The Park Drive book of Football

[tonytonycurrie]

Anybody got this? I did but lost in the Eons of time.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

I had it.

 

[Bill Johnson]

Had 2 of them from the early 70s. Remember walking miles with my head down picking up empty Park Drive fag packets be they 10s or 20s then cutting the front panels off and sending off for the books.
On a slightly different note and at a much earlier age I thought I'd won a BBC Dr Who painting competition. My prize arrived and I was absolutely ecstatic as I unwrapped what I expected to be a full size Dalek.
The fucking thing was about a foot tall.
Broken hearted I was.

 

[BadgersBigToe]

I remember the books well and had a few as a kid, just seen quite a few for sale on amazon if that helps.

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Never heard of Park Drive.. though do recall Park Lane, sister mag of Lovebirds and Playbirds. I’m told issue 33 is highly collectible as a Mary Millington special.. younger Blades ask your Dad what happened before tinternet was invented...

 

[Goody]

Ive got the 2 books somewhere.
There's a pic of hodgy punching the ball against leeds on the back cover of one of em.

 

[Tom Bott]

younger Blades ask your Dad what happened before tinternet was invented..

Health and Efficiency mag ?

https://www.henaturist.net/product/he-naturist-magazine-april-2019/

 

[Ivanhoe]

I had a couple too, and a couple of Rothmans football year books. Bacca companies sponsored loads of stuff then, wouldn’t be allowed nowadays..

 

[Jolly Buffer]

Never heard of Park Drive.. though do recall Park Lane, sister mag of Lovebirds and Playbirds. I’m told issue 33 is highly collectible as a Mary Millington special.. younger Blades ask your Dad what happened before tinternet was invented...

Mary Millington was in many a film at Studio 567 on the wicker...errr that's what I heard anyway

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

They'll be asking for Turf cig cards next...….

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

 

[grafikhaus]

Had 2 of them from the early 70s. Remember walking miles with my head down picking up empty Park Drive fag packets be they 10s or 20s then cutting the front panels off and sending off for the books.
On a slightly different note and at a much earlier age I thought I'd won a BBC Dr Who painting competition. My prize arrived and I was absolutely ecstatic as I unwrapped what I expected to be a full size Dalek.
The fucking thing was about a foot tall.
Broken hearted I was.

Cheer yourself up by buying the Star Wars 'X Wing Fighter'. You 'only' need to buy all 100 issues of the mag. - total cost £979.02. Bargain.

 

[Silent Blade]

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At the back of that book

 

[Dnblade]

I had a couple of them, mainly due to my Blades supporting Uncle smoking to many them, but also remember picking up empty fag packets you'd regularly find on the street. I had that one with Best on the cover and the one that came out the following Year, which could have had Best on the front again.

 

[Tony]

At the back of that book

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Bernard Shaw, Sir Len and Woody. Saw the first two make there debuts against Leyton Orient in the mid sixties.

 

[Kenilworth]

My dad has got one, 73-74 I think.
He showed it me a couple of weeks ago. Has Best and Law on the front cover. I didn’t have a chance to look as it. Maybe next time I am I. sheffield. ....

 

[Kenilworth]

Had 2 of them from the early 70s. Remember walking miles with my head down picking up empty Park Drive fag packets be they 10s or 20s then cutting the front panels off and sending off for the books.
On a slightly different note and at a much earlier age I thought I'd won a BBC Dr Who painting competition. My prize arrived and I was absolutely ecstatic as I unwrapped what I expected to be a full size Dalek.
The fucking thing was about a foot tall.
Broken hearted I was.

Expecting a full sized fucking Dalek

Couldn’t you tell from the packaging?
Or did you expect the package wouldn’t be indicative of the size of the contents in some reverse Tardis sort of way?

Great post

 

[Silent Blade]

My dad has got one, 73-74 I think.
He showed it me a couple of weeks ago. Has Best and Law on the front cover. I didn’t have a chance to look as it. Maybe next time I am I. sheffield. ....

 

[Kenilworth]

That’s the one
Bloody Silent Blade allus does this to me. Mind you, he’s allus bloody right

 

[Bert]

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Bert has one of those somewhere in his garage.

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

At the back of that book

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March 30, 1968. FA Cup quarter-final. Crowd 48322.

My tenth birthday and my first game away from home outside Sheffield. I’d been to see United at Hillsborough twice in 1966 and also in January 1968.

I’m on that massed bank of terracing in the background but well away to the left as you look. On my own. I went with a bloke who lived across the road from us. His son and his son’s mate (both older than me) also went. We all had tickets for different parts of the ground. As I recall, before kick-off he simply pointed to a shop or other landmark about half a mile from the ground and told me to meet him there twenty minutes after the game finished.

 

[Silent Blade]

March 30, 1968. FA Cup quarter-final.

My tenth birthday and my first game away from home outside Sheffield. I’d been to see United at Hillsborough twice in 1966 and also in January 1968.

I’m on that massed bank of terracing in the background but well away to the left as you look. On my own. I went with a bloke who lived across the road from us. His son and his son’s mate (both older than me) also went. We all had tickets for different parts of the ground. As I recall, before kick-off he simply pointed to a shop or other landmark about half a mile from the ground and told me to meet him there twenty minutes after the game finished.

The goal that won the tie

 

[Shalalalafenoughty]

The goal that won the tie
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I’m definitely on that one. Don’t recall much of the game, to be honest, but the goal - the only one of the game - was scored slightly away to my right.

 

[Bennyand the Blades]

Yes I think I can see you...……..

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

Bert has one of those somewhere in his garage.

Signed?

 

[Snowman]

Signed?

Bert's garage signed? for whom? How much?

 

[metalblade]

Had 2 of them from the early 70s. Remember walking miles with my head down picking up empty Park Drive fag packets be they 10s or 20s then cutting the front panels off and sending off for the books.
On a slightly different note and at a much earlier age I thought I'd won a BBC Dr Who painting competition. My prize arrived and I was absolutely ecstatic as I unwrapped what I expected to be a full size Dalek.
The fucking thing was about a foot tall.
Broken hearted I was.

Look on the bright side you didn't win a prize on Jim'll fix it.

 

[Isaw Joeshaw]

They'll be asking for Turf cig cards next...….

I had the full set of Turf cigarette cards , collected around 1950 .

About 40 years later a group of us were talking about them and one bloke said he could remember which number every single player was and reeled a few off .

One of the group thought he was bullshitting and tracked down a set via a dealer in London and , the next time we met , put him to the test .

He got every one right !!

 

[XM657]

I had the full set of Turf cigarette cards , collected around 1950 .

About 40 years later a group of us were talking about them and one bloke said he could remember which number every single player was and reeled a few off .

One of the group thought he was bullshitting and tracked down a set via a dealer in London and , the next time we met , put him to the test .

He got every one right !!

What worries name Leslie Welsh?

 

[XM657]

At the back of that book

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Silent, is this photo the 1967-68 FAC 6thR match or the later, 6th April 3-0 league loss? I used to know but sands of time and all that, thank you in advance. Also, anyone, who's the filling in the J Charlton (Spit), Hodgy sandwich? Surely must be Mallender, again thank you in advance.