you dont see them fluttering down the streets anymore - it was a kids dream on the way to school that was . . . . tho it usually was a Wickes catalogue
How we sometimes would be able to get off the train in Driff and be able to go get a green sports mail from Sokells beat me - and 20 Number 6 for 10p. No speed cameras back then I suppose and the cops had Ford Anglias. I wish Hernandez was a done deal and available today, it's about time we took something from Villa Park.
Use to love having a skeg through when I was a delivering them, catch up on a home match I'd been to but during the summer months they were a pain as it would be a lovely summers evening and after finishing the deliveries of the HDM we had go back at 6pm to deliver the Sports Mail for less than 10 copies as no one wanted them much during the cricket season.
i used to hate delivering Sportsmail more than doing the sunday mornings i only had 15 or so to post from Coltman to Gordon Street , it felt a real chore compared to a normal round
When I left Hull 25 years ago I had a subscription to the Green Mail. It used to arrive in the post by about Wednesday but it was a great way of keeping up with city news in those pre internet days. I also liked those Sunday League scores and tables.
A world without the internet..... That will soon be looked at as a different age. Arguably as big a step up as going from stone to bronze.
I recall going to shops as an ankle biter with the old boy to buy the Green Sports Mail....The headline was : 1965 FA Cup Final. . Liverpool....2...Leeds United....1 Always stuck in my memory that...Strange...
