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    Remember when you had a door knocker and not a spyware peephole connected to WiFi that talks back at you even when you’re not in (or coming out to play) :emoticon-0140-rofl:
     
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    Our back door acted as a sort of roundabout with people / kids, merging in and out.
    If only my folks had been more pro-active and charged a toll, they could've of retired years earlier!
     
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    An old match seller in Ludgate Hill, Cty of London 1893.
     
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    16th-century portrait thought to be of Hungarian nobleman Gregor Baci, who was impaled with a lance during a tournament. He lived for another YEAR with the sawn-off piece lodged in his head (The white paint was likely made of zinc oxide, which would have helped prevent infection)
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    not bad for a pound

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    Albanians become largest foreign group in prisons

    Richard Ford
    , Home Correspondent
    Friday May 01 2020, 12.01am BST, The Times
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    The number of Albanians in prisons in England and Wales has more than quadrupled since 2013
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    The number of Albanian nationals in jails has reached a record high in spite of a deal to enable them to be sent home to serve their sentences.

    They make up the largest group of foreigners in prisons in England and Wales, with the number increasing more than quadrupling since 2013 according to figures released yesterday.

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    Albanians made up 10 per cent of the 9,283 foreign nationals held in jails compared with 2 per cent in 2013 when a deal was signed to enable the compulsory transfer of prisoners to Albania to serve their sentences there.

    The deal was supposed to save the taxpayer £25m over a decade and at the time the government said that 77 prisoners had been referred for potential transfer, yet
     
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    Fleeing gang violence at home apparently......so why not bring it here ?
     
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    Spitfires at Biggin Hill.......... bringing up 1000 scores.
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    Spitfire MkIa RAF 610Sqn DWK N3289 Biggin Hill Kent 1940 01
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    And all the kids today who had a couple of months off school have mental health issues
     
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    Weather never stopped the beautiful game back then...

     
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    Blonde at her peak?
     
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