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TACKLING BIRTHDAYS

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
19 December 2012

Rubbish football cards... they were, er, quite good, actually, says ASHLEY GREB, and he wonders why we can’t buy them any more

TEARING away the envelope, an all-action image tells a scene of manly pursuits. Inside, the loving scrawl of a caring relative – as if a sign of validity – underpins a calamitous verse: “Couldn’t miss the pleasure, of greeting you today, to wish you health and happiness, good luck along the way.”
There was once an innocent period in a boy’s adolescence – somewhere between Blue Peter and girls – when li...

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