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Best gambler you know personally?
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very true skint of gy ,,,,,m mendoza a great judge of a diamond .i remember him taking barry dennis on over barry calling him a yid
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what about young maynard on the aways that voice went straight through you fair play to him he used to bet in the silver ring at brighton and bet me 300ew at 16/1 indian jocky trained by frank jordan it won at 3/1 lights layed me 4/1 ew it won a furlong
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barry the drak best money getter i know,young maynard used to sell eggs, saw at goodwood not standing up anymore
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yep barry was a hot cookie anyone remember dodgy bob used to back a lot of pat edderys horses
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Don't know if "was one to go up first" is a sexual thing.
 But. Did "LEN BODEN" visit Hall Green dogs,in the 80's. Name rings a bell. "if you~dig"  |
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bluenose up first no refrence to uphill gardening ......im a bit hazy tonight if you dig
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Shepherd - remember it kicking off between Barry & Mendoza at Fonters i think.
wasn't sure who to cheer on!! |
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stephard you mean bob the dog used to have mouse traps in hes pockets and razor blades,he used to hang about down kings cross
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A.K "has arrived"
  "purple~haze" and "Jimmy is play'in the guitar" ## But the helicopters are getting lower "if you~dig" |
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I worked for Alan Pye, under the 'Duggie Pye' umbrella. A great bookmaker and a very intelligent man. We would pick him up in Norwich and by the time we got to Newmarket, he would have finished 'The Times' crossword!
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that may be bob who used to hang about kings cross snooker club think he was a cabbie ..dodgy bob would be 85 if still with us always had a bit of hooky gear for the jocks to buy..onslow i was there at fontwell fooking funny bearing in mind bd was a bully i hoped michael would have done him although the weight for age may have come into it
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hows harry findlay doing these days?
hope he had a bit on kauto |
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Used to pick a bloke up at chievely services - by the time we got to chepstow he'd found all the shrapnel under the car seats!!
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yes thats him,nicked a painting at newbury racecoursed and sold it to a bookmaker,the bookmaker was betting away when a women with security was walking about trying to find bob and the painting,used to walk straight in the parade ring went right up to jocks and ask them what they thought of the race they loved him
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apart from denman harry wishe s he never met pumpkinhead i had 65k on kauto at exeter 2/13 when it fell remounted and got chinned people ask why bet the big odds on it was value but as we all know you can t eat value
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sad about mendoza was told not to leave the hospital but did not listern
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dr adkins mid ninties bob used to come up to the joint and if a fav was 6/4 he would lay 9/4 a real character ,what about his syrup
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knowing michael he probably left the lights on was worried about the eletric bill
he once had a share with a guy at cards they bumped into manchester george who as usual got the lot when i explained to michael he was a million he nearnly fainted |
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yeah he must have known our bad it was.
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never play cards with manchester george, used to love a hurdle fav at the dogs hes pulled more strokes then mark spits.
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im 45 i used to hang around with george ,the swan and morry the head .i was 13 then what chance in life did i have
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mendoza was so deep, even the welsh miners would not go that deep
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why---what was fallout between harry
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stephard you need people like that, better then going a school you learn a lot more
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another of the older bookies obe dyer when i used to put on for people obe would say pass me by son pass me by |
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i grew up with all the characters most of them gone now i look back at some of the times priceless
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john power was another one different gear when he was on the joint.
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x money nicholls maximum bet is 50 pound normally on a bumper he must have told harry 30 ten star naps that got beat ruined us when the gullible gordan saga began he showed his true colurs i expect he has found another big mug owner by now
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i was young when i used to bet with power at hackney very game bookie
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Would go to the stow just to watch jp in action.
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watched him bet at wembley one night,he made tony morris look silly ,but tony was the better bookmaker,but on the joint john was special
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the stow wembley harringay hackney all now just memorys
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think john won 120k think it was st,leger night everything got beat that night
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someone told me bob the dog died last year hope they were wrong
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yeah all our yesterdays,only got one old boy left at romford dogs when i go jim the fairy still going strong
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he alway give me a sweet
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maybe true mick remember your travels to ramsgate who was that bookie there surname may have been thomas
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thought bob mite have gone used to see him around the west end but aint seen him for a long while
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MDM BRINGS DOENUTS FOR BOOKIES ON A MONDAY, AND YES ALWAYS GOT SWEETS,HE FEEL OVER AND BROKE HES WRIST A COUPLE WKS AGO
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From Eddie Fremantle's final article for The Observer, about how Betfair wrecked the betting ring:
"Then there were the racecourse characters, the minor celebrities who rubbed shoulders with minor villains: the Dodger, Johnny Lights, Jimmy the Wig, Peter the Builder and Tony the Hat. Tick-Up Stan stood outside selling marked racecards. Johnny Raf had been in the Royal Air Force and supplemented his income with a little shoplifting, as did Bob the Dog. Some names were geographically accurate, such as Windsor Ted, but Bristol John was from Birmingham, Manchester Mark was from London, and Geordie Alan came from the north-east but was not a Geordie." The whole article's worth a read: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/mar/29/betfair-horse-racing Incidentally, Eddie's my answer to the question Best Gambler You Know Personally. |