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  1. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Right track Kilburn but not as far back as David Lloyd- George!
     
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    Taffvalerowdy, Sep 21, 2015
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    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    1966 is a clue - big year for the PM ... and for the guy himself
     
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    Taffvalerowdy, Sep 22, 2015
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    So Harold (Wilson) Somebody?
     
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    Kilburn, Sep 22, 2015
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    Finally, with a little bit of help from my friends - Harold Shepherdson
     
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    Kilburn, Sep 22, 2015
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    Yep - all yours Kilburn! <cheers>
     
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    This inventor likes to spend his holidays in Hawaii (8,5)
     
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    Kilburn, Sep 22, 2015
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    Had to google that, I'd no idea who that was!!
     
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    Steelmonkey, Sep 22, 2015
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    He and Les Cocker were Ramsey's assistants. Showing my age!
     
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    Taffvalerowdy, Sep 22, 2015
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    I just had to put Harold + Sheep + 1966 together somehow.

     
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    Kilburn, Sep 22, 2015
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    Football: England at the World Cup: 1966 England - The day Alf Ramsey stood by his hard man
    Nobby Stiles, one of the heroes of 32 years ago, tells Ken Jones how he turned the other cheek

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    WATCHING Alf Ramsey walk towards him on the morning of 22 July 1966 Nobby Stiles feared the worst. ''That's it, I'm out,'' Stiles thought. Dropped for the following day's World Cup quarter-final against Argentina at Wembley.

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    http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...alf-ramsey-stood-by-his-hard-man-1162621.html
     
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    Kilburn, Sep 22, 2015
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    Leonardo Ulloa? ( Aloha= hawaii? )
     
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    surreyhoop, Sep 22, 2015
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    Spot on - I was just about to add - I've heard he likes to do a bit of painting too whilst there (Leonardo da Vinci).
     
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    Kilburn, Sep 22, 2015
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    I may be / am Welsh but that day was fantastic - a great day for English (& British) football.
    To paraphrase my compatriot Max Boyce - I know, coz I was there!
    If Wales aren't playing, I want England to win - always have, always will!
     
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    Taffvalerowdy, Sep 22, 2015
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    You won't like this alot, said Tony (4,4)
     
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    surreyhoop, Sep 23, 2015
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    Paul Ince?
     
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    Nice try Taff, but no...!
     
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    Hull City?
     
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    Paul Hart
     
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    Off you go Taff :)
     
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    surreyhoop, Sep 23, 2015
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    Could you buy this fruit on a shoestring? (6,6)
     
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