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Members' Lounge => Hobbies and Interests => Topic started by: hollins on August 03, 2013, 03:54:06 pm
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Does anyone have an interesting collection to share?
I'm afraid I have got too many but here is one, my umbrellas.
My claim to fame is that I was once on the Collector's Lot programme with them.
It was an interesting filming day being interviewed by Sarah Greene in a house in London.
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Mmmm... Sarah Greene!
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SDQ, really!!???
She didn't have that effect on me. Mind you, if it had been Becksy.........
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Are you saving them for a rainy day Hollins? ;D
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I have a vast collection of old football programmes that I gathered around 50 years ago and cannot bear to part with.
One day, with two daughters I can see them all ending up in the dustbin. &shake&
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Snap.
I've got loads of Liverpool, Everton, Man City and Man U home and away programmes from the late 50's onwards in my garage. If only I could get to index them I'm sure there would be some in there worth a bit. Pride of place is a 1966 World Cup Programme (with all the names of players, referees and mangers for each game in the tournament filled in in my best hand writing) and the Man United v Benfica 1968 European Cup final programme.
Being a Bolton fan I've a shed load of theirs but the likes of Bolton v Locomotiv Plovdiv doesn't seem to have the same appeal. Mind you looking back at the programme from the 2008 1-0 Uefa tie win v Athletico Madrid (including a subs appearance by Aguero ) is quite pleasant.
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Only a matter of time (if it's not already happening) before programmes are downloaded onto peoples ipads or mobile phones. No future collectables there ! Case in point. A couple of years back, for a fairly significant birthday , I bought tickets from my desktop, on line, for one of my bucket list items, a Boston Red Sox Game at Fenway Park. I expected to get a downloaded file I could print off, but no it was a bar code to my mobile phone. I zapped the phone image against a barcode reader in Boston and in we went. 5 or 6 weeks from buying to using of wondering whether I'd been scammed but it all went went well in the end.
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I have a vast collection of old football programmes that I gathered around 50 years ago and cannot bear to part with.
One day, with two daughters I can see them all ending up in the dustbin. &shake&
Same here Bri.
I have many, (what I thought were), sought after programmes from the now defunct, Bradford Park Avenue FC.
There is such a rich history for that club, with massive FA Cup wins against Man Utd and Arsenal, and 70 years of fabulous heritage.
I finally took the plunge and looked on ebay to get a valuation, but the level of DIS-interest was staggering.
Someone replied and suggested that I should donate them FOR FREE to the newly formed BPA club.
Yeah, right.
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I had a massive collection of old football programmes too, including matches I had been to like Man Utd v Leicester FA Cup Final 1963 and Man Utd v Real Madrid ( Di Stefano, Puskas, Gento era )
I left them at home when I got married and my youngest brother has claimed possession of them :(
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Hugo, I have got the programmes for those two matches, if you ever want to see them.
I was also at that Man Utd v Real Madrid semi-final, first leg in 1968 which United won 1-0 with a goal by George Best.
I have also got the 1953 (Matthews), 1956 (Trautmann) , 1957 (Utd v Villa), 1958 (Utd v Bolton), 1959 and 1960 FA Cup Finals.
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Thanks Bri, that's very kind of you but I'll just keep it in my memory. I also watched Man Utd v Estudiantes from Argentina and what a game that was. Nasty from the very start and the Argentinians tackles made Nobby Stiles look like a saint. :o
I used to send away for the Cup Final programmes too and there should be a stack of those in Deganwy.
I've also got Billy Liddell's autograph when he was hosting an evening in his honour at Lewis's in Liverpool and some of the Brazilian 1966 World Cup team when they stayed in Lymm
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You boys must have seen some great matches over the years.
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Indeed, Hollins... Bri and Hugo certainly did, but I must be left out of that group I fear.
Bradford Park Avenue V Workington Town hardly gets me into those exalted circles.
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yes but the right result at the end of the game gave you just as big a thrill. once a fan always a fan
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Indeed, Hollins... Bri and Hugo certainly did, but I must be left out of that group I fear.
Bradford Park Avenue V Workington Town hardly gets me into those exalted circles.
Didn't Trevor Cherry play for one of the Bradford teams? I seem to remember Leeds Utd signing him in the 70's
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Leeds United signed Cherry from Huddersfield, Hugo, but Cherry ended his career at Bradford as their player/manager in 1985 around the time of that tragic fire which claimed so many lives.
I had a massive collection of old football programmes too, including matches I had been to like Man Utd v Leicester FA Cup Final 1963
I forgot to mention I still have the autographs of Matt Busby and the successful 1983 Man Utd team which I obtained when they were walking off the 18th green at Maesdu Golf Club.
