what happened to the origional poters here

All skint i should think!

hello staggy kens not well

billy Elliot grew up danced his way to stardom

"Seems they have all gone now"

All gone and disappeared in cyberspace.

still here staggy ,whats the matter with Ken MDM ?

hello staggy kens not well thought u said he wasnt well mick

laying like maria is still around

Wood Lane another knowledgeable poster.

starship posted within the last week. A joke about a lead I recall.

We no longer hear from those 2 great posters Mr Memory and Whitmarsh.  were both great posters

DaveEdwards  • March 13, 2010 9:22 PM GMT 


Lewes Road Laddies in Brighton.

During the 90s I worked in Brighton for laddies and was based mainly in this shop. DaveEdwards isn't my real name. Anyone reading who used the shop in that time might recall the Man City lad behind the counter. Anyway............

The following were old(ish) at the time and may no longer be with us. No disrespect is meant to any of them as I liked them all.

Bill the boxer.
Billy was a former boxer who from what I gather would have been a fair prospect but for a hip injury. At 76 he was still in training. He wouldn't think twice about dropping to the floor to do 20 press ups or shadow box his way around the shop. He hardly ever bet, but I do recall him having a bet with a few selection 5p doubles. His first 2 won, one of which was 16/1. He went ballistic jumping up and down! Whenever you saw him he insisted on shaking your hand, because he was a sportsman. Unfortunately I think he may have taken the odd punch too many and he wasn't exactly the most lucid of people. Most of the time I couldn't really understand what he was trying to say, except when there had been a big fight on the tv the previous night. I think he reserved the last part of what still functioned properly upstairs for his true passion and he would go into great detail about how Eubank should have done this with his guard etc etc. It was the only time he made any sense. Once told me he was ready for muggers! To look at him it was obvious he didn't have a pot to p!ss in and didn't have anything worth pinching!

The Magic Man - Pete
At first sight you wouldn't really know what to expect from him. About 60, his hair was always immaculately combed, usually wearing a suit. Then you looked down and saw the trainers! He had what can only be described as a bit of a drink issue. He was nearly always drunk and used to be given his dole money in smaller amounts throughout the week as they knew he'd blow it all early otherwise. He had a few phrases the main one being "That's magic!" Small punter £2 max and if he did hit you knew it was going straight on the White Lightening. Apparently he'd been Sussex pole vault champion in his youth. Time has dimmed my memory of a lot of his antics, but I recall at the time thinking you could get a stage character out of him. He was one of those people that whilst everyone might have a bit of a laugh at his expense if he fell off a chair or something, all the people liked him.

Janet
Again, mid 70s. She had very striking features and had undoubtedly been a very attractive woman in her youth. Loved Vodka and smoked roll ups. One day she turned up just as racing was about to start and stood in the doorway having pushed the door open. Steaming drunk. She moved forward, tripped over the step and went flying banging her head on the door hand on the way to the ground. I ran round from behind the counter and helped her to a seat. After a few minutes she got up and started betting. She spent the afternoon in the shop with no obvious effects, well apart from the lump that appeared on her forehead. It looked a little like one of those bumbs that appears on a Tom & Jerry cartoon, it was massive! She was so drunk she didn't feel any pain. The next morning she came into the shop and explained to me that her new shoes were a bit slippy and that was why she fell over.

One day the Magic Man comes into the shop drunk and sets eyes on Janet. He starts following her around the shop telling her she's gorgeous and trying to kiss her! She shouts at him that she has no idea who he is and doesn't want to know!

Marvellous days.

this forum has without doubt become one of the
most boring on the site, mainly s0dded up by ridiculous moderating,
reminds me now a bit of ****'s, theres a light on but nobodys
in.

agree ron, if you try to liven it up a bit you tend to get abuse

I'm still here, nanny (casemoney) is as well. Lots have fallen by the wayside though

not many still on here its true, but a few are on twitter etc now

i posted since about 2002/2003 as pompey1,peahead & czechbet

got to know a few from the forum and we have remained good friends for years so has its plus points

PMSL Dml

what ever happened to

blue grey

he seemed quite helpfull

but then came back. he posted yesterday
http://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30018979/will-ap-win-the-last?post_id=534201139#534201139