The Talk
of the Toon
Picture: Adam Piggott
(2010, CC BY 2.0)
Top Stories — Football, Pigeons and Pigs
1960s / Male 61-70
I used to like football ... I started to play for the scout team. I got a medal there. I thought "I'll get pigeons" ... I got interested in them, so on the Saturday, well, I couldn't play football for looking after pigeons ...
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