Red Billy Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Found this whilst clearing out the loft. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Thanks for the reminder Bill.Completely forgot about Clive Green going to Maidstone.Heady days indeed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Slacker said: Thanks for the reminder Bill.Completely forgot about Clive Green going to Maidstone.Heady days indeed. And Kirti Azad being caught, the memories come flooding back Edited July 8, 2023 by southside 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Red Billy said: Found this whilst clearing out the loft. Future generations won't have this, the old newspapers found in obscure places, a treasure trove of past memories. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsHeadIs Red Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Quite a weird thread so far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 I used to love finding old newspapers when doing renovations, I always felt obligated to read them, found some right gems over the years 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, sglosbcfc said: Future generations won't have this, the old newspapers found in obscure places, a treasure trove of past memories. Old newspapers were indeed fantastic. Especially when they were used to wrap up yer chips. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Ashton vale chippy in the 80s, offered free chips if you brought so many newspapers in, I got a job delivering the free Bristol journal on that basis 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 31 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said: I used to love finding old newspapers when doing renovations, I always felt obligated to read them, found some right gems over the years When re-decorating I always used to write obscure messages on the walls, before applying the wallpaper, to be found by subsequent owners of the house. Unfortunately I don’t wallpaper anymore, just emulsion the walls, so I can’t do this anymore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 40 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said: I used to love finding old newspapers when doing renovations, I always felt obligated to read them, found some right gems over the years Me too ,’ Elvis dead’ page one of a newspaper stuck up in a cupboard of a house I was selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedsHeadIs Red Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Still a bit weird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 If you want a home for those newspapers, let I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 2 hours ago, sglosbcfc said: Future generations won't have this, the old newspapers found in obscure places, a treasure trove of past memories. Yep, I kept the Evening Post and a national daily from the day I got married- 1985 - also the Evening Post from when my 2 children were born as I'd put messages in the births section. Fascinating to look back on them, a completely different world in so many ways. Also came across a Daily Mail 'late war news' edition from 1944 when clearing out my father in laws' stuff recently, with his parents' address in St. Andrew's scribbled along the top for delivery just like it was yesterday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Never to the dark side said: If you want a home for those newspapers, let I know. I can`t be the only one that imagines you having a vast warehouse filled with City memorabilia like the one in Raiders of the lost ark that you drive around in a golf buggy. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said: Yep, I kept the Evening Post and a national daily from the day I got married- 1985 - also the Evening Post from when my 2 children were born as I'd put messages in the births section. Fascinating to look back on them, a completely different world in so many ways. Also came across a Daily Mail 'late war news' edition from 1944 when clearing out my father in laws' stuff recently, with his parents' address in St. Andrew's scribbled along the top for delivery just like it was yesterday. You can't throw those out, they are priceless. I used to play Sunday morning pub football with an old striker who told me stories of all the goals he scored in local football when he was younger. I took it with a pinch of salt, until I refloored my loft and found old Evening Posts from the 1980s. Nearly every one mentioned the guy banging in goals for various local teams 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 Growing up in West Somerset there was an abandoned mansion on the edge of our village. As kids we would occasionally climb through a broken window and explore inside. One day we were upstairs larking about when I noticed an old Evening Post that had been used as carpet underlay, the carpet long gone. On closer examination I could see it was a report on an FA Cup final, Manchester United 1 Bristol City 0, April 1909. I was about to rescue it and take it home when a loud angry voice shouted from downstairs, we all scarpered as quickly as we could and the next day the whole place had been boarded up. That was the last time any of us set foot in there, it was soon demolished for a new housing estate. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 9 hours ago, Slacker said: Thanks for the reminder Bill.Completely forgot about Clive Green going to Maidstone.Heady days indeed. £8000 in 1981 between 2 non league clubs seems a lot! How did he get on at Maidstone? