Tribute to Duncan Edwards

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Mohawk

Forget George Best, Eric Cantona, Bobby Charlton, David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo.  Duncan Edwards – the greatest player to grace a Manchester United shirt – died at the tragic age of 21 in the Munich air crash – yet had achieved so much admiration for such a short career.  Least we never forget those [...]

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Busby’s Babes Remembered

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Mohawk

On 6th February 1958 a BEA plane attempted its third takeoff run – unlike the previous too this one wasn’t aborted, and unllike the other two this attempt was going to end in disaster.  When leaving the runway the plane had hit a fence and then into a house.
Onboard amongst a number of journalists and United fans [...]

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People of our Time: Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Mohawk

 
Yesterday the Buddhist monks in Myanmar (Burma) raised to their feet and demostrated against the military junta in the country.  The last time this happened in 1988 the Government were reported to have killed 3000 people.  So the consequences to these monks and the people who even supported them are quite high.  I would like to [...]

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