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I knew raptalia would bring out the Lawrie Jervis story Always entertaining.
I also have one about Rucci but I will leave that for later.
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I knew raptalia would bring out the Lawrie Jervis story Always entertaining.
Going back some ADS7 Strangways Tce North Adelaide.Yep. He is my aunt's father.
Pig Iron BobLong time serving Oz PM Bob Menzies 1939-41 and 1949-66 was a Carlton man and in 1971 when he was he was frail from a stroke and 76 years old, Carlton built a ramp for him behind the northern end goals at Princess Park and his chauffeur drove his Bentley up the ramp and parked it so Bob could watch all Carlton home games.
Carlton's Princes Park ghosts a magical history tour
It's been 10 years now since Princes Park was last used as an AFL venue, but the stories of Carlton's famous old ground and the supporters who flocked to it continue to emerge.www.theage.com.au
The Heatley Stand, to which Carlton in their glory days of the early 1980s so often unleashed a torrent of goals, is a particular source of nostalgia for Blues fans.
It was the regular vantage point for former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, who after suffering a stroke in 1971, was afforded the benefit of a ramp built at the edge of the grandstand for his chauffeured car to drive up into the ground and still allow the incapacitated dignitary a superb view of the action.
De Bolfo, unable to resist a quip, is unable to confirm whether the driver was instructed to toot the horn when Carlton scored a goal, in accordance with local football tradition.
Memories of Bob and the Mighty Blues
Lifelong supporter John Menzies, nephew of Carlton's long-serving No.1 ticketholder Sir Robert Menzies, recently visited Ikon Park to evoke the memory of his late uncle.www.carltonfc.com.au
Time flies as the old saying goes, particularly with the realisation the long haired girl with her arms folded would probably be in her mid to late 60's today.Long time serving Oz PM Bob Menzies 1939-41 and 1949-66 was a Carlton man and in 1971 when he was he was frail from a stroke and 76 years old, Carlton built a ramp for him behind the northern end goals at Princess Park and his chauffeur drove his Bentley up the ramp and parked it so Bob could watch all Carlton home games.
Carlton's Princes Park ghosts a magical history tour
It's been 10 years now since Princes Park was last used as an AFL venue, but the stories of Carlton's famous old ground and the supporters who flocked to it continue to emerge.www.theage.com.au
The Heatley Stand, to which Carlton in their glory days of the early 1980s so often unleashed a torrent of goals, is a particular source of nostalgia for Blues fans.
It was the regular vantage point for former Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, who after suffering a stroke in 1971, was afforded the benefit of a ramp built at the edge of the grandstand for his chauffeured car to drive up into the ground and still allow the incapacitated dignitary a superb view of the action.
De Bolfo, unable to resist a quip, is unable to confirm whether the driver was instructed to toot the horn when Carlton scored a goal, in accordance with local football tradition.
Memories of Bob and the Mighty Blues
Lifelong supporter John Menzies, nephew of Carlton's long-serving No.1 ticketholder Sir Robert Menzies, recently visited Ikon Park to evoke the memory of his late uncle.www.carltonfc.com.au
nanna was a foxTime flies as the old saying goes, particularly with the realisation the long haired girl with her arms folded would probably be in her mid to late 60's today.
Liked a swim that much he decided not to come on out of the water.Harold Holt more a Sorrento Seahorses kind of guy.
It was either A The RussiansLiked a swim that much he decided not to come on out of the water.
Time flies as the old saying goes, particularly with the realisation the long haired girl with her arms folded would probably be in her mid to late 60's today.
Blair and Gordon, good Port Pirie boys.Yep. He is my aunt's father.
Or the cramp.It was either A The Russians
B The CIA
C Jaws
Na thatās so boring, so much better being taken by the evil Boris Retnakov back to Russia on a sub.Or the cramp.
Ford Fairlane wrote in the Lets Talk Port's thread in his post about the 1980 season tweet, how good Mike Coward's writing is and that he's a proper journalist.
Was always a fan of Mike even though he was a Norwood man, both footy and cricket stuff - his written as well as his spoken words. He was light years ahead of nearly everyone when in the mid to late 80's he said Australian cricket players, administrators and fans have to embrace cricket of India and Pakistan more and not see it as a tour where you play cricket, bad umpiring and get sick. I had Indian friends from pre teen years and never got why Indian cricket was so poorly treated.
Got to meet Mike in Sydney in the late 90's at a cricket game, spoke to him, we had a couple of mutual friends, including one who was very sick and was trialling some new cancer drug and we kept in touch for a few years and kept bumping into each other at sporting events.
I found this video of Norwood's 1978 Centenary celebrations about 18 months ago, that Mike organised for Ch 7 to broadcast when 7 had the SANFL TV rights - well when it was ADS 7 then not today's SAS 7 ( 7 and 10 Adelaide swapped on proclamation day 1987 because Kerry Stokes and Robert Holmes a Court were building national networks).
Mike is in his sartorial splendour of 1970's safari suit and colourful shirt, and interviews 3 greats from the 1920's including the great Wat (Walter) Scott who had won 2 Magarey medals - was given a 3rd one retrospectively in 1998 for tieing in 1921 but losing on a countback, won 4 flags, 6 times B&F and 38 state games which was a record until I think Neil Kerley played 39.
When I watched this I thought how good would it have been for Port to have been able to do this in 1970 on our centenary or 1980 on 110th anniversary and have colour TV and interview blokes in their late 70's and 80's talk about their career from the 1920's.
One of the most striking things about photos of that era is hardly an obese person in sight. Contrast that to what's going on today...Time flies as the old saying goes, particularly with the realisation the long haired girl with her arms folded would probably be in her mid to late 60's today.
I wonder what the club diet is like now? I remember back when Burgess was here and we were outrunning other clubs, not looking stuffed all the time, it was lower carbs.One of the most striking things about photos of that era is hardly an obese person in sight. Contrast that to what's going on today...
Must've been just before the food pyramid came on the scene and recommended everyone give up meat and eggs and consume 7 to 12 servings of cereals, breads and pasta
I will stick this here rather than in the Lets Talk Ports thread as i know where to find it but the new Footy Film SA youtube channel has the other day put up a "new version with superior footage" of the 1977 GF rather than that shitty grainy version that has been around for years.
But there is a catch. It's only newer footage for the first half as just before half time and just before Fred Phillis smacks Tim Evans in the head, its back to the old shitty grainy version.
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This is the moment that I said 100%, SA has to put a team in the VFL.
I wanted it to be Port, but didn't know where we would find $4mil to pay the upfront for the licence fee, like West Coast and Brisbane had to pay and not the original $4m over 10 years.
In October 1986 I thought SA and WA have to stick together to get the best deal out of the Vics. Either both in or both out. But I didn't understand that WA footy was on its knees, selling players for transfer fees to survive, and not owning Subiaco Oval meant they couldn't hang on much longer, whereas as Footy Park provided SA footy with great financial rewards.
I spent almost 12 months in Canada - working and USA - travelling between mid May 1988 and late April 1989. After I got home and having observed and studied the North American sports, I told everyone back in Oz, its only a matter of time before SA joins a proper national league and the soon the better.
8 weeks later and after this state game thrashing it made me want it to happen for 1990. The gap had become too big and was only going one way. 86 point thrashing.
Bring back the mud!!
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Tony Lockett, Jason Dunstall and Dermott Brereton in the same forward line.
35 years ago today Victoria faced South Australia at the MCG in front of 91,960 - the largest crowd at a State of Origin game. There were legends everywhere!