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b'Primark have made huge profits and are taking a bit of stick from our army of do-gooders\\u2026they are suggesting people boycott the store because the stuff they sell is made in China by workers who are poor and mistreated\\u2026..the stuff they sell in the store is CHEAP !!!....that\\u2019s all 99% of shoppers are interested in I\\u2019m afraid.\\nMy take on this is if Primark can sell cheap so can the big stores\\u2026end of.\\n \\n...I went to see \\u201cDreamboats and Petticoats\\u201d on the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton\\u2026.it was sort of O.K\\u2026.but not worth 28 quid a ticket\\u2026.the music which is live was good but the acting let it down\\u2026I\\u2019ve seen the show before on the Empire which was much better\\u2026shame.\\n \\n...I watched a drama about Tommy Cooper on tele this week (did you catch it?) it was brilliant\\u2026the guy who played him was great (David Threlfall?...who was the star of \\u201cShameless\\u201d which I never watched)\\u2026it was a great insight into the life of T.C. (I was never a fan)\\u2026I think the guy will get an award for this\\u2026it was excellent.\\n \\n...I was listening to Boney M on the radio the other day and was reminded how good their records were \\u2026 great bass player and drummer on the records\\u2026.the song was \\u201cRasputin\\u201d \\u2026it took me back to an interview on BBC with one of the girls in the band who said SHE was the only singer on the discs\\u2026.the dancing fool in the middle couldn\\u2019t even sing\\u2026his voice was actually the managers voice\\u2026.another great pop revelation\\u2026which reminded me of a guy called Tony Burrows who kidded them all\\u2026he was in the original Brotherhood of Man before the Eurovision lot took over the name\\u2026he was also the singer in White Plains,Eddison Lighthouse AND The Pipkins\\u2026..who all got in the charts at the same time\\u2026and appeared on Top Of The Pops\\u2026..so the secret was out and he got a ban from the Beeb\\u2026classic stuff.\\n \\n......I am back playing golf and of late the courses have been virtually empty\\u2026this is over the last six months\\u2026I also have a mate who lives near the Royal Liverpool who will be hosting The Open this year\\u2026and he intends to rent his flat out (you can get 10 grand for the 5 days)\\u2026but up to now he has had no takers\\u2026he has two estate agents on the job and had had to bring the price down\\u2026.could it be that golf is fading in popularity?...the same thing happened with squash when I used to play in the 70s\\u2026.interesting.'