Rishworthian 166 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Just in case some of our younger members find Clough hard to take or understand. I can only explain that you went to Ayresome Park on a Saturday afternoon once a fortnight to see how many Clough was going to score - not if he was going to score. Think about that Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 31 minutes ago, Rishworthian said: Just in case some of our younger members find Clough hard to take or understand. I can only explain that you went to Ayresome Park on a Saturday afternoon once a fortnight to see how many Clough was going to score - not if he was going to score. Think about that My mum knew him during his Billingham Synthonia days and reckoned his persona was an act to mask his shyness. Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 14 November 1964 - Six Goal Thriller at the Baseball Ground. (From British Newspaper Archive). BL_0002496_19641114_109_0008.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 15 November 1975 - Derby Day Stalemate. (From British Newspaper Archive). BL_0002240_19751117_170_0014.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
Rishworthian 166 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 McM It's certainly true that he was an interesting character. I remember reading that he didn't like telling players that they were not playing. He tended to leave it very late and then would say "oh you can have chips today" at the pre match meal. So your mam could well have been correct. I eventually got his autograph ................ at a cricket match Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 She knew him because she used to follow the Synners home and away, often travelling on the team bus. She said that if a girl ever spoke to him he stood there with his ears blushing first and then the blush spreading to the rest of his face. As an aside, my mum was Billingham Synthonia's supporter of the year one year in the late 1940s or early 1950s and the committee men decided than an appropriate prize for a teenage girl would be some stockings. Different times! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 16 November 1935 - Boro Rout Rovers. (From British Newspaper Archive). BL_0000711_19351118_288_0011 (1).pdf Link to post Share on other sites
Rishworthian 166 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 McM I've no idea how much stockings cost in 1950ish -not sure I knew then either I've a feeling that they were in short supply and the big question back then was "Did you need coupons for them" ? Coupons started easing in the late 40s but continued on some items until the early / mid 50s I remember being sent to the butchers with the coupon book and some money for our rations of meat for the week times were different then Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,040 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 Definitely in short supply.. One of the reasons the Americans were popular along with chocolate. Remember my mam saying that she used gravy salts to create the illusion of wearing them, but not feasible on rainy nights sounds like part of the "Four Yorkshiremen" sketch, but makes you realise how lucky we were not to experience that sort of thing 1 Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 I think my mum thought that being given stockings as a teenager by a mysterious American serviceman might have been exciting but getting them from a bunch of lecherous old men in the Synners Social Club, less so. (Could have been even more awkward for the committee if a teenage boy had won). 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rishworthian 166 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 An interesting piece of speculation McM - American servicemen bought favours with gifts, I believe Do you have any evidence that the Committee were actually lecherous ? One could almost certainly guarantee that they were all or almost all men. It may be that the Chairman's wife or daughter had advised on the purchase. To the best of my knowledge I never came across the gravy browning technique although I had heard of it. I came across one young lady who was forced to wear clean underwear by her mother to go out in - in case she was involved in an accident. It was a very different world Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,040 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 That always confused me after I realised the body's natural reaction to fear and pain meant that they would be unlikely to remain in pristine condition, but I suppose it is the thought that counts 🙂 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,932 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 This thread sure has taken a weird turn 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AnglianRed 6,236 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: This thread sure has taken a weird turn It certainly has gone very, "When I were a lad..." and "Kids don't know they're born these days..." I blame Remembrance Day - it gets the old folks reminiscing about the war and their childhoods. 😉 Link to post Share on other sites
McMordie 105 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 47 minutes ago, Rishworthian said: An interesting piece of speculation McM - American servicemen bought favours with gifts, I believe Perhaps a slightly inappropriate comment. Link to post Share on other sites
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