|
By:
JACK AMOS
|
|
By:
PETER FORD
|
|
By:
HARRY WILSON
ALAN JAY believe they were actual brothers but like chalk and cheese |
|
By:
CLIFF BAILEY
the perfect gentlemanat the front of the joint but nothing like that to the staff behind |
|
By:
Knew the Beard from monnore green.He was driving around in a brand new Jag Xjs,but there was damp running down the walls of his flat.A proper 1 off.
|
|
By:
NIXON AND PLOWS
had one betting shop in a working mans club car park in the north east. one of them still says hello to me at yarmouth races on holiday every year |
|
By:
Paul Gilliat , Ray, Keith Wright, Duggie Pye, Arthur Cook, Stuart Lambert
|
|
By:
Do I get a UBS lead fitted for £150 adge ? What's the holiday brew this week ?
|
|
By:
yes i can sort one of those out i suppose
been on a tour of the royal navel dockyard , today. not a lot to look at but history victoriana is interesting. beerwise rather poor..bass , ****ss or boddingtons plus american nonsense..and what prices !!! |
|
By:
now why can't i mention that irish black stuff
|
|
By:
remember the Beard had a Horse won a couple of races can anyone remember its name or who trained it? know it was someone who trained near Cannock Chase
|
|
By:
That is a shout Adge, (Nixon & Plows), Has Mick Harris had a mention
|
|
By:
See you at Cheltenham - need to meet up first day ? - with the merchandise adge. I'll start saving now.
|
|
By:
anyone remember mick o brien from york sure you do adge lol and nixon and plows was a very nice gentleman one pitch only in the centre of the course york !! used to get the galleys bus from the toon with me occasionaly ..
|
|
By:
democrat,
check with exante first to make sure you need a mark III or a mark IV because the system doesn't handle either/both properly.if you've had an upgrade in the last six months or so you'll need the mark iv i have either but the mark III is 30 cheaper |
|
By:
TOM RONAN
two brothers tom and paddy and a son on the aways, could all drink for england [ often before racing ]. the son died first at an early age. yes , remember mick o'brian but , sorry to say , thats all |
|
By:
JACK TAYLOR [ LEEDS]
also liked the odd drop |
|
By:
JACK SMITH
|
|
By:
AND BILL PRICE
|
|
By:
JACK SMITHS SON NORMAN.....6 OF US IN THE CAR COMING BACK FROM YARMOUTH PLAYING KU-KAN INCLUDING THE DRIVER ,ALL OFF US SMOKING NUB END FELL OFF STARTED SMOULDERING ,CAR WAS FULL OF SMOKE AT WISBECH ,WE HADNT NOTICED,WE WAS TO BUSY MAKING SHORE NOBODY WAS CHEATING ,IN THE BOOT THERE WAS A HOLE THE SIZE OF A PANCAKE GLOWING .....
|
|
By:
Pat you could write a book mate..D is for docherty, wins i will bet 10 on when it won the doc use to say i found a tenner or score on the floor, remember oneday he bet a 20 ponys on at hereford, it fell at the last and the dodger started walking up and down the line saying he had found a monkey on the floor. the poor docs cheeks were redder than ever
|
|
By:
authur bunting (bunting brothers) silver ring nottingham.
|
|
By:
I LOVED NOTHING BETTER THAN FANCYING A FAV AT LEICESTER AND GOING WITH IT ,THE FIRST 3 HAD GONE IN AND THE BOOKS WERE ROCKING ,THE FAV MIGHT GET 400 QUID SO WITH 2 TO JUMP WHEN IT LOOKS A 20 ON CHANCE I SAY TO THE DOC YOU CAN BET ME A 2 PONYS ON ....THEN ID SAY NOT YET DOC AND HED SAY DONT WORRY CASHY JUST B4 THE LAST 3 STRIDES TO GO AND UP HED PIPE .....UP AND OVER MY LITTLE BEAUTY ANOTHER BOTTLE OF CHATEAU PLONK FOR MAXINE ....IT WAS WORTH BURNING THE PONY JUST TA SEE THE BOOKS FACES AFTER THE 4TH HAD GONE IN ,IVE SAID IT BEFORE HE WASNT EVERYBODYS CUP OF TEA ,BUT HE WAS MINE ....I MISS HIM
|
|
By:
HUGHES BROTHERS FROM WEST BROM AND STAN HUGHES
|
|
By:
he was ok the doc, i forgot about the bottle of plonk for me and my maxine. Pat you got to agree he was a awful tic tac
|
|
By:
AT YARMOUTH WE,D STOP AT THE NEW BEACH ....ONE OF US WOULD BOOK A ROOM AND 4 MORE WOULD CRASH OUT AFTER A NIGHT ON THE TOWN ,THE FUNNIEST THING WAS ONE MEETING ,THERE WAS 12 PEOPLE BOOKED IN AT THE HOTEL AND 23 SAT DOWN FOR BREAKFAST ,AND WE ALL GOT FED
|
|
By:
As i just mentioned him earlier, howabout the dodger, what would he of thought about the ring now ?? he was one of racing characters, sadly there all gone now.
|
|
By:
WE LOST A LOT OF EM TO THE MACHINE .....BUT I THINK DODGE WOULD HAVE STAYED LOYAL AND KEPT COMING OUT
|
|
By:
Whats happened to Gus from T&K pat
|
|
By:
DONT KNOW ,JUST LEFT AND FADED AWAY ,SHOULD HAVE GOT HIS WACK THO
|
|
By:
JOHN RICHARDS
|
|
By:
Docherty Always had the Bits for himself - likeable rogue
|
|
By:
Jonh Richards from Worcester didnt he use to go with his misses
|
|
By:
YEAH BET IN THE SILVER...LAY A FAIR BET
|
|
By:
I can remember him outside at worcester, sure he bet at bath and chepstow too..bet near wally gilberts old man
|
|
By:
Gus sold when pitches were fist saleable.was ill 4 sum time but ok now i believe.in the good old times when books only bet 4 ten mins on each race he fully utilised the other 20 mims in the bar,along with plenty of his other contemplaries
|
|
By:
Used to bet near us in the Hereford Silver ring did John. Really nice man. After giving up he used to come to the Ebor meeting every year. Not seen him for a good few years now.
|
|
By:
Gus, Dave and Bill on the whisky mac
|
|
By:
did GUS not ply his trade with A.Phillips? also
|
|
By:
No mate Eric Oliver also
|