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2 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

One of my favourite cricketers growing up, and later an umpire and neighbour, was Mervyn Kitchen.

He used to live in Nailsea. One of my heroes is Phil Crump of Bristol Bulldogs speedway fame. His son Jason became World Speedway Champion. Phil either rented Mervyn's house or lived next door to him for a while.

5 hours ago, northsomersetred said:

Oh and i got chased down the beach at Husvik in South Georgia by an Elephant seal, they're a bit bigger than penguins in case anyone was wondering.

Elephant Seal. Not as fast as David Seal.

South Georgia? Did you see the memorial to Ernest Shackleton?

Just checked the surname in this book. No Bristol City player was mentioned. There were only 2 with the name of Ainsley.

10 hours ago, grifty said:

Aren't there penguins in/on the Galápagos Islands? That's a little bit closer to the North Pole.

There is a professional ice hockey team based in the USA, the Pittsburgh Penguins.

I don't think they're actual penguins though. Maybe their keeper if he flaps a lot in his area?

This advert takes me back. Even Morecambe and Wise mentioned it!

For the record, I think the music is called The Peanut Vendor. A musical number popular in the Swing Band era.

2 hours ago, Oh Louie louie said:

 

Golden wonder crisps.

Kasey Palmer - otherwise known as KP Nuts.....Golden Wonder, They're Jungle Fresh (as the old advert went)

To the left of the teacher is David Rodgers.

14 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Why did they all drive beige minis when I was a kid…did they get a job lot?

I think Dave the actual colour was called Sandgold. My Allegro was.

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56 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

Glad this thread was started.

All of them were varying degrees of dodgy and coupled with the pen Villa didn't get then you do have to wonder 

Tillfällighet?

9 minutes ago, Garland-sweden said:

Coincidence you spell it, sorry.

Youre forgiven, G-S!

What is coincidence in Swedish?

4 hours ago, Gazred said:

Reminds me of a Beamish Red from back in the day. Thinking about it, i've not seen any Irish red ale around for ages.

Keep us posted on this one NI.

Will do.

I absolutely loved Beamish Red. Had a pint of it when City were playing a friendly at Hednesford Town's club bar in mid 90s! Memories eh?

Beamish is made in Cork and their stout was brill too. Unfortunately, Heineken bought them out.

You can no longer get Beamish Stout unless you're living in the Cork area.

As far as Red is concerned, it's making a bit of a comeback on the emerald isle. Even Guinness under their Smithwicks brand do a Red now. It's passable.

What Red Ales are available in Bristol either bottled or draught?

I am so looking forward to this new addition to the Pinter repertoire.

I didn't order the previous limited red ale (For the Euros) yet I love this type of beer.

It will be tapped on Christmas Eve.

The Carbonation Dial info is only if you have a Pinter 2. I don't so it's treated I  the normal way.

6 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

Interesting.

Accents have obviously changed as I don’t hear anybody talking like that!

I left Brizz in the mid 90s. When I speak to my brizzle mates you can still hear the accent but not the lingo any more....apart from Ideal and Asdal. The latter I think is done deliberately now as opposed to naturally.

Yer tis!

In the 70s, Points West did a survey to see how many people speak Krek Bristle.

They took a flip chart into Broadmead and asked passers by to read aloud what was written on the flip chart. They had to say,

Eva Turner, the prima ballerina of the opera.

Many did add an L. Maybe the footage is on YouTube?

1 hour ago, Sir Geoff said:

Cole was £500,000

Phew! I looked at that list and when it said Andy Cole was bought for a Million, I thought this proves time does indeed alter your memory. 

Lists can be wrong! I, too, remember Andy being bought from Arsenal for 500k.

Maybe the list is talking about Andrew Cole!

PS he retired purely due to age and immediately became the  FA Referee's Assessor. He would sometimes be at AG fulfilling this role after his retirement as a man in the middle.

44 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

 

I mentioned in my previous post that I seemed to recall he retired early as he was disillusioned with football violence, and this incident back in 1993 may have been instrumental in his decision: 

A STORMY end to a match of vital consequence to both sides produced extraordinary scenes at St James' Park last night when the referee, Bob Hamer, was knocked to the ground after angry fans had invaded the pitch.

Security staff had to pull supporters off the Bristol official, who had caused uproar by awarding Port Vale a controversial last-minute penalty. Exeter would have been assured of Second Division safety if they had held on to win, while Vale's point gives the Potteries club a better chance of beating Bolton Wanderers to an automatic promotion place.

Exeter seem sure to be in serious trouble with the authorities as will their manager, Alan Ball, who raced on to the pitch on the final whistle seemingly intent on remonstrating with Hamer before he was shepherded away by his coaching staff.

The referee was helped off by police looking shocked. Officials of the West Country club said he had been hit three times and that one of his linesman had also been assaulted.

'All I remember is getting shoved to the ground and then being quickly surrounded by people,' said Hamer, who will make a statement to Exeter police today before sending his report to the Football Association.

Ball later criticised the referee. 'Of course I regret running on to the pitch but this is my life, my club's future as is it is Bolton's future. People's lives hinge on these 90 minutes and again it's been shown that amateurs have an enormous say in this lovely game of ours.

