WEBSITES OF THE WEEK
www.maulers.com/
If your appetite for spoof rockumentaries has been whetted by the current releases Still Crazy and Velvet Goldmine then take a look at the Internet equivalent. It follows the career of the fictional rock band The Maulers from their inception in 1980 as The Mersey Mailmen.
www.geezer.demon. co.uk/
The London Slang page should be taken with a pinch of salt. "I'm off to get my Tony cut," for example, is one example of a new breed of cockney rhyming slang. I'll leave you to work that one out for yourself, although you may just think I'm having a Steffi Graf. It's worth a look.
www.cornwalleclipse99.com/
If you're planning to head to Cornwall next summer to view the total eclipse on 11 August, you may want to check out this site which proffers all the information you'll need from booking accommodation to the technical details of viewing the eclipse itself.
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