Not sure I even blamed skin heads for Crawley being a dump 40 years ago. It was what it was.
Not sure that supporting the skin heads of 40 years ago in Crawley would have kept the knife crime down in London now, either.
But you never know.
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[Sussex] Ronnie O'sullivan speaks the truth
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Not sure that supporting the skin heads of 40 years ago in Crawley would have kept the knife crime down in London now, either.
But you never know.
kojak
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A politicians answer if ever I saw one
I'm very pleased to hear that.
I paid a brief visit 10 years ago. The big 'new' shopping citadel seemed nice. Goffs park, where I used to walk my dog, was a mud heap, but its hard to argue with geology.
If it is no longer creepy, that's good news. League football team an' all. Progress.
One of the regulars in my pub was an ancient Irishman, who claimed that him and his pals built Crawley (as it became). I enjoyed his anecdotes.
Despite the grimness of some things....on my day off I'd take the train (no car, then) down to Horsham, and nurse a lunch time pint while reading the Grauniad in a pub in town, while my dog basked in front of the fire. Not all bad.
Befitting a tabloid journalist's questionA politicians answer if ever I saw one
kojak
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But still no answerBefitting a tabloid journalist's question
You seem determined to live in the past
Perhaps it suits your agenda?
Who do you blame the current knife crime epidemic on
White gammon?
Brighthelmstone
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Having to live in Burgess Hill, i can confirm Haywards Heath is a massive step compared to here! 
(wife's choice, not mine!)
(wife's choice, not mine!)No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Christ, that was exhausting.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I think, for balance, it's important to point out that Ronnie O'Sullivan lives in no part of West Sussex
Sorry, are you changing the subject from my recollections of Crawley 40 years ago to how to cure knife crime in London today? A bit weird but....
OK.
I am going to suggest that knife crime is caused by the people carrying knives. This seems to be a 'thing' among (but not exclusive to) young working class black males (since you seem to have a thing about making whites whiter than white, there you go, I said it). The solution? I doubt there is one. People living in echo chambers hear only versions of themselves. I gather they mostly stab each other so unless you are a young black male living in London you have little to worry about.
But I am not going to use that as an endorsement of white NF skin heads in Crawley 40 years ago. If you were one of them (you seem to be on their side) then it is surely time to wallow in your nostalgia, not pick a 'whatabout' fight with me.
(I have never had issues with you so I am going to suggest 'this' is one of those 'lost in translation on the internet' things. Have a nice evening, and Up The Albion
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From Ronnie O'Sullivan to knife crime in London and Sadiq Khan.
Literally only on NSC.
FFS.
Literally only on NSC.
FFS.
Baldseagull
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They dredged the lake at the top of the park, and spread the sludge on the hill 10 years ago, it was fenced off whilst the sludge dried out a bit, and is now back to a nice grassy slope.
Baldseagull
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Double post
Did my first gig there at the Clair Hall in 1973. Singer in a rock band (yes, I know). Two hundred in the audience. Nearly shat myself.
Was Nearly Shat Myself the name of the band?
Ooh it’s a corner
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You were a high flyer even then H!(I think we are a similar age).Did my first gig there at the Clair Hall in 1973. Singer in a rock band (yes, I know). Two hundred in the audience. Nearly shat myself.
I was doing my O-Levels in ‘73 at a school about half a mile from Clair Hall. I may have even heard you sing!!!
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Is O'Sullivan the most talented sportsman at his own sport that we've seen?
Glad to hear it. I evidently chose the wrong time to go on a nostalgia trip. Does the model railway still run?
For his longevity at the top-most level, hard to argue. He's 50.
Wayne Gretsky
Cassius Clay
er, Lance Armstrong
Bob!
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He wasn't that loud!
Don Bradman would be up there as well.
Statistically more than half as good again as the next best batter, over a period of 20years.
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Muhammed Ali was well beaten in several of his later fights, as well as losing the heavyweight title twice. Lance Armstrong was massively improved by performance-enhancing drugs, so I wouldn't put either of them in the mix.
Tom Brady and Don Bradman would be in the conversation. Maybe Jahangir Khan also. Phil Taylor, obviously. Jack Niklaus?