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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 18h

I wonder if it'll have you going "Ha-ha this a-way..."

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Sean Reynard / Quentin Smirhes @seanreynard.bsky.social · 10d

Jago singing on Beatclub mit @laurencerharvey.bsky.social

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 10d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 10d

I think "nicotine yellow" is the official shade!

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 10d

Ferguson 3871! As seen in the Argos Catalogue:

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 20d

YAY! Go Quentin! 🤩

Sean Reynard / Quentin Smirhes @seanreynard.bsky.social · 20d

Today's KKCB Totaliser results.
Have your name on the Totaliser Machine!
Quentin is getting a bit too giddy/greedy
gofund.me/466f957bd

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 23d

*twangs staps*
That's not going anywhere...

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 23d

Can't help reading this in Father Dougal's voice.

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 24d

Well that's the last time I buy Vans trainers. Only had these since May this year, been wearing Vans for nearly 25 years.

A four month old Vans trainer with the sole peeling off and excessive damage around the heel.

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 25d

So what is it?

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 25d

Nick nick nick nick nick, to the radio...

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 26d

I wonder how many people sing the theme tune when going to Santa Pod Raceway in Podington?! I did, every single time.

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 27d

Can't remember. I never watched Neighbours so it would make sense that I saw it before it started!

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 28d

Same here. In fact mine was a Vanden Plas! Got it as payment for fitting a CD changer into a Jag (this was 1996)

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 28d

Ey, ey, d'ya remember books? D'ya remember milk tokens? D'ya remember Austin Allegros?

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 28d

Every time Neighbours finished:
"Fast, Fast, Forward, Forward, Forward, Forward..."

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · 28d

Rediffusion you say? I may have heard of such a thing...!

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 8

Aw no! Not Toilet Duck again.

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 5

'Free spectacular entertainment' which seems to be Lady Penelope, Rab C. Nesbitt in a clown costume and Bob Carolgees. That DOES sound entertaining to be fair! From Channel 4 Oracle 1990.

Teletext page from Channel 4 1990 containing blocky depictions of three people, the middle person is dressed as a clown.

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is immediately followed by a spoof Ceefax in-vision of what was going to be "people at it" 😁

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 2

Random thing, I used to work with a bloke who swears he saw Roy Castle in a "blue movie in the cinema" back in the day.

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 2

For years I thought it looked more like the "Kings" in the Atari 2600 game Warlords

Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yeah, it's from a VHS tape from 1989. The programme itself is very 1970s though!

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 2

You just can't beat proper Open University!

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Wayne Dearden @megawayned.bsky.social · Sep 2

I only worked out fairly recently what the Tyne Tees one is supposed to be! I was so used to the Tyne Tees logo being yellow on a blue background it didn't occur to me that they'd used the 1988 blue on yellow background.

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