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Thanks for that info about Trevor Cherry, he was a very good player in his time.
Man Utd players used to come down to Llandudno in the old days and sometimes stay at the Towers Hotel in Trinity Square.
I had a photo of some of the pre Munich team standing on the steps and my favourite player Tommy Taylor was one of them.
I've looked for that photo again but can't find it! :rage:
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bri do you mean 1963 ,some local lads had their pics in a book on maesdu remember utd everton,liverpool used to come here few times a season train on the old llan pitch or the beach [when it had sand ] ,i suppose john will have that photo lol
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Good spot, norman08.
Yes, it was after the 1963 FA Cup Final.
50 years ago !!
I was doing alright for autographs at the golf club until Bobby Charlton told me it was time for me to leave the changing rooms.
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Leeds United signed Cherry from Huddersfield, Hugo, but Cherry ended his career at Bradford as their player/manager in 1985 around the time of that tragic fire which claimed so many lives.
I had a massive collection of old football programmes too, including matches I had been to like Man Utd v Leicester FA Cup Final 1963
I forgot to mention I still have the autographs of Matt Busby and the successful 1983 Man Utd team which I obtained when they were walking off the 18th green at Maesdu Golf Club.
Lest we forget, that refers to Bradford City, not my beloved Bradford Park Avenue. A wonderful club, and unique stadium.
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Thanks for that info about Trevor Cherry, he was a very good player in his time.
Man Utd players used to come down to Llandudno in the old days and sometimes stay at the Towers Hotel in Trinity Square.
I had a photo of some of the pre Munich team standing on the steps and my favourite player Tommy Taylor was one of them.
I've looked for that photo again but can't find it! :rage:
Trevor Cherry was local to me -- I went to school with his sister. I also lived opposite Jimmy Glazzard in the mid 50s and used to play out with his daughter.
Collecting ?? I have an awful lot-- far too many -- theatre programs, back to the 60s.
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just a side line i am collecting ten pound notes if any one has any spare ones to pass on, old or new I,m not fussy
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just a side line i am collecting ten pound notes if any one has any spare ones to pass on, old or new I,m not fussy
L0L
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just a side line i am collecting ten pound notes if any one has any spare ones to pass on, old or new I,m not fussy
I'm not not quite so ambitious - I'm just collecting Fivers, you know, the old white ones! ;D
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All things Llandudno!
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Very nice! $good$
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I have just read this rather sad story about the collection of a local man being auctioned off this week after his death at only 59 years of age.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/look-conwy-valley-plumbers-amazing-8547042 (http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/look-conwy-valley-plumbers-amazing-8547042)
It makes you think about what to arrange for the the disposal of ones collections when you are gone. It's a sombre thought but I hope his treasures find good homes.
I don't think there will be too many takers for my rather obscure collection of umbrellas.
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I'm a regular at that auction, I'll be bidding for the tank, a Jagdpanther in 1/16th scale. I already know that when my time comes, all of my stuff will probably end up at that auction! Sad to see that the chap died at such a young age, that is very sad!
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Hope you are successful ME. Yes, it is very sad but I think you will be able to enjoy the item if you get it. ££$
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Hollins, Merddyn..... I believe that Gwynedd Skip Hire starts from about £45. :laugh:
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I think in my case I will leave the ordering of the skip to the relatives I leave behind. :'(
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My latest purchase is interesting because it has the English spelling of Conway. It is dated by the mark as 1964-1968.
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An article on Lockdales Auctioneers, a leading firm who auction collectibles and antiques across the UK. who held a recent coin auction, I was surprised to read about one of the lots, mentioning Llandudno, apparantly they were thinking of printing there own banknotes/vouchers.........Other local currency recently auctioned includes a set of four uncirculated printer proofs from Llandudno, which earned £360. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/auction-expert-warns-most-coins-17285258 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/auction-expert-warns-most-coins-17285258)
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That's an interesting article Steve and I enjoyed reading the link. I've got a carrier bag full of pre decimal coins but they are probably not worth that much according to that report.
That bit about the Llandudno money was interesting too and the notes they showed were the Coron ( five shillings in old money and 25p nowadays ) I've got a five shilling note somewhere in the house and from memory I bought it from a Richard Williams who lived in Craig Y Don
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I've actually found the Bank Note when I was looking for something recently. It's for 5 swllt ( 5 shillings in pre decimal currency ) At least I know where it is now if I wish to cash it in ;D
The Welsh Black Sheep company is the English translation on the front of the 5 shilling note
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Don't spend it all at once !!!