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Erwan dsihounou, on 05 May 2015 - 06:09 PM, said:

blinkin heck dim we have got something in common i went to tupton hall as well ..hated it though loved primary school at holmgate a cracking school but tupton was awful too much rugby and no football.

And if I remember correctly, you excelled at biology and were a failure with English language! The latter has carried though into adulthood. As for biology.........!

[oldstandrobin]

plannerj, on 07 May 2015 - 05:34 AM, said:

And if I remember correctly, you excelled at biology and were a failure with English language! The latter has carried though into adulthood. As for biology.........!

GOOD LUCK TONIGHT @ The Proact Will be watching for the result with fingers crossed.

[Bonnyman]

Tall Faces, on 06 May 2015 - 09:37 PM, said:

Hi, I lived in Old Tupton and went to THGS from1966 to 1973, my sister from 1962 to 1969. We lived on the corner of Coupe Lane and Ashover Road - my Mum still lives there. I started going to watch the Spieites in 1965/66, with the proceeds of my paper round earnings, catching the Chesterfield Corporation bus from the Royal Oak and getting off at John Turners in Town. Of course Cliff Gladwin the Derbyshire and England cricketer and his family lived on Ashover Road - his house is now called Cricketers House and I think he had a sports shop on Cheapside in Chesterfield. How sad that today's stars don't come from within the local area. I too still wear mod fashion and wish I had my original parka which disintegrated sometime in the 1990's. No scooter for me back then just a Carlton racer and the bus.

I lived 100 yards away on sylvan drive , mum still live there.

[Radders]

oldstandrobin, on 06 May 2015 - 12:35 PM, said:

Radders, The Royal Oak was where I learned to drink. Used to sell Home Ales I think, can remember Bitter @ 1/10d a pint and Mild @ 1/8d. Drank in the back snug which I dont think is there anymore. My mate went out with the Landlord's daughter about 1968 time and I did a bit of courting with Julie Stokes, the policeman's daughter near The Woodthorpe and took her in the Oak and a bit of kiss and cuddle in the bus stop on Ashover Road. Happy Days

what was your mates name - cause that landlords daughter sounds like my sister! Yea it was Home Ales - and good stuff too - I used come home from school with empty bottles at lunch time - fill em up when me dad wasn't looking - and take them back to school after lunch. We had some good afternoons!
I called in the Oak on the way back from Derby earlier this season - man it was horrible. Snug gone - in fact all the rooms were gone, just a big open space - no character at all

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Radders, on 07 May 2015 - 09:23 AM, said:

what was your mates name - cause that landlords daughter sounds like my sister! Yea it was Home Ales - and good stuff too - I used come home from school with empty bottles at lunch time - fill em up when me dad wasn't looking - and take them back to school after lunch. We had some good afternoons!
I called in the Oak on the way back from Derby earlier this season - man it was horrible. Snug gone - in fact all the rooms were gone, just a big open space - no character at all

Terry Dale, Yes I went in there last year and totally agree with the no character. Not like I used to know it over the last 40 years

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[JonB]

I'm not from up that way but i played cricket at Clay Cross and we used the Royal Oak as a base for quite a while and they sponsored us whilst a guy called John was landlord...actually met my wife through the fact she worked there. When he sold it on its been in a steady state of decline ever since despite him coming back for a brief spell and now its just another pub on its way downhill.

[Radders]

oldstandrobin, on 07 May 2015 - 09:33 AM, said:

Terry Dale, Yes I went in there last year and totally agree with the no character. Not like I used to know it over the last 40 years

Oh I remember the Dales well - they were always under the bonnet of a mini! Yes Terry did go out with my sister - Jennifer. Just spoken to her and she said - is Terry still around, she thought he'd gone out to South Africa? And his brothers were Glynn and Ian? (I was only 12 so)
I think Terry was a couple of years older than my sister as well. Nice youth, in fact they all were.

[oldstandrobin]

Radders, on 07 May 2015 - 09:53 AM, said:

Oh I remember the Dales well - they were always under the bonnet of a mini! Yes Terry did go out with my sister - Jennifer. Just spoken to her and she said - is Terry still around, she thought he'd gone out to South Africa? And his brothers were Glynn and Ian? (I was only 12 so)
I think Terry was a couple of years older than my sister as well. Nice youth, in fact they all were.

