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Things I miss about Gambling in the past
Things I miss about Gambling in the past
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L. Piggott
P. Eddery W. Carson S. Cauthen J. Mercer E. Hide |
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Standing in the local independent with a pint from the boozer next door, recipe for disaster.
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Sneaking in the Betting Office door at 15 and listening to the commentary.
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When there was a photo, hoping they read your one out first, they rarely got it wrong
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"The Echange Telegraph Company Testing 12345-54321 end of test" Words still echo in the ears all these years later!!!
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They days when you didn't have that irritating sound of a ball going round a roulette wheel on a screen...!!!
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HUTTON tipster in Raceform handicap book every week
1/5th odds 16-21 runner h'cap...you only got a 1/4 if 22+ win only 2-5 runners...Lads were brave in the 80s stating they were 'prepared' to take ew bets on 5 runner races(!) 4% tax on-course Victoria blower in attendance at main meetings only...it told you on Jackson & Lowe settler sheet Scottish Extel! |
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They used to pull the top off the betting slip & give you the bottom part back... that paper had a certain aroma
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Form figures that didn't go beyond 4th place. Meaning some races at Brighton where every horse just had 0000000 next to it. Murky, mysterious and strangely seductive.
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jmdc 26 Mar 16 08:12
Going home reeking of smoke and my mum saying "you've been in that place again!". I got caught out by that one a few times jmdc, always a give away for the old dear!  |
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Fond memories...spending afternoons aged 15/16 stood in a virtually blackened room (no windows) with a load of stinking blokes, listening to invisible races, with (as above) the form figures of 0000-00 and somehow managing to back 4 winners....loving it.
Copper walking past an open door on a windy day and chucking out me and my 16 year old mate, bollacking the indi bookie who always took our bets - didn't need the smoke to let me mum know that day. |
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Listening to the race on the blower when the horses went out of sight...then reappearing in a different order.
Being asked if you wanted to pay tax on the stake. |
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People at the races with dozens of badges hanging from their binoculars
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Reliable informatiuon.
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Lots of happy memories on this thread sad gits ain't we
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silver ring tatts members |
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travelling to the stow or wembley stadium on my suzukiRG125 - down the north circular with my brother on the back.
fish and chips, pint, then out to study for the first. rushing to back a dog as the hare came round, then waiting in anticipation for the traps to open. |
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Londons White City, dogs ran on grass. Irish dogs having trial runs round the course before the Derby started, they all had a mystic about them.
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Crushing into a taxi at Wimbledon station where the driver charged two bob a head to go to the stadium.
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boardmarkers
albert davison bringing keno hill up to carlisle for a touch in the seller johnny seagrave geoff lewis+phillip waldron + their raids up to ayr jack berry on the flat,dickinson on the jumps richard baerlien writing in the guardian the grey monk kildimo |
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Jesus Milo the old days sound depressing.
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Was it White City where the outside traps had a huge advantage when there was heavy rain?
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