One for those over a certain age
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Johnspex said:
Jazzy Jag said:
garyhun said:
A GAT? I had this...
Still got mine 
I don't want to steal someone else's story but basically it involved the local hardnut confiscating this young guy's Gat. Later, just to show how tough he was, he put it, unloaded but cocked, in his mouth and pulled the trigger.......
Dangerous things...I had a friend fire one whilst holding the barrel with his outer fingers gripping the silver end....the sight slit a gash under his knuckles on the remaining three fingers.
Exige77 said:
Anyone remember Laskys ?
A proper Hi Fifelity shop.
We bought our first family Hi Fi there in the mid 70’s.
I remember we bought some Super hi fi LP’s that you played at 45. I think Dark Side of the moon was one of them.
We had some rather large Marantz speakers that the foam resembled a chocolate bar.
When in Tottenham Court Road, yes, but once they became a High Street phenomenon they went to pot. There was another TCR shop first letter 'H' but I cannot recall the name. I had/have a Heathkit open reel tape recorder made from a kit (surprise!).A proper Hi Fifelity shop.
We bought our first family Hi Fi there in the mid 70’s.
I remember we bought some Super hi fi LP’s that you played at 45. I think Dark Side of the moon was one of them.
We had some rather large Marantz speakers that the foam resembled a chocolate bar.
Henrys! That was it!
There used to be a Audio Fair in the Hotel Russell every year too. When I was a kid there was a sister exhibition to the Motor Show in Earls Court but it was radio and TV. My Dad was keen on both.I saw a wall of death rider fall to his death in a Circus at Olympia when I was about seven. It made surprising little impression on me at the time.
NDA said:
Exige77 said:
Anyone remember Laskys ?
A proper Hi Fidelity shop.
I worked in the Hi Fi industry in the early 80's and Laskys were huge. But I'm not sure I'd have called them 'proper hi fi' - they had some good brand names, but I always thought of them as a bit like Comet.A proper Hi Fidelity shop.
lots of freebies to take home and break Wacky Racer said:
House of Holland
Freeman Hardy Willis
Rumbelows
Radio Rentals
Fred Dawes
WESTONS Wagon Wheels
Tandy
Beatties models
We buy 'owt (In Leeds)
Ted MacDougall Sports (Bournemouth and Poole)
Athena
Tuf shoes
Cyril Lord carpets
Heron petrol stations
Regent petrol stations
Ted MacDougall!! Played for Norwich for a while, until Man U thought he was the answer to their prayers. Some chance. He scored a goal off his a*se once at Carrow Road - he relied heavily on "assists" from Phil Boyer who was a quality player. There were fungi marks near the goal at the Barclay End and we used to call them Ted's Fairy Rings. He used magic to score - he was incapable without help.Freeman Hardy Willis
Rumbelows
Radio Rentals
Fred Dawes
WESTONS Wagon Wheels
Tandy
Beatties models
We buy 'owt (In Leeds)
Ted MacDougall Sports (Bournemouth and Poole)
Athena
Tuf shoes
Cyril Lord carpets
Heron petrol stations
Regent petrol stations
John Bond - now there's a character. The crew at Match of the Day loved him. Always good for a laughable comment.
Sorry - gone OT.
(Childrens Exhibition at Olympia? Could you take one home?)
NDA said:
Exige77 said:
Anyone remember Laskys ?
A proper Hi Fidelity shop.
I worked in the Hi Fi industry in the early 80's and Laskys were huge. But I'm not sure I'd have called them 'proper hi fi' - they had some good brand names, but I always thought of them as a bit like Comet.A proper Hi Fidelity shop.
There used to be all these adverts for Warrington - Runcorn on tv where you would be urged to call Eileen Bilton or Tina White - there was an answerphone number.
Me and my dad used to leave rude messages. About 25 years later I found that a fellow employee and his dad where I was working used to leave obscene messages as well! I imagine that these two ladies used to rock in on Monday mornings to a full answerphone tape of heavy breathing, infantile chortling and "tell me what you're wearing"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgxzmEZKihs
Me and my dad used to leave rude messages. About 25 years later I found that a fellow employee and his dad where I was working used to leave obscene messages as well! I imagine that these two ladies used to rock in on Monday mornings to a full answerphone tape of heavy breathing, infantile chortling and "tell me what you're wearing"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgxzmEZKihs
nicanary said:
Wacky Racer said:
Ted MacDougall Sports (Bournemouth and Poole)
Ted MacDougall!! Played for Norwich for a while, until Man U thought he was the answer to their prayers. Some chance. He scored a goal off his a*se once at Carrow Road - he relied heavily on "assists" from Phil Boyer who was a quality player. There were fungi marks near the goal at the Barclay End and we used to call them Ted's Fairy Rings. He used magic to score - he was incapable without help.John Bond - now there's a character. The crew at Match of the Day loved him. Always good for a laughable comment.
He formed a great partnership with Noel Cantwell, who was transferred to Manchester United for a lot of money in 1960.
Shortly after his move, Cantwell said some very uncharitable things about West Ham in a newspaper interview. The next home game happened over the Christmas period, so we were not too surprised to hear voices raised further along the run, singing:
"Noel, Noel,
Noel, Noel ... "
That's nice, we all thought. They're singing carols. Then came the final lines:
"Noel is the name
Of that b
d Cantwell."I swear the game stopped for a moment as the crowd and players alike got over it.
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