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The men strutting along Bondi Beach near Sydney, Australia, in 1961 provoked gasps. The typical crowd of conservative beachgoers normally showed little skin while in their bathing suits; men often draped a beach skirt over their trunks, and women were reluctant to even bare too much shoulder. But these new sunbathers were sporting only a spare, shrink-wrapped bottom that hugged their hips instead of their waist.
The men were wearing Speedos. A beach inspector called the police, and the men were promptly arrested for indecent exposure.
A magistrate declined to pursue the matter, citing the fact that the men weren’t guilty of public nudity because no pubic hair was showing. But the ensuing publicity did wonders for Speedo. The company had been around for decades, but now it was set to become as synonymous with tight-fitting swim trunks as Kleenex is with tissues. Sometimes referred to as “budgie smugglers,” the Speedo would soon spread across
Kevin Hurn will continue in his role as mayor of Wymondham.
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Kevin Hurn will continue in his role as mayor of Wymondham after no-one chose to run against him.
Mr Hurn was the only person nominated for the role at the town council s annual meeting held over Zoom on Tuesday, May 4.
He will now serve a second term and fill the role of mayor for a third consecutive year.
Peter Broome, who was elected deputy mayor in March, will also continue in his role as he too was the only member nominated.
Peter Broome, chair of the planning, lighting and highways committee at Wymondham Town Council.
When writer Chris Brandon first came up with the idea for Bloodlands five years ago, he never for a moment thought that the end product would be a prime-time series on BBC One. I think, in my head I was like, I m gonna make this for a fiver with my best friend, laughs the 39-year-old, who grew up in Strangford. I d been working as an actor in London for about 10 years and then I started writing and I ve been doing that full-time now for five years.
Bloodlands is Chris s first original drama series commission and the first drama from newly-formed production company HTM Television.