A Mark In Time

General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: rosco on July 07, 2013, 10:35:16 PM

Title: Well done Andy
Post by: rosco on July 07, 2013, 10:35:16 PM
Congratulations to Andy Murray, a well deserved victory. He played exceptionally well. ;D  First Brit to win Wimbledon in 70years.
Title: Re: Well done Andy
Post by: rudiger on July 08, 2013, 11:20:22 AM
I'm happy for Murray: he deserved to win playing a very good tennis and showing in the whole tournament an outstanding grit.

There is a sad, very sad, link with MK.
Andy Murray was born in Dunblane, the Scottish town sadly famous for the massacre in elementary school in 1996.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_school_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_school_massacre)

Andy was at that school in that day!

As many know, our Mark plays guitar in a moving version of Knockin' on heaven's door, dedicated to the memory of those little angels

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KQzQVREMbU
Title: Re: Well done Andy
Post by: dmg on July 08, 2013, 11:27:20 AM
Quote from: rosco on July 07, 2013, 10:35:16 PM
Congratulations to Andy Murray, a well deserved victory. He played exceptionally well. ;D  First Brit to win Wimbledon in 70years.

77 years I think.  And won on the day of the 7th of the 7th month...  Spooky!

Extra special to me since Dunblane is only 20 miles from my hometown and where I still live.
Title: Re: Well done Andy
Post by: dustyvalentino on July 08, 2013, 09:24:52 PM
First British MALE to win in 77 years.  :)

I was at the Dunblane tribute show the billies played in 97, very moving.

Some of the kids were there, maybe Andy too.
Title: Re: Well done Andy
Post by: Knopflerfan on October 11, 2021, 10:01:51 PM
Old post revisited I know but as I've been searching through my own archive this weekend, I couldn't believe it when I found my copy of the 'Dunblane' single that it's been 25 years this year (13th March 1996) since the sad day at Dunblane and subsequently since the master put his guitar on the single....