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Spooky indeed!

Coronation Street opening credits 1982, Eastenders wouldn't start production for another 3 years.

Coronation Sttreet had a cat in their opening titles years before Eastenders even started. Are you suggesting that the producers of Coronation Street predicted that Eastenders would be made in several years time? Nothing to do with that actually being the shape of the Thames then?

That was the one. There were loads of conspiracy theories about the Beatles, when Sgt Pepper was released some fans thought the "guitar" read PAUL? and assumed from that that he was dead. It does look vaguely like it, but it does show up how dumb some conspiracy theories are.

No, he died recording Sgt Pepper, thus the flowers in the corner spelling "Paul?"

I like Bolt, I like the stuff that went on between him and Mo as well, whether they share the same agent or not. IMO, arrogance is when you claim you're better than you are, false modesty is no better. Bolt IS the best at his sport and he's proved it, no reason not to shout about it. His butt...

Nope, have to disagree, rain all summer is shit weather. I've been back in Brighton for the last month, looking foward to getting back to the Sun next week.

Yes, until recently I was paying for lessons. I gave up because I just wasn't getting anywhere. I'll probably try again with a different tutor. If that doesn;t work, I'll know it's down to me that I'm not learning. I know a few basic things, I can say hello, order in a bar and call someone a...

Even that's changing. In rural Cyprus, most of the adults don't speak English, but most of their kids do.

I hate to admit it, but you are spot on here. We don't because we don't HAVE to, even if we want to the incentive just isn;t there to the same extent.

I'm not, and I live in a Cyprus. My Greek skills are negligible. (Although on a recent trip to Lebanon, I found that, the one time I needed it, my French isn't quite as weak as I though it was). There's a reason for that. When I came to Cyprus I wanted to learn Greek, I even started lessons, but...

That's only true if you talk about first languages. More people now can speak English to a reasonable level than ANY other language, including Mandarin and Spanish. You can get by with English almost anywhere, try using Spanish in Thailand or Chinese in Argentina, you'll get nowhere. You can...

Would make a good giant dartboard.

I think it's fairer to say Malcolm McLaren cashed in. He ripped the band off in the early days, the rest of the band got hardly anything until they successfully sued him much later. The problem is that a lot of people believe the history of the Sex Pistols to be what's said in The Great Rock 'n'...

...and the final.

Yes, when I went back to Uni in the 90s I was skint so used him a lot. £1 for a number one all over, couldn't go wrong.

I knew about the HMS King Alfred, but some interesting stuff there. I like this picture: I've been up on the roof as well. On the left of the picture is a sturcture on the roof, that's actually the top of the lift in the ballroom. There is a button marked "roof" which doesn't work unless you...

The original South Street is gone, I don't know if the current South Street is a tiny remaining part of it, or a road named after the old one disappeared under the sea.

Sorry, don't know how I forgot that one!