gordyt
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Post by gordyt on Mar 13, 2016 1:22:33 GMT
Wow. Thank you for sharing that story. I had not seen it before. It was so touching. I felt myself getting choked up a bit when I read the text of the article to my wife.
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Post by Mia on Oct 20, 2016 16:11:55 GMT
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Post by Mia on Mar 5, 2017 20:22:38 GMT
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Post by blessed on Sept 17, 2017 10:32:25 GMT
I just stumbled upon this interesting article: The German schoolboy jailed for writing to the BBC
ETA: The article talks about an 18-year-old arrested in East Germany in 1970 for writing to the BBC after listening to the radio programme "Letters without Signatures".
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2017 18:12:01 GMT
That was truly interesting! Thanks a lot for sharing that detail of German history. I didn't know that.
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Post by radellaf on Sept 18, 2017 8:18:49 GMT
Yep, interesting article. Didn't know they went that far (listening to the BBC a crime, handwriting analysis) but not too surprised. OTOH, clicking the link, I wasn't expecting the news to be 47 years old...
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Post by blessed on Sept 18, 2017 9:21:25 GMT
Yep, interesting article. Didn't know they went that far (listening to the BBC a crime, handwriting analysis) but not too surprised. OTOH, clicking the link, I wasn't expecting the news to be 47 years old... Sorry! I should have mentioned that the article referred to something that happened decades ago.
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Post by Mia on Sept 18, 2017 10:46:49 GMT
Yep, interesting article. Didn't know they went that far (listening to the BBC a crime, handwriting analysis) but not too surprised. OTOH, clicking the link, I wasn't expecting the news to be 47 years old... I saw it on the BBC site too, just with that title stirring my curiosity. I think crude handwriting analysis even led to the downfall of Dick Turpin!
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Post by blessed on Sept 18, 2017 16:58:35 GMT
It was the title that grabbed my attention too, Mia!
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Post by joy52 on Sept 18, 2017 21:21:51 GMT
I just stumbled upon this interesting article: The German schoolboy jailed for writing to the BBC
ETA: The article talks about an 18-year-old arrested in East Germany in 1970 for writing to the BBC after listening to the radio programme "Letters without Signatures". Thanks for sharing! This was very educational! That they would go to such great length to track the people down who wrote to the BBC.
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