Totally forgot he was a scout at City. He did a great job at York, particularly in the early to mid 90s: very close to promotion to tier 2, good cup runs - with a team built with very limited resources. I had a lot of respect for him as a manager. RIP
Someone I know who did his coaching badges at the same time as Alan Little said the got the highest marks anyone had got up to that time.
Passing of Arthur Massey, a real fan, aged 100.Pleased he saw the good times of the last few seasons after years of disappointments, https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-wrexham-arthur-massey-dies-33429403
Just watching the BBC news... reporting on the funeral of one of the little girls... They announced that the scum who did it as 18 year old Axel something or other... amazing he's had a birthday..!@!@!
Founder of high street jewellery shop, Hugh Rice, has died aged 74, the company has said. Hugh will forever be proudly remembered as the man who founded the jewellery store, Hugh Rice the Jewellers. He began his career as an apprentice at Carmichael's department store on George Street learning the tricks of the trade. Then, with the help of a £200 bank loan, he set up the very first Hugh Rice the Jewellers store in a small basement on George Street.
My stepfather ran a jewellery shop in town in the 70’s and used Hugh Rice for all the repairs. I worked Saturdays and had to go to Hugh’s basement many times to take and pick stuff up. He was a great guy, very focussed and dedicated, and ultimately very successful. Very sad that another name from my past is no longer with us.
One of the most distinctive hits of the early rock and roll era, Stay by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs was, at 1 minute and 36 seconds, the shortest record ever to make it to No 1 in the US pop charts. Into that abbreviated span it crammed so much incident – including a falsetto-led chorus, a slinky Latin-inflected rhythm, and Williams’s exultant shout of “Whoops! La-di-dah … ” on the fadeout – that it made an indelible impression on a generation of listeners hearing it for the first time in 1960. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/aug/15/maurice-williams-obituary
Dave Nichol. Hull City fan, one of the main men behind Drum FC, ex player, manager, fund raiser, supporter, everything, husband, dad, grandad, Top bloke, and my mate. RIP Dave, hope City win today for you pal.
Very sad news Eddie who owns Merlin’s Kitchens down Scully Lane sadly passed away this week. Really good bloke and very helpful, got my kitchen from him last year. RIP Eddie
