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Until the 1960s the town of Berwick upon Tweed was officially at war with Russia. After the Union of England and Scotland in 1707 any declaration of war against a foreign power specified England and Scotland and also the ancient principality of Berwick upon Tweed which frequently changed hands...

The secret of the offensive 'V' sign now revealed. It dates from the battle of Agincourt in 1415. The strength of the English army was the archers (actually most were Welsh). They used to grip the arrow with the index and middle finger before drawing back the bow and firing. The strength of the...

I went to some really good schools. They were all approved.

Mine is the Pioneer Inn at Goodsprings, Nevada about 35 miles from Las Vegas and 7 miles off the LA to Vegas freeway. It dates from 1913 and is only one of two still standing pressed corrugated iron bars. They were formerly sold by the Sears Roebuck catalogue who arranged shipping. The hamlet...

Was an instant success when he made his debut in the 67/68 season with several goals in his few games. He understandably lost his place owing to the signing of Francis Lee. His later journalistic column showed flashes of insight and humour. I well remember one issue in the 90s when he attended a...

I attended Bert's testimonial in 1964. He was a veteran and playing in the reserves that season as Harry Dowd had taken over. The teams were a combined City/United side versus an all England X1 (Matthews, Finney, Lofthouse, Moore, Banks etc). The result didn't matter as Bert pulled off a series...

Legend. Suffered a broken neck in 1956 cup final against Birmingham City and still played on for the final 20 minutes, stll diving at strikers' feet. The only player ever to have been awarded the OBE, and the German equivalent, Cup winner's medal and the iron cross. Would have been 1st choice...

These yellow stickers showing price reductions are a pretty good deal. You can get quite a bit off your weekly shopping bill if you time it right. Sundays 30 minutes before 4.00 closing usually decent pickings. Midweek evenings too. Mainly stuff near sell by date but okay in freeze.

Not quite. Injuries and loss of form did that. He'll probably be moved on now with a large settlement but this case will stick with him.

The best eras to visit were in the late 80s/early 90s. You could get a free breakfast (20 minute wait in line), $3 steak dinners, 25 cents primo German lager to celebrate Ballys 25th year etc) and rooms and buffets were dirt cheap. Now everything's at a premium price. Apart from Chinese or pizza...

Raise the Titanic: Lost a shed load of money that film. Sir Lew Grade choked on his cigar and memorably said that it would have been cheaper to sink the Atlantic.

Unfortunately more than a few had Barry Bennell.

The Crocky Santa Claus deal did for him. Apparently he told Khaldoon that we must buy him or he would walk. He also said Crocky's fitness was no problem. Ouch he had to go.

I do remember a photo in a mens' magazine (forget which) showing a completely naked model, a recent graduate from the Charles Atlas programme. Looked like a condom stuffed with walnuts - talk about muscles on muscles -oiled all over. Only problem was his prick, shrunken to a full inch and a...

His best film was 1967's "Wait Until Dark" where he played a psychopath who terrified the blind Audrey Hepburn who unknowingly had a mass of high grade heroin secreted in her favourite doll. A must see movie that you watch through your fingers.

After a very long break re - watched "The Abominable Doctor Phibes" starring the unforgettable Vincent Price. The grisly story of a mad cadaver's revenge on a team of surgeons who failed to rescue his dying wife by using the Biblical plagues of Egypt - rats, bats, blood, hail etc. An absolute...

2 of Groucho Marx¨s pearls of wisdom. When he was turned down as a member of the Hollywood hills swimming club for being of the Jewish faith he responded in writing. "can half Jews go in up to their waists?" When asked to pick out a memorial plot at the Forest Lawns cemetery. he responded "On...

Leasehold properties (mainly flats) are fraught with difficulties if there's a shithouse managing company involved. They can hike up quarterly charges as they bloody well like. However, I'm sure that there is legislation available for tenants to act together to purchase the lease at a fair...

Well it took 55 years for Malcolm Allison's prediction that we would terrify Europe to come true - but it finally has. Just for that we'll go again next season...and the next.....and the next.