John Reece

Retired optician, volunteer and fixer upper
Favourite quote - Birds of Prey don't sing

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary I first joined during Hartlepool Tall Ships races 2010. This was the preferred communication method at the time. Whatsapp hadn't been invented ..

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@20th_Centurygal Universal Soldier - Donovan
(...and any early Bob Dylan tunes...)

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@Rockdecades Fairport Convention since 1969 - through all the line up changes

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@20th_Centurygal Question - The Moody Blues

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@20th_Centurygal Harvest Moon....
And I so want to be in the pub in the video...

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@ScottMakinRadio Years ago, a ticket seller on the train, used to call out "next stop Chicago Fleet" as we approached Cargo Fleet...

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@20th_Centurygal Paul Rodgers - Free
Roger Chapman -Family
Ian Gillan -Deep Purple
Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
Joe Cocker - The Grease Band
Etc, etc, etc.......

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@GaryAPhilipson @Beamish_Museum Verrill's in Hartlepool...
Best chippie EVER..!!!
But the seagulls gather around opening time....!!!!

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@davidcoverdale So much easier on a vinyl cover... impossible to read on a CD
Or maybe it's just my "old eyes"...

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@blackcircles Sunset - Sunrises happen too early !!!

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@davidcoverdale I recall Hartgroves coaches ran a bus to this concert - front six rows of seats 25/- all in
A month before there was a concert with The Tremeloes, The Herd, Marmalade, Traffic and the Who
Same price
Happy Days, David - too long ago

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@davidcoverdale Seems legit .... !!!

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@amy_oakden @BBCTees I flew there once in an Iceland Air aeroplane leased to Ryanair with an American pilot and Norwegian cabin crew. My grandmother's ancestors were Irish but my grandad's were Welsh

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[RNLI @RNLI]

Today, we celebrate 200 years of saving lives at sea.

Thanks to our incredible volunteers, who give their time to save others, and the kindness of supporters like you, we can always answer the call for help.

We’d love to hear your stories and memories of the RNLI 👇
#RNLI200

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@RNLI A post box topper knitted by Yarm Knitters for Redcar RNLI Currently on display in nearby Yarm, getting a lot of interest. Seagull has a chip in its mouth The dog is our mechanics dog "Scruff" The D Class bears Redcar's number D786 the ALB could belong to Hartlepool

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@blackcircles Spa

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@GaryAPhilipson @IronMaiden Oddly enough I was watching the "Flight 666" on dvd tonight...the "Somewhere Back in Time" world tour documentary
Timeless rock... with a local interest of course..

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I appear to be Free tonight....

All 5 CDs worth....!!!

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@GaryAPhilipson ... she was not a fan of the Brain Salad Surgery album cover either... But grew to love the music..... And she couldn't understand the weird Roger Dean landscapes on my Yes collection...