Jim Steele

Recovered from cancer by listening to Bruce and E street band to help my road back . A workplace rep for @walesunitereps .These are my views and my views only

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Concorde G-BOAA, flying with a Spitfire over the White Cliffs of Dover on the 50th anniversary of Battle of Britain (1990). 📷 Adrian Meredith Collection

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

Bob Harris to step down from Radio 2 after 56 years on air #music #radio
https://t.co/RHWGt7G8fD

[East German Visuals @GDRvisuals]

What is your favourite city in the former GDR?

[Radio Prague International @RadioPrague]

The Czech Senate celebrated 30 years of existence this week. But what has the upper house really achieved in the last three decades? And could talk of abolishing it ever become reality? We discussed those questions with political scientist @petr_just.

https://t.co/aEQ29TDTyZ

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

2 June 2008. Bo Diddley (Ellas McDaniel) died (aged 79). He was a key figure during the transition from blues to rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s. He influenced many artists, including: Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and The Animals.

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

If you are at an airport this summer remember its Nigel Farage fault #Brexit

[Eastern Bloc Visuals @eastblocvisuals]

Radio operator from the Czechoslovak People's Army, 1970s.

[Eastern Bloc Visuals @eastblocvisuals]

Residential district in the suburbs of Warsaw, 1979.

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

John Kear: Rugby league legend and broadcaster dies aged 71 - BBC Sport
https://t.co/MvFfcgv7gz

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

31 May 1961. Jimi Hendrix joined the US Army. After being arrested for car theft he had to choose between prison or joining the Army. He chose the latter and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, based in Kentucky. On 29 June 1962 he was granted a medical discharge

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

@azsweetheart013 you sold me this many years ago . I am going wear it today #keeponrocking

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

PHOTO OF THE DAY. Bob Dylan in Liverpool (1966). 📷 Barry Feinstein.

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

@SeneddWaste What a stupid statement

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

@azsweetheart013 you sold me this many years ago . I am going wear it today #keeponrocking

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

29 May 1985. 39 people were killed at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, prior to Liverpool v Juventus European Cup Final (32 were Italian, 4 Belgian, 2 French and 1 from Northern Ireland). EUFA viewed Liverpool fans most to blame and banned the club from European competitions for 6 years

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

27 May 1942. Reinhard Heydrich (aged 39) SS official and key figure in the organisation of the Holocaust was bomb attacked in Prague by 2 Czechoslovakian assassins, trained in Britain: Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš. Heydrich died 8 days later in hospital.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

24 May 1930. Hull-born Amy Johnson became the 1st woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Flying the G-AAAH Jason, she left Croydon Airport on 5 May and landed at Darwin, Northern Territory on 24 May having travelled 11,000 miles.

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

@rafko74 I cant understand why there isn't plaque there

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

We found out today that my later mother in laws flat was next door to Sir Nicolas Winton's office in Prague. The place where the young English man masterminded the trains that saved hundreds of Jewish children's from the nazi in WW2 #ww2 #Prague #Praha #czechrepublic

[Jim Steele @clock1258]

@rafko74 All thanks to watching CT1 documentary and much to our surprise they visited my later mother in laws building