for the oldies

logopolis · Post by **logopolis** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:01 am

Good old Lizzie Birdsworth! I think they let her out in the end!

steelfix1 · Post by **steelfix1** » Fri May 18, 2012 2:06 am

Giz a bottle of grog Lizzie lmao

harry2 · Post by **harry2** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:16 am

Not a player, but a year older than Martin, probably younger than quizard though. Memorised the reels as a 12 year old in the days before autonudge !!! And the simple times when quizzers had Give Us A Break, fruities had tokens and bookies opened 10-5 in the winter and you LISTENED to the racing through a crackly loudspeaker in a smoky bookies.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:12 am

Judy Bryant

quizard · Post by **quizard** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:50 am

Ah bookies in the 1970s. No TVs, no machines, no refreshments, haze of blue fag smoke, rubbish all over the floor. Only the Extel 'blower' for live info and some old guy who manually chalked up the odds on wall charts. Only about 3 UK race meetings a day to bet on, shut at 30 mins after last race or 6pm which ever was sooner. And all the windows blacked out so decent, honest folk would not be corrupted by seeing what went on inside LOL.

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:35 am

I remember the days of superarcadia, £3 bars, infinite amounts of fake methods on cashbacks, and other drivel.

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! · Fri May 18, 2012 2:01 pm

steelfix1 wrote:Vinegar Tits

She was a bitch, but what about the other one that took her place - "The Freak" played by Maggie Smith.

She was an 'ard bastard.

steelfix1 · Post by **steelfix1** » Fri May 18, 2012 4:32 pm

Been-Grant-Mitchell'd! wrote:She was a bitch, but what about the other one that took her place - "The Freak" played by Maggie Smith.

She was an 'ard bastard.

That was not female it was an IT!

logopolis · Post by **logopolis** » Sun May 20, 2012 10:30 pm

Maggie Kirkpatrick

steelfix1 · Post by **steelfix1** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:01 pm

Doreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.