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December 1980 🥂 #HappyNewYear by #ABBA has become the #NewYearsEve equivalent of “Last Christmas”.
🎵 youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JA…
Superbly composed. poignant lines beautifully contrast a joyful party setting with dark musings about the past and the future. twitter.com/buchsia/status…

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#OTD 1982 📺 Orville the Duck spoke recently about the loss of his partner Keith Harris in 2015:
“It’s sad, in't it? I have to work on my own. He was my right-hand man"🥁
Btw, I can feel it, can you?
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#OTD 1974📺'Wheeltappers'
This is billed as 'Freddie & the Nightmares'
Freddie Garrity,Frank Carson & Duggie Brown are the protagonists here.
Compère Colin Crompton succinctly sums up proceedings:
“We’ve had some bloody rubbish, but that beats the lot”
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#OTD 1974 📺 Lets gatecrash the #Crossroads Motel, where #NewYearsEve festivities are starting to crank-up and Shughie McFee is getting his pipes out.
Having stumbled and missed his queue through the entire episode, let's see what the piss-head is made of.
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#OTD 1973 📺 '#BluePeter Review Of The Year'
Amazing bender extraordinaire @theurigeller works his 'magic' on a fork is a highlight obvs.
"There's nothing to say".
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In case you hadn't guessed, today is #NationalChampagneDay🍾.
Take care tonight folks.
If you care for a bit of #champagning or like to instigate that popping sound when opening a #champagnebottle, watch out as corks can be expelled at a near 25 mph.
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He was affectionately known as 'The Doc' and played 90 times (1 goal), for The Arsenal between 1958>1961.
A former Chelsea, Manchester United and Scotland boss, don't let anyone say #TheDoc didn't make an impact on football in his time.
🙏#TommyDocherty died #OTD 2020, aged 92.



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#OTD 1994🗓️Arsenal are in the middle of a wretched run in the middle of a wretched season.
But on a bitterly cold day, cult hero John Jensen delivers his only Gunners' goal in 139 app's.
The fact the game would be ultimately lost is a trifling statistic.
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#OTD 1988 🗓️ The Observer said of this 3-0 victory: "an awesomely competent display in all areas, domination to almost the point of embarrassment".
This win meant Arsenal were on top of the table as the New Year was ushered in and its there they'd remain.
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#OTD 1984 🗓️ Kindred spirits, David Rocastle and Michael Thomas sign professional terms at Arsenal Football Club.
Rocky would make his senior debut the following September, while Mickey would have to wait till February 1987 to make his league bow.



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#OTD 1984 🗓️ After protracted negotiations, Steve Williams arrives at Highbury from Southampton.
A boyhood Gunners fan, Steve was a player of guile and artistry, with an unerring ability to pick out a pass.
It was often said that when Willow played, invariably Arsenal did too.

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He joined Arsenal in Nov 1937 and in his first season was a fundamental cog in helping the club win the First Division title.
A Welsh international, his Arsenal career was interrupted by the second world war in which he served in the RAF.
🙏Leslie Jones died #OTD 1980, aged 69.

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#OTD 1977 📰 #RecordMirror and fans of #MarcBolan pay tribute, at the end of 12 months and a year in which we lost a pop icon.
The readers poll vote Marc posthumously, but overwhelmingly, No.1.



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#TDIM 1968📀'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da' is a Beatles-penned song - a simple bouncy reggae-tinged number with a catchy chorus and chug-along bass.
🎵 youtube.com/watch?v=ax7J7H…
The calypso-style vocal sweeps the 🇬🇧#1 along nicely and so much so that the song borders on knees-up territory.

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Good morning...
#AnthonyHopkins celebrates his 84th birthday today.
I hear he's having an old friend for dinner and will be opening a bottle of nice Chianti....
....fft fft fftt fftt.
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