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In reply to the discussion: "It's Time": 40 years on [View all]

Violet_Crumble

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3. It was Joe Hasham. I found him on Google...
Wed Nov 21, 2012, 08:29 AM
Nov 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hasham

And Jimmy Hannan is the guy who looks just like Willy Wonka. I don't remember what stupid games show he did, but he must have left an enduring impression for me to put the name to a face.

That ad was a fair bit before my first real memory of political thingys (and that memory was my parents having a massive fight with my best friend's parents in the mid-70's after I was sent home from my friends place to recite 'Golden Gough, Cough Cough' at my parents.). Once I got past the 'OMG! How retro!' when it came to the 'It's Time' clip, there's something really uplifting and inspirational about it even now that I haven't seen since I was old enough to vote...
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