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    Remember hand signals

    Hi, I was sorting through some old paperwork and came upon an old copy of the "Highway Code" (probably the one I used when passing the driving test), thumbing through the pages I came to "Hand Signals", How could I ever forget those? Arm straight out of the window to turn right, Arm out of...
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    Redex

    Who remembers the "Redex Refresher", Injected into your fuel pipe by an oversized oilcan at the time of buying petrol. This was supposed make your car run better and quieter, It cost a penny (old) a squirt and usually injected at the rate of 1 shot per gallon. All I found that it did was to...
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    Buddy Holly & the Crickets

    Went to see Buddy Holly at the Town Hall, must have been around 1957, it was a great show, I can't remember who were on with them, did anyone else go to that venue. sadly, whilst I was in hospital having my tonsils out, Buddy Holly died, in a helicopter accident, I think it was and a sad loss...
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    St Chads Pheasey

    I used to sing in the choir at St Chads on the Pheasey, it is on the 29a bus terminus island. was only a wooden building in those days, but since it as been rebuilt it has been renamed 'The Beacon Church'
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    Stockland Coaches

    We always used Stockland Coaches for our day trips to Blackpool,usually to see the lights. They were based in Stockland Green
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