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25 Jan 11
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OKAY ILL START OFF ONCE WEVE FILLED IN ..A.. YOU CAN MOVE ON TO ..B... AND SO ON ..........YOU CAN BITS TO THE GUY IF YOU WANT TO ...........A IS FOR AVALON ,EDDIE AVALON A WEST COUNTRY BOOKMAKER WHOSE MOTTO WAS ,"HAVE IT ON WITH AVALON" HE DIED AROUND 1988 GIVE OR TAKE, A DECENT SORT OF BLOKE ,WHO WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND CHEERY
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A= Tony Ash midlands based bookie
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GOOD MAN
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a is for adge
in bermuda..just watched blackpool v man utd. now starting wigan v aston villa went in a betting shop today [ was pretty full ] for the last at southwell just like home apart from wearing shorts and a t shirt |
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A-Aubrey Fletcher Renown Leeds Bookie,sadly gone but will never be forgotten.
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GO AWAY ,NO IMMIGRANTS ALLOWED
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A for Alan as in Forthergill and Powell
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NO NOT HAVING THAT ,HE COMES UNDER FOTHERGILL
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YELLOW CARD FOR BRNGTWT
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A+A Racing then
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A-Archie,Wales,I don't think there's anyone who went to a flap/trot or point in Wales didn't have a row with him.Another one sadly gone(I believe)but will never be forgotten.
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John Pegley still alive ?
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A - Tony Rider (Anthony Rider) Hand painted board on Ripon course side late 80s.
Is he still around? |
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some of my elder friends who iv e lost contact with......alfie edwards .....micky west .....jackie dyer .....dave saphire .....
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B is for Bob Jacobs and his spittle
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yellow card a bit harsh,talkin of that tho can we include tic tacs in the a-z
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tic tacs only allowed if they have a clean slate
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ITS SURNAMES YA ALL LOSING THE PLOT
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thats the way cashy, get em sorted out
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B........ IS FOR BATES ,JOE BATES ,LEICESTER BASED BOOKIE WHO FREQUENTED THE SOUTHERN RINGS ,OWNED RACEHORSES,TIPPING LINE ,NOW LIVES IN IRELAND
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How about Billy Ball?
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B - Barry Betts
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B..........BUTLER ,DONALD .....PLIED HIS TRADE IN THE MIDLANDS AND VARIOUS TRACKS ELSEWHERE ,MAINLY BET ON THE AWAYS ,RETIRED IN 2002,STILL ALIVE AND KICKING AND FREQUENTLY POSTS ON HERE UNDER THE NAME OFF ...EL BANDIDO
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isnt a&a racing(one of bfs early pioneers) to be seen most days wheeling his laptop etc into ATR tracks?
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B is for button (see above as in a&a) except the wife wheels his gear in.
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Also Fred Button
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C.....COLWYN ,THOMAS ,HAD AROUND 12 BETTING OFFFICES AND LOVED TO BET IN THE SILVER RINGS IN THE EARLY 80S,STRONGER THAN MOST TATTS AND IN THE 80S U COULD BACK ONE TO WIN 2-3 GRAND SOMETIMES TURN UP IN A HELICOPTER BEEN KNOWN TO SKIN ONE IN THE FIRST AND THEN FLY HOME SOLD THE SHOPS AND RETIRED TO ACASTLE IN SCOTLAND ...FEARLESSS
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C is for cash (as above),there seems to be a constant theme developing here.
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C - Alan Charlesworth
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C ...pat Cash....useless layer always under the odds.
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CASH IS NOT OFF THE RADAR STILL TRADES AROUND 20 TIMES A YEAR ,MERCI BEAU COUP
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AND REMEMBER ...H... IS COMING UP SHORTLY
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C= the late Gomer Charles - Cardiff bookmaker shot dead on his doorstep in 1966.
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INTHEKNOW....CRACKER
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SHOULDNT HAVE BOOED WHEN HURST PUT THAT 4TH IN
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isnt it tony charlesworth? who makes a yearly appearance on look north to tell us his seaside bungalow has nearly fallen into the sea.
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John Chesters
Ron Cooper |
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B.....BOCOCK ,LEN.............I REMEMBER HIM IN THE BUTTS AT PONTEFRACT , HE HAD A HOD THE SIZE OF A BOX OF MATCHES ,A PUNTER WENT UP TO HIM FOR A FIVER AT 7-2 ,HE SAYS TO HIS MISSUS ....CAN WE LAY THAT ONE LUV ? THEN PROCEEEDED TO OFFER THE GUY 2 QUIDS WORTH ,WHO THEN SAYS STICK IT UP YA OLD LADYS BACKSIDE , I WOULDNT HAVE BELIEVED IT IF I HADNT BEEEN 2 YARDS AWAY
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we missed Joe Brick from the BBBss
joe Brick...once told me to f off and his pipe fell out of his mouth. |
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I know there is a Ron Cooper trading now btw. There was another one betting when I was a lad at Warwick when they had about 6 lines in tatts at right angles to the running rail.
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