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Post by thesensationaljt on Apr 1, 2020 23:24:41 GMT 1
I had the late, great, Arthur Rowley sign Juan for me. Loss tit now. Nice handwriting though. I sat beside him in the sponsors lounge a couple of times at the Owd Meddah, and tried pumping him for his best memories, but like great players, he annoyed the hell out of me by diverting the subject. If I was him, I'd have stood up and shouted, "Look at me, look at me", a bit like my favourite keeper, Ken Mulhearn. He'd have a pint with you and talk yer yed off about anything you liked, except himself. I haven't been a great collector of autographs. I've got an autograph book upstairs that some Juan gave me. I must sort it out to see to see if I recognise any Juan. I remember Mike Gibson , (Most of you won't), very decent Town keeper. He used to write, Mike Gid then straight line, at least you could understand it.
Have you ever had a signed ball from a football club? It looks like they've taken it to the local surgery and asked all the doctors to sign a prescription.
When I fust got this autograph book, I was full off enthusiasm, and after Juan match at the owd Meddah, I waded through the mud to get signatures of players from Colchester United. I couple of them did sign, then when I approached their miserable looking right back he held up his hands covered in mud to show he wasn't interested. After that, neither was I. I lost the enthusiasm.
You got any autographs of miserable Colchester United Right Backs?
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on Apr 2, 2020 0:19:14 GMT 1
Nat Lofthouse and Gordon Banks
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 0:19:29 GMT 1
Sir Stanley Matthews was at one of the pre season open days back in the early 90's and I got his autograph. He was such a friendly person. I'm pretty sure i've also got Graeme Worsley's too.
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Post by Pilch on Apr 2, 2020 0:46:29 GMT 1
I had bobby charltons but lost it over the years
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Post by shrewder on Apr 2, 2020 6:03:11 GMT 1
In the early sixties I used to go regularly with my adoptive parents to shows at the Granada Shrewsbury. After each show we would wait outside the stage door to try and get some autographs. I still have the book full of many entertainers from the past. Such as; Mike & Bernie Winters Tommy Trinder Jimmy Edwards Des O'Connor Ruby Murray Tony Hancock. ( I sold his a few years ago for £120) There are many more too numerous to mention. Not footballers I know but people who were equally if not more famous in their day.
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Post by thesensationaljt on Apr 2, 2020 7:44:54 GMT 1
Real collectables would be Charles Hawtrey from Carry On fame, and Dick Emery who was allegedly quite abusive to a lady in a paper shop close to The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton. Not sure if he was there in Panto, or he might have said, !Oh no I won't".
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Post by shrewder on Apr 2, 2020 8:49:19 GMT 1
Real collectables would be Charles Hawtrey from Carry On fame, and Dick Emery who was allegedly quite abusive to a lady in a paper shop close to The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton. Not sure if he was there in Panto, or he might have said, !Oh no I won't". Tony Hancock is a real collectable, hence the price I sold it for.
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Post by Exkeeper on Apr 2, 2020 9:27:23 GMT 1
Stanley Matthews. He was in the Office at the Gay Meadow before a match ( he had come to see his old team-mate Mal Starkey). As stated above, a lovely man, totally unaffected by fame.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 9:49:36 GMT 1
My lad was the only person to get the autograph of Beckham on the night they played NI at Old Trafford,
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Apr 2, 2020 10:51:10 GMT 1
I have never asked for an autograph but I do have some collected for me by other people.
My aunt got me a signed Arthur Rowley photo when she worked for the club.
Joe Brown appeared in panto at the Granada in 1963, I liked Joe and went to the show. I also had some of his LPs. At the time my Mum worked as a civilian clerk for the police and when Joe attended a function at the police club Mum took one of my LPs for him to sign. I still have it. I next saw him doing his night of reminiscences and song in Sale in 2018, 55 years must be one of the longest gaps in seeing a show by the same artist!
Finally I have a programme for a CSE show at RAF Sharjah in 1969. Everyone who helped setting up the show got a programme signed by the artists. Who can remember these showbiz legends?
Jimmy Logan - Scottish comedian Bert Weedon - guitar wizard Jack Platts - old style club compere The Dollies - Manchester girl group who sang Motown style Pat Dixon - female singer and instrumentalist
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Post by wakemanender on Apr 2, 2020 11:17:24 GMT 1
George Best signed my sons football when he was doing a talk show in Wolverhampton. Took it to the Meadow two or three years ago and got his son Callum to sign the same ball when he played in a charity game.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 12:05:16 GMT 1
Recently acquired a Spurs 7" record signed by Ralph Coates. What a great player he was at Burnley before he got lost at Spurs !!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 12:13:33 GMT 1
Buddy Holly & The Crickets - football wise then probably the great John Charles
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Post by thesensationaljt on Apr 2, 2020 12:39:54 GMT 1
I'm sure I've told you this before, so listen carefully, I will only say this twice. My daughter used to work at a bookshop. Every now and then they'd get rid of some books. There was Juan there by steeplejack Fred Dibnah. Knowing I liked watching his tele programme, she brought me the book.
