Sidi Fidi Gold
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1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
No I went to Kings (Ponte), at that time about 50% of the Fev lads from Purston junior school, which I think was called St Thomas's at the time (before George Street was renamed), went to Kings.
Are you talking about taking your 11+ where those that failed went to Fev High, if so that was before my time but my elder sister took it and passed it, she went to Ponte Girls High(Now Ponte College).
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1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
One thing that really bugged me about my childhood is that living in an absolute hotbed area for RL we never got the chance to play league at school, only union.
Really , in Fev , did you go to St Wilfs ? Me, not being the brightest, went to George Street and Fev High and League was the only code of rugby we played.
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1 hour ago, The Phantom Horseman said:
The now long-gone junior school across the road from Jubilee Steps, perhaps? That's where I went and my memory of Purston Park PE sessions is the (female) teacher taking thirty-odd 7-year-olds up there, tossing the 16 or so lads a football and telling them to get on with it unsupervised (jumpers for goalposts and all!) whilst she took the female half of the class for a game of rounders.
I'd say the outcome was closer to Lord Of The Flies than Kes if I'm honest, but perhaps time is making it worse in my memory than it actually was.
It was Girnhill Lane, we had one male teacher, he was Canadian, he would sometimes take us up to the park for rugby, he only knew the rules for union though, so the kids had to teach him league. The female smoker took us for football, she would ref the game and also bark orders out such as " get stuck in" and " don't just stand there, tackle him" she was also quick to dish out the praise though, for a good pass or tackle. With her smoking her cigarette I think she thought she was Cesar Monetti.
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1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:
remember the favourite playground pastimes (junior school) of the 70s been throwing football cards against a wall. playing army and walking linked up in a line singing "do you wanna join our gang? no girls allowed" by the time everyone had "joined the gang" it was time to go in again!
My first school was from 5 years old till 9, in the playground a couple of boys or girls would put their arms round each others shoulders and chant "who's playing at(insert name of game), then some one else would join, then another till there was a long line of kids, by this time the bell would ring and there wouldn't be time to play anything.
I vividly remember watching The Italian Job one Sunday, the next day at school we acted out the scenes, everybody wanted to be a Mini, one boy, who was quite large, to politely put it, had to be the bus.
In 1977, when I was 8, we celebrated the Queens silver Jubilee, we put on all sorts of activities and it was an open day for parents, one girl dressed up as the Queen, one boy dressed up as Prince Phillip and the coronation was acted out, but their was all sorts going on, myself and about 9 other boys didn't volunteer for anything so one teacher lined us up and said " since your not volunteering, I'm going to volunteer you for something" she then pointed at me and 3 other boys and said "you, you, you and you, you're all in the choir, off you go" the rest of the boys cracked out laughing, the teacher then looked at these boys and said "the rest of you, you're Morris dancing"
I used to hate football, for PE, the teacher used to take us up to Purston Park to play football, on a full sized pitch with goal posts, I was about 7 at the time, it wasn't quite like the scene from Kes but you'd get kids standing on the goal line talking to the keeper, if you didn't appear to be trying the teacher would tell you off, because of this I tried to get involved early in the game, make a couple of tackles, kick the ball if it came near me, the teacher would leave you alone then, one game I tried to get involved early, we only been playing about a couple of couple of minutes, the ball came near me so I kicked it as hard as I could, what I didn't realise was, I was in the opposition penalty area, I can still hear the sound as the ball hit the inside of the post and went in goal, all my team mates jumped on me, it was the best feeling ever, from that moment I was hooked on football, my mam bought me some football boots, a football kit, I started watching Match of the Day, and started buying Shoot magazine.
Another teacher we had, used to smoke in class, she used a cigarette holder, she'd sit there, legs crossed ,head up, smoking away, she looked like some 1940s movie star, at break time, she'd send kids to the shop to buy her cigs "its ok, just tell the shop keeper I sent you" she'd say.
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I was born in the late 1960s so I can remember the 70s, having an older brother and sister, the early musical back ground to my life consisted of David Cassidy, David Essex, Donny Osmond/Osmond's, Bay City Rollers, Sweet, Slade, Wizzard, T Rex, David Bowie. I didn't identify with my own music until the late 70s, particularly with Blondie then The Jam, then all the 2 Tone stuff, I didn't get into 70s punk until I was about 14. Children's TV was good, other shows I used to watch were Doctor Who, 6 million Dollar Man, Incredible Hulk, Starsky and Hutch and The Professionals, Comics I used to get were The Fantastic Four and Shoot, school was good, I had plenty of friends, quite a few I still have today.
