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Tony McGrath. Using signs, advertisements and messages as the inspiration for observation and comment - enlightened and otherwise readingthesigns.weebly.com Cork Joined June 2015-
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Paul David Brady, a refrigeration engineer from Liverpool, was born on this day in 1967. He was 21 years old when he lost his life at Hillsborough in 1989. RIP Paul, 🙏❤️ Never Forgotten, JFT97
The memorial for the 9 Logan children who all died young. The 6 sons & 3 daughters are individually shown as at the age they were when they died. Their names are carved above each figure. 2 of the girls were called Jean, suggesting the parents reused the name of a deceased child.
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As we prepare to pause on Remembrance Sunday, I thought people would be interested to see this plaque I found, claiming Castle Street, Farnham in Surrey, is where the first ever two minute silence was observed.
This random historical/football connection will forever live in my head rent free
This random historical/football connection will forever live in my head rent free
Into the distance, a ribbon of black Stretched to the point of no turning back A flight of fancy on a windswept field Standing alone my senses reeled A fatal attraction is holding me fast How can I escape this irresistible grasp? Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky…
The grass was greener The light was brighter The taste was sweeter The nights of wonder With friends surrounded The dawn mist glowing The water flowing The endless river Forever and ever #PinkFloyd
A Tailor’s soul ascends to heaven, leaving behind his Scissors & his Iron. The hourglass lies on its side to show us that his lifetime has stopped, whilst the bones show us that his mortal remains rest in the earth. All of Life, Death & New Life are here.
And some time make the time to drive out west Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore, In September or October, when the wind And the light are working off each other So that the ocean on one side is wild
Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's sixth studio album Meddle, which includes the 23-minute long epic Echoes, one of the most prominent songs in the band’s discography.
My lecturer Back in the day
On the penultimate night of the Pink Floyd shows that concluded their 1994 tour, Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - and the person who came up with the title for The Division Bell album - appropriately celebrated his 42nd birthday by appearing with…

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