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anybody remember these bookmakers

jimnast

05 Mar 21 17:40

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both had big adverts in the sporting life on the opening day of the 1993 cheltenham festival

ready racing they were giving away a £25 free bet if you opened an account perhaps they were the first to offer that sort of thing.

las vegas bookmakers they were 1/3rd the odds and only %5 tax all singles

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mmmalushka When: 05 Mar 21 17:49

You could do that betting 4% a runner.

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jimnast When: 05 Mar 21 17:55

they would not take any bets at 4% a runner there advert had to compare well with the other firms.

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saxon farm When: 05 Mar 21 17:56

1/3 the odds is an absolute gift, especially for multiples.

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stewarty b When: 05 Mar 21 17:57

Guntrips.

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stewarty b When: 05 Mar 21 17:58

Manny Bernstein.

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jimnast When: 05 Mar 21 17:59

we had guntrips last night stewarty

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stewarty b When: 05 Mar 21 18:00

Sorry jimnast, never saw that thread.

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sparrow When: 05 Mar 21 18:01

jimnast, didn't guntrips also run football pools coupons.

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jimnast When: 05 Mar 21 18:02

that and the tax saxon,however if you got one up there may have been a problem.

neither could have lasted long i dont remember either

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mmmalushka When: 05 Mar 21 18:03

Did they price up all the races jimnast or did you have to phone up for a price?

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jimnast When: 05 Mar 21 18:05

ready racing priced up in the paper

las vegas phone up mmm

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jimnast When: 05 Mar 21 18:08

not sure sparrow last night i found the first person i ever knew who had a guntrips account he posts as onthejim he might know.

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sparrow When: 05 Mar 21 18:10

Thanks jimnast, I just seem to recall seeing a coupon with that or a similar name. I will have a search online.

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mmmalushka When: 05 Mar 21 18:17

stewarty b, I only ever had one bet with Manny Bernstein it was £25 win at 7/2 with a £25 free bet on the same which was a CH4 morning line nationwide gamble on a Dandy Nicholls sprinter. Golden days they were when the bookies had to hold their advertised prices until 10.15 on a Saturday morning.

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sparrow When: 05 Mar 21 18:17

Couldn't find any reference to football pools but an excellent webpage here on the history of the company is well worth reading.

http://turnipnet.com/guntrips/index.htm

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stewarty b When: 05 Mar 21 18:28

mmmalushka, I still have an account with them abeit it needs to be updated which might happen as I know of no other bookmaker that will take a bet over the phone.

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dukeofpuke When: 06 Mar 21 01:31

Manny Bernstein based from where i am in Leicester he sold his shops to tote and then fred took over he kept his credit/phone thing going a while based above the now fred shop in Blaby

Brian Goodyear had a shop in Lutterworth was a good earner for me the great Wiilie Thorne used to be seen there lived in nearby Sharnford

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driver2 When: 06 Mar 21 05:31

A couple of big ones missing. Stan James I haven't seen mentioned and I managed a shop in Kings X which belonged to, at that time, the biggest betting shop chain in the country. Who could that be?

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driver2 When: 06 Mar 21 05:37

Anyone remember Alfie Hunt, I worked for him in Islington back in the early 70's or David Reef, I managed his shop on the Canal Bridge in the Old Kent Rd, last job I had before I done a runner to Benidorm!

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FOYLESWAR When: 06 Mar 21 07:51

off subject but racing related , i go to car boots and antique fairs when i can and often pick up interesting items or old crap as the missus calls it, anyway i have this small racecard dated" 4 th april , third spring meeting 1920,electriclight racecourse promanade meetingshropshire turf club." only 4 pages and has 4 races, a hurdle ,a steeplechase, a flat race ,and the lundieking plate , also says a totalisator will be operated for owners and members of the club who desire a wager . 10%of the total proceeds will be donated to seamans charities .anyway anyone know anything about this ? think it might be some fairground/seaside type amuesment game . be interesting to find out more . cant find anything on the net.