As it happened, Fred was in Bishops Castle for the Michaelmas Fair. His was up by the Castle Hotel in the morning sorting out his steam engine, so I asked him to sign the book. He took the pen and waved it around a bit. I wondered what he was doing, then in beautiful scroll writing he signed it. I then gave him some advice and he took it.
Jaytee : Are you going down town Fred?
Fred : Aye, I'm off down in a minute.
Jaytee : In that case, I'd do yer flies up.
Fred : Bloody hell! I can't have the owd John Thomas dangling out!
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Post by northwestman on Apr 2, 2020 14:43:26 GMT 1
Bert Trautmann. Villa v Man City. He signed the programme.
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Post by Red Rose In Exile on Apr 2, 2020 15:08:19 GMT 1
My absolute sporting hero.
Colin McRae.
Signed his book for me.
Meet him him several times, quite a few of them when he had put his car into a tree or similar!
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Post by waltonshrew on Apr 2, 2020 15:30:45 GMT 1
Muhammad Ali. Entire England squad for World Cup in 1970 plus Sir Alf Ramsey when I acted as ball boy for a training session at the Bank of England ground. Also had lunch with them Outside football Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2020 16:41:03 GMT 1
Austin Berkeley 👍
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Post by davycrockett on Apr 2, 2020 16:48:19 GMT 1
Cast your minds back to 1961. I was 7 and enjoying a family holiday in Llandudno...... One day we were playing ‘putting’ and as we were a family were holding up the couple behind us. My dad waved them through (we’ll let them go before us)when my mum said look who it is!
It was the year after Coronation Street started and we were being followed by the one and only......
Ken Barlow
We got is autograph which I’ve never seen since.....
The only other autograph I ever ask for was one night in the garden of the Boat House when someone said look who’s over there!
It was when Crossroads was on TV or maybe a bit after and it was the one and only....
Benny of Crossroads
Got his autograph but couldn’t find it the next day.
Beat that!
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Post by Ambergambler on Apr 2, 2020 20:02:31 GMT 1
My father in law has the Beatles on one page and a little sketch by Lennon. He held his coke bottle while he signed it at the cavern. Lucky chap.
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Post by aghabullogueshrew on Apr 3, 2020 1:12:51 GMT 1
Sammy Hagar (the Red Rocker), one time singer with Van Halen!
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Post by barrynic on Apr 3, 2020 9:22:48 GMT 1
Wayne Williams ....he was walking past my house and found a Chelsea away programme for him to sign...nice guy.
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Post by albionshrew on Apr 3, 2020 13:41:41 GMT 1
Now lost but I had George Best (on a Wolves v Man U prog). Had Geoff Hurst and Gordon Banks too.
Art-wise - I have David Hockney's signature on a postcard. He was visiting the Francis Bacon show at the original Tate Gallery (c.1986/87). Also have Sir Howard Hodgkin, Gillian Ayres and Sir Anthony Caro.
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Post by MartinB on Apr 3, 2020 20:00:08 GMT 1
I have the Prime Minister of Pakistan's autograph
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Post by Pilch on Apr 3, 2020 20:18:39 GMT 1
I have the Prime Minister of Pakistan's autograph nearest I have to the prime minister of Pakistans autograph is Steve Ogrizovics
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Post by thesensationaljt on Apr 3, 2020 23:11:19 GMT 1
I have the Prime Minister of Pakistan's autograph Witch Juan? Most of them have been executed. That must be worth a fortune. It reminds of the very old joke where a guard is escorting a prisoner to the gallows, where the prisoner says, "Just my luck, my last day on earth, and it's pouring down with rain". The guard replies, "It's all right for you, I've got to walk back in this".
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Post by shrewinjapan on Apr 4, 2020 0:12:23 GMT 1
I had Bobby Robson's (on the program from the 82 FA Cup game). I also had Gabriel Batistuta's on an Italian phrasebook, which I got when I happened to meet the Fiorentina team by chance at Pisa airport. Don't have them now though
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Post by MartinB on Apr 4, 2020 9:51:32 GMT 1
I have the Prime Minister of Pakistan's autograph Witch Juan? Most of them have been executed. That must be worth a fortune. It reminds of the very old joke where a guard is escorting a prisoner to the gallows, where the prisoner says, "Just my luck, my last day on earth, and it's pouring down with rain". The guard replies, "It's all right for you, I've got to walk back in this". Imran Khan. Was at a Cricket Benefit Match in early 70's
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Post by The Shropshire Tenor on Apr 4, 2020 13:55:38 GMT 1
My father in law has the Beatles on one page and a little sketch by Lennon. He held his coke bottle while he signed it at the cavern. Lucky chap. One that got away for me. With hindsight the one time I should have asked for autographs was when The Beatles played at the Music Hall just after the release of Love Me Do and just a few weeks before Beatlemania started. My and my mate were trying to start a band and the Beatles were playing stuff we had never heard before so he dragged me to the stage to ask where they got their material from. Paul was quite chatty and John left saying “sorry lads I need a s**t”
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Post by SouthStandShrew on Apr 4, 2020 14:00:48 GMT 1
Gordon Banks
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