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The Day Ringo Took to The Thames

The Day Ringo Took to The Thames

A Day in the Life: December 1st, 1969

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There's something peculiarly fitting about finding Richard Starkey MBE rowing down the Thames on a crisp December morning in 1969, while the rest of the entertainment industry was busy contemplating its collective navel. Here was our Ringo, the eternal optimist of the Fab Four, cheerfully batting away presumably profound questions from BBC arts programm…

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