That's your story! I couldn't possibly comment. BTW I wouldn't know about the nefarious activity mentioned, on account of : a) I've never been there, and b) Despite my avatar being an homage to the locals' habits in these wild parts, it doesn't mean I have a predilection for ovine (or despite your repeated calumnies) equine perversions. Sorry to spoil the image which obviously dominates your undoubtedly fertile pony-inhabited imagination; an obsession or fixation, most would call it. Methinks you "doth protest too much"
Umm, is this a good time to point out that Equine Therapy is now available on the NHS/Social Services if you have addiction problems in Hampshire? Phone 01425483352 for further advice.
Well, if Sussex used up all their bad luck today, they surely couldn't have had the weather play against them any worse than it did this afternoon, we should be alright. Scott Styris is applying a rich veneer of Linseed oil to his blade as we speak.
Well played Hampshire, they were the best team on the day and deserved to win it. Right, Oldham. Where to begin. Until the last decades of the 18th century Oldham was exactly that. An Old Ham, Ham being short for Hamlet, from the Saxon, which proves, to those who care about such things, that Cosham should be pronounced Coz ham and not Cosh am. From about 1780 Oldham was transformed from an area where sheep (again) frolicked and grazed, to a sprawling metropolis of textile factories, churning out cloth by the mile. Within 40 years there were 20 mills and the town's fate was sealed. Really, it's name should be Newham.
It's almost impossible to find someone worthy of note, given the town's brief and largely industrial history.
I spent a year there, not in the Glasshouse though! But, on a Sgts mess dinner once, we were given a tour of the prison there. I have never seen a shinier floor since that day.
On 16 August 1819, Oldham sent a contingent estimated at well above 10,000 to hear speakers in St Peter's Fields at Manchester discuss political reform. It was the largest contingent sent to Manchester. John Lees, a cotton operative and ex-soldier who had fought at Waterloo, was one of the fifteen victims of the Peterloo Massacre which followed, where cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000â80,000 that had gathered. The 'Oldham inquest' which proceeded the massacre was anxiously watched; the Court of King's Bench, however, decided that the proceedings were irregular, and the jury were discharged without giving a verdict. Now we can see where Mrs Thatch drew her inspiration for Police tactics during The Miners' Strike and the Battle of the Beanfield in the '80s
The local mills don't make the kit for the football team as they are unable to come up with identical kits. Oldham Athletic FC = Cloth Match Failed
Bernard Cribbins was born in Oldham on December 29th 1928. Eric Sykes was born in Oldham on May 4th 1923. Phillip Schofield was born in Oldham on April 1st 1962.
"From about 1780 Oldham was transformed from an area where sheep (again) frolicked" Well, at least you know he'll be "up" for the away fixture later in the season.
*Nice to see you Mr Nice, to see you nice* - welcome back * phrase pinched from Sir Brucie who probably has a trademark on it
Get your subbuteo pitch out if you're not at the game on Saturday Woopert: "Good Game, Good Game. I hope you're playing it at home!"
