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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by surreyhoop, May 28, 2015.

  1. Kilburn

    Kilburn Well-Known Member

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    Lionel Richie, Ritchie Valens, Bryan Adams, Adam and the Ants?
     
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    Clayton Blackmore

    Clay - soil, ton - weight, more black - darker

    Adam Clayton - U2
     
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    Played football with his Dad, Colin!
     
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    Spot on Steels....Ritchie Blackmore too
    Your go mate...
     
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    Did Christopher and his gang play together? 8,4
     
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  6. surreyhoop

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    Columbus crew...?
     
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    Thats the one Surrey, all yours
     
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    " Got me LA shirt and me disco trousers" on, ready to go here? (4,6,7)
     
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    John Smiths Stadium

    Showing your age with that reference

     
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    Still a spritely 41 here :)
    Your turn Steels...
     
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    Youngster!<laugh>
     
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    Think Taff is the Daddy on this thread - I'm 46, so you're just a few years younger than me Surrey!

    Did Mary get a flower at her birthplace? 10, 4
     
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    I'm 57 - 58 on 27 December.

    I was 8 years old when England won the World Cup - I know, cause I was there!
     
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    I guess I must be the elder statesman here - I'll be 62 on 16th December (my younger wife, by 7 yrs, on the 17th) - still working to help see my 5 daughters (aged 14 - 23) through university with the 19 yr old just having started a Political Science degree in Paris. Tuition is free but cost of living is very expensive - she has also discovered that her tiny apartment is full of mould, so is currently involved in a legal battle with the landlord over this. She has been sick since she moved there in early September. She has noticed that any stored food quickly goes bad too. I worry about her breathing in mould spores - her university insurance policy has provided a lawyer free of charge for her - of course the landlord has counter sued saying she created the problem - likely in between tenants they glossed over the ceiling mould with a fresh coat of paint.

    Building looks okay from the exterior:-

    https://www.google.ca/maps/@48.8385812,2.3595536,3a,90y,146.41h,128.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smWpGSj7tyOE6pC1nHlN8zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
     
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    Linlithgow Rose...
    ( birthplace of Mary queen of scots )
     
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    Spot on Surrey - over to you
     
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    This cracker can't believe is not in the place of dreams (5,11)
     
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    Jacob Butterfield (Jacob's crackers + Field of Dreams)
     
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    I see Surrey is away, so I'm going to keep things rolling since I'm pretty sure my answer is correct.

    With company over we served salad at our round dinner table (5,8)
     
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    Indeed was correct!
     
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