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Thatchers a Whore
I was born in Barrow in Furness HAHAHA... it is where they build the nuclear deterrent (i.e. massive submarines with loads of nuke missiles in) anyway... There was a strike on at the shipyard once in the summer holidays (it was the eighties and I was eight unbeleivably) and the granada news team took the 2 hour trip up to film the commie lay abouts in a massive park near my mates house as some bloke said a speech about something or other... so we decided it was best to check out this.

When we saw the cameras filming said blokes I decided it was imperative to get on my mates shoulders and make sure that i was in the field of veiw just behind the roving reporter. It worked a treat and with all the noise and cafuffle of the crowd it was easy to blend in...

The end result a clear picture of a child (me) who looks like I am sitting on Bob Greaves (of granada reports) shoulder, a bit like a parrot...then towards the end of Bob's report the unidentifiable sound of my mate shouting "Thatchers a Fucking Whore" (something he must have picked up from the lefties) and me giving the camera man the V's.

(BTW did tape it but lost it)
(Thu 11th Nov 2004, 18:23, More)