Overall the 70s were great with a few exceptions such as
Almost getting your head kicked in every time you went on a rival estate unescorted.
Being chased by the farmer and having him set is dogs on us.
Being attacked by a Sausage dog.
Being attacked by a ghost.
Onto the 80s,once again school was great, I started noticing girls around about 1980/81, had my first experience with girls about 1983 and all the back ground music that goes with that. Mid to late 80s was when I stared clubbing, that lasted until the early 90s.
Up to this point the majority of my life was largely stress free, then came mortgages, bills, marriage, bills, kids, bills, bills, bills, Grand kids and more bills.
I've just realised, I haven't answered the question from the OP and I don't think I can.
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22 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:
I think Sir Jim needs to make a few more people redundant, that will sort things out.
I think they'll win enough games but I do wonder what Sir Jim and his incompetent lackies would do if they are sat in the relegation zone with a few games to go.
His lackies ! he's got Dave Brailsford, what could possibly go wrong, apart from jiffy bags being delivered to the training ground.
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On 29/12/2024 at 11:52, Les Tonks Sidestep said:
Not me I should add....
Someday everyone has to Face the Raven.
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On 25/12/2024 at 22:56, Jeff Stein said:
Thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas special this year. Huge improvement on the Goblin nonsense last year. Particularly liked the sequence where the Doctor was forced to wait a year in the London hotel. As usual the plot didn't make much logical sense, but it was joyful and humane.
Yes it was a decent story, in a strange way, The Doctor having to wait a whole year in a hotel reminded me of Pater Capaldi's Doctor having to wait 4.5 Billion years in his confession dial in Heaven Sent.
Steve Moffat's probably my favourite writer but sometimes his plots can be very complicated.
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On 23/12/2024 at 23:17, unapologetic pedant said:
I'd never seen "The War Games" before, nor any Patrick Troughton stories. Would be interesting to learn what those familiar with the black-and-white version made of tonight's broadcast.
Couple of things struck me. How did viewers in 1969 perceive the scenes set in 1917, in the context of 1969 being 3 years further away from us watching today? And the non-interference policy of the Time Lords is analogous to wildlife photographers and filmmakers vowing to let nature take it's course, however brutal and emotive.
I've just watched it and thought it was great, the editing was good, loved how they played John Simm's Master theme for the War Chief, then there was the regeneration scene, we actually got to see Troughton regenerate into Pertwee. All in all a very good watch.
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20 hours ago, unapologetic pedant said:
I'd never seen "The War Games" before, nor any Patrick Troughton stories. Would be interesting to learn what those familiar with the black-and-white version made of tonight's broadcast.
Couple of things struck me. How did viewers in 1969 perceive the scenes set in 1917, in the context of 1969 being 3 years further away from us watching today? And the non-interference policy of the Time Lords is analogous to wildlife photographers and filmmakers vowing to let nature take it's course, however brutal and emotive.
I've recorded it but haven't watched it yet, I'll probably watch it between Xmas and the New Year, when I'm not drinking, I have, however, watched the 10 part black and white version twice, both in the last 6 years, overall I've enjoyed it but it does drag on a bit, its probably about 2 or 3 episodes too long.
I did however watch Doctor Who at the Proms today and really enjoyed it, I was surprised though that they missed out some iconic scores, namely The Shepherds Boy, This is Gallifrey, All the Strange Things and The Long Song, to name but a few.
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5 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:
there was one but it wasnt a prize - the whole thing was a bit of a mish mash strung out over an hour with the main aim seeming to be to inflate flintoffs ego - jim and tony will be spinning in their graves
It must have been Flintoff's transport home, its a bit quicker than a pedalo.
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31 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:
on the new episode of Bullseye the contestants had no where near the humility of the ones in years gone by which seems to be a trend with modern quiz show contestants who seem to feel they need to grab their little bit of fame with both hands - plus why is there a round of applause before they take their throws? very off putting
Come on, I need to know, is there a speedboat ?
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51 minutes ago, warriors 95 said:
I can’t find it on YouTube.
From memory, what he said was something like " what on earth has he kicked for............oh, that's why he's kicked.
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14 minutes ago, Gomersall said:
Its a lot funnier with Ray French's commentary.
