In case I disappear…
Tonight’s hotel room. 
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Saints beating Brighton United 4-1, in the first ever match at The Dell, 1898.
The picture’s a bit blurry, but you can just make out @lifeintheslowlane in his usual spot behind the goal. 
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The Groundsman obviously had his wife on his mind when he painted the 6 yard box.
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They were playing Brighton. Those aren’t tits. 
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Saints beating Brighton United 4-1, in the first ever match at The Dell, 1898.
The picture’s a bit blurry, but you can just make out @lifeintheslowlane in his usual spot behind the goal.
Here’s a better picture of me at that game. I’m the one without the hat…
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Wearing Bowler hats. let alone wearing them to Football… 
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It’s ok they were for poor people back then, originally designed for gamekeepers. From Wikipedia:
“ The bowler hat was designed in 1849 by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler to fulfill an order placed by the company of hatters James Lock & Co. of St James’s,[4] which had been commissioned by a customer to design a close-fitting, low-crowned hat to protect gamekeepers from low-hanging branches while on horseback. The keepers had previously worn top hats, which were knocked off easily and damaged.[4]@
You have more spare time than i do.
And you have a job!
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Not wearing a hat be damned. We should use that picture for a Sotonians version of Spot The Ball, ie, Spot Lord Slowlane. I’m sure tech wizard B Tripz could organize that.
I think Lord Slowlane is the one about halfway back, just to the left, smoking a pipe, with his trilby set at a jaunty angle.
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Nah, it was a useless pub quiz question I remember from a while back.
Nah, surely he’s the one on the lower left wearing a monocle, nautical cap and pipe
You can also see Lady Lowlane left of centre four rows back - doing her bit for equality but being the only woman there. Brave stuff!
Either.
Or
Bottom Right
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Miles off, I’ll give you a clue…
This was my dad, we all loved a Topper…
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel, right?
Nooo…although many say there was a striking resemblance. I think mostly because he liked to chew a fat liquorice stick.
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Euphemism Of The Week.
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Nice doggie. 
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