Keith Sansum1
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the local football club is known as the "pars" for some obscure reason- just thought i would share that interesting snippet.
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Its short for 'paralytics', and is my home team.
Not necessarily because of their drinking exploits either...
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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informative stuff i think tom, with your encyclopeadic knowledge of football north of hadrian's wall which club is known as the arabs?
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That is an easy one Howard. The answer is 'none'.
The team in question being Dundee United, known as The Terrors. Their fans are called 'Arabs'.
{Oh, drats!! What can a fellow do, with a 'Jimminy Cricket' doing his thing in one ear?}
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Tom
I recently returned from glasgow and spent some time in Dundee
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Brian Dixon
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don't worry kieth,thi will cheer you up,
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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wrong thread brian
but im proud to be a lifelong union member
and in many of the unions very active
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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if you are,here you are.sing along if you know the words.
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Tom's one Dundee story...
Many moons ago I travelled with a friend to Dundee to 'experience' Led Zeppelin at the Caird Hall, and we travelled back south that same night.
We had a tremendous time, but you kinda had to be there.
Two weeks later Rod Stewart and The Faces played there and the fans wrecked the place. The management 'swore' that that was the end for rock gigs. They appear to have relented...
http://www.cairdhall.co.uk/
I know a few Dundonians, they are like everybody else;good and less good. The town, I know, has moved on over the last forty years, especially along the sea front.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Tom
my one story
i stayed in a bed and breakfast 3 miles from the town centre just trying to think of the small railway station down the road than ran only a few trains?
i did once walk along the seafront lovely castle, and then into the town centre
a great walk took hours but was lovely
one small point, i walked about 2 miles and there was no notices to say you couldnt go any further and so had to travel back a mile to get out onto the main road to walk through to the town centre.
i met some friends in dundee who lived in the village not far away
i enjoyed my time in dundee
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No language troubles Keith?
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in the pub there were times when i hoped i nodded at the right time lol
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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certainly sometimes i though i ws in another country lol
to some scots i was lol
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I know Dundee well was up there for a time in the Army training Like it all around there great place to be if you play Golf ,they have the British open there at times,and the Army camp when I was there was right next to it.right by the sea.
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lovely scenery
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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no such thing as the british open, we only have the open.
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