New Posts For Thread: Chelts pre internet ATR etchttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etcDid you older boys make as much money in the dark ages as you do now what with forums blogs and everybody giving their two bobs worth online?When I think back you may have had a snippet on the MorningLine or a small right up on teletext,and the paperIgnoring the racing channels, there was masses more on normal TV. The beeb had 80 odd days racing and C4 showed lots more mid-week, good races too.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538231427#538231427Ignoring the racing channels, there was masses more on normal TV. The beeb had 80 odd days racing and C4 showed lots more mid-week, good races too.Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:03:55 -0600I emailed RUK the other Weds when Lydia and Steve were on telling about me being off school 78 or 79 and mum taking me to her friends house and sitting with her dad watching the Tuesday of the festival since then I never did school on Cheltenham weekhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538229863#538229863I emailed RUK the other Weds when Lydia and Steve were on telling about me being off school 78 or 79 and mum taking me to her friends house and sitting with her dad watching the Tuesday of the festival since then I never did school on Cheltenham weekSun, 02 Mar 2014 10:17:49 -0600Or there were 15 races on one page and the missus shouts out for summit and when you go back to it you have missed it ...and remember when it was blower only in the bookies....hard to believe how things have moved onhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538229773#538229773Or there were 15 races on one page and the missus shouts out for summit and when you go back to it you have missed it ...and remember when it was blower only in the bookies....hard to believe how things have moved onSun, 02 Mar 2014 10:13:40 -0600Steamship, we could be cloned.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538229683#538229683Steamship, we could be cloned.Sun, 02 Mar 2014 10:09:30 -0600What about the advertisement (I wont name the tipsters)but that stayed on for ages then the page you were after would pass really quick.Back in the day it was 3races on BBC1 and the 420 BBC2. I think BBC came on about 145 and first race was 2.15 no shttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538229641#538229641What about the advertisement (I wont name the tipsters)but that stayed on for ages then the page you were after would pass really quick.Back in the day it was 3races on BBC1 and the 420 BBC2. I think BBC came on about 145 and first race was 2.15 no sSun, 02 Mar 2014 10:06:47 -0600Yup Steamship, remember those numbers well, 30 mins before work everyday trawling thru em, prices hardly ever changed, don't know how often they were updated.... I always found the Steamers page more of a helphttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538229449#538229449Yup Steamship, remember those numbers well, 30 mins before work everyday trawling thru em, prices hardly ever changed, don't know how often they were updated.... I always found the Steamers page more of a helpSun, 02 Mar 2014 09:58:06 -0600Channel 4 text page 570 for Racing News 580 Decs600/01/02/03 Hills605/06 Lads677 Coralshttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538229083#538229083Channel 4 text page 570 for Racing News 580 Decs600/01/02/03 Hills605/06 Lads677 CoralsSun, 02 Mar 2014 09:42:02 -0600Great days, Nothing could beat having to trawl through about 10 pages of Hills prices on teletext, with a reload speed of about 30secs per page, just to get to the one event you were interested in the price on. And then repeating for Ladbrokes andhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538228935#538228935Great days, Nothing could beat having to trawl through about 10 pages of Hills prices on teletext, with a reload speed of about 30secs per page, just to get to the one event you were interested in the price on. And then repeating for Ladbrokes andSun, 02 Mar 2014 09:34:00 -0600Don't know. I can see how I'm doing now cos of my online accounts but never kept records before. But when I think of the old days, some of my biggest wins, I think, how did I get away with that? Thinking for a while of trialling that, just to compahttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538228371#538228371Don't know. I can see how I'm doing now cos of my online accounts but never kept records before. But when I think of the old days, some of my biggest wins, I think, how did I get away with that? Thinking for a while of trialling that, just to compaSun, 02 Mar 2014 09:10:13 -0600As hinted by @onehundredandeighty, a very big difference is that back in the dark ages, it was easier to know who'd be running where.Good horses were for the most part spread more evenly, rather than being concentrated in just two or three yards, andhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30212679/chelts-pre-internet-atr-etc?post_id=538227655#538227655As hinted by @onehundredandeighty, a very big difference is that back in the dark ages, it was easier to know who'd be running where.Good horses were for the most part spread more evenly, rather than being concentrated in just two or three yards, andSun, 02 Mar 2014 08:37:02 -0600