'I was as bad as those fans and I'm probably in enough trouble already. We have worked hard all season, I thought we were safe, and then to have it taken away from you like that makes you really, really mad. Imagine if we go down and Bolton don't go up because of that decision. It's far too important not to get annoyed about.'

Interestingly, and I have only just discovered this - quite fitting for a Sunday - Bob is no longer a newsagent, but is now a committed Christian; not that Christians can't be football referees or newsagents, of course, 

Phil,

I can shed more light on this. A video of his career as a professional referee came out in the mid 90s. Not only does it feature an interview with John Motson but it shows the clip of him being shoved to the ground that night in Exeter. It also features the final game of the season between West Ham at Portsmouth. Pompey needed to win to have any chance of going up. I learned from watching this game as a 'spectator' just how biased a home fan can be especially over penalty decisions. At the time, I thought Bob had got it completely wrong. Having then watched it in  editing mode, he was spot on!

Some of the video was made at AG. The dressing room sequence was filmed at BS3 because the Pompey Manager at the time (Smith) refused to give permission. 

Walking out to the centre circle for the toss-up was amazing. The roar of the crowd expecting a win will stay with me. 

At the time of making this video, I was not under the impression that he left the Post Office for Sincerely Yours because of that incident.

I first met him in SY sometime around 1982-84 when I was working in the City Centre.

After the end credits, there is another little interview with Bob this time sitting in the Lower Williams Stand on my season ticket seat! 

The video was called The Man In The Middle.

For more info...

https://www.cta.uk.com/categories/sport/man-in-the-middle/images

Anyone else think this thread was about Peter Gabriel's fifth album?

I then read the posts. Some people have taken to use a Sledgehammer to other posters!

3 hours ago, BigAl&Toby said:

I can’t remember. Someone else asked me that some time ago. Was it Bob Hamer?

I also don’t remember/didn’t know he did - run the post office. I was in BH from early 70s through to late 80s.

Don’t get me going on Monty though….

Bob owned Sincerely Yours Newsagent/Card shop in Baldwin Street.

UPDATE

Having tried the bottle conditioned beer technique (brewed in Pinter only-see above) last weekend, I left the remaining bottles in the fridge for a further few days.

The bottles had a further 6 days conditioning time (2 weeks in total) and what an extra few days made for the beer! 

The licorice flavour has mellowed. The malt has become slightly sweeter but not as dominant. Overall, this bottle-conditioned Dunkel has so much more depth in taste. I could bore you silly with notes of this and that but it has become an exceptional beer as a result of leaving it an extra week on top of the Pinter's recommendation.

Will I do bottle conditioning from now on? I don't know! I certainly like using the bottles but the rubber seals need to be replaced after 5 uses apparently. Otherwise, you might get beer bottle explosions! Seals for the Grolsch bottles can be purchased online so that's not too bad.

Maybe I'll stick with brewing and conditioning in the Pinter and using the bottles for any left over beer.

One thing is for certain, the Dunkel is a winner.

14 hours ago, AppyDAZE said:

He's quoting Partridge, Big Tone.

I thought Andy Partridge loved The Beatles!

You mean the other one don't you!

I've been following this fir ages. There is no information as to when, if at all, it will be officially released on Bluray/DVD. 

I'm surprised that Disney was given the rights especially as streaming is not as good for audio or video. Having splashed out for the 5.1 disc versions of Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road, I know how good this format is.

I will not be watching until it gets the bluray release. If it doesn't, then I lose out. But hey-ho.

So....

A week on. The same beer but conditioned differently. One has been brewed and conditioned in the Pinter. The other was brewed in the Pinter but conditioned in bottles. Both were conditioned for the same amount of time. The former was subsequently bottled a day after the conditioning process ended ie it was the left over beer from the night before but bottled with a carbonated drop for a further 6 days. The bottles are left in the same warm place as the brewing and covered. The bottles were put back into the fridge for the final 24 hours to stop any further fermentation.

Why do this test?

Because others have suggested bottling is the best way to condition. It will also produce better clarity. It also means you have beer in the fridge for when you need it! I wanted to know of there really is a difference.

And the answer is?

Oh yes! 

Both beers look similar when poured. I asked our next door neighbour to be the judge. He was aware of the test but did not know which was which.

Here is his result...

The review is in. So when I opened the bottles the one on the left didn’t have as much of a pop as the one on the right. So I wasn’t sure what to think, colour looks same, no change in that. But the taste. Wow wow wow. The one on the left blows you away. One on the right is still good but on the left, wow. Incredible flavour. Even now after it’s settled here 10 or so mins the head is still there. I notice the one in the right has less.

For me, no question. The one on the left wins it for me in round 3. KO

My son thought differently! He preferred the brewed/conditioned then bottled version as the beer had become mellower. 

I think I will try the Bottle conditioned beer again next week to see if it has mellowed a bit more as it would have had another 7 days. It shouldn't do as it is in the fridge and not in a warm place with an added carb drop.

That's what testing is all about!