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Best gambler you know personally?
Best gambler you know personally?
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totally wired
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i ve known a guy for 30 years,he a top accountant at HMRC,he as saved every greyhound page from post ,he sits in shop with last 3 months pages betting all day,as done so for 30 years.
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Funny thing I knew stacks of the Guys mentioned on here some when
I lived in Stoke Newington were guys I came across every day in The Imperial Sporting Club which was situated in a back lane alongside Stoke Newington Railway Station, it was owned by Joe Coral and run on his behalf by his ex partner in the bookmaking business Jack Baron. For donkeys years Joe would turn up for his whack every Wednesday but always finished giving most of it away to hard up members in forms of loans. The whiteson brothers all worked for Joe one way or another as agents or the like taking bets copping 18 pence in the pound commission, What days they were.  |
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calling the the mad dog man my mate of 50 years dickie wigzell is still cracking
away arbing and the like on here he is 86 years old and still very dapper. Over the years I have begged him to buy and learn to use a computer but he is obstinate and prefers the phone. **** was the finest judge of a Boxer there has ever been and years ago when the fights were on weekly his card was like gold dust. Good luck. |
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Would you believe it a shortened version of Dickie's name is banned on here.
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its called gambling ,no one knows apart from the raiers/owners ,,,,,,,i had 1 bet yesterday ,,pelham cresent,,,and i got done by a p hobbs,r johnson,1st run 4 360 days chaser,,,,,,,,,,,,,hobbs wont do that again 4 a long time,,,,,,thhw c u n t
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What is this 8th that you speak of,stephard ?
Is it that old Scottish whiskey named after the 8th Light Infantry ? If so,i may like to try some myself. |
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wee eck i was talking to him last night hes wife not very well whats your first name or nickname i will tell him
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The mad dog man you tell him that his oldest mate who lives in the North East is
asking about him. When he tells you a bit about me you will be surprised, I know he has had a hard time with Doll for a good while but she wont let anyone help, what can you do. Have you know Dickie for a long time? Good luck. |
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just spoke to him thinks your first name has 3 letters your right about his wife she will not go to hospital the doctors have been coming to see her iv known him from the white city days think hes a little bit lonely at the moment dont tell him i said that if you got a little bit of time to spare give him a call tonight best of luck to you
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mad dog man, I will call him but he mostly has the phone switched off, my name has 3
letters so Iam the right person, Living in Finchley\Hendon I suppose has isolated the lad a bit plus the fact that most of his old chinas have now left the scene. |
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thanks lets hope we all get a few quid today
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wee eck, did you ever get to meet Ronnie and Reggie and Frankie Frazer?
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YES, YES, Not really, I was north of the River F.F. was south the two rarely fraternised.
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Were you ever in one of those razor gangs that used to go to the racecourses,wee eck ?
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Brighton was renowned for gangs lording it over the bookies wasn't it? Well it was supposed to be like that in the film Brighton Rock.
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Have you even been incarcerated,wee eck ?
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Rumour has it you did 3 months in the scrubs for breaking into a fiver.Is this true,please ?
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Alain, I knew a few of the ones that operated as bookies but all that type of
stuff with the Raddies and the Birmingham mob went on between the Wars and as old as I am I am not that old. I knew many gangsters but myself was never a member or part of a gang. The turf wars were really mostly to do with PTP pitches. Hope this helps. |
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If I have Alain it wont be for a patch of the time you have done rumour has
it you were a lifer. |
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"I knew many gangsters but myself was never a
member or part of a gang." Aye.Right. |
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I must away.
Backgammon.Always backgammon on a Sunday. Good day to you all. |
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My Lord the fights were over guys who wanted to get pitches fighting
for them. The forming of the BPA helped to bring it under control. |
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You mean you're having a bacon butty Alain?
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Alain, only banter you understand but you are a lying turd.
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Thanks wee eck. I always enjoy reading about your knowledge and experiences of past days in the racing and betting world.
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after long thought the best gambler i know personally is tony bloom aka the lizard i know he is the best because he is the only 1 left with any money good luck to him he gave his football club an unsecured loan of 92 million seems a long time ago .only a year when his little josh won the hennesey hewas a shareholder in 80 horses with 7 others unfortunate it all ended in tears like most things in life
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Wee Eck,Im glad Dickie is still about,he was a bit younger than me, and yes he was a good judge at boxing,a great pal of Bertie Pearson who made a very big book on the boxing.Jack Baron used to have my card at Harringay and put me on odds to a fiver if I put up a winner.He used to make me laugh in the summer,old as he was used to walk about like medallion man.Did you go in Corals a lot ?You would knowGeorgie Knight,Bill Dorris,Leslie Berman,remember Hildas steak sandwiches?
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Wood Lane you will know me well, I used to draw Faro banks and make big books at Rummy.
I spent the best part of 30 years in Corals, what a waste. I was big mates with ginger Dave and Kenny Mellership. |
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is mr memory still posting?
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I used to do a card for Kenny at White City.Do you remember Billy and Johnny Stansell?
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WOOD lANE how old are you? I AM 78.
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89
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wee eck if you made a book at rummy you can hold 1 now i remember the spieler down here we would play 79 and as soon as the cards were being dealt the bookie would scream 3/1 the mug .....manchester george would have been pleasead to take 5/4 instead of 5/2
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Had a drink with George in the Los Boliches district of Fuengirola about three years ago .Bashed into him by chance,I havent seen him since,is he ok?
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stephard george would not cheat in our school of that you have a guarantee.
I remember in the 60s making a book and holding the thick end of £200 per game powerful money those days where a good weeks pay was less than £20 |
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saw him around the costa maybe the same time went to the swans funeral never saw him there
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Wood Lane dickie told me today that George had been round his house trying to sell
him a couple of bronzes quite recently. |
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wee eck the last remaining spiel down here they field about 100 pound per game i remember in the 80s 90 s 3k per game spielers snooker clubs a good education in growing up streetwise however all memorys now with this online poker
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Wood Lane do you remember One arm Lou, Sammy Sorraf and Maxie Whiteson?
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