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).

P132/01 ORACLE 132 Thu31 Dec ITV 2253:51
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 *        Jennings in hospital         *
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 US runner Lynn Jennings has had her    
 appendix removed in Durham - 48 hours  
 before she was due to compete in a race
                                        
 The Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist,  
 who flew in from Boston on Wednesday,  
 woke up complaining of stomach pains   
 and hotel staff alerted the hospital.  
                                        
 A spokesman for organisers of the World
 Cross Challenge on Saturday said: "It's
 disappointing she won't be able to     
 race, but we are glad she is all right"
                                        
 Ireland's Sonia O'Sullivan was later   
 named as Jennings' replacement.        
    Sport headlines 130 Racing Ch4 570  
    WIN A SUPER NINTENDO IN 2 MINS p187

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