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Davis not well…. 20:00 - Nov 17 with 6026 viewsITFC_Forever

… was supposed to be at the Christmas light switch-on in town, but Mass stepped in instead.

Hopefully he’ll be fit in a week’s time.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:05 - Nov 17 with 5925 viewsBloots


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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:24 - Nov 17 with 5725 viewsITFC_Forever

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:05 - Nov 17 by Bloots



Ha, it was pretty cold and wet with Mark Murphy doing his best to gee the crowd up.

First time I’ve been in town for it, was quite a lot of people around despite the weather.

Didn’t they used to do it on the Thursday night, you know, when the shops are actually open?

At least Mannings were serving in plastic glasses to take outside.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:26 - Nov 17 with 5707 viewsWeWereZombies

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:05 - Nov 17 by Bloots



If they had rung me I would have said 'It's not December the Seventeenth yet.'

Christmas lights halfway through November, bloody millennials.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:28 - Nov 17 with 5685 viewsGeoffSentence

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:05 - Nov 17 by Bloots



It's the excuse S-Club 7 used when they were supposed to be doing Children in need in Ipswich, next morning they were bouncing about lively as anything on Saturday Superstore.
I was livid.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:38 - Nov 17 with 5559 viewsgainsboroughblue

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:28 - Nov 17 by GeoffSentence

It's the excuse S-Club 7 used when they were supposed to be doing Children in need in Ipswich, next morning they were bouncing about lively as anything on Saturday Superstore.
I was livid.


They were a bit after Saturday Superstore era shirley?

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:45 - Nov 17 with 5459 viewsSwansea_Blue

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:26 - Nov 17 by WeWereZombies

If they had rung me I would have said 'It's not December the Seventeenth yet.'

Christmas lights halfway through November, bloody millennials.


I don’t know why they bother taking them down

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:46 - Nov 17 with 5451 viewsgainsboroughblue

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:45 - Nov 17 by Swansea_Blue

I don’t know why they bother taking them down


I'm pretty sure they didn't a couple of years ago. They just turned them off for a year.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:49 - Nov 17 with 5390 viewsSitfcB

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:05 - Nov 17 by Bloots



Probably stayed up in Newcastle for an extra night. Smart.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:53 - Nov 17 with 5320 viewsSwansea_Blue

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:46 - Nov 17 by gainsboroughblue

I'm pretty sure they didn't a couple of years ago. They just turned them off for a year.


Makes sense actually. I’ve a neighbour who does that. They seem to have a seperate set of lights for every occasion and leave the installed all year. Given it must have taken days to put them all up, that’s not too dumb.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:58 - Nov 17 with 5254 viewsGeoffSentence

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:38 - Nov 17 by gainsboroughblue

They were a bit after Saturday Superstore era shirley?


It was one of those saturday morning kiddies programmes. I lose track of them.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 21:05 - Nov 17 with 5189 viewsNthQldITFC

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:38 - Nov 17 by gainsboroughblue

They were a bit after Saturday Superstore era shirley?


Wasn't that Matt Bianco? Bunch of wa...

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 22:17 - Nov 17 with 4743 viewstextbackup

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:24 - Nov 17 by ITFC_Forever

Ha, it was pretty cold and wet with Mark Murphy doing his best to gee the crowd up.

First time I’ve been in town for it, was quite a lot of people around despite the weather.

Didn’t they used to do it on the Thursday night, you know, when the shops are actually open?

At least Mannings were serving in plastic glasses to take outside.


That honestly sounds like to most horrendous way to spend a Sunday… and we’ve just had pumpkin patch day trips to consider and compare that against!

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Davis not well…. on 23:03 - Nov 17 with 4537 viewsTheBlueGnu

This reminds me of when The Wurzels were supposed to turn on Occold's Christmas lights. They turned up in Iken by mistake, only to be greeted by a very angry Ted Rogers who was booked to carry out the aforementioned task in that location close to the River Alde.

