The last leg of the annual Caterham Festival was last night - a music concert held at The Chalet, the home of David Gold, the richest man in the town and co-owner of West Ham. He owns Ann Summers, whose office is a mile down the road, and the source of his unfeasible wealth. Anyway, he opens up his gaffe every year so he can gladhand us plebs and show off his wealth, and for nosey buggers like me it's always worth a look-see at how the other half live.
The main point of interest, once you'd got past the landing strip for his plane, the private helicopter, and the three garages for his Roller, Bentley and Jags was the original FA Cup, which he bought a few years back to stop it leaving the country. It had pride of place on a pile of West Ham programmes in the window of his dining-room. He's a smug bastard for sure, but that's one thing he did right IMHO. Mind you, it would have looked more impressive if his dining table didn't have the full silver service in the background!
Wonder how long it'll be before WHUFC starts to soak up all his cash.....?
The main point of interest, once you'd got past the landing strip for his plane, the private helicopter, and the three garages for his Roller, Bentley and Jags was the original FA Cup, which he bought a few years back to stop it leaving the country. It had pride of place on a pile of West Ham programmes in the window of his dining-room. He's a smug bastard for sure, but that's one thing he did right IMHO. Mind you, it would have looked more impressive if his dining table didn't have the full silver service in the background!
Wonder how long it'll be before WHUFC starts to soak up all his cash.....?
