(…Before the Beginning…)
Chuck D - Pompey man !
They were the Worst of Times…
(…& sometimes Ladies & Gents, they were even worse than that…)
Saturday Afternoons would come & go with nothing more for grown men to do but stand around pretending to be chimneys…
…a Mid-Week Fixture consisted of simply sitting about on rickety gates, talking a load of old turnips & hoping to avoid being struck by lightning…
Wet &Windy Wednesdays in Wednesbury, Workington, Worcester or Wigan held even less appeal back then, than they hold, now…
…& another thing…
…There was always the ‘Gowf ’*…
*…that’ll be Golf to us Non-Scots…
…Gowd help us !
…perhaps not…
Maybe a crack at the Cricket might help while away those idle hours…
Owzat !!!
The Ballad of ‘Bouncing’ Tom Box…coming soon…
(…as long as it was summer & not raining, of course…)
A little light ice-skating should conditions be conducive - Keep an eye out for the thin ice, mind !
Nathaniel Creswick to the rescue-here…
…With that calamitous conflict in the Crimea finally finished (…for the time being, at least…) somewhere in the region of Britain’s Middle, the stench of peaceful revolution hangs heavy in the air…
…well, MOSTLY peaceful, that is…
Next…
…In the Beginning…
Is it 1857 yet…?
“…& another thing & another & another &…”
Credit, where Credit’s due, Brian…
Historical Football Kits…
Vintage Footballers…
Before the ‘D’…
Umpired by Wikipedia…
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