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4builder4 When: 06 Mar 21 09:13

Mar 6, 2021 -- 1:31AM, dukeofpuke wrote:

Manny Bernstein based from where i am in Leicester he sold his shops to tote and then fred took over he kept his credit/phone thing going a while based above the now fred shop in BlabyBrian Goodyear had a shop in Lutterworth was a good earner for me the great Wiilie Thorne used to be seen there lived in nearby Sharnford

Still going Duke https://www.mannybernstein.co.uk/ Not sure whether the same owner, Chris Reid. I think he used to live out Woodhouse Eaves(might still do)He used to rock up to dogs(and races) on Thursday and Saturday in his Roller Reg plate CHR1S.Were you around then mate. Good old Blackbird Road. First went there circa 1972 when I was 12, immediately hooked Remember Jimsun winning 1974 Midlands Grand Prix before going on to win the Derby
Brian Ingamills used to stand there and had a few shops in Leicester and Skeggy I think as well. He got the hump when he got stung one night when a Dog called 'Dusty Track' trained by Rose & John Kimberly was backed from about 8/1 into 1/2. I met the owner a couple of months before when my dog was moved from Stan Lee to the Kimberley's. The dog nearly knocked over at first bend and found all sorts of trouble down the back straight when making up ground,still about 5 lengths down at the last bend but won by half a length to great cheering from the crowd and murmurings of being ripped off from the bookies. Ivan Marks was part of the coup so to speak.
Some Other Bookies were Aubrey Chapman, Fred Mason, Eric Flavell and well known rails bookmaker Roy Christie

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scrabbler When: 06 Mar 21 10:16

Any one on here remember Jack Hardy? As well as training horses ( his best one was probably Glanford Brigg ) he used to have betting shops in the Worksop/ North Notts area. One shop was next to the station hotel in Worksop. I think he also had a shop in Retford.

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glentoby When: 06 Mar 21 11:05

Scrabbler,you are right about the shop in Retford although I can't actually recall if it was Hardy.Going back to 1988 I was on a course with Notts Police, billeted at RAF Police school at Newton.Popped in one day and put on a £10 ew treble,just a tiny shop if memory serves correctly,think the only one in town.

Anyway,forgot all about the bet and came across the slip about 10 months later,had no idea if any returns were due and the slip was almost unreadable.Sent it to a mate who took it into the shop and sent a recorded delivery letter stuffed with money,can't remember how much but all three horses had won.

Another example of how honest the majority of bookmakers are imo.

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the.mad.dog.man When: 06 Mar 21 11:28

margolis and ridley

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bluenose7 When: 06 Mar 21 11:41

The above were never "Bookmakers"

Pre internet "Bookmakers"

Anyone ?

Give you one ....

The lads from Coventry.

"T&K" now that was a firm in the know.

I was in a credit office in B'ham early 80's,when they phoned in,you took the bet & added a few to be off loaded.

Bookmakers took a bet in them days !!

Hills Lads Mecca Coral & the indie's

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glentoby When: 06 Mar 21 11:53

LOL bluenose,in 76 we had the Kuwaiti pipe band visiting,stayed in our barracks.Going to work one day one of them with a prayer mat asked the direction of Mecca,I pointed in the direction of Colchester town centre.

My mates cracked up,I hadn't realised he wasn't talking about the bookies!!

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dukeofpuke When: 06 Mar 21 15:08

4builder4

I have seen the number plate around,i've never been a dog racing fan,but do remember the speedway track and some years later worked on Parker Drive and used to go to the John O Gaunt put

Brian Ingamells had a shop on Welford Road near to the Donkey pub formerly Storks Head and one near Filbert Street and others

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driver2 When: 06 Mar 21 15:45

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A couple of big ones missing. Stan James I haven't seen mentioned and I managed a shop in Kings X which belonged to, at that time, the biggest betting shop chain in the country. Who could that be?

Nobody going to answer this one?

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dukeofpuke When: 06 Mar 21 16:08

Victor

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Greg_Gory When: 06 Mar 21 16:25

Was t & k near the Bulls Head Bluenose ? Drank in there many a time

Some good friends around there

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jamesdean When: 06 Mar 21 16:32

stanleys

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ronnie rails When: 06 Mar 21 16:35

Talking about midlands bookmakers anybody remember the rails and dog bookie Terry Myers
was partial to knock the odd one out, think he went to live down under in Aus.

hope you are all well

regards

Ronnie.

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Greg_Gory When: 06 Mar 21 16:36

Up North Gus Carter, Harry Hickman

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loper When: 06 Mar 21 17:25

T & K = Turner and Kendrick.

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ronnie rails When: 06 Mar 21 17:36

Loper

I think Star Sports took T and K over

have a nice evening

Ronnie.

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sageform When: 06 Mar 21 17:39

A few on course ones: Ivor Perry, Steve Little, Geoff Toms, Barry Slaney. They would have a chat with you about the market.

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glentoby When: 06 Mar 21 17:42

Not sure this is relevant to the thread but remember Arthur Prince being new on the block in Essex in the 80s,competing against the big 3 with many concessions?

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glentoby When: 06 Mar 21 17:44

There was a fly by night who ripped off many including an RP columnist by offering a book that could never be sustained,might also have been in Essex?

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