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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 05:11 - Nov 18 with 4024 viewsibbleobble

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:45 - Nov 17 by Swansea_Blue

I don’t know why they bother taking them down


It looks bad enough in daylight let alone having it lit up at night all year around!
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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 08:06 - Nov 18 with 3598 viewsITFC_Forever

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 22:17 - Nov 17 by textbackup

That honestly sounds like to most horrendous way to spend a Sunday… and we’ve just had pumpkin patch day trips to consider and compare that against!


TBH, we only stayed to watch the whole thing as my mate is in the band that did a set after the big switch-on.

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Davis not well…. on 12:26 - Nov 18 with 3109 viewssolemio

Davis not well…. on 23:03 - Nov 17 by TheBlueGnu

This reminds me of when The Wurzels were supposed to turn on Occold's Christmas lights. They turned up in Iken by mistake, only to be greeted by a very angry Ted Rogers who was booked to carry out the aforementioned task in that location close to the River Alde.


Seems odd having a famous Somerset group doing the switch-on by the east coast.

Mind you the original Wurzels were right up there with The Zombies, The Beatles and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Davis not well…. on 12:41 - Nov 18 with 3022 viewsNedPlimpton

Surely if Leif couldn't make it then Townsend should have stepped in?

Or does McKenna not trust him for the big occasions yet?
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That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 12:50 - Nov 18 with 2941 viewsstonojnr

That's exactly the excuse I'd use. (n/t) on 20:45 - Nov 17 by Swansea_Blue

I don’t know why they bother taking them down


For years they didn't in Churchmans,South,Sir Alf, <insert current name>.

That it coincided with our period in the footballing wilderness is of course just coincidence...
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Davis not well…. on 14:18 - Nov 18 with 2679 viewsWeWereZombies

Davis not well…. on 12:26 - Nov 18 by solemio

Seems odd having a famous Somerset group doing the switch-on by the east coast.

Mind you the original Wurzels were right up there with The Zombies, The Beatles and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.


Maybe the poster confused them with those other West Country luminaries, Stackridge. They played The Baths Hall a couple of times.


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Davis not well…. on 15:09 - Nov 18 with 2498 viewssoupytwist

Davis not well…. on 12:26 - Nov 18 by solemio

Seems odd having a famous Somerset group doing the switch-on by the east coast.

Mind you the original Wurzels were right up there with The Zombies, The Beatles and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.


Getting the Berlin Philharmonic to turn on some Christmas lights in Suffolk was a bit of a coup, what year was that?
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Davis not well…. on 16:20 - Nov 18 with 2285 viewsWeWereZombies

Davis not well…. on 15:09 - Nov 18 by soupytwist

Getting the Berlin Philharmonic to turn on some Christmas lights in Suffolk was a bit of a coup, what year was that?


I now have the plot line for an 'The Eagle Has Landed' style film where a seemingly distressed group of refugee Jewish musicians are actually The Berlin Philharmonic in disguise. An appeal to cheer Suffolk up in the depressing winter of 1942 is only a ploy to light up guide paths for a fleet of Junkers 88s to bomb the town centre, but we see through it and find a way to 'Stop The Flutes'...

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Davis not well…. on 16:42 - Nov 18 with 2226 viewsPortmanteauxcurling

Maybe he's got a bit of a chill. He's been in a few draughty places lately.





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Davis not well…. on 20:07 - Nov 18 with 1882 viewssolemio

Davis not well…. on 15:09 - Nov 18 by soupytwist

Getting the Berlin Philharmonic to turn on some Christmas lights in Suffolk was a bit of a coup, what year was that?


Captain Mainwaring has told me how to reply to this, but of course I wouldn't be so rude.
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Davis not well…. on 20:45 - Nov 18 with 1770 viewsITFC_Forever

Davis not well…. on 16:42 - Nov 18 by Portmanteauxcurling

Maybe he's got a bit of a chill. He's been in a few draughty places lately.







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