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    Pull the other one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
    Pull the other one.
    I've practically given my age away!
    (I won't see 60 again, but I'm not as old as Sir Paul).

    I was saying that I hadn't heard of teeth braces in the 1960s.
    Does anybody know when they became fashionable?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhilipG View Post
    Does anybody know when they became fashionable?

    I wouldn't say they've ever been fashionable, I mean nowhere in L1 currently sells them
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
    I wouldn't say they've ever been fashionable, I mean nowhere in L1 currently sells them
    Of course, you've tried.
    You're too old to wear them now, Ged.

    They were a sort of statement when they first came out (or in!).
    They were probably quite expensive.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
    I think though for an artist of that magnitude, a living legend, not forgetting 2 current chart toppers on the same bill - so all in all a 5/6 hour spectacular and as you say, possibly a one off, that price is about right, some may even say a bargain.
    I know you are right and it probably was good value for money and I'm not disputing that.
    I'm just saying that many people cannot afford to spend £200 out of their budget when they have other expenses taking priority. It's hard enough keeping a head above water just paying out for living costs these days and I'm afraid the cost of going to see shows these days is exorbitant.
    You really have to think twice about splashing out on ticket prices - there are loads of things people have to miss simply because they cannot afford it.


    (tongue in cheek) - - Anfield residents should have been offered cut price tickets for the McCartney concert - after all we had to put up with all road blocks and crowds

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    But got to hear it for free

    A tower block would have come in handy, you could have charged an admittance fee if you lived in one, not forgetting the £3 for a can of amber nectar
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    Quote Originally Posted by lindylou View Post
    I know you are right and it probably was good value for money and I'm not disputing that.
    I'm just saying that many people cannot afford to spend £200 out of their budget when they have other expenses taking priority. It's hard enough keeping a head above water just paying out for living costs these days and I'm afraid the cost of going to see shows these days is exorbitant.
    You really have to think twice about splashing out on ticket prices - there are loads of things people have to miss simply because they cannot afford it.


    (tongue in cheek) - - Anfield residents should have been offered cut price tickets for the McCartney concert - after all we had to put up with all road blocks and crowds
    I would love to have been there, either listening from outside or else actually in the stadium!

    What did you think of this part of the concert write-up, mateys?

    One person said: “They only had one entry point to the ground and the queue to get in went on for ages.

    “It took everyone around the back streets of Anfield which does not give a great impression to people from outside the city.”


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    I heard this complaint on Radio Merseyside too whilst others shrugged it off and said it was worth the wait. The biggest complaint was about umbrellas but i wouldn't want a great big umbrella blocking my view if paying that sort of money. Apparently it was a big problem at the grounds of Knowsley Hall too. As for not opening enough turnstiles etc - typical organisational skills of some on show again. As for the view whilst queuing - you can't argue with that, back ginnels are hardly inspiring are they.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ged View Post
    As for the view whilst queuing - you can't argue with that, back ginnels are hardly inspiring are they.
    Aye, I know the back cracks of Anfield. Possibly some of the out-of-towners thought they were getting a taste of the "local colour."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Max View Post
    Did the oldies know who Dave Grohl was?

    Never knew Paul was a Northern Scouser from Anfield though, thought the Beatles were all from the South.

    He was born at Walton Hospital and lived in Anfield for a while but during most of his life while living in the city, the family mostly lived in the south end, in Speke and on Forthlin Road in Allerton up the road from Garston, which explains why he called out to the crowd, “Ok, let’s hear it for Speke. . . . Let’s hear it for Garston.”

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    Default Let's hear it for Garston !!!

    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
    He was born at Walton Hospital and lived in Anfield for a while but during most of his life while living in the city, the family mostly lived in the south end, in Speke and on Forthlin Road in Allerton up the road from Garston, which explains why he called out to the crowd, “Ok, let’s hear it for Speke. . . . Let’s hear it for Garston.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrisGeorge View Post
    He was born at Walton Hospital and lived in Anfield for a while but during most of his life while living in the city, the family mostly lived in the south end, in Speke and on Forthlin Road in Allerton up the road from Garston, which explains why he called out to the crowd, “Ok, let’s hear it for Speke. . . . Let’s hear it for Garston.”

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    He wouldn'tremember any of his 'north end' homes though. 10 Sunbury Road and Sir Thomas White Gardens tenements were when he was a toddler, the family also lived on the far side of Wirral during the war too to escape the blitz. He later bought his dad a house out there called Rembrant.
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    Sunbury rd is off Priory rd - Arkles lane end. I'm glad he mentioned it - it's a little known fact that he was born this end of L'pool

    They did move around a lot didn't they !

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