reminiscences...

In an idle afternoon I went through my bookshelf......and came across an old mid seventies publication about Ponty and Pop....anyone remember those from Gren? Acknowledgies to the following:

Amazing memories....Aberflyarff...The Golden Dap......Bromide Lil.....Byline Hopkins.......Neville the sheep.....and all the other characters....and of course the local businesses!

Artie choke...greengrocer
Val Derma - beauty salon
Cass Tella - tobacconist
Robin Usblind - Tax Consultant
Dermot Itis - Chemist
Murray Mint - sweetshop
Ann Teak - Furniture restoration
Ray Bidd - Vet
Paul Bearer - undertaker
Minnie Stroney - Soup Kitchen
Nesta Ratz - Fish and Chips
Rhoda Dendron - florist

The Rev Benny Diction...

...a little aside...."what's the difference between a Welsh soccer fan and a Welsh rugby fan?".......
East mun innit....A Welsh rugby fan thinks QPR is JPR's brother.....

....you know how coppers say 'hallo hallo hallo....first happened in South Wales......and they named a place after it....TREALAW......get it??

Ah...memories...getting old....









.....great memories...

I used to enjoy when this Board was focused on Cardiff City Football Club rather than this frippery

In an attempt to post positively , used to love The Football Echo its seemed such a different life back then , I'm sure it wasn't ?

Gren was a very good cartoonist but was far too much of a rugby mafia type to me , like Dan o Neill, Mario basini and the cringeworthy Frank Hennesey

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Originally Posted by life on mars

In an attempt to post positively , used to love The Football Echo its seemed such a different life back then , I'm sure it wasn't ?

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Loved the football echo

Long before its demise it lost huge numbers due to us being stuck in the lower leagues

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Loved the football echo

Long before its demise it lost huge numbers due to us being stuck in the lower leagues

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Fond memories of getting The Pink 'Un at Birmingham New Street on the way back from an away day.

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Gren was a very good cartoonist but was far too much of a rugby mafia type to me , like Dan o Neill, Mario basini and the cringeworthy Frank Hennesey

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He was good enough to let me adapt one of his strips for an issue of TBL many years ago. Went into the Echo building, and had a good long chat with him. Nice bloke.

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Originally Posted by tforturton

He was good enough to let me adapt one of his strips for an issue of TBL many years ago. Went into the Echo building, and had a good long chat with him. Nice bloke.

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his character is not in question but he had little interest in Cardiff city , like so many other cardiff residents and people in the media

Loved the football echo, Joe Lovejoy wrote with such passion about
The city.

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Originally Posted by cyril evans awaydays

I used to enjoy when this Board was focused on Cardiff City Football Club rather than this frippery

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Ouch!! :hehe:

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Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY

Loved the football echo

Long before its demise it lost huge numbers due to us being stuck in the lower leagues

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That sound like you're implying City being lower led to its downfall. I don't think we have ever been that influential, even in a negative way. :hehe:

I used to love buying the Football Echo after watching the City. Go the game at NP, a few pints in the Corp before and after, then I'd stop off at the newsagents on Llandaff road on my walk home.

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Originally Posted by Barmy

Loved the football echo, Joe Lovejoy wrote with such passion about
The city.

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My favourite newspaper through the ages and myfirst bit of work. Me and my mate used to come home from City games and sell the Pink Un outside Abertridwr Workmans Hall, Our delivery route afterwards included a guy we called Jack Russia. As cocky kids we indulged him as we delivered it up to his flat but it was only after his passing that I understood the role he played in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. Big regret that I didn't pay more attention to his reminiscences!

It's funny the memories that stick in your mind for no reason but I remember walking up to the newsagents in Hawthorn with my uncle to get the Football Echo after City had played at Halifax. We knew the score was one all but didn't know the scorer. It turned out to be Mike Englands only goal for us. Amazing these days that you can actually see the goal often within seconds of it happening and yet 45 years ago you were desperate to read a report a couple of hours later.