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2 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:
I've officially lost faith in human society. It is frustrating just how much American media and culture penatrates into everyday British society. Mrs Goose was watching 'Strictly: It Takes Two' yesterday. The show started, the titles played and the very first thing the presenter said, the very first thing before any other word was spoken was, "happy thanksgiving". We don't celebrate that foreign holiday in Britain!!
And why when people reference foreign culture in things is it only ever American culture?! It's like on BBC quiz shows, especially Pointless, when 9 out of 10 geography and politics questions are American-based. Why not do a question on German states? Why not do a question on French presidents? Why is everything always America?!!
Sorry for the rant, just something that really irritates me.
Can you imagine the outrage if they said happy Diwali.
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18 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:
On my way home from work this evening I saw two houses with Christmas lights already up.
I bet Chevy Chase was involved.
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The Young Ones
Blackadder
The New Statesman
League of Gentlemen
Peep Show
Shameless
The Thick of It
Not Going Out
I have mixed views about Only Fools on Horses, Overall, liked it, David Jason was great, so were the side characters but I couldn't stand Rodney, I didn't like the way he treated Trigger, we all know Tigger was as thick as pig muck but Rodney wasn't the brightest, even though he had 2 GCE's
Also , I don't know if I'm the only one who wanted to here more of Uncle Albert's "During the War " stories
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16 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:
Guardiola won't take the England job
If Pep did take the job, he'd spend the first 6 months looking for the cheque book and the second 6 months trying to find loop holes in the FFP.
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On 07/09/2024 at 22:08, Sidi Fidi Gold said:
A few nice moments today
I was messing about in the kitchen this morning, looked out of the window, there were quite a few sparrows in the hedge at the bottom of the garden, amongst them was a bird flitting about, I could tell by the way it was moving that it was something different, on closer inspection I could see that it was a Chiffchaff, we tend to get them in most years but only once or twice per year.
About 20 minutes later, I looked out of the window again to see if I could the Chiffchaff, I saw another bird moving about strangely in the hedge, but it was moving differently from the Chiffchaff and was slightly bigger, this time it was a male Blackcap, I only recall seeing them in the garden about 3 or 4 times, the last time must have been about 10 years ago.
Next I went outside to put some rubbish in the bin and looked up to see a Red Kite flying overhead, we've seen them around more and more over the last 5 years, usually in spring or September/October time
Finally, in the afternoon, the Chiffchaff came back and I got a really good view, a beautiful looking bird, very yellowy.
Like I said, a few nice moments.
I saw the Chiffchaff and Black Cap again today, I think the Chiffchaff was a different one to last time as its colouring was more drab
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54 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:
Looks like change is coming to the transfer system after Diarra won his test case with FIFA.
Bosman v2.0?Don't know what the changes will be but I'll bet they'll benefit the very elite clubs clubs the most.
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1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:
I would prob choose to be offered a season ticket to the hudds giants stadium and be left to die of loneliness
I thought you'd choose death by Mau Mau
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15 year old British girl Mika Stojsavljevic won the US Open juniors, where's GY Johnny when we need a nationality test,
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A few nice moments today
I was messing about in the kitchen this morning, looked out of the window, there were quite a few sparrows in the hedge at the bottom of the garden, amongst them was a bird flitting about, I could tell by the way it was moving that it was something different, on closer inspection I could see that it was a Chiffchaff, we tend to get them in most years but only once or twice per year.
About 20 minutes later, I looked out of the window again to see if I could the Chiffchaff, I saw another bird moving about strangely in the hedge, but it was moving differently from the Chiffchaff and was slightly bigger, this time it was a male Blackcap, I only recall seeing them in the garden about 3 or 4 times, the last time must have been about 10 years ago.
Next I went outside to put some rubbish in the bin and looked up to see a Red Kite flying overhead, we've seen them around more and more over the last 5 years, usually in spring or September/October time
Finally, in the afternoon, the Chiffchaff came back and I got a really good view, a beautiful looking bird, very yellowy.
Like I said, a few nice moments.
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Irish fans today " we probably won't beat England but as long as Rice or Grealish don't score ....."
The TV Thread
in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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The 28 day catch up figures saw both Wallace and Gromit and Gavin and Stacey surpass 20 million viewers.
Wallace and Gromit 21.6 million
Gavin and Stacey 20.9 million
Apparently nobody watches the BBC anymore.