Merthyr Imp
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I'm glad to say I don't know what 'upspeak' means. (It's OK, I'm quite happy not knowing).
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To be fair, the Nottstalgia Forum is never entirely free from errors.
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Another visit to Arnold was to see them play a top team in the FA Trophy. Although not quite the draw they would be today, Wigan were one of the leading non-league teams in the country in those days. They were too strong for the home side, winning 5-2.
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I think I've put several photos of West Bridgford buses on here in various places, but here's another:
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#15 - Wasn't that from the opening of Bill & Ben? The house with the garden, and when the man who did the garden went for his dinner Bill & Ben could come out to play - which they did until Little Weed warned them the man was coming back from his dinner.
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OK - quiz question:
Who remembers the name of The Range Rider's sidekick?
No looking it up!
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And it eventually got to No. 6
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Maybe not a personal document as such, but of interest I hope. My mother visited America in the early 1950s - by boat of course in those days - going there on a ship called the Georgic (an ex-White Star Liner) and returning on the Queen Mary. This is a postcard for passengers showing details of the voyage:
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A Historic Wales picture. This is the Richard Trevithick memorial in Merthyr Tydfil which commemorates the starting point of the first locomotive-hauled railway train - February 1804.
Photographed in about 1998.
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This was my first ever match at the City Ground - 31st March 1969. It was a rearranged match which explains why it was on a Monday night. I went along, attracted by seeing the European Cup holders, and was seemingly not the only one who did so, as there was an attendance of over 41,000 despite Forest struggling against relegation and United only being mid-table.
It was the only time I saw George Best play, but apart from him scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot remember very little of the game. I stood at the top of the terracing on the side opposite the main stand.
Forest manager at the time was Matt Gillies.
The centre pages when opened out were too big for the scanner so I've put it in two halves:
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I maybe should have put this on the thread about the late Ian Allan, but here it is. Not the sort of thing you get from Amazon.
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It's said of that picture - of the afore-mentioned Lady of Shalott - that all men fall in love with her and all women want to be her.
This is Waterhouses's grave - rather nondescript and neglected, although that was over 15 years ago, so it may have received some attention since then.
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Just one more.
My wife (seen here) and I visited Kensal Green a couple of times in the late 1990s to see the grave of the artist J. W. Waterhouse (maybe best known for The Lady of Shalott amongst other paintings often used these days on greetings cards). Once on a misty winter's day as seen in these photos, which was quite atmospheric, and once in bright sunshine.
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Here's another at Kensal Green:
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Kensal Green cemetery in London. Photo taken about 1996-ish:
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Yes, the teams may still have been listed in the programmes in the old formations, but by then they had begun playing 4-4-2, 4-2-4 or 4-3-3.
What I don't like is the squad numbers of the present day. Thankfully, in the Southern League, which is where I watch my matches these days, the players are still numbered 1 to 11 (with substitutes 12 onwards).
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Another visit to Meadow Lane came on 1st March 1969, and another 0-0 draw with Lincoln. I won't bother showing the front cover of the programme as it was the same design as before - although the price had doubled to 1/-. Here's one of the advertisement pages:
I think manager of Notts at the time was Jack Wheeler. Despite struggling to avoid finishing in the re-election zone there was a decent attendance of 5,870. The team shows several players which formed the foundation for Jimmy Sirrel's success a year or two later - Dave Needham, Les Bradd, Richie Barker and Don Masson. Playing for Lincoln were a couple of notable managers-to-be in Graham Taylor and Jim Smith.
As I often say, you know you're getting old as a football supporter when you realise players you saw play have now retired as managers.
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A view up Steep Hill in Lincoln in December 1994. I suspect the lamp post was deliberately placed at that angle to make things look more picturesque. Sorry to see on a recent visit that Reader's Rest bookshop on the left has now closed down.
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Don't forget David & Charles (both now also deceased).
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In December 1967 Arnold, then an established Midland League club reached the First Round of the FA Cup - as it said in the programme, as fine an achievement as Forest reaching Wembley. I went along to see their game against Bristol Rovers, then of the Third Division (now League 1). Somehow a crowd of 3,390 crammed into the ground, and if I remember correctly, the game was played on a snow-covered pitch. Rovers won 3-0.
I think this was a special edition of their match programme - I doubt they would normally have produced one costing a whole shilling!
Of the players, I remember Joe Boucher was a prolific scorer for Arnold in those days, and Bobby Tait, the no. 10 was a former Notts County player.
In the Bristol Rovers side, Ray Mabbutt was the father of Spurs and England defender Gary Mabbutt.
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Thanks for the news about that - I hadn't seen anything about it.
The 1950s were the great days of the trainspotters movement, I suppose I just got in on the end of it, joining the Locospotters Club in 1961 when its organised activities had begun to tail off. I've still got my badge somewhere.
He was a good businessman, not afraid to follow the popular trends in railway book publishing, nor to change tack or diversify into other areas than transport books.
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At High Pavement we were only allowed to wear our shirt collars outside the blazer like that when given special dispensation due to hot weather. Otherwise a school tie had to be worn at all times.
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It is a Volvo - there's another picture of it here:
http://www.chinamotorbus.com/bus/jumbo/leylandfleetline/SVBM-01-06.php
If anyone's not aware, the engine was not at the back like the Daimler Fleetline and other types, but at the front squeezed in between the driver and the entrance. NCT had some later examples with different bodywork, for example:
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Sampson - out!
Seriously though, a great effort to reach the semi-final.
Historic England pics
in General Chat about Nottingham
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Park Street in Bristol in about 1996. What appears to be a church at the top of the hill is actually part of the university and was built in the 1920s