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@ray1963.bsky.social

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It’ll mostly be music, LUFC and (left leaning) politics. Live and let live, be kind to others and all that decent stuff. Just move on up towards your destination Though you may find from time to time complications

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 1d

Out for dinner in Paris this evening and a giant french black pudding was one of the starters. Would have been rude not to. Lovely. #Paris

Photograph of the Boudin Noir I had as a starter at Severo in Paris this evening.

Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 1d

Warning, this is dull. But as a bunch of youngsters who loved fishing we would watch this religiously as it was the only time you ever saw anything about angling on TV. There was also a ditty sung to the theme tune about our school din dins, coming from pig bins, out of town.

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Fran Corao Oficial @fran-corao-oficial.bsky.social · 1d

¡BUENOS DÍAS! FC x

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, was going to say the same thing. Setting Sons was 1979 (not this day).

Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 2d

Before this season started if you knew anything about anything you understood it was likely we would lose about half our games this season. So far P10 L5. Yesterday we were made to look bad by a side miles better than us. Tough to take, but we’ve been here before many times over the years.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 3d

Last one. I just looked at line-up of that Arsenal team we beat and bloody hell! #lufc

Team line-ups from the third ever time I saw Leeds play when we beat Arsenal 1-0 at Highbury in January 1980. The Arsenal team was full of world class players. And we had Paul Madeley and Eddie Gray.

Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 3d

And a film of me being knocked back from the Clock End would be a comedy epic. Went to join the queue at the turnstile & a copper asked me what was in the bag & when I spoke he accused me of not being a Leeds fan. Heated argument followed about not all Leeds fans coming from Leeds. I lost.

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a shame because when I say I saw him score, I actually didn’t. The pitch of the stand and my (then) height meant I only realised he’d scored when I heard the roar from the other end. I have a vague memory of seeing the goal on MOTD but that’s it. But still remember how great it felt

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Billy Morris, Leeds Books @billymorrisauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Terry Connor scored more goals for Brighton (51) than he did for Leeds (19). Here’s his goal at Old Trafford in 79 which tends to be overshadowed by Brian Flynn’s 2 years later. How good was Hird’s run here…and how bad was Alan Curtis’s finishing!
#LUFC #80sLeeds #ALAW #Leeds

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 3d

The only Terry Connor goal I saw was his last minute winner at Highbury in Jan 1980. Went up to watch the game and buy a new parka in Carnaby Street. Had it in a carrier bag with me in the North Bank, they wouldn’t let me in the Clock End. Does any film of this exist?

Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, well done both, especially John! I’ll be communicating to my mates how easy people who really know their aircraft found this 🤣

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 4d

I took this at an aircraft museum in Nova Scotia in August, this was the one that flummoxed 5 of us old aircraft spotters, two went into ATC, two aircraft design/manufacture, and we’ve never lost our love for these things.

Photo of mystery aircraft taken at a Nova Scotia aircraft museum, static display

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6d

Any time one of those fake foreign British nostalgia accounts starts banging on about the 50s, send them this wonderful interview with Don McCullin, and his description (familiar to me from the 70s) of how brutal London was in the 50s

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 6d

Thinking about this pic every October

Del & Rodney’s yellow Reliant Robin, with a few autumn leaves, proudly advertising Trotters Independent Trading Co. Bonnet de douche, Rodney. Peckham’s finest

Ray @ray1963.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, yes he was. And a beautiful soul.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 7d

The Jam released The Modern World on this day in 1977
youtu.be/kGbwb6SrrZs

The Jam - The Modern World (TOTP 3rd November 1977).

YouTube video by Spit Records

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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 8d

Farage: epic grifter