Oracle 1992

31st December 2010 - From Ant :

At this time of year I'm always reminded of how long it has been since Oracle disappeared - 18 years ago this evening in fact. With that in mind. thought you might like this. Bits and pieces of it have been floating around in various forms for a while but at the moment I think this is probably the most complete and restored version of the full last night of Oracle. Sourced from an SVHS recording, processed with some teletext hardware that basically did its best to repair the pages from as many repeat cycles as it could make out, and - after much procrastination - a certain amount of human repair (that would be me then).

P131/01 ORACLE 131 Thu31 Dec ITV 2239:23
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 *************  *******    MANCHESTER  *
 * Christie blast          HITS BACK   *
 ***************************************
 Organisers of Manchester's bid hit back
 at Linford Christie's claim that Sydney
 was a better bet for the 2000 Games.   
                                        
 They rejected suggestions that the     
 city's weather made it an unsuitable   
 venue - insisting athletes preferred a 
 less humid climate.                    
                                        
 And they dismissed the Barcelona 100m  
 champion's comment that the British    
 public was "disillusioned" by the bid. 
                                        
 A spokesman said: "We are surprised at 
 the remarks because Linford said in one
 of our newsletters it would be great to
 have the Olympics here."               
      UP-TO-THE-MINUTE LIVE BETTING     
   William HILL PAGES 601,602 & ITV 123

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