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I remember this, these days pedestrian shopping areas were the norm back then it meant shutting off roads and putting a few bollards up at each end
Incidentally the skip was invented by a man called Skip O,Halloran an Australian crocodile hunter and the man who Crocodile Dundee was based on, he invented it as a safety device when hunting crocs.
If you got chased by one you could jump in the metal receptacle and the croc was unable to get at you.
Crocodiles being resolute animals or reptiles would wait for days so Skip would leave provisions in the container, he then found he needed somewhere to throw the wrappers into so he would utilise a second receptacle nearby to throw rubbish in and an idea was born.
When he went to Sydney he patented his idea and it was originally called an O,Halloran but that was a bit wordy so he used his real first name which was Dusty, that lasted a couple of years before he was sued by an English game show, so he stopped calling it a Dusty Bin and changed it to a Skip at the same time doing a deal with Thames Tv that they would give it away as a prize in several of their shows including Bullseye.
The rest as they say is history
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The pedestrianisation of Southampton city centre on 09:47 - Nov 24 with 3241 views
Ah, Cadena Cafe, Millwards, MacFisheries, Timothy Whites (?) etc Oh, and don't forget the Tatler cinema above the Classic..........
And what have we got there now, a load of garden sheds pretending to be an authentic German Christmas Market selling tosh (and delicious but fkng expensive hot dogs!!)
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The pedestrianisation of Southampton city centre on 13:06 - Nov 24 with 3189 views
The pedestrianisation of Southampton city centre on 09:47 - Nov 24 by kingslandstand1
Ah, Cadena Cafe, Millwards, MacFisheries, Timothy Whites (?) etc Oh, and don't forget the Tatler cinema above the Classic..........
And what have we got there now, a load of garden sheds pretending to be an authentic German Christmas Market selling tosh (and delicious but fkng expensive hot dogs!!)
Have they got the Vape shops at the Christmas market this year. Nothing says more about the romance of Christmas and peace on earth, than celebrating with a Vape.
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The pedestrianisation of Southampton city centre on 14:14 - Nov 24 with 3157 views
The pedestrianisation of Southampton city centre on 13:06 - Nov 24 by solent_toffee
Have they got the Vape shops at the Christmas market this year. Nothing says more about the romance of Christmas and peace on earth, than celebrating with a Vape.
No doubt!
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The pedestrianisation of Southampton city centre on 18:52 - Nov 29 with 2919 views
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