Unlikely City fans

[Brightwell’s left peg]

There's a modern day connection between Balfour and City. His constituency chairman was a man called Charles Dreyfus, who was an anglicised Frenchman. Dreyfus set up Clayton Aniline, the site of which now houses the CFA.

Next year will be the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration and Dreyfus was also instrumental in that. He was Jewish and an ardent Zionist, and employed Chaim Weizmann, who became the first President of Israel. Dreyfus introduced Weizmann to Balfour (and also to Winston Churchill who was MP for Oldham at the time). It's likely that some of those meetings would have taken place at the Clayton Aniline works so not only have City ruined football, they've also ruined Middle East politics.

Very good PB. I wonder what Dreyfus would think of our owners?

 

[Pezzer2]

Got a good list of musicians as blues

Noel and Liam
Guigsy (Oasis)
Johnny Marr
Mark E Smith
Ian Curtis
Mike Pickering
Reni
Jim Glennie (James)
Craig Gill and Stephen Holt (Inspirals)
Billy Duffy (Cult)
Doves
Tom Ogden and Joe (Blossoms)
Jack Mitchell (Drummer for Johnny Marr)
Cian (Super Furry Animals)
Badly Drawn Boy
Mark Burgess (The Chameleons)

 

[SilverFox2]

Very good PB. I wonder what Dreyfus would think of our owners?

Quite frankly he would probably have been embarrassed because the mess the site left behind was unbelievable. Our owners took a long time washing the carcinogenic and generally obnoxious waste from the soil that the chemicals spilled over time.

 

[dobingsdobber]

There's a photo of Lloyd George with Meredith and, I think (from memory), Albert Alexander which I've always assumed was taken as a one off meeting of two great 'Welshmen' rather than 3 potential Blues. This is interesting and I may dig deeper to find out more about the photo. He was born in CoM so it fits and he'd have been about 30 when we were reformed as MCFC, 40 when FAC was 1st won.

I did wonder if your granddad confused him with Arthur Balfour -local MP who went to a City game and was PM at time of City's 1904 success. He claimed to be a City fan. Possibly, then City have had at least two PMs wo have supported them.

Possibly Gary, although my old granddad was a blue from 1907 and his info was usually spot on.I stand to be corrected of course.

 

[Hoghead]

Jeff Smith MP for Withington.

 

[Big Swifty]

Blue Mooners who aren't familiar with Arthur Balfour (see above) might care to know that he is involved in the invention of the phrase "Bob's your uncle". Balfour's uncle, the PM Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, aka Lord Salisbury, was wont to promote his nephew Arthur to all sorts of positions of power in the land, culminating of course with Arthur Balfour himself entering 10 Downing Street. Hence "Bob's your uncle" refers to any nice job well done and generally sorted.
Nepotism is OK if you keep it in the family.
It is my business to know these things.
Thank you and goodbye.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Got a good list of musicians as blues

Noel and Liam
Guigsy (Oasis)
Johnny Marr
Mark E Smith
Ian Curtis
Mike Pickering
Reni
Jim Glennie (James)
Craig Gill and Stephen Holt (Inspirals)
Billy Duffy (Cult)
Doves
Tom Ogden and Joe (Blossoms)
Jack Mitchell (Drummer for Johnny Marr)
Cian (Super Furry Animals)
Badly Drawn Boy
Mark Burgess (The Chameleons)

There's a few more.

Roy Harper.
Some of The Wanted (not sure which ones off the top of my head.
Marc Riley (who was also in The Fall).

 

[manctheknife]

There's a few more.

Roy Harper.
Some of The Wanted (not sure which ones off the top of my head.
Marc Riley (who was also in The Fall).

Mark Radcliffe was in THe Shirehorses and of course....Skrewdriver. But he's probably not too proud about that,.

 

[Newquayblue]

really?
i didn't know that.

for me, she is the most beautiful woman to have ever lived.

about 20 years ago i met a lookalike, she was stunning.
i was totally devastated when my mate, a fellow blue, not only pulled her but ended up living with her.
it all came to an end though, her arse grew to the size of a small country.

I know it's wrong and shouldn't be encouraged, but gotta laugh at your last remark - hahhahahahahaha.

 

[Newquayblue]

He was a year below my mum at school in Marple. Did he move down there as a kid?

Aaaaahhhh - Marple, brings back memories - though I bet you mean the Grammar -