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 10 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: £8000 in 1981 between 2 non league clubs seems a lot! How did he get on at Maidstone? 28 goals in 86 appearances, '82 to '86. Imminent transfer from Yeovil reported on 14th Dec. can't have been completed until the New Year. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 16 minutes ago, ralphindevon said: £8000 in 1981 between 2 non league clubs seems a lot! How did he get on at Maidstone? It does. We only paid £18000 for Alan Walsh I think. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted July 8, 2023 Share Posted July 8, 2023 1 hour ago, ralphindevon said: £8000 in 1981 between 2 non league clubs seems a lot! How did he get on at Maidstone? He got on pretty well. Got a bit lost on the way there but this was pre sat nav/Google Maps days,and you know what blokes are like for asking directions.Got on well with most of his team mates,but there is always one isn't there!He seemed happy with the house he moved into. It was in a relatively upmarket area with decent transport links,even though he had a nice car.Top of the range Granada I think it was.Can't remember the colour but every one I ever saw was a goldy/ bronze colour with a vinyl roof.Nice shops in walking distance and good schools for his thirty seven children. Apparently he was a big fan of the kit he had to wear too,especially the badge on the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 8 hours ago, Slacker said: He got on pretty well. Got a bit lost on the way there but this was pre sat nav/Google Maps days,and you know what blokes are like for asking directions.Got on well with most of his team mates,but there is always one isn't there!He seemed happy with the house he moved into. It was in a relatively upmarket area with decent transport links,even though he had a nice car.Top of the range Granada I think it was.Can't remember the colour but every one I ever saw was a goldy/ bronze colour with a vinyl roof.Nice shops in walking distance and good schools for his thirty seven children. Apparently he was a big fan of the kit he had to wear too,especially the badge on the front. I would have liked a bit more detail but appreciate your effort anyway 9 hours ago, glynriley said: It does. We only paid £18000 for Alan Walsh I think. Bargain of the century. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 15 hours ago, pongo88 said: When re-decorating I always used to write obscure messages on the walls, before applying the wallpaper, to be found by subsequent owners of the house. Unfortunately I don’t wallpaper anymore, just emulsion the walls, so I can’t do this anymore The first house I owned, we found a message from the first owners, written in 1937 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 1 hour ago, ralphindevon said: I would have liked a bit more detail but appreciate your effort anyway Bargain of the century. Think darlo wanted north of 80k too... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 10 hours ago, ralphindevon said: Growing up in West Somerset there was an abandoned mansion on the edge of our village. As kids we would occasionally climb through a broken window and explore inside. One day we were upstairs larking about when I noticed an old Evening Post that had been used as carpet underlay, the carpet long gone. On closer examination I could see it was a report on an FA Cup final, Manchester United 1 Bristol City 0, April 1909. I was about to rescue it and take it home when a loud angry voice shouted from downstairs, we all scarpered as quickly as we could and the next day the whole place had been boarded up. That was the last time any of us set foot in there, it was soon demolished for a new housing estate. Great story but it couldn't have been the Evening Post as the first edition of that was in 1932. Unless it contained a reprint of the report from one of the local papers such as The Bristol Times & Mirror or Western Daily Press from 1909 to mark the 25th anniversary of the match in 1934. As I remember when studying local papers from 1934 that the 25th anniversary was being celebrated with, for instance, adverts publicizing a show in which the film of the 1909 cup final was shown. Before anyone asks what happened to this film it was a victim of the Bristol Blitz when the records office was hit. I would've thought that Manchester would also have held a copy but that obviously didn't survive either. Nitrate film, which was highly flammable and also prone to suddenly explode if not kept in the right conditions over a period of time, was the film of choice in Edwardian times and into the 1920s. Film that survives from that time has been carefully preserved and copied onto safer stock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 I remember back in the early eighties me and a mate were demolishing and old outside toilet at a house in Taunton and there were a load of old newspapers stuffed around the door frame which we obviously looked at. They were from the late Queen`s coronation and had photos of the procession on the Mall. The really spooky thing was though, that my mate (who was from North Yorkshire) was actually in one of the pictures! He was at primary school at the time and they won some competition for a trip to London to see it! