Posted by Nahsville Claret on 18/11/2004, 20:18:52, in reply to "Re: MY First City Game" --Previous Message--
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Balmoral, Visired him there. He also opened another shop in Colchester.
: sadly that shop is no longer there, it was the
: only place you could get hold of off-cuts of
: plywood, and not bloody great 8 x 4 sheets.
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: And a little bit handy with the old DIY as
: well
: Alf - after retiring from football, he ran a
: small DIY shop in Moulsham Street,
: Chelmsford.
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: He was a great player
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: The New Writtle Street Memories thread got me
: to thinking about the games I saw at New
: Writtle Street. I have not seen any at New
: Lodge as I only watch Billericay there!!!
: Anyway I then remembered my first City game
: it was against Gravesend & Northfleet in
: (I think 1972?) I went with my Mum, dad and
: younger brother as well as the lady who lived
: opposite us and her two sons. Anyway
: Gravesend had a certain Tony Nicholas playing
: up front and from the start everytime he went
: near the ball someone not too far behind us
: in the stand kept shouting abuse at him. So
: after 25 mins or so the lady who lived
: opposite us stands up after a particularly
: volatile rant from the "supporter"
: behind us and says in her poshest voice
: "If you don't shut the F*** up with all
: the swearing I am going to come over there
: and smack you one. My boys do not want to
: hear that sort of language!" With that
: she sits down and there is hardly a murmur
: from the crowd for the rest of the game. It
: was only later I realised the voice actually
: came from the Directors box and that is where
: her comments were aimed at!! I Can't even
: remember the result of the game but remember
: this was the first time I had heard a lady
: swear!! (It was another 10 years before my
: mum swore in front of me!!) Oh the family who
: lived opposite us was Mr & Mrs Tony
: Nicholas and their two boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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