Not wishing to derail the thread, but my widowed Grandmother, between the wars, marketed the fish from a few of the Topsham fishing boats belonging to the extended family. She had a contract with Macfisheries to supply their Exeter (Queen St) shop with fish at a price per pound, based on the Billingsgate price the day before. When the famous monster salmon (sixty one and three quarter pounds ?) was netted, it was packed in ice with the rest, and sent by train to Exeter Central for collection. The manager, who was obviously clueless about the publicity value, promptly returned it with a note saying he no market for such a fish ! My grandmother contacted the head office in London, and pointed out that her contract bore no stipulations regarding the size of the fish.
It was pay on the gate(unless you had a Grandstand ticket)..There was insufficient time to make it all ticket for standing as was the norm in those days,when replays took place 3 or 4 days after the original game.
(except a couple of old boys in the Grandstand who would point people in the right direction for their seat).You're quite right! I would have had to leave work early even though I finished at 5 in Southernhay..the anxiety about not getting in at all...despite having been to 5 games in that run (leatherhead, Maidstone (A) Leicester (A) Leicester (H) and Newcastle (A))The priority ticket system is much better!
Great memories! Thanks for sharing that.