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: I remember back in the early eighties me and a mate were demolishing and old outside toilet at a house in Taunton and there were a load of old newspapers stuffed around the door frame which we obviously looked at. They were from the late Queen`s coronation and had photos of the procession on the Mall. The really spooky thing was though, that my mate (who was from North Yorkshire) was actually in one of the pictures! He was at primary school at the time and they won some competition for a trip to London to see it! That is some Sapphire and Steel stuff right there. He was in the right place for the consequences, 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Billy Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 17 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said: I used to love finding old newspapers when doing renovations, I always felt obligated to read them, found some right gems over the years Looking at house prices is a real eye opener! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 1 hour ago, handsofclay said: Great story but it couldn't have been the Evening Post as the first edition of that was in 1932. Unless it contained a reprint of the report from one of the local papers such as The Bristol Times & Mirror or Western Daily Press from 1909 to mark the 25th anniversary of the match in 1934. As I remember when studying local papers from 1934 that the 25th anniversary was being celebrated with, for instance, adverts publicizing a show in which the film of the 1909 cup final was shown. Before anyone asks what happened to this film it was a victim of the Bristol Blitz when the records office was hit. I would've thought that Manchester would also have held a copy but that obviously didn't survive either. Nitrate film, which was highly flammable and also prone to suddenly explode if not kept in the right conditions over a period of time, was the film of choice in Edwardian times and into the 1920s. Film that survives from that time has been carefully preserved and copied onto safer stock. Yes you’re right, definitely the WDP. We didn’t really have the Evening Post around our way but the WDP was very popular. I wish I’d kept the paper to read all the other stuff to happen that day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 2 hours ago, archie andrews said: Think darlo wanted north of 80k too... And to make it even more of a bargain, Terry Cooper drove up to Darlington and helped him move. Couldn’t afford big relocation fees in them days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 3 hours ago, SecretSam said: The first house I owned, we found a message from the first owners, written in 1937 What did it say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 Dad gave me his copy of the London Evening Standard to keep, printed on World Cup Final day, 1966 (he went to the game). The classifieds are great to read. As someone said above, house prices are hilarious as are the car adverts. Big selling points in the motors section were a radio, wing mirror and heated rear screen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 22 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: What did it say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 30 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said: What did it say? Has Eddie Nketiah signed yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 On 08/07/2023 at 17:45, pongo88 said: When re-decorating I always used to write obscure messages on the walls, before applying the wallpaper, to be found by subsequent owners of the house. Unfortunately I don’t wallpaper anymore, just emulsion the walls, so I can’t do this anymore The people who bought our family home after my parents died- the house was in the family for 55 years - did some refurbishments and a former neighbour told me they found my first name carved into a bannister rail, my name and signature (dated from when I was 10) behind wallpaper and 'Bristol City F.C. Rule OK' in various places. Not sure how Mum and Dad put up with me! Last time I had to replace a section of wallpaper in my current house, about 20 years ago, I listed the City team due to play that afternoon, who we were playing, the division City were in, the manager etc. with the date. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said: What did it say? What time train we getting?..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 7 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said: What did it say? If you can read this some bugger has nicked our wallpaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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milo1111 Posted July 9, 2023 Share Posted July 9, 2023 11 hours ago, ralphindevon said: And to make it even more of a bargain, Terry Cooper drove up to Darlington and helped him move. Couldn’t afford big relocation fees in them days. That’s the sort of thing selfless thing Mark Ashton would of done when he was here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphindevon Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 8 hours ago, milo1111 said: That’s the sort of thing selfless thing Mark Ashton would of done when he was here Deffo, but....... he would have had an army of photographers with him and not done any lifting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 19 hours ago, Nogbad the Bad said: What did it say? Just name and date, IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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