16 May 1568 - Mary Queen of Scots fled to England disguised as an ordinary woman, crossing the Solway to Workington. If there had been Trip Advisor back then she might not have bothered. Sorry Workington.
16 May 1990 - Government minister and dad of the year nominee John Gummer attempted to allay public fears over BSE by having his daughter eat a burger for the benefit of the TV cameras. Kids from back then are now all growed up and taking their kids to McDonalds regularly, which I would argue is only marginally less irresponsible.
16 May 2001 - Labour Deputy PM Johnny "Two Jags", while on a visit to Rhyll North Wales, gets an egg chucked at him, to which he quickly replies with a punch, and in the ensuing scuffle police arrest 29 year-old Craig Evans. I didn't know there was anyone that young in Rhyll, perhaps he was a stowaway on one of the coach trips.
Sorry about the editorialising, I'm feeling grumpier than normal this morning...
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
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