Daily Mirror dated Saturday May 23rd 1981
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Peter Sutcliffe (The Yorkshire Ripper) spent the next 3 years in HMP Parkhurst
and then, having been diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic, transferred to
Broadmoor Hospital. During his stay there he has been attacked several times
including being blinded in one eye in 1997.
His wife Sonia who says above “I’ll stand by my man”
divorced him in 1982.
In 2005 police discovered that the Wearside Jack tape and
letters were the work of John Samuel Humble. He was tried and convicted of
perverting the course of justice.
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Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer just 2 months before
their wedding day. Ah young love! Di does her Hilda Ogden impersonation as Charles
wishes he was elsewhere and the policeman on the right wonders what he could
nick the toffee-nosed twerp for.
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Anthony Wedgwood Benn, Tony to his friend and enemies, was
on the left wing of the Labour Party at a time when it had one. He was an MP
for the whole second half of the 20th century and on his retirement
in 2001 he said he was “leaving parliament in order to spend more time on
politics.” He became involved in the Anti-Iraq War movement.
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The violence and political polarisation in Northern Ireland
described in this article is no surprise given that it is talking about the
early 1980’s, but the fact that the Republic of Ireland still had capital
punishment came as a shock. Apparently hanging had been abolished back in 1964
except for the murder of police, prison guards and diplomats. It was completely
abolished in 1990.
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Thrice married Bill Wyman officially left The Rolling Stones
in December 1992. Since then he has mainly appeared with Bill Wyman and the
Rhythm Kings, who, I can tell you from personal experience, are great. His
relationship with Astrid Lundström (seen above) ended in 1983.
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‘Magnum PI’ was Tom Selleck’s breakthrough having been
popping up in various TV series since 1969. He went on to star in the 1987 film
‘3 Men and a Baby’, the TV series ‘Friends’ and most recently ‘Blue Bloods’.
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Miniature pigs were originally bred for medical
research but have enjoyed an on off vogue as pets. Give me a dog any day. Or a
bacon sandwich.
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I can’t help but feel sorry for Mr Barnard. A stupid idea
but he meant well.
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They must have found a solution because ‘Dallas’
continued to be shown this side of the Pond and staggered on for 14 seasons,
ending in 1991.
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