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s.kenbo 14 Nov 25 17:51
We are the same age, Horatio. Only on here to keep the average age down! Grin We had some phone box scams. Shoving a small sponge up through the returned change slot (pretty difficult to do even with small fingers) and going back later hoping for a small fortune. Also use to try to Jack the money box away from the booth but sides of the phone box would buckle first! Amazing days SK  Me school mate called Omar...I am sure he was Turkish. Why he cut me in i'll never know. He literally said "watch this".... I had sweets coming out of me ears for months  |
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steerforth 14 Nov 25 16:37
Funny I should find this thread. My wife is away visiting a friend 300 miles away. I've been out and bought some beef dripping and I'm about to cook proper chips and egg, with doorstep bread and butter. Probably the first time in 50 years. I texted her to tell her there's nothing she can do about it. I'll be back to fat free yoghurt with berries and pomegranate seeds for breakfast tomorrow morning.... in the meantimme... I'm looking forward to my tea!! Get on that steerforth!! Was it as good as you wanted it to be! My money says it was belting  |
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Catford Dogs cheapside
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Stringy... At Catford dogs you had to give a kid 50p to look after your car!
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that was me
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I live close to old Dog Track ,, poxy flats now
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Stringy, did you used to go to the Cats Whiskers at Streatham?
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I went everywhere
I was more into punk..indie but also went them gaffs when there were loads of us out |
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Sinatras
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Didn't "Cats Whiskers" get renamed..at least 3 times. I remember it becoming an "all you can drink" club.....£17 all in !
Two things stand out. Firstly me finger blasting two lasses at the same time...one was called Kerry who had a loppy eye , the other a lass called Lena...she fancied me mate annoyingly Second was my mate who was so drunk he fell into the drinks bin, and found it so comfortable he fell asleep until the Bouncers assisted him outside He still had enough about him to get a kebab and walk home. Fond memories |
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I remember those two birds telling their story in Fiesta. You dirty, lucky bstrd!
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01-01-1973 Remember That well
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Imagine the little fookers of today living like that Sporting Life was 15p if I remember right, couldnt wait to see runners for next Catford meeting and hoping one of your fav dogs running, I was one of the first punks in Deptford, great memories, again, glad im not young
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Im 62 and laughing at Bullseye
glass or 2 of Bollinger soon, scrambled eggs on toast then a stroll to Locksbottom Sainsburys then home to punt and drink all day, aint a bad old life sometimes.Us olduns have had the best of this world |
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Gobstoppers.
Smell of fresh cut grass in summer. Late at night, pouring buckets of water on nearby hilly road, watching the cars, before school, sliding all over the road, in winter. Guessing how many potatoes you would dig up. Growing strawberries,rhubarb, lettuce, carrots etc. Unlocked doors. Respect. Golden Shot, Bullseye, Alias Smith And Jones on a Sunday. Etc... |
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Aye the Chopper Bike begged ma maw tay get me wan for Christmas i even said i would never be bad again it was my dream bike.....Woke up on Christmas morning and what was at the end of my bed?..........A pair of fakin Roller Skates.
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Being in the town on a Saturday and rushing round to the local electrical shop, to watch the football scores coming in, on the TV in the window
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Anyone remember Hackney dogs on the blower Saturday morning, commentaries always wrong,trying to make them exciting but when you looked next day in life, results completely different! When it rained Trap 6 used to go through the card...
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that white chalky looking dogshyte that was all over the shop ,for some reason I thought it was poodles that were responsible
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Scorcher & Score
Billy's Boots Hotshot Hamish |
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Blue raspberry cars
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Readers Wives
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Bookies **** Extel commentaries, winner sometimes not even mentioned until final few yards
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Racing memories.
Waiting for the postie to deliver the timeform cards, panicking when he passed by and going to sub office to try and find them. Extel commentator saying these prophetic words "making rapid late headway" for a horse you had bet. Sitting at the back door of the betting shop and asking regulars to put your bet on. Lester Piggott the greatest of all time jockeys getting the winner up on the line whatever it takes. Woolworth on a Saturday watching the tvs and cheering on my winners amongst the busy shoppers. Boardmarkers in bookies were great characters and some of their art work was a treat to see. |
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Racing memories.
Waiting for the postie to deliver the timeform cards, panicking when he passed by and going to sub office to try and find them. Extel commentator saying these prophetic words "making rapid late headway" for a horse you had bet. Sitting at the back door of the betting shop and asking regulars to put your bet on. Lester Piggott the greatest of all time jockeys getting the winner up on the line whatever it takes. Woolworth on a Saturday watching the tvs and cheering on my winners amongst the busy shoppers. Boardmarkers in bookies were great characters and some of their art work was a treat to see. |
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Deptford 15 Nov 25 05:49
Im 62 and laughing at BullseyeLaugh glass or 2 of Bollinger soon, scrambled eggs on toast then a stroll to Locksbottom Sainsburys then home to punt and drink all day, aint a bad old life sometimes.Us olduns have had the best of this world Was a West Wickham local for years Dept....you must know it well. Car battery died in Sainsburys Locksbottom car park....waited 3 hours for the AA....I know it well  |
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Loads of white dog **** in every park!
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Hackney dogs and dodgy commentaries very well remembered. Confirmed by Scottish contingent who attended Paradise Spectre’s big win down south and witnessed it going three clear early and extending to win by eight whilst we were blower fed ( we found out when they returned ) a very different version.
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For those of you with a nostalgic curiosity, ITV4 on a saturday morning usually features The Big Match revisited at 10:30 and is often followed soon after by an old ITV sports feature - today was Fred Trueman, with pipe and beer, introducing The Indoor League.
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For those of you with a nostalgic curiosity, ITV4 on a saturday morning usually features The Big Match revisited at 10:30 and is often followed soon after by an old ITV sports feature - today was Fred Trueman, with pipe and beer, introducing The Indoor League.
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Not sure what happened there - anyway - aye, the beef dripping chips were amazing, but loads of cleaning up to do. Blobs of hardened fat all over the kitchen this morning. Back to pumpkin seeds.
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Lids essential steerforth. Even improvised ones.
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Men marking the boards in bookies with the sheet left in the window or door overnight with the results.
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Another tip steerforth - don’t cook bacon in the microwave. Wives very intolerant of that too, in my experience.
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White dog poo was indeed a regular sight in the 70s and 80s, due to the calcium from crushed bones in most dog foods that is no longer prevalent.
As the poor pooches were taking in too much calcium it often came out undigested, hence the crumbly texture of their deposits. |
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whitecity , Hammersmith palais ,The birds nest (kings road) The BBC for sport , wonder what happened to the BBC
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Ask your carer
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I know, he must have dementia?
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Stupid man. Disrespected by the forum.
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