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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3025 on: 13 February, 2023, 01:20:51 pm »
It is or used to be a bit of a cliche that boxing and wrestling audiences were mostly composed of elderly women satisfying their blood lust.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3026 on: 13 February, 2023, 01:32:18 pm »
My dad used to enjoy watching it too. But he was aware of the rigged-ness of it all. ISTR hearing that one of the Chief Riggers was Mick McManus himself. I don't ever recall him losing.

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Concurrently with his career in the wrestling ring, McManus ran the London office of professional wrestling promotion firm Dale Martin, determining the matches and their results.[1]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_McManus_(wrestler)
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3027 on: 13 February, 2023, 02:00:39 pm »
When I was a student at Keele a few of us went to Stoke City Hall to see  Giant Haystacks (the bad guy) and Big Daddy (the good guy).  Surprisingly the good guy won, eventually.  The crowd did indeed include a significant number of older ladies and the atmosphere was quite lively.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3028 on: 13 February, 2023, 03:16:48 pm »
Quote from: Wowbagger on 13 February, 2023, 01:32:18 pm
My dad used to enjoy watching it too. But he was aware of the rigged-ness of it all. ISTR hearing that one of the Chief Riggers was Mick McManus himself. I don't ever recall him losing.

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Concurrently with his career in the wrestling ring, McManus ran the London office of professional wrestling promotion firm Dale Martin, determining the matches and their results.[1]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_McManus_(wrestler)

From same: "his good friend Lord Attenborough".  Dickie, not David.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3029 on: 13 February, 2023, 09:53:32 pm »
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In the interests of balance, my maternal grandmother was into boxing.  I'm not sure why.
Maybe she had a good left hook and was quick on her feet.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3030 on: 13 February, 2023, 11:42:08 pm »
Quote from: T42 on 13 February, 2023, 03:16:48 pm
Quote from: Wowbagger on 13 February, 2023, 01:32:18 pm
My dad used to enjoy watching it too. But he was aware of the rigged-ness of it all. ISTR hearing that one of the Chief Riggers was Mick McManus himself. I don't ever recall him losing.

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Concurrently with his career in the wrestling ring, McManus ran the London office of professional wrestling promotion firm Dale Martin, determining the matches and their results.[1]

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_McManus_(wrestler)

From same: "his good friend Lord Attenborough".  Dickie, not David.

I recall reading somewhere, not sure where, but probably the Graun, that it was strongly suggested that when Dickie Attenborough was ennobled, the palace or their advisors got the wrong brother.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3031 on: 18 February, 2023, 04:51:14 pm »
North Wales woman 'chased by badger' in Shell garage.

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Molly Padget, who is originally from Hawarden, was on her way back from work when she stopped in at a Shell garage and soon found herself being chased around by a silver-haired menace.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3032 on: 18 February, 2023, 07:05:09 pm »
Badger? That's a steely haired audaxer, in and out in minimum time looking for a bottle of Frijj to power through the next 100km.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3033 on: 18 February, 2023, 07:12:04 pm »
Was the curry okay?
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3034 on: 18 February, 2023, 07:15:49 pm »
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/23329896.swindon-ranked-among-worst-places-live-uk-new-poll/

Vox pop suggests most people in Swindon think it's shite, too.

Sole fan of the town, Jan Blankenstein, retired under unfortunate circumstances involving a patient and his judgement may therefore be questionable  ;D  https://www.gcc-uk.org/assets/hearings/Blankenstein_-_Notice_of_Decision.pdf
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3035 on: 18 February, 2023, 08:36:07 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 18 February, 2023, 04:51:14 pm
North Wales woman 'chased by badger' in Shell garage.

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Molly Padget, who is originally from Hawarden, was on her way back from work when she stopped in at a Shell garage and soon found herself being chased around by a silver-haired menace.

When my daughter was a Reprobate Sixth Former, she used to go drinking with her mates on a Friday evening and often didn't arrive home until some small hour or other. She told me once that she and a few friends, one warm summer night, disappeared off to some local woodlands and around dawn they were chased by a badger, which by her account was pretty determined.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3036 on: 19 February, 2023, 01:43:27 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 18 February, 2023, 04:51:14 pm
North Wales woman 'chased by badger' in Shell garage.

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Molly Padget, who is originally from Hawarden, was on her way back from work when she stopped in at a Shell garage and soon found herself being chased around by a silver-haired menace.

Sad to read that the Shell station is actually in Stafford rather than Hawarden.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3037 on: 01 March, 2023, 02:44:12 pm »
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3038 on: 03 March, 2023, 11:55:09 am »
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3039 on: 03 March, 2023, 12:06:30 pm »
It's a fair point though, even if made in a very Swindonian fashion.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3040 on: 03 March, 2023, 12:09:45 pm »
I wouldn't be surprised if thievery was a significant factor in the decision.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3041 on: 03 March, 2023, 02:38:10 pm »
I’m beginning to form the opinion that we need a separate ‘Little eye on Swindon’ thread so that Rog and co have somewhere to call their own  ;D
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3042 on: 03 March, 2023, 06:09:26 pm »
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I wouldn't be surprised if thievery was a significant factor in the decision.

Either that, they needed the floor space for something more profitable, or they don't want the transphobes kicking off.

I wonder if people not being able to determine that things don't fit leads to higher overall sales, as they fail to get round to returning stuff.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3043 on: 03 March, 2023, 06:42:16 pm »
I believe M&S Inverness was the first M&S to have changing rooms. The Eastgate Centre opened in 1983 and I would think the changing rooms were put in later. They were definitely in in 1991, 'cos the Centre Manager of the time told me about them and their history.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3044 on: 03 March, 2023, 06:50:00 pm »
Presumably it saves on staffing costs too.

I'm not sure about returns. There's the wardrobing trend we hear about, where people order clothes, wear them once or twice, claim they didn't fit and send them back. Some people, so I've read, even have special label attachment guns at home for this purpose. I'm sure there's at least a bit of exaggeration there, and it probably applies more to the online, clothing-focused retailers, rather than Matalan (who I would have associated with cushions and Ikea-type stuff, but I'm pretty sure I've never been to one).
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3045 on: 10 March, 2023, 04:24:07 pm »
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3046 on: 15 March, 2023, 08:58:20 pm »
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/15/i-have-a-naked-lookalike-and-he-is-making-a-fortune-on-onlyfans-adrian-chiles

That's one of the weirdest things I've read in a while. In this thread because of the Brummagem connection.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3047 on: 15 March, 2023, 10:14:52 pm »
By Brummie landmarks you just know he means the Rotunda.
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Re: Little Eye On The Provinces
« Reply #3048 on: 16 March, 2023, 01:29:26 am »
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« Reply #3049 on: 16 March, 2023, 09:06:32 am »
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