The FOC thread.

[blue b4 the moon]

I still miss the Mark Addy in town for a ploughmans and a beer by the canal.

Yes they did a lovely Ploughman's there, washed down with a couple of pints from Boddington's.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Mark Addy used to do a great ploughmans, early 80's

waaaayyyyy too much pate...probably what busted them out....well that and the flooding.

 

[Ribble73]

Yes they did a lovely Ploughman's there, washed down with a couple of pints from Boddington's.

I used to take at least half of the Cheese home in a doggy bag you got that much of it

 

[Vienna_70]

I tried a pickled egg once. Never again.

Worse than beetroot.

I fucking hate beetroot too, though I’ve never tried a pickled egg. I don’t fancy them at all, and following your comment, I don’t think I will bother.

 

[kaz7]

I am 65 in a couple of weeks, the last birthday i had was a week after my Lazarus impression, i remember when i was 50 then all of a sudden it is 15yrs later ! Fucking hell lol

 

[bladdered]

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Why is driving anywhere so much of a competition now-a-days? Was never like that in my day.

 

[HypnoticBlue]

View attachment 180220

The centre of a 7 inch single, ooh that takes me back.

 

[NPBlue]

The centre of a 7 inch single, ooh that takes me back.

When we played them on wonderful stereophonic gramophones. We had one of these in the 60's.

 

[KS55]

DANSETTE POPULAR MK1 VINTAGE RECORD PLAYER - NEEDS SERVICE BUT WORKING | eBay UK

There is a small crack in the speed selector, the gold cover is missing from the tone knob, and a small rip in the front grey cover. It has four speed choices, including 78 and 16 RPM and a rather clever flip-over stylus, for your 78's.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[bladdered]

Top of the Pops in Rusholme!

 

[Vienna_70]

Top of the Pops in Rusholme!
View attachment 180408View attachment 180409View attachment 180412View attachment 180411

Is that those four blokes from Scouseland?

What were they called?

 

[kaz7]

When we played them on wonderful stereophonic gramophones. We had one of these in the 60's.

View attachment 180366

We had one of those, nice to see that picture

 

[Vienna_70]

When we played them on wonderful stereophonic gramophones. We had one of these in the 60's.

View attachment 180366

Our first record player was part of a bloody great radiogram that my parents bought through an advert in our local weekly newspaper.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Our first record player was part of a bloody great radiogram that my parents bought through an advert in our local weekly newspaper.

Ten bob down, 2/6d a week for the next twelve months...

;-)

 

[Vienna_70]

Ten bob down, 2/6d a week for the next twelve months...

;-)

I meant to say it was a second-hand one from the small ads.

 

[Bill Walker]

Is that those four blokes from Scouseland?

What were they called?

No, that's 5 blokes called Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas.
The Dakotas were a Manchester band. Billy J was from Bootle.
They have several No 1's written by Lennon & McCartney.

 

[Vienna_70]

No, that's 5 blokes called Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas.
The Dakotas were a Manchester band. Billy J was from Bootle.
They have several No 1's written by Lennon & McCartney.

Yeah, I know of Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas. Little Children is probably their most famous hit.

Billy has recently released a new single, Go On Girl.

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Yeah, I know of Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas. Little Children is probably their most famous hit.

When the Beatles went on tour in the U.S. in the early '60s they met Cassius Clay (as he still was) on a publicity shoot just before he fought for the world heavyweight title. With his famous opponent in mind they did one of Billy J's songs, "Liston, do you want to know a secret?"
:-)

(Their joke, not mine.)

 

[Lavinda Past]

I meant to say it was a second-hand one from the small ads.

Ten bob down and no questions asked then...

:-)