchester to Southport cost 4 guineas one way and was run by A.V.Roe. 4 guineas !! bloody expensive
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 14:49:15 +0000
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