Not wishing to be pedantic or anything but we sold 55,000 tickets for that game, which would be the all time record for a division 3 game if everybody had got there but only, I say "only" in its loosest sense, just under 50,000 got there as there was a transport strike. Amazing attendance considering hardly anyone had a car. Nowadays people consider it top much of a time consuming business to get a bus or car across Hull for a football match or a rugby one, especially at non regular kick off times. Bet people weren't streaming out then with 10 minutes to go like nowadays either. Even though they had a long walk home and Christmas Day meals were having to be rearranged.
Lovely to hear this. My late father often recalled that game. He had married my mother in July 1948 so I always thought it was a good sign she didn't mind him going to football on Christmas Day. They were together over 50 years so it was obviously ok!
Back then, some didn't even have kettles and outside loos were common place. Tins baths in the front room too. Good times, most stuff now is plastic, non lasting **** compared to then. What you didn't have you didn't miss. Food in your tummy and a roof over your head that's all you needed. Food banks now but most have the latest smart phone and Sky/Netflix etc. Unbelievable. It's a different world now that's for sure.
If he does eat turkey in Turkey I hope he eats it slowly and doesn't gobble it as he might get indigestion.
As well as going to the same match your dad and my husband had another thing in common. His marriage is still going after 53 years!
In Portugal, a turkey is called a Peru.....it's probaby a more accurate term based on the bird's origins.
Nothing that has not been posted in the last two months. The conversation I had joined the dots whilest not being distracted to see pun after pun, and every other divergence on this thread, was the aha moment. New? Nothing, it has all been commented on here previously.
Wow. Imagine that conversation at world cup time in the bars of Lisbon. Chap 1"Who are we playing" Chap 2"We are playing Peru" Chap 1"We are playing Turkey" Chap 2"No I said we are playing Peru" Chap 1" You are an idiot" Chap 2" Go get stuffed" Chap 1" What me or the Peru" Chap 2" I give up I reckon the two Ronnie's would have loved that scenario.
Yes, I prefer chat. Usually, there is little miscommunication with chat. Either way, we are no closer to closure on the deal but I'm not worried. Kay Sarah Sarah
