174 The way, in manc at least, that people can’t wait to tell you about their Irish relatives, or their holidays to Ireland.
175 Darren Campbell’s da
176 The culture and tradition of small engineering and manufacturing companies which persevere.
- Bryan Robson. A man’s man, even if he played for Manchester United. A warrior.
- Ron Atkinson’s very likeable Manchester United team of the mid-1980s.
179 The stoical and remarkably non bitter response of Wiganers and mancunians to the bombs.
180 the fhm student of the year I went on the beer with in Bolton one night.
- The Hacienda nightclub.
- Factory Records.
- Anthony H. Wilson.
- Shaun William Ryder.
- Michaela Strachan.
- Sonia’s dignified reaction to agonisingly finishing second to Niamh Kavanagh’s “In Your Eyes” (it came down to the very last douze points) at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest at Millstreet.
- The UK not bowing to ageism and picking Engelbert Humperdinck as their entry for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. Once a legend, always a legend.
- Neil Back stopping Munster winning a Heino Cup in the final that time.
- Wilkinson stopping Munster winning a Heino Cup this year.
- The tv show “The Undateables”
191 Come dine with me
192 The Full English, far superior to the slop you get in a Full Irish Breakfast
193 Cumberland Sausages
194 John Smiths
195 The Pageantry and Protocol in which official events are carried out with
196 The stoic heroism of the d day veterans
197 The Chris Evens Breakfast show
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The Balti Triangle
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Snobs Nightclub
- Steve Walsh
171 Monty Python’s The meaning of Life.
172 The WW1 series of Blackadder.
173 The Isle of Man TT3d film on ITV4 last night.
174 The memory of Raoul Moat (#moaty)
174 - BBC 5Live
175 - Test Match Cricket
176 - The price of car tax in the UK
177 - The fact that its Cities don’t close down at 2am on a Saturday night