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Archive for July, 2019

Man on the moon

Posted in moon, moon images, space, space images, tagged , , , on 20/07/2019|

Whilst we’re celebrating the moon landing of 50 years ago… let’s listen to Ballyhoo with ‘Man on the moon.’ 

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man on the moon…

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From twitter

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Without these women, man would not have walked on the moon

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The code that put the first man on the moon, next to the woman that wrote it.

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The King’s favourite – Sailor Malan

Posted in World War II, WWII, tagged , , , on 20/07/2019|

Sailor Malan interview

Edit: October 2019 – Unfortunately, the original video was made private on youtube, so I had to find another video about Salor Malan.
WW2 will always be my favourite history topic. This is amazing what Sailor Malan had achieved. Many South Africans fought alongside the British during this time. Not just in England, but everywhere! Sailor (not his real name) was a true hero as a WW2 pilot during the Battle of Britain.

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Warmth and energy – SA choir

Posted in Chess on 20/07/2019| 2 Comments »

First performance

Beautiful song and dance. Most of these choir members are orphans from a rural area in South Africa. These children are from the poorest part of South Africa – the Limpopo. For the past 10 years, they have been together and as they said in the first video (of Americans got talent), there was nothing to smile or laugh about. The choir, the singing, the dancing brought it all back. I cross my fingers and hope that they will come out top! They deserve it. Well done to Ralf Schmitt, the conductor of the choir. 

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