I find stories about ordinary folks, extraordinary lives in times gone by, facinating and judging by the popularity of the ‘old photos’ thread, there’s a few on here do also.
I wanted to share this quite interesting article but couldn’t find a suitable thread. So now there is one
Sounds like something they’d do Phil, tho’ I’m not sure … never really watched it with any regularity, mainly because I’m not a middle class egotist with a very small knob *
… oh and I’m not that interested in cars really
*not a reference to you @philippinesaint , tho’ I’m sure you realise that anyway
“Pushball is a game for giants. Such a game as the gods on Olympus might have played without great loss of dignity,”
Not like Quidditch then. I mean come on, who has any dignity running around a field with a broomstick stuck between their arse-cheeks? Harry Potter isn’t real people!
The older one’s on here will remember Southampton Zoo on the common. I can vaguely recall going there a few times as a kid but don’t really remember it being the charming, magical place this article portrays … I’ve got in my mind a sorry bunch of flea bitten animals in concrete boxes.