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Man's political pet looks back. (7)

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Thanks to Therese for pointing out the historical possibilities with Google Earth. There's a 1945 image, which is so unclear as to be meaningless. Apart from that, the earliest is this one from 2002. The chief interest is that the double plot next door, to the West, was paved over even then. I suspect this is what has led to the waterlogging - all the water falling onto that area running down into my plot. It also suggests that nothing much changed between 2002 and 2015. The fruit bushes to the East were taking up a lot of room, but the beds were being cultivated in the northern 2/3 of the plot. The absurd old shed is there, and there's something else in the midden area.

Medina? Ahly? Kilmarnock? Celtic?

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I'm about ready to give up on bloody Medina. I'm all for supporting the underdog, but I can't find a fellow supporter, or even a shop that'll sell their shirt. So maybe I should be more pragmatic and follow Ahly next season. Most of my students do, so someone could take me to a match. And the sports shops have their gear. Likewise, the SPL has been getting my attention. For all sorts of reasons which I won't go into now, we're moving our UK home from Tyneside to Ayrshire in the next few months. I had thought of following Kilmarnock, a local bus ride away. But their gates are around the 5000 mark, and they struggled this season. Whereas Celtic Park is less than an hour away, and regularly fills it's 60, 000 capacity. They usually qualify for the Champions League, so you get to see some serious European football, even though they don't usually get very far. I've gotten a heads up because the SPL is coming to a very close finish tonight . Coincidentally...