The Thirteenth of October Two Thousand and Eleven. Thursday.
Kevin Horlock scored in the last minute of the 1999 Second Division play-off final to make the score Gillingham 2, Manchester City 1. Just before the restart, the third official indicated that there would be 4 minutes of injury time to play. I was at Wembley that day and I swear at that moment, despite us trailing, I knew we were going to win. I’ve never experienced that level of certainty - when there’s been next to no chance - before or since. Paul Dickov equalised and we won on penalties.
During a school trip to the Blue John Mines in Derbyshire we stopped off at a café to get a drink. While there, we experimented with putting Dandelion and Burdock into a cup of tea. For the record, it tastes sort of minty.
The first time I ever encountered a can of pop (of Coke in this instance) with the top edge bevelled to accommodate your lip was on Nuneaton station in 1988. I was on my way to Leicester University for an interview for a BSC in Physics with Astrophysics. Prior to then all my cans had been straightforward cylinders. I took the course, but came home after one term ‘cos it was doing my head in.
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The UK offices of the lift manufacturer Otis are based in Reading.
The southernmost London Underground station is on the Northern Line (Morden).
I have just checked the lyrics to Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen to find that the line is 'I knew life before I left my nursery.' For some reason, I have always sung this as 'I knew life before I left my laws degree'. Which doesn't make any sense - not least the phrase 'laws degree' but I have been content to sing that for thirty years, only challenging it tonight for the sake of this blog.
The two best theme tune composers are Barry Gray and Ron Grainer.
Stop Press! My brain has just exploded! Just found out that the Ron Grainer Orchestra did a cover of Joe 90 which you can find here.
More soonliest.
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