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  1. It would have been his friends and relatives who would have arranged the funeral, not him.
  2. The border with Belarus would be the closest I think, followed by Latvia and Ukraine, but all a fair distance. I would have thought that the border with Ukraine would be bristling with Russian military surveillance installations and personnel so not the best direction to head. All speculation at this stage anyway.
  3. I often walk past this house and have wondered what the story is. The peeling paint on the upstairs window frames is a shade of green that says 1940s to me.
  4. I remember the gold taxi atop Mr Compensator on Abbeydale Road.
  5. It looks breezy up there this morning. https://peregrine.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/
  6. I'm not disputing that a plaque would be a fitting tribute, but even if one had been laid, it seems there's still no guarantee that you, personally, would have heard about it.
  7. Maybe you were 'out to lunch' in 2019? https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/sheffields-man-with-a-pram-john-burkhill-awarded-freedom-of-the-city-430977 https://sheffnews.com/news/freedom-of-city-john-burkhill
  8. Wouldn't seeing a blue plaque bearing the name of someone you hadn't heard of before pique your interest? It would mine.
  9. Blue plaques aren't only about celebrating "famous" people. They go beyond that. https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/national-blue-plaques-scheme/ "Recent polling has revealed that 84% of people in England think it is important that people pass on stories of local history, and place-marking initiatives such as the blue plaques scheme can increase levels of civic pride and positive connections to place, and encourage a sense of belonging."
  10. "they"? Isn't this story about just one twenty-year-old bloke, not the entire population of Liverpool?
  11. Paloma is Spanish for "Dove". Kommune is Norgwegian for "Municipality".
  12. I'm lucky then, because with my neighbours, whoever gets to the emptied bins first, puts them back in place. A tacit arrangement.
  13. The only times I've been to Magna is to meet up with a friend from over Rotherham way (me travelling from Sheffield), so a tram stop at Magna could be ideal for us. True, that only makes for two passengers.
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