Jabba's giant toy dog was rescued by him and me from a skip. He was christened "O'Leary" and went to the (I think Barcelona or Milan) game with us. Last time I visited him he was living in their space room. Sarge
Sent from my iPhone > On 30 Apr 2017, at 13:24, Graham Thirkill <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dave Nattan, thanks for your report on the Norwich game. I thoroughly enjoyed > it. > Just before I came back to the list, I asked Betty what the list was like > these days, > Auntie Betty told me you did great reports on the games. Thanks very much > Dave, > Betty is quite right, you do. Betty didn’t say it was more quiet than it used > to be > The list is far different from the one I remember, Stotty, Dellow, Guy > Thornton, Wiggy, > Niggy, Rogere, Jim Moran, Martin Dexter, Accrington Stanley Lad, Martin > Browne, > Caddy, Janes London, Verner, Dave Diowden, where are they now ?. The list > meets, > pre-game was usually in The Brittania, (now closed) There used to be a > regular 20 or > more listers in there, it was a hoot. We also used Peter Lorimer’s boozer, we > used to > meet my pal Harold Williams with John Charles. The away list meets were also > super > in different pubs all over the country. Maybe over the years, these lads of > got fed up > with Bates’y and the club in general. It’s eighteen years ago, since I first > joined the list > so a few of the older guys may have passed away, I know Grandpa Sykes in > Canada > did. There were quite a few guys who wrote very comical stuff, it was very > entertaining > at the time and a bloody good laugh. Betty used to write a very funny story > or two and > so did Stotty. I travelled all over Europe with some of these guys, we lived > the dream > with O’leary and Ridsdale, it was fantastic, visiting the stadiums and Cities > I’d never > been to before, with good close pals. From the flight out, to the flight > back, these > trips were superb, these pals will always be remembered as long as I live. > The last > one I remember was with Verner and we stayed in Malaga for a few days as I > remember, I think this was the last game we played in Europe. I will tell you > a story, > one day, about me and Martyn Brown with Betty in Barcelona, Betty somehow had > to walk up a few flights of stairs because someone sabotaged the lift in the > place we > were staying. It only held two passengers, Martyn and myself went up in the > lift first. > For some reason Betty couldn’t get the lift to return back to get him up to > join us…….. > shame……the lift door had been left open so poor old Betty had to trudge and > struggle up three or four flights of stairs after a night on the town, on his > own. > He was quite animated when he eventually joined Martyn and my self and saw > the > lift door had been left open…..on purpose……??????????……of course not????? > Hope you all have a great Bank Holiday. > Cheers and Beers, > Thirkers\098/ > PS There is also a story referring to Jon Abbot and a huge soft toy???? on > the > the streets of Barceloa in the early hours after a football match, and > another about > Stotty conning me to have a removable tattoo on my head and then he would > also have > one. I did, he bottled out, it was pouring with raining all so the paint/ink > was running > everywhere. Thanks Stotty who I remember was wetting himself about the con…… > Another memorable occasion was my 60th birthday, seventeen years ago……(how > time flies-by)... at my house. There was a load of friends from the list in > attendance > and what a night that was. There were bodies in every room of the house that > slept over. > There was one guy SI.c, remember him…..He was so sick my wife said put > him in the utility room. An our two later, sick was appearing from under the > utility > room door, His name Si.c was immediately change to Sick. > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
