That was quite a moving read. What a man! 👏Quote:
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That was quite a moving read. What a man! 👏Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibbyradge
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-49971866
She's one lucky young lady!
Brilliant. Imagine going to these lengths. What a generous boy!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-49884207
Just came to this thread to post the same link!Quote:
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Great story on so many levels.
There's something in my eye 😉Quote:
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Looks like Cuadrilla is packing up its fracking operation in Lancashire after causing a series of earthquakes considerably larger than anything it said would be possible....
I was thinking that was a lovely story but was disappointed in West Ham for letting the wall be demolished and discarded in the first place. Then I got to last paragraph and saw they'd transferred the messages to new stadium. Well played all concerned.Quote:
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Richard Huckle won't even be thinking about abusing children ever again.
And the Arsenal fans who didn't want to pull the wall down. Respect!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocky
Not really good news but a touching story nonetheless:
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/spor...sture-17106658
Will Bayley on Strictly last night. The word "inspirational" is overused these days but totally appropriate here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50167812
Not so much a good news story but made me laugh as a clear example of what happens when US universities have a mental research budget :greengrin
Good news for insomniacs.
Only three more sleeps to Christmas!
A debate for another thread, but it pisses me right off that great stories like this aren't front and centre on every news website and newspaper in the land.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
Just remembered I forgot to post this a couple of weeks ago:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-50128860
Take that, DUP. :na na:
Not sure if this has already been posted:
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/vid...4129268426559/
Stop crying.
It is election season. The world is busy and rubbish.
But it is also Christmas.
So take a breather and let me tell you a story about London, trains, love and loss, and how small acts of kindness matter.
I'm going to tell you about the voice at Embankment Tube station.
Just before Christmas 2012, staff at Embankment Tube station were approached by a woman who was very upset.
She kept asking them where the voice had gone. They weren't sure what she meant.
The Voice?
The voice, she said. The man who says 'Mind the Gap'
Don't worry, the staff at Embankment said. The announcement still happens, but they've all been updated. New digital system. New voices. More variety.
The staff asked her if she was okay.
"That voice," she explained, "was my husband."
The woman, a GP called Dr Margaret McCollum, explained that her husband was an actor called Oswald Laurence. Oswald had never become famous, but he HAD been the chap who had recorded all the Northern Line announcements back in the seventies.
And Oswald had died in 2007.
Oswald's death had left a hole in Margaret's heart. But one thing had helped. Every day, on her way to work, she got to hear his voice.
Sometimes, when it hurt too much, she explained, she'd just sit on the platform at Embankment and listen to the announcements for a bit longer.
For five years, this had become her routine. She knew he wasn't really there but his voice - the memory of him - was.
To everyone else, it had just been another announcement. To HER it had been the ghost of the man she still loved.
And now even that had gone.
The staff at Embankment were apologetic, but the whole Underground had this new digital system, it just had to be done. They promised, though, that if the old recordings existed, they'd try and find a copy for her.
Margaret knew this was unlikely, but thanked them anyway.
In the New Year, Margaret McCollum sat on Embankment Station, on her way to work.
And over the speakers she heard a familiar voice. The voice of a man she had loved so much, and never thought she'd hear again.
"Mind the Gap" Said Oswald Laurence.
Because it turned out a LOT of people at Embankment, within London Underground, within @TfL and beyond had lost loved ones and wished they could hear them again.
And they'd all realised that with luck, just this once, for one person, they might be able to make that happen.
Archives were searched, old tapes found and restored. More people had worked to digitize them. Others had waded through the code of the announcement system to alter it while still more had sorted out the paperwork and got exemptions.
And together they made Oswald talk again.
And that is why today, even in 2019, if you go down to Embankment station in London, and sit on the northbound platform on Northern Line, you will here a COMPLETELY different voice say Mind the Gap to ANYWHERE else on the Underground.
It's Oswald.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Thanks for sharing that, Merry Christmas! .... And the 1st 2 words of your post should also be at the end.
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'Sake Moulin Yarns - I'm supposed to be going out tonight and it looks like I've been bubbling all day.
This should make you smile (and not cry, too much)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50762563
Definitely brought a lump to my throat !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-50762563
Well done that young man.Quote:
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That's a great story.Quote:
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The wee man's humanity puts a lot of adults to shame.
That's so sweetQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
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Its the Daily Record - are they folding?Quote:
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