Red-Robbo Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 24 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: Don`t worry. When SL builds a Waitrose on the Wickes site you`ll be OK for life`s little necessities. Just nip in pre-match and order what you want and it will be delivered to your seat at half time by a steward butler Fixed that for you, RRH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Yesterdays queue to get into the Dolman stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcofisher Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 7 hours ago, spudski said: I'm more surprised how 'working class' lads can afford to smoke, £10 a packet, and buy Stone Island...hardly comparable to a season ticket. Or a Tescos prawn sandwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Roger Red Hat said: Let's hope so, old chap. Fortnum & Mason…!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolmoose Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 I don't think it's getting posher, last time I was in there, some ne'er do well, wearing last year's Moncler jacket, if you please, only went and crushed my avocado and manchego sourdough sandwich. Philistine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, bristolmoose said: I don't think it's getting posher, last time I was in there, some ne'er do well, wearing last year's Moncler jacket, if you please, only went and crushed my avocado and manchego sourdough sandwich. Philistine I trust you raised a hue and cry and the rapscallion was apprehended. Hopefully he was transported to the colonies with all haste? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 43 minutes ago, Roger Red Hat said: Yesterdays queue to get into the Dolman Doman queue on the left ( they have their picnic baskets with them) Lansdown queue on the right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Wilson Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 Sorry guys, that’s my bad. I brought my pet Peacock, Geoffrey, yesterday. Alfred said it would be fine though, we even bought an extra seat for the hamper and his tail. Apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolmoose Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: I trust you raised a hue and cry and the rapscallion was apprehended. Hopefully he was transported to the colonies with all haste? I don't know. I left early. I was in the Dolman after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 "Can one hear the South Stand sing, one can't hear a ruddy darned thing woooahh woaahhh" Dolman posh boys forever and sod you commoners "We pay your benefits, we pay your benefits... :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 I have to agree about the sad absence of working class of late. I can barely remember the last time an epidemic of TB broke out in that stand. Sorry times indeed. A curse on gentrification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said: I have to agree about the sad absence of working class of late. I can barely remember the last time an epidemic of TB broke out in that stand. Sorry times indeed. A curse on gentrification. I managed to get ricketes on the weekend, thankfully my supply of leeches saw it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said: I have to agree about the sad absence of working class of late. I can barely remember the last time an epidemic of TB broke out in that stand. Sorry times indeed. A curse on gentrification. I bet the poofhouses don`t keep their coal in the bath either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 2 hours ago, exAtyeoMax said: Fortnum & Mason…!! Is that Forbes Fortnum-Mason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 13, 2019 Report Share Posted January 13, 2019 1 hour ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: I bet the poofhouses don`t keep their coal in the bath either. They keep theirs in the jacuzzi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Pretty much everyone is working class, we all work don’t we? Well apart from those living on their nice final salary pensions that we can only dream about. I don’t understand the concern, the working class now just do office drudge rather than making things, just because it’s white collar work doesn’t make it middle class. The phrase ‘working class’ is obsolete, you either have a job, live on benefits or have a trust fund. I guess the proportion of those going to games that live month to month is no different than before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poland_exile Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Made my first appearance of the season at the weekend; was ensconced in C Block and thought the atmosphere was pretty diabolical bar a fifteen-minute period in the second half. An indication of the Dolman's gentrification? Probably not. Still plenty of 'lads' in the concourse, and the air still thick with wurzel accents. I guess, simply, the dynamics of football have changed over the years due to several factors beyond our control: speaking generally, TV, club officials, stewards, police have all played a role in chipping away at the many of the elements you'd have found 20-odd years back. For better or worse, the football experience has changed, so it's logical that the Dolman feels a little different as well. Personally speaking, I can't say it effected my enjoyment of the day, and in fact, given my state of hangover, it felt quite therapeutic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 On 12/01/2019 at 22:02, AppyDAZE said: a gamebird In the 70’s I think she was in old Grandstand, giving the occasional “flash” to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRUEBRIT66 Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 18 hours ago, BTRFTG said: Since when has having a Bristolian accent been pre-requisite to supporting City? 4 STs in our clique are for yung 'uns (my lad included) who all grew up hundreds of miles from Bristol but have supported City since birth because their father's gave them no other choice. Also to note, when I first started on Crackers Corner there were many dockers, tugmen and labourers, but also teachers, doctors, lecturers et al (who all had to get up first thing on a Monday morning which I my definition of working class. ) Interesting you added "tugmen" my dad worked on the tugs and always stood on Crackers Corner with a few other tugboat men as well, always claimed it was the best view at Ashton Gate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 14 hours ago, Red Right Hand said: Don`t worry. When SL builds a Waitrose on the Wickes site you`ll be OK for life`s little necessities. Just nip in pre-match and order what you want and it will be delivered to your seat at half time by a steward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Skin Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Sounds like you should be sitting up in the servants quarters of the upper lansdown rather than the Dolman, my man. As long as you can make I down in good at the end of the game to bridle up the horses and have my carriage prepared for jaunt home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 9 hours ago, TRUEBRIT66 said: Interesting you added "tugmen" my dad worked on the tugs and always stood on Crackers Corner with a few other tugboat men as well, always claimed it was the best view at Ashton Gate. In which case he would doubtless have known my father and uncle who are responsible for seeing me follow City, perhaps it's them to whom you refer? Crackers Corner it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 On 12/01/2019 at 21:38, DaveF said: Personally I blame the lefties and the snowflakes. For what exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 2 hours ago, BTRFTG said: In which case he would doubtless have known my father and uncle who are responsible for seeing me follow City, perhaps it's them to whom you refer? Crackers Corner it was. Just for knowledge which Corner was crackers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 11 hours ago, italian dave said: He`s looking at that and wondering when his devilled kidneys and kedgeree are going to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 7 minutes ago, reddoh said: Just for knowledge which Corner was crackers? Where the current Dolman joins the Atyeo. In those days it was one corner of the open end. The story (true or false) is that it got its name because those who stood there had a reputation for shouting crazy things at the players. The players said they must be crackers - hence crackers corner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der no.2 Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 It really is about time that a decent Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2012 was served up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 19 minutes ago, Der no.2 said: It really is about time that a decent Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2012 was served up. I know. I had to make do with a barely drinkable 2010. Very disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 54 minutes ago, reddoh said: Just for knowledge which Corner was crackers? If looking at the pitch the left side of the Open End, where it used to fall away toward the old stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted January 14, 2019 Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Der no.2 said: It really is about time that a decent Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2012 was served up. Strangely, en route to see City in Pisa many years ago I inadvertently ended up taking in a game in Montalcino (wine tour of Tuscany, seemed churlish not to.) If you come out of the very expensive Fortezza winery, many pounds lighter even if you go for the cheaper offerings, they've a raised terrace directly overlooking the local stadium and you can watch for nothing from the battlements. Seria D (F) or suchlike and they look like a poor man's Yeovil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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