CyderInACan Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/mr-bristol-city-remembered-in-new-book/ Great to see. Not much debate here - a book EVERY City fan can truly enjoy. I'll admit I know very little about a man who's name is still synonymous with our club. Definitely worth a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, CyderInACan said: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/mr-bristol-city-remembered-in-new-book/ Great to see. Not much debate here - a book EVERY City fan can truly enjoy. I'll admit I know very little about a man who's name is still synonymous with our club. Definitely worth a read. Definitely sounds worth getting. I can remember the whole of middle of the EE turning to face towards the director's box in the Grandstand with scarfs aloft, singing, 'Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry, Harry, Harrrrrrrrrrrry.' An example of what a really popular chairman and man of the people Harry Dolman was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 I expect the book will have a story about Harry's flying career... Didn't get off to a good start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 When did the mess start then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 Dolman Stand cost £235,000. 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said: Dolman Stand cost £235,000. 1970. The original estimate was £50,000. Someone was ripping somebody off somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 11 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said: Dolman Stand cost £235,000. 1970. How many Tilsons is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 Just now, Threshing Red said: The original estimate was £50,000. Someone was ripping somebody off somewhere If it wasen't for the original estimate not many things would have been built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 minute ago, alexukhc said: How many Tilsons is that? Quite a few Butcombes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T R Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 3 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said: If it wasen't for the original estimate not many things would have been built Builders are very good for this sort of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 In todays money value probably £23,500,000. Cash on table? Doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 56 minutes ago, alexukhc said: How many Tilsons is that? Not even a full Tilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 Marina must be celebrating here 80'th birthday this year marrying Harry at 24 in 1961. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 1 hour ago, Threshing Red said: The original estimate was £50,000. Someone was ripping somebody off somewhere Not necessaril. This was around the time of the oil crisis and the change to decimalisation, both of which caused rampant inflation. As I remember it the board wanted to put the scheme on hold, believing that the markets would reset themselves. Harry realised that the costs would continue to spiral and insisted they push ahead. Incidentally, Chelsea did put theirs on hold and got into all sorts of financial trouble, culminating in their relegation to division 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 12 minutes ago, bristolcitysweden said: Marina must be celebrating here 80'th birthday this year marrying Harry at 24 in 1961. Last year, I believe. Marina was apparently born in 1936. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 8 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Not necessaril. This was around the time of the oil crisis and the change to decimalisation, both of which caused rampant inflation. As I remember it the board wanted to put the scheme on hold, believing that the markets would reset themselves. Harry realised that the costs would continue to spiral and insisted they push ahead. Incidentally, Chelsea did put theirs on hold and got into all sorts of financial trouble, culminating in their relegation to division 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_energy_crisis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 That was not the beginning of the end (a very, very close shot though) but the end of the beginning. LONG LIVE STEVE LANSDOWN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted October 12, 2017 Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 The Dolman Stand and not the AG8 almost cost us the club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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