New Posts For Thread: Anyone remember HORACE BACHELOR?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelorPools Guru...wonder what happened to him.^ Yeah, Radio Luxembourg was not exactly a digital radio was it !Lots of re-tuning and crackling interference on the old trammy !(actually lived near Keynsham, use to go there fishing on the weir nearly every Sunday,and girlfriend's Dad worked in Fryhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418226046#418226046^ Yeah, Radio Luxembourg was not exactly a digital radio was it !Lots of re-tuning and crackling interference on the old trammy !(actually lived near Keynsham, use to go there fishing on the weir nearly every Sunday,and girlfriend's Dad worked in FrySat, 02 Jan 2010 05:14:17 -0600Think another reason he had to spell it out was the reception in those days for Radio Luxumberg.Signal used to fade in and out, resulting in much re tuning(on my wireless anyway)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418226034#418226034Think another reason he had to spell it out was the reception in those days for Radio Luxumberg.Signal used to fade in and out, resulting in much re tuning(on my wireless anyway)Sat, 02 Jan 2010 04:57:39 -0600K E Y N S H A Mhahahahahahahaahahahah:)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225950#418225950K E Y N S H A Mhahahahahahahaahahahah:)Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:33:41 -0600the memory man? No! That was Leslie Welsh.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225946#418225946the memory man? No! That was Leslie Welsh.Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:32:53 -0600My ZX Spectrum won us £1500 in the early 80's.I had to update every single result and it picked the likeliest draws. I gave up after 4 weeks as it was so tedious but my dad kept the same numbers - 6 months later we got 2nd dividend, another 1/2 a pohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225942#418225942My ZX Spectrum won us £1500 in the early 80's.I had to update every single result and it picked the likeliest draws. I gave up after 4 weeks as it was so tedious but my dad kept the same numbers - 6 months later we got 2nd dividend, another 1/2 a poFri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:41 -0600I think he simply pooled all the money he got from people, took out a cut for himself and then used the rest to pay for a huge perm which because of the sheer size used to win some dividends every week.I think you're right in that the subscribers bouhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225938#418225938I think he simply pooled all the money he got from people, took out a cut for himself and then used the rest to pay for a huge perm which because of the sheer size used to win some dividends every week.I think you're right in that the subscribers bouFri, 01 Jan 2010 07:56:43 -0600Someone in the pub last night told me he used to sell sections of a complicated perm on the pools.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225934#418225934Someone in the pub last night told me he used to sell sections of a complicated perm on the pools.Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:28:50 -0600remember as a ten year old listening to this guy , his voice still stays in my head .unreal the powerof advertising eh. ruddy ten year old remembering ad for football pools . :) clever man was horace.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225930#418225930remember as a ten year old listening to this guy , his voice still stays in my head .unreal the powerof advertising eh. ruddy ten year old remembering ad for football pools . :) clever man was horace.Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:27:57 -0600the memory man?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225926#418225926the memory man?Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:03:15 -0600Radio Luxembourg was primarily a music station, playing the current single releases, focusing on the charts and the records currently being promoted by the record companies.[2] The advertisers were allowed to buy a chunk of "air time", usually fifteehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23433342/anyone-remember-horace-bachelor?post_id=418225922#418225922Radio Luxembourg was primarily a music station, playing the current single releases, focusing on the charts and the records currently being promoted by the record companies.[2] The advertisers were allowed to buy a chunk of "air time", usually fifteeFri, 01 Jan 2010 06:44:36 -0600