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Off Topic The R.I.P Thread

Discussion in 'Charlton' started by User deleted as requested, Mar 6, 2018.

  1. lardiman

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    Very sad news.
     
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    RIP Dickie Bird,
    and RIP Claudia Cardinale.

    Both led fascinating and full lives in very different ways.
     
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    RIP Billy Vigar

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czjvgkxlx88o

    Only in his early 20's, died after sustaining a terrible injury when he collided with a concrete wall during a match.
    Come on football authorities, take action to prevent things like this.
    And don't make cash-strapped non-league Clubs pay for extra safety measures. Help them.
     
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    The vast majority of non-league clubs I've visited have a fence around the perimeter of the pitch. I always thought it was a legal requirement, but this is clearly not the case.

    RIP Billy
     
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    Having looked at pictures of Wingate's ground, it would appear they have a wall around part of the pitch, then a barrier.

    The FA must order clubs to remove these walls and install fencing instead. If it takes grants to pay for it, then so be it.
     
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    RIP Jane Goodall. Conservation hero.
     
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    A life well lived
     
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    RIP Patrick Murray, AKA Mickey Pearce.

    He fought a good fight, bless him.

    A Greenwich lad.
     
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    Stuart Pearce’s 21 year old son killed in a motor accident, what terrible news.
     
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    Terrible shock for his family. Got to feel for them.
     
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    RIP Prunella Scales. She didn't play Sybil the way Messrs Cleese and Booth wrote the character. Thank goodness.
     
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    RIP Pauline Collins.

    A fine actress <peacedove>
     
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    Should have won the Oscar for Shirley Valentine.

    Her performance as Miss Flite in Bleak House is short but supreme.
     
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    She was an excellent actress. Shirley Valentine.was wonderful.
     
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    And sensible enough to marry a Hull fan. RIP.
     
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    RIP Baroness Helen Newlove

    An absolute titan of a lady.

    God bless.
     
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