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Author Topic: Decline and Fall II  (Read 1828 times)

Offline dave.woodhall

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Decline and Fall II
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Re: Decline and Fall II
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2021, 03:44:17 PM »
Good article. The acceptance of decaying mediocrity shines through in every sentence.
 
Here's an interesting picture from 1965 which we had a thread on previously.




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Re: Decline and Fall II
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2021, 04:08:11 PM »
More good stuff!

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Re: Decline and Fall II
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2021, 06:05:01 PM »
That photo reminds me of what Charlie Aitken said in the history video, that everyone was adopting new formations and we were still playing the 'w'

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Re: Decline and Fall II
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2021, 05:30:23 AM »
Great article, as was part one. I love reading Mr Russell's articles. 

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Re: Decline and Fall II
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2021, 11:56:43 AM »
Good article. The acceptance of decaying mediocrity shines through in every sentence.
 
Here's an interesting picture from 1965 which we had a thread on previously.




At first I thought that was this year's 'Strictly' line up.

 


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