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Subject: Re: When did it all go wrong?

Author:
Douglas

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Date Posted: 08:44:35 06/07/09 Sun
In reply to: Emlyn 's message, "When did it all go wrong?" on 08:25:59 06/07/09 Sun

When petrol stations went self-service.
When Burtons stopped selling made-to-measure suits.
When they abolished the farthing.
When they started selling non-iron shirts.
When they shrunk the Wagon Wheels.
When they let women read the news.
When they wrote Elsie Tanner out of Coronation Street.
When policemen stopped wearing proper tunics.
When the Royal Navy surrendered to an Iranian speedboat.
When they stopped making cars in Coventry.
When housewives stopped scrubbing the pavements.
When they let the Chinese buy Longbridge.
When they knocked the Berlin Wall down.
When they invented teabags.
When the Tsar abdicated.
When they stopped fitting starting handles on cars.
When they invented power steering.
When Blair scuppered HMY Britannia.
When the Tsar allowed a Duma.
When Kruschev backed down over Cuba.
When they invented instant coffee.
When they invented Satellite Navigation.
When they abolished the eleven-plus.
When 'men' started wearing cut-away trousers.

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Re: When did it all go wrong?	Jack	06:20:12 06/14/09 Sun