Condolences finglas,have similar memories of my own uncle,otherwisw known on here as Hammersmith Hoopton ! RIP John.
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My sincere condolences Finglas to you and your family, so sorry to hear of your loss - glad that I had the opportunity to meet your Uncle Johnny in 2013 on my visit when I attended the Charlton match (plus your aunt, cousin & nephew).
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FFS can this year get any worse? Now Stuart Little has gone.
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H from steps seems to have gone as well.
In Memory Of Martin Fitzmaurice: 3rd June 1940 – 14th April 2016
It was sad to hear the recent news that the famous professional darts scorer/announcer/Master of Ceremonies and one time QPR supporter, Martin Fitzmaurice, had passed away.
Martin was well known for that elongated announcement: “One hundred…AND EIGHTY’ which belted out at darts championship tournaments.
But he was also equally responsible for a chant when he attended games at Loftus Road during the 1950’s and early 1960’s. It went something like this:
‘Chin Chin Chin,
Oi Oi Oi,
Chin Chin Chin,
Oi Oi Oi,
Chin Oi,
Chin Oi,
Chin Chin Chin,
Oi Oi Oi,
R-A-N-G-E-R-S,
RANGERS!’
It was never heard again at an R’s fixture since at least 1963…perhaps we should revive it!!!
During the early 1960’s I do know that Martin was a prominent member of the QPR Supporters Club Committee and I was told that was where he and his wife Doreen had first met.
From the 1970’s onwards I think Martin drifted away from supporting the R’s to concentrate on his career in the pro darts world.
A few years ago I did manage to make contact via Martin’s personal website and he mentioned to me that the 1960’s were great times at QPR FC and that his favourite player was Mark Lazarus.
Bernard Lambert (Kerrins)
(The above pic is from the 1962/63 Club Handbook and Martin is shown in the back row, third from the left)
Bill Elkins recalls that Martin was also secretary of the Supporters Club football team for a while. They used to wear Coventry sky blue, train on the Little Scrubs and meet up periodically in a pub in the Bush.
He also told me about the legendary wrestling bouts at the back of the coach travelling to away games, involving Martin and Paul Gooch before Daphne Biggs had to intervene and bring them to order. They would call themselves by such colourful names as ‘Spartacus’ and ‘Superabus’!
Martin was evacuated in 1940 and spent most of his early childhood living in Wales. When he returned to West London he attended Clement Dane’s Grammar School.
Colin Woodley informed me that Martin and family were living at 290 Ladbroke Grove in 1947.
It is recorded that Martin worked in a solicitor’s office for a while and later he was an electrician and also a tube train driver.
Martin apparently moved to Colchester in 1975 and his career in darts commenced after he was asked to chalk a match in a local pub. He then went on to officiate exhibition matches after standing in when the regular referee was unavailable.
Later this was to lead to Martin stepping in as caller in the 1985 World Masters and the following year he was a chalker at the Embassy World Final. His catchphrase introduction at tournaments was: “Are you Ready? Ladies and Gentlemen…Let’s Play…Darts.”
He resigned from the British Darts Organisation in 2013 after nearly 30 years service.
News came through on 14th April that Martin had sadly passed away.
May he Rest in Peace.
Steve Russell
http://www.indyrs.co.uk/2016/04/memory-martin-fitzmaurice-3rd-june-1940-14th-april-2016/
It was sad to hear the recent news that the famous professional darts scorer/announcer/Master of Ceremonies and one time QPR supporter, Martin Fitzmaurice, had passed away.
Martin was well known for that elongated announcement: “One hundred…AND EIGHTY’ which belted out at darts championship tournaments.
But he was also equally responsible for a chant when he attended games at Loftus Road during the 1950’s and early 1960’s. It went something like this:
‘Chin Chin Chin,
Oi Oi Oi,
Chin Chin Chin,
Oi Oi Oi,
Chin Oi,
Chin Oi,
Chin Chin Chin,
Oi Oi Oi,
R-A-N-G-E-R-S,
RANGERS!’
It was never heard again at an R’s fixture since at least 1963…perhaps we should revive it!!!
During the early 1960’s I do know that Martin was a prominent member of the QPR Supporters Club Committee and I was told that was where he and his wife Doreen had first met.
From the 1970’s onwards I think Martin drifted away from supporting the R’s to concentrate on his career in the pro darts world.
A few years ago I did manage to make contact via Martin’s personal website and he mentioned to me that the 1960’s were great times at QPR FC and that his favourite player was Mark Lazarus.
Bernard Lambert (Kerrins)
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(The above pic is from the 1962/63 Club Handbook and Martin is shown in the back row, third from the left)
Bill Elkins recalls that Martin was also secretary of the Supporters Club football team for a while. They used to wear Coventry sky blue, train on the Little Scrubs and meet up periodically in a pub in the Bush.
He also told me about the legendary wrestling bouts at the back of the coach travelling to away games, involving Martin and Paul Gooch before Daphne Biggs had to intervene and bring them to order. They would call themselves by such colourful names as ‘Spartacus’ and ‘Superabus’!
Martin was evacuated in 1940 and spent most of his early childhood living in Wales. When he returned to West London he attended Clement Dane’s Grammar School.
Colin Woodley informed me that Martin and family were living at 290 Ladbroke Grove in 1947.
It is recorded that Martin worked in a solicitor’s office for a while and later he was an electrician and also a tube train driver.
Martin apparently moved to Colchester in 1975 and his career in darts commenced after he was asked to chalk a match in a local pub. He then went on to officiate exhibition matches after standing in when the regular referee was unavailable.
Later this was to lead to Martin stepping in as caller in the 1985 World Masters and the following year he was a chalker at the Embassy World Final. His catchphrase introduction at tournaments was: “Are you Ready? Ladies and Gentlemen…Let’s Play…Darts.”
He resigned from the British Darts Organisation in 2013 after nearly 30 years service.
News came through on 14th April that Martin had sadly passed away.
May he Rest in Peace.
Steve Russell
http://www.indyrs.co.uk/2016/04/memory-martin-fitzmaurice-3rd-june-1940-14th-april-2016/
Hi-De-Hi Actor Barry Howard has died. He was best known for playing ballroom dance instructor Barry Stuart-Hargreaves, he also appeared in You Rang M'Lud, House of Windsor, and Doctor Who. He was 78
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36163533
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36163533
Well I do. This is a thread about people who have died, some very recently. This is not the joke thread. If you want to make jokes, you would be better off going to the joke thread or opening your own new thread about why our season finished back in December. Thanks.
So you choose to just dug me out over it?... I sympathise with anyone losing a loved one but unless I know them it doesn't affect me as is the same if/ when I lose someone close it doesn't affect others... I respect all those who gave lost...just feel you are just diiging me out mate that's all...not the only one who has put a light hearted post on this thread!