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oddthisday.bsky.social @oddthisday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Well, if it’s 23 September... YES, THAT’S RIGHT! It’s the 72nd anniversary of the hunt for the Gorbals Vampire, in which hundreds of children aged from four to 14, armed with dogs, knives, and sharpened sticks went looking for an urban myth
Daily Mirror front page shows grainy image of horde of children in a cemetery, and the headline “Amazing scene as hundreds of children rush cemetery”
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oddthisday.bsky.social @oddthisday.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Today? Oh, today is the 54th anniversary of French hypermarket Carrefour opening its first store on UK soil in Caerphilly. Obviously. Not all that remarkable in itself, perhaps, but its 6th birthday was one to remember, what with the 40ft, three-ton animatronic gorilla being there...
A large flat 1970s building, unremarkable and beige. Oh, in front of it, there’s a 40ft black gorilla with a huge, toothy mouth, open in a roar. One of its arms is raised to its hip, the other held out in front of it. There is someone sitting in the left hand, with their back to us
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