Some old pictures

[Oldsmobile-88]

Incidentally the aforementioned Stuart Brailey also had a Video Rental Shop in Monks Rd at about the same time, In View Video. i was a member of that establishment

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Was Bob Palmer's nickname Oberon ?

Ha...Dropped a L

I wonder if Bobs still about. A real character with a bit of a short fuse at times. He sat near me in the Doble for years.

One memory of Bob in the Near Post was asking for my deposit back for a coach trip the club were running to watch England in Luxembourg(Sept 1977) I was 16, my parents refused to give me the rest of the money when they heard where I was travelling to. Bob was not best pleased giving me back my fiver & messing around

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Found a photo of the opening of the Video Rental Shop in the former Near Post Club Shop. It was called Near Post Video Shop.
Photo from November 1982.

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Great photo. I had no idea that our players were such early pioneers of "Movember" 41 years ago !

 

[Egg]

Incidentally the aforementioned Stuart Brailey also had a Video Rental Shop in Monks Rd at about the same time, In View Video. i was a member of that establishment

Didn’t he end up in court for renting out some ‘under-the-counter’ vids?!

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Didn’t he end up in court for renting out some ‘under-the-counter’ vids?!

That rings a bell...

 

[Egg]

Did Bob used to have a big mop of black hair and a son who either worked on the turnstiles or, maybe, sold 50-50 tickets?

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Did Bob used to have a big mop of black hair and a son who either worked on the turnstiles or, maybe, sold 50-50 tickets?

Yes...His son did work on the turnstiles.

 

[Hants_red]

I can't remember the Club Shop at the back of the Big Bank

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Any Exewebbers in the picture?

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Any Exewebbers in the picture?

I spy Tim Long.

 

[Martin Weiler]

Ha...Dropped a L

I wonder if Bobs still about. A real character with a bit of a short fuse at times. He sat near me in the Doble for years.

One memory of Bob in the Near Post was asking for my deposit back for a coach trip the club were running to watch England in Luxembourg(Sept 1977) I was 16, my parents refused to give me the rest of the money when they heard where I was travelling to. Bob was not best pleased giving me back my fiver & messing around

Well you didn’t miss anything Olds. I was booked on that trip too. But it was all cancelled when City had a match rearranged for when the trip to Luxembourg was on. So we all got our deposits back!