NottyImp
Vital Football Legend
Then someone mentioned Harry Anderson and half the stand emptied looking for their shelters. Happy days.
Probably shortly after a corner.
Then someone mentioned Harry Anderson and half the stand emptied looking for their shelters. Happy days.
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.These nostalgia threads are the best on here. Tell you what I miss nowadays, the old-fashioned full and proper league table which showed won, draw, loss at home, goals for and against, and then the same for away games. These modern, cut-down tables just won't do.
These nostalgia threads are the best on here. Tell you what I miss nowadays, the old-fashioned full and proper league table which showed won, draw, loss at home, goals for and against, and then the same for away games. These modern, cut-down tables just won't do.
Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks wrestling as the precursor to Saturday afternoon sports. Good times!
Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks wrestling as the precursor to Saturday afternoon sports. Good times!
My dad used to take me to see it live when I was a kid. The Grove sports centre in Newark, even as little lad I knew it was all acting, but god it was entertainment. Always remember Catweasel taking out his false teeth and rubbing them in his opponents face, and Rollerball Rocco being straddled the ropes and pulled along them. Happy days.Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks wrestling as the precursor to Saturday afternoon sports. Good times!
Thats very interesting would have been great to here how they evolved especially from some body who was part of the process. Did your great grandfather pass down any storiesAway from the RAF link, but still related to the City's military manufacturing, my Great Grandfather (who I never knew) worked on the first tanks that were built, in Lincoln at William Foster's on Firth Road
Thats very interesting would have been great to here how they evolved especially from some body who was part of the process. Did your great grandfather pass down any stories
An interesting point is that the Visit Lincoln article doesn't refer to testing on the South Common, whereas the Lincolnshire Life article does - and other stuff I've read does refer to the South Common being used. From an LCFC viewpoint, the Common is close (more or less adjacent) to Sincil Bank
Regrettably, all I know is what my Dad told me, that he worked on the tank. I've read odd bits on the background, and a couple of articles are attached.
https://www.visitlincoln.com/about-lincoln/history-heritage/birthplace-of-the-tank/
https://www.lincolnshirelife.co.uk/posts/view/the-tanks-of-lincoln
An interesting point is that the Visit Lincoln article doesn't refer to testing on the South Common, whereas the Lincolnshire Life article does - and other stuff I've read does refer to the South Common being used. From an LCFC viewpoint, the Common is close (more or less adjacent) to Sincil Bank