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FenlandRunner Jan 2020 7:05am, 28 Jan 2020 3,020 posts	0 FenlandRunner TR, the 'kids' scarcely believe me when I tell them a nice little earner was staying late to change the big tape reels used for backup. And the capacity was shockingly low, probably 250 Mb max. Oh the days of text screens 25 x 80.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Jan 2020 7:48am, 28 Jan 2020 5,112 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain I count myself lucky to have been awed by Lillian Thomson and the 1976 West Indies team. And still be able to run.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Jan 2020 10:04am, 28 Jan 2020 30,828 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Agreed, 57.5. The first test I really remember having an impact on me was during India’s tour here in 1974. My memory tells me that I watched most of their innings of 42 during a break or lunch break on a TV at school.
flanker Jan 2020 10:08am, 28 Jan 2020 18,916 posts	0 flanker Did they have women's test cricket back in '76?
flanker Jan 2020 10:09am, 28 Jan 2020 18,917 posts	0 flanker (I can remember them too, although the memories are all a bit vague these days!)
Wriggling Snake Jan 2020 10:15am, 28 Jan 2020 25,397 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Rachel Heyhoe-Flint, that has to be 70s
Wriggling Snake Jan 2020 10:18am, 28 Jan 2020 25,398 posts	0 Wriggling Snake 22 test matches, 1960 to 1979, avg. 45.54.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Jan 2020 10:20am, 28 Jan 2020 30,829 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Good grief - Wikipedia tells me she led England to victory in the first women’s World Cup ... in 1973! I never knew that!
ThorntonRunner Jan 2020 10:27am, 28 Jan 2020 2,839 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Yep - the men saw that the women's world cup was quite a good idea and decided to copy it and have their own
Oscar the Grouch Jan 2020 11:38am, 28 Jan 2020 1,375 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Is there a more British, public school name than Rachel Heyhoe-Flint? Perhaps if she had been a Charlotte. Most of them are charlatans, but I digress. She was a trail blazer as opposed to stuffed blazer.