RIP Thread
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Shocking news about Anthony Foley. A year older than me.
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Lads, that's fairly disrespectful of some old woman who died. She probably has kids/grandkids. Bit of decorum please.Allgunsblazin wrote:Sounds like a Rooneyesque moment!...StuartL wrote:Hey, have some respect for DB10'S feelings.GranadaJoe wrote:DB10GOONER wrote:Sorry, who and who now?mcdowell42 wrote:Jean Alexander aka Hilda Ogden died today aged 90.
You don't remember your first & only girlfriend!!??
Also I had no idea we had so many women on this forum. Soap operas, huh? You girls also love the reality shows too I bet.
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We have no choice at around 7pm, we are strapped to our armchairs and forced to watch the likes of Emmerdale and Corrie, suppose you have to watch that cross dresser "Mrs Brown" .....DB10GOONER wrote:Lads, that's fairly disrespectful of some old woman who died. She probably has kids/grandkids. Bit of decorum please.Allgunsblazin wrote:Sounds like a Rooneyesque moment!...StuartL wrote:Hey, have some respect for DB10'S feelings.GranadaJoe wrote:DB10GOONER wrote:
Sorry, who and who now?
You don't remember your first & only girlfriend!!??
Also I had no idea we had so many women on this forum. Soap operas, huh? You girls also love the reality shows too I bet.
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i live in limerick which is a big rugby town and the place is in shock.storrmin571 wrote:Shocking news about Anthony Foley. A year older than me.
great player as well, rip axel foley.
- storrmin571
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugb ... y-12033157REB wrote:i live in limerick which is a big rugby town and the place is in shock.storrmin571 wrote:Shocking news about Anthony Foley. A year older than me.
great player as well, rip axel foley.
Emotional video. I like Munster as a team.
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gary sprake, dirty Leeds keeper when they were at their dirtiest. I remember him chinning Bobby Gould in front of the Clock End and only getting booked! When he came to the North Bank he collected a decent amount of loose change but took it humorously. Later he became a bit of a calamity keeper. 71 is no age these days.
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50 Years ago this day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt ... 0a19828c47
"Aberfan", just the sight or sound of the name still makes my whole body go Ice Cold.
I was a young child when it happened, but to this day I remember my mother and my aunts weeping. The images in the papers, the news on the radio and the black and white images on my grandfather's television, he too wept.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt ... 0a19828c47
"Aberfan", just the sight or sound of the name still makes my whole body go Ice Cold.
I was a young child when it happened, but to this day I remember my mother and my aunts weeping. The images in the papers, the news on the radio and the black and white images on my grandfather's television, he too wept.
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Well said OBG truly awful tragedyOneBardGooner wrote:50 Years ago this day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt ... 0a19828c47
"Aberfan", just the sight or sound of the name still makes my whole body go Ice Cold.
I was a young child when it happened, but to this day I remember my mother and my aunts weeping. The images in the papers, the news on the radio and the black and white images on my grandfather's television, he too wept.
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I just read that entire piece, OneBard - and it is heartbreaking. Most people are aware of the disaster but that piece really brought home the human tragedy like nothing I've read on Aberfan before.OneBardGooner wrote:50 Years ago this day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt ... 0a19828c47
"Aberfan", just the sight or sound of the name still makes my whole body go Ice Cold.
I was a young child when it happened, but to this day I remember my mother and my aunts weeping. The images in the papers, the news on the radio and the black and white images on my grandfather's television, he too wept.
The NCB and the compensation commission were shameful in how they acted after the disaster.
When I get home from work tonight I'm giving my kids an extra big hug.
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DB10GOONER wrote:I just read that entire piece, OneBard - and it is heartbreaking. Most people are aware of the disaster but that piece really brought home the human tragedy like nothing I've read on Aberfan before.OneBardGooner wrote:50 Years ago this day.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt ... 0a19828c47
"Aberfan", just the sight or sound of the name still makes my whole body go Ice Cold.
I was a young child when it happened, but to this day I remember my mother and my aunts weeping. The images in the papers, the news on the radio and the black and white images on my grandfather's television, he too wept.
The NCB and the compensation commission were shameful in how they acted after the disaster.
When I get home from work tonight I'm giving my kids an extra big hug.
Yes, it wasn't as if it hadn't been brought to their attention.
(116 children and 28 adults)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-sout ... s-37689736
I so understand what you say. Mine are grown and flown the nest, but I phoned them both last night and told them I Love Them.
edit:I went to Aberfan some years later when I was grown to pay my respects, and there is a silence and an emptiness beneath what little everyday noises there are, it honestly feels as if the very heart of everyone and everything there is gone.
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My next door neighbour was a police officer who was sent to Aberfan on that day. He has never returned to the town since.
like everyone else my two had an extra kiss and hug at bedtime.
Cofiwch Aberfan. Gorffwys yn heddwch plant bâch.
http://aberfan.walesonline.co.uk
like everyone else my two had an extra kiss and hug at bedtime.
Cofiwch Aberfan. Gorffwys yn heddwch plant bâch.
http://aberfan.walesonline.co.uk
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I remember our primary school teacher explaining what had happened. We then had to all shelter under our desks in an emergency drill. I think it was a weird thing to make us do, but that day and the tragedy has stayed in my memory ever since. I remember that night seeing the harrowing pictures on the news. Even now, 50 years later, it's a terrible image.
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"Remember Aberfan. Rest in peace little ones."storrmin571 wrote:My next door neighbour was a police officer who was sent to Aberfan on that day. He has never returned to the town since.
like everyone else my two had an extra kiss and hug at bedtime.
Cofiwch Aberfan. Gorffwys yn heddwch plant bâch.
http://aberfan.walesonline.co.uk
How can we ever forget mate - Especially the children that never returned home.
- storrmin571
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Absolutely, never forgotten, and neither should the ones who stole from the fund to pay for the clean up.
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Yeah, I remember that too. Scum - utter scum.