Silent Blade
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Yes, in 1976Might this have been when he left to go to Chesterfield?
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Yes, in 1976Might this have been when he left to go to Chesterfield?
Might this have been when he left to go to Chesterfield?
Phwoor!!!Len Badger, don,t know who the player is. nice car bet that cost a bob or two.
Silent confirmed this , in which case I’m thinking that the car may have belonged to the snooker player and entrepreneur Mike Watterson who had close ties with Chesterfield .
He was the man responsible for bringing the Snooker World Championship to the Crucible . He also took part in it and was a very decent player and by all accounts , a very sound and likeable bloke .
He didn’t get involved at Chesterfield until the early eighties when his cash saved them from going under. Maygg by e Shentall?
Not officially involved , but a long time supporter and person of influence way before then .
I worked for a firm that worked with Chesterfield. It was a very tight ship, the main men were Shentall and Newton. Can’t recall MW being mentioned anywhere as having any influence before he bailed them out and went on the board.
Couple of other things, the photo is from 1976. MW was only an amateur snooker player then, albeit a very very good one and future UK champion before turning pro. He made his money after getting the Crucible championship up and running, when he did have a roller. New with the plate Cue 1.
He was a a car salesman in 1976. Unlikely to have had RR money even for an old one.
Very nice bloke by all accounts screwed over by Rex Williams
I liked it as it allowed the traffic to flow quicker. Closed in the 1990s I think
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HYH not Harry Haslam then.?Good info that , all of which points to your theory as to who the car’s owner might be being a better one than mine .
HYH not Harry Haslam then.?
Photo one, Hi hooooooo....which ones this, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, or Titch?
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Olympia Skating-Rink
Photograph by Google These ordinary looking student flats on Bramall Lane stand alongside the Sheaf House public house on a site that stretches towards Shoreham Street. It’s hard to imagine now, bu…sheffielder.net
Get your skates on“ ....... and took just eight weeks to build .” !!!!![]()
Bit like a 'Meccano' set, "eesy peezy", erect main frame, then fill in walls, could more or less start one end and as construction progressed finishing off in completed sections, plus much manpower helps enormously. If looked at it's only an aircraft hanger, though at that time there wouldn't be many aircraft around.“ ....... and took just eight weeks to build .” !!!!![]()
That’s a great article. The building time was short, but so was the life of the Olympia as a cinema, having been a skating rink for a couple of years, then a 2,000 seater cinema for three weeks before becoming a roller skating rink again. I thought incompetence was a modern phenomenon, clearly not![]()
Olympia Skating-Rink
Photograph by Google These ordinary looking student flats on Bramall Lane stand alongside the Sheaf House public house on a site that stretches towards Shoreham Street. It’s hard to imagine now, bu…sheffielder.net
Everything was so much better back in those days , I miss them , you could put your foot down going through that dip , I remember doing it in my first car going to the lane , now you have to stop for traffic lights , bus lanes, bike lanes , traffic calming and cameras .
That could well be the first photo Bert posted on this thread which has now disappeared.
.............and with a wider angle. Trying to remember who's on the floor. First thought was Hawksworth then realised he had gone back to Huddersfield so recon it's his replacement in a swop+cash, Ronnie Simpson.That could well be the first photo Bert posted on this thread which has now disappeared.
Tut, Tut. The price increases back in the day....up 43% in less than a year......Doubt we will see the likes of inflation like that again.........oh wait
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