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Traveller Camp At Heathrow

I recently re-read 'Airport International', a 1970s book by Brian Moynahan. It makes reference to traveller families living between the runways at Heathrow. Was this really a thing? It's hard to... ...
17:42 Wed 03rd Jan 20243 answers, last by ToraToraTora 18:00 Wed 03rd Jan 2024
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Serge Gainsbourg Documentary

There was a documentary about Serge that was broadcast not long after he died in '91/91 – I think it was the BBC but it may have been ITV. It had interviews with him and Vanessa Paradis,... ...
17:41 Wed 03rd Jan 2024
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'80S Drama About A Massage Parlour

This one came up in conversation the other day. Does anyone remember a TV series set in a massage parlour of dubious provenance – it may have been called 'Extras' or something like that. Not to be...
10:56 Mon 24th Oct 20222 answers, last by mallyh 13:13 Mon 24th Oct 2022
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Cadent Wanting To Move Meter Box

Cadent are living up to their reputation for shoddiness and want to relocate my meter box outside. I don't want them to do this and after much evasion, finally got them to provide an outline of the...
18:57 Fri 09th Sep 20221 answer, last by barry1010 06:13 Sat 10th Sep 2022
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Cadent Wanting Access To Property

There are gas works taking place in my street, being done by Cadent. They've been pretty poor on the information front (it was supposed to be done by April, and now they're just knocking on people's...
14:17 Thu 25th Aug 20221 answer, last by Buenchico 18:56 Thu 25th Aug 2022
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"Monica, Monica"

Can anyone remember a song that started each verse with those words? At least, I think it was 'Monica'... it may have been 'Jessica' or something else that ended in '-ca'. '70s, I think....
18:18 Tue 25th Jan 202211 answers, last by Mamyalynne 19:48 Tue 25th Jan 2022
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Company Trying To Oust Employee.... What Are His Options?

I'm posting on behalf of a friend. He moved overseas to the EU about 18 months ago, temporarily to be with his partner's family during the pandemic. He's now made the move permanent. His company are...
11:21 Mon 24th Jan 20222 answers, last by bobbinwales 19:33 Tue 25th Jan 2022
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Just 17 Parody Magazine

This would be in the late '90s / early '00s: a Viz-style parody of Just 17 photostories. I'm not sure if there was only one issue (One of the stories was called 'A story in just 17 photos' - clever)...
16:08 Tue 26th Oct 20215 answers, last by badhorsey 16:51 Tue 26th Oct 2021
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1980S School Dinners

I went to high school in Croydon from 1981-86, and have many not-at-all fond memories of the school dinners. In particular: - Cheese & egg flan - Mystery meat pie with chopped eggs, baked in a huge...
14:53 Tue 14th Sep 202119 answers, last by tiggerblue10 20:20 Wed 15th Sep 2021
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Where Do You Go To My Lovely Parody

Does anyone know who did this back in the day? It started "She talks like Henry Cooper, she walks like a grizzly bear..."...
16:55 Mon 02nd Aug 20214 answers, last by burlyshirley 17:59 Mon 02nd Aug 2021
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1970S Science Book

I had a flashback to a book in our school library, one of those popular-science-for-inquisitive-kids things. It was actually quite interesting - it had photos of Cherenkov radiation around a reactor...
16:59 Fri 26th Mar 20214 answers, last by ToraToraTora 20:53 Fri 26th Mar 2021
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Rectangular Half-Parasol

I'd like to get one of these - the size and shape of my garden dictates that a rectangular parasol is the right thing, but it needs to have the pole to one side or mounted onto the wall. I can find...
15:37 Sun 21st Feb 20212 answers, last by johnk 08:16 Mon 22nd Feb 2021
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Restaurant Advert From The '90S - Brewster's / Toby Carvery / Harvester?

There was a terrible advert that ran for a while showing people enjoying food in the 'restaurant', and it would suddenly stop with a musical sting and focus on a smiling chef or a cartoon image of a...
21:27 Tue 20th Oct 20202 answers, last by Chinajan 11:41 Wed 21st Oct 2020
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Guitar World Magazine July 1988

Does anyone have a copy of this? It had Eddie Van Halen on the cover, and - the thing I'm looking for - is a transcription of David Gilmour's solo from 'Yet Another Movie' with a harmonic analysis. If...
12:23 Mon 12th Oct 20205 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:06 Mon 12th Oct 2020
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Deep Fried Pies

I'm tempted to have a crack at recreating this healthy and nutritious dish from my childhood in Scotland. What are the practicalities, though? Are the pies cooked in an oven first or microwaved prior...
15:06 Thu 20th Aug 202025 answers, last by alavahalf 18:03 Thu 20th Aug 2020
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Cruzcampo In London

Can anybody point me towards a shop that stocks this Spanish beer (or better yet, a bar that serves it)? There are places selling it online, but they're permanently out of stock....
19:55 Sun 16th Aug 20205 answers, last by LadyCG 09:15 Mon 17th Aug 2020
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Reduced Height Shower Screens

I want to fit a screen to my bath but due to a window on the top of the wall, I'm restricted in height. Every screen that I've seen online is 1400mm in height - is there anywhere doing one that's...
12:47 Fri 07th Aug 20204 answers, last by barry1010 13:14 Fri 07th Aug 2020
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Two Late '90S / Early '00S Club Anthems

One had a call-and-response vocal line and horn line ('Here I am...' or something similar) and an ascending 'la la la' chorus. The second had a melody that shifted in a similar way to The Teddy Bears'...
10:59 Sat 27th Jun 20202 answers, last by badhorsey 10:01 Sun 28th Jun 2020
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Country-Ish Pop Song From Mid-Late '90S

This has bothered me for years. I heard it a few times on Capital Radio and never managed to clock who it was by. It had a sort of stop-start rhythm, sung by a female singer, with slide guitars in the...
19:44 Thu 25th Jun 202013 answers, last by badhorsey 14:12 Fri 26th Jun 2020
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Leaving A New Broadband Provider

I recently jumped from Vodafone to TalkTalk, which has proved to be something of a bad move; I've traded a stable connection for one that's faster but very unreliable. I'm within my cooling off period...
12:14 Fri 29th May 20201 answer, last by Hardatit42 13:10 Fri 29th May 2020

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