OBITUARIES

[Stanley]

Nice.....

[Tripps]

Surprised I'd never come across this handsome cat. . .

Streetcat Bob

[PanBiker]

Willie Thorne - Snooker player aged 66.

[Whyperion]

Surprised I'd never come across this handsome cat. . .

Streetcat Bob

Mum has the books, and the DVD, though Bob had gone some time ago though,

[Stanley]

I heard that he was in dock Ian. Sorry to hear he's dead, a good man and a fine snooker player.

[PanBiker]

he had been diagnosed with leukaemia Stanley, bloody cancer!

[PanBiker]

Dame Vera Lynn, forces sweetheart has died aged 103. RIP

[Stanley]

I noted that Ian about Willy. I share your anger of course.

[Whyperion]

One of my friends has lost another friend (the 4th this year), we into hospital with shingles, left with covid-19 ,

[Stanley]

See THIS BBC obit for Ian Holm, died aged 88.

[Stanley]

See THIS Obituary for Ennio Morricone: Oscar-winning Italian film composer who has died aged 91. Good age, I liked his music especially (but not exclusively) his connections with spaghetti westerns.

[plaques]

Played one of his big hits just last night. The Good the bad and the ugly. This is one of the bigger orchestra pieces. The good the bad...

[Stanley]

I went one further Ken and watched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly one more time.

[PanBiker]

Jack Charlton - 85 - RIP

[Stanley]

Just heard the news Ian. 773 playing appearances for Leeds United. Doubtful if anyone will ever beat that.

[Wendyf]

In the 60s he lived a few doors down from some friends of ours in Leeds, just an ordinary semi on an ordinary suburban street. A different world.

[Sue]

In the 60s he lived a few doors down from some friends of ours in Leeds, just an ordinary semi on an ordinary suburban street. A different world.

A lot of them did Wendy, even though their earnings were relatively high most did not seek or play at the world of fame like now. Except perhaps George Best.

[plaques]

Footballers in those days were capped at £20 a week, Bob Lord the Burnley football chairman was instrumental in getting it removed. It's been 55 years since Football League clubs abolished the £20 maximum wage cap.

[Sue]

55 years, that would be 1965. I remember the year we married, 1971, we were at Harry Potts seniors house in Burnley, visiting, and he and my Dad and I think Harry junior was there too, were discussing the pay of one of their players as £40 per week and how high it was. In those days I earned £10 per week as a Medical Laboratory technician at the bacteriology lab of Withington Hospital in S Manchester. We had just had a pay rise to bring us in line with nurses!

[Wendyf]

I started teaching in 1971 on a salary of £1000 a year.

[PanBiker]

1971 second year of my apprenticeship into electronics servicing I was on about £9 a week.

[Big Kev]

I was still at primary school...

[Sue]

I was still at primary school...

There's always one

[Marilyn]

I was still in primary school too...

[Stanley]

In 1953 I was doing a farming apprenticeship on £1 a week, all found. (And I had to put 10/- a week in the POSB.)