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[crawshawbooth]

Just now, crawshawbooth said:

 

The Pro /celebrity day was fantastic ,maybe 1973 or 74 from memory

Lovely summers day and just stars from the telly.

Loads of players and managers , nicked a ball from Bobby Charltons bag.

My memory is they were all really good with us kids , signed the program and chatted

Apart from Alan Clarke from Leeds ,what a miserable piece of shit he was .

[Spider]

1 hour ago, crawshawbooth said:

The Pro /celebrity day was fantastic ,maybe 1973 or 74 from memory

Lovely summers day and just stars from the telly.

Loads of players and managers , nicked a ball from Bobby Charltons bag.

My memory is they were all really good with us kids , signed the program and chatted

Apart from Alan Clarke from Leeds ,what a miserable piece of shit he was .

Kinda related, but I have the match ball from Gary Speeds 500th game, when we beat West Ham at home.

 

[BobyBrno]

8 hours ago, Whitestar said:

Right here's one for you,

Jennies pet shop!!

Bottom of morris green lane at junction of Daubhill station.

Was there ever since i can remember, but Jenny never got any older .

Remember getting a goldfish in there when i was about 4 and remember getting a dogs collar in there when i was about 24 and the girl hadn't aged 1 bit.  Is it still there? She must be pushing 80 by now???

Bought a rabbit from there. It died two days later. It was before the parrot sketch so we just buried it.

Mittons in town was another. Near the Grffin.

[royal white]

8 hours ago, Whitestar said:

Right here's one for you,

Jennies pet shop!!

Bottom of morris green lane at junction of Daubhill station.

Was there ever since i can remember, but Jenny never got any older .

Remember getting a goldfish in there when i was about 4 and remember getting a dogs collar in there when i was about 24 and the girl hadn't aged 1 bit.  Is it still there? She must be pushing 80 by now???

Jennies went around 20 years ago if memory serves me right. Her daughter was a year younger than me at St bedes 

[Barnstoneworth White]

1 hour ago, BobyBrno said:

Bought a rabbit from there. It died two days later. It was before the parrot sketch so we just buried it.

 

Norwegian blue?

[Whitestar]

Mittons pet shop looked like it was held up with cardboard and sellotape in 1970, what year did it eventually go?

[Traf]

5 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

Mittons pet shop looked like it was held up with cardboard and sellotape in 1970, what year did it eventually go?

It folded

[little whitt]

11 hours ago, Whitestar said:

Right here's one for you,

Jennies pet shop!!

Bottom of morris green lane at junction of Daubhill station.

Was there ever since i can remember, but Jenny never got any older .

Remember getting a goldfish in there when i was about 4 and remember getting a dogs collar in there when i was about 24 and the girl hadn't aged 1 bit.  Is it still there? She must be pushing 80 by now???

I worked with her Hubby JOE for 20 odd years 

was a painter 

She was fit but a Piss Can 

they moved to Woodbine Rd   Bottom of MGL on your right 

he  worked away a lot 

got back One Friday 

She had fucked of with some Bloke 

he didnt Notice till the Sat she had gone  

The had one Daughter Jane 

[Whitestar]

41 minutes ago, little whitt said:

I worked with her Hubby JOE for 20 odd years 

was a painter 

She was fit but a Piss Can 

they moved to Woodbine Rd   Bottom of MGL on your right 

he  worked away a lot 

got back One Friday 

She had fucked of with some Bloke 

he didnt Notice till the Sat she had gone  

The had one Daughter Jane 

Remember just up from there on the same side, there used to be a little joke shop???

She was a funny old bird who worked in there.

[miamiwhite]

8 hours ago, Whitestar said:

Remember just up from there on the same side, there used to be a little joke shop???

She was a funny old bird who worked in there.

Candy Box was next door to the joke shop, hairdressers on the corner a few doors down

[miamiwhite]

9 hours ago, Whitestar said:

Mittons pet shop looked like it was held up with cardboard and sellotape in 1970, what year did it eventually go?

Went bust after they stopped selling puppies.

Had to call the retrievers in

[tomski]

Town was very busy this afternoon/evening

[Zico]

not town centre but if you've got kids/grandkids or just like alapacas, would highly recommend this place in Horwich

https://www.poppywoodalpacas.co.uk/

did the meet and greet + craft with my mum and girls, well worth every penny

[Dimron]

38 minutes ago, Zico said:

not town centre but if you've got kids/grandkids or just like alapacas, would highly recommend this place in Horwich

https://www.poppywoodalpacas.co.uk/

did the meet and greet + craft with my mum and girls, well worth every penny

Alpacalypse Now

[Horwich]

How long until Bolton council say that the Bolton council food fest is the best ever 🤣🤣🤣

[Traf]

On 17/08/2025 at 21:45, Dimron said:

Alpacalypse Now

Llamageddon

[BobyBrno]

Can I be the first. Could be the best ever.😊

[Spider]

32 minutes ago, BobyBrno said:

Can I be the first. Could be the best ever.😊

There's life in our beautiful town yet.

The festival is something to be properly proud of.

Edited August 22, 2025 by Spider

[MancWanderer]

I’ll get the usual shit from her when I return with bags full of cheese, pies and coffee beans

[Sweep]

1 hour ago, Spider said:

There's life in our beautiful town yet.

The festival is something to be properly proud of.

Yep, it's full of overpriced average quality fayre (generally), but it does put the town on the map, and get people into the centre, so long may it continue

[Casino]

im out early tmrw with the intention of having a mooch

wife has paid god knows what to see james martin on monday

its a great event - daft prices mean i look at stuff and refuse to pay 12 quid for a pie - just a shame the weather hasn't turned up

[little whitt]

1 hour ago, Casino said:

im out early tmrw with the intention of having a mooch

wife has paid god knows what to see james martin on monday

its a great event - daft prices mean i look at stuff and refuse to pay 12 quid for a pie - just a shame the weather hasn't turned up

Think he is Free 

its the 

Other Mon 

you have to pay to See

[miamiwhite]

4 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

I’ll get the usual shit from her when I return with bags full of cheese, pies and coffee beans

Anybody would be fuming if Cheese turned up at their home

[Cheese]

22 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

Anybody would be fuming if Cheese turned up at their home

Do you still knock about with people who believe the Holocaust was a hoax?

Edited August 22, 2025 by Cheese

[Sweep]

4 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Do you still knock about with people who believe the Holocaust was a hoax?