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Is the housing market being protected??

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  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    .........Ben who?


    When you were about 2 , he was a very topical comedian during Thatchers time.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    fc123 wrote: »
    When you were about 2 , he was a very topical comedian during Thatchers time.

    I was born the year Thatcher was elected.

    I do think I remember him though...glasses? I wasn't even in the country for a lot of tht, so he musthave been around after too.
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    fc123 wrote: »
    When you were about 2 , he was a very topical comedian during Thatchers time.
    I am not going to pander to the Now generation. But you are right, maybe giving my age away. Or maybe my dad has got one of his videos. I mean DVD's. I mean watches it on iPlayer. er. YouTube.
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    mewbie wrote: »
    I am not going to pander to the Now generation. But you are right, maybe giving my age away. Or maybe my dad has got one of his videos. I mean DVD's. I mean watches it on iPlayer. er. YouTube.

    Podcasts Mewbs, Podcasts.;)
  • fc123
    fc123 Posts: 6,573 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    I was born the year Thatcher was elected.

    I do think I remember him though...glasses? I wasn't even in the country for a lot of tht, so he musthave been around after too.

    Yup Glasses and a bit of smugness sometimes. I think he writes musicals now.

    Do you know.....................the 80's poet..Billy Bragg? Or (this is fun :o like a history test) a character called Loadsamoney or Tim but Dim
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    lostinrates wrote: »
    I was born the year Thatcher was elected.

    I do think I remember him though...glasses? I wasn't even in the country for a lot of tht, so he musthave been around after too.

    He part wrote the Young ones and Blackadder, and was kicked out of my then local at closing time, using that imortal line 'Do you know who I am' icon7.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    fc123 wrote: »
    Yup Glasses and a bit of smugness sometimes. I think he writes musicals now.

    Do you know.....................the 80's poet..Billy Bragg? Or (this is fun :o like a history test) a character called Loadsamoney or Tim but Dim

    Was that nice but dim?
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • mewbie_2
    mewbie_2 Posts: 6,058 Forumite
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    Hello peeps - Stavros here.

    Must stop this. My street youth cred is draining away.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    fc123 wrote: »

    Do you know.....................the 80's poet..Billy Bragg?

    yes, but only cos I met him.
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
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    Talking of oldies, wanted to go and see Ade Edmondson and his band Bad Shepherds, I was slow off the mark getting tickets and they sold out icon9.gif
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
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