Thats him.....Glynn was my best man at my wedding 44 years ago. Terry Glyn and I went in one of those Mini's through Europe to the West coast of Norway around 68/69. I remember your dad as well as Landlord, wasnt your surname Radford ? have lost contact totally but I think they both went abroad, either S.Africa or Oz. Their dad had a yard in the Oak car-park and I bought a Mini Van (courting waggon !) from Frank Dale after I had sold my Lambretta. Would love to hear from them again but Ashton Gardens where they lived has totally changed and dont think any of the originals are (alive ?) or living there.

[Radders]

oldstandrobin, on 07 May 2015 - 10:04 AM, said:

Thats him.....Glynn was my best man at my wedding 44 years ago. Terry Glyn and I went in one of those Mini's through Europe to the West coast of Norway around 68/69. I remember your dad as well as Landlord, wasnt your surname Radford ? have lost contact totally but I think they both went abroad, either S.Africa or Oz. Their dad had a yard in the Oak car-park and I bought a Mini Van (courting waggon !) from Frank Dale after I had sold my Lambretta. Would love to hear from them again but Ashton Gardens where they lived has totally changed and dont think any of the originals are (alive ?) or living there.

God its a small world isn't it! Yea they used to work on the cars in that yard at the side of the Oak car park. Yea Radford is my surname (hence Radders - I've been called a lot worse) Just spoken to my sister and she's going ballistic - she loves stuff like this - she remembers you all going to Norway and still has the postcard that Terry sent her from there! The last time she saw him he was in the Red Lion at Stonedge and she thinks he was off to South Africa. She remembers going to Ian's wedding in Nottingham, but heard he'd passed away a few years ago, hasn't been able to find out for sure though.
She remembers them buying a landrover and going to Italy too. She can remember you but can't remember your name

[tomjoad]

Tall Faces, on 06 May 2015 - 09:37 PM, said:

Hi, I lived in Old Tupton and went to THGS from1966 to 1973, my sister from 1962 to 1969. We lived on the corner of Coupe Lane and Ashover Road - my Mum still lives there. I started going to watch the Spieites in 1965/66, with the proceeds of my paper round earnings, catching the Chesterfield Corporation bus from the Royal Oak and getting off at John Turners in Town. Of course Cliff Gladwin the Derbyshire and England cricketer and his family lived on Ashover Road - his house is now called Cricketers House and I think he had a sports shop on Cheapside in Chesterfield. How sad that today's stars don't come from within the local area. I too still wear mod fashion and wish I had my original parka which disintegrated sometime in the 1990's. No scooter for me back then just a Carlton racer and the bus.

Cliff Gladwin's sports shop was on Cheapside about where the tea rooms are now.
Bought my 1st Chesterfield silk scarf there in the early 70s, height of fashion worn round the wrist!!

Remember seeing Cliff at Saltergate back in the day.

happy days!!

[oldstandrobin]

Radders, on 07 May 2015 - 10:29 AM, said:

God its a small world isn't it! Yea they used to work on the cars in that yard at the side of the Oak car park. Yea Radford is my surname (hence Radders - I've been called a lot worse) Just spoken to my sister and she's going ballistic - she loves stuff like this - she remembers you all going to Norway and still has the postcard that Terry sent her from there! The last time she saw him he was in the Red Lion at Stonedge and she thinks he was off to South Africa. She remembers going to Ian's wedding in Nottingham, but heard he'd passed away a few years ago, hasn't been able to find out for sure though.
She remembers them buying a landrover and going to Italy too. She can remember you but can't remember your name

Tell Jennie I remember her as well. i'm Dave Coombs, give her my regards and tell her I was gobsmacked when Terry started going out with her as I fancied her as well but was a bit slow on the asking side, did improve on that though as we got older, and I think Terry may have started going out with her just as I was finishing with Julie Stokes.

[Radders]

oldstandrobin, on 07 May 2015 - 12:18 PM, said:

Tell Jennie I remember her as well. i'm Dave Coombs, give her my regards and tell her I was gobsmacked when Terry started going out with her as I fancied her as well but was a bit slow on the asking side, did improve on that though as we got older, and I think Terry may have started going out with her just as I was finishing with Julie Stokes.

And now she remembers you! She seems to remember you all going out one time - and apparently she quite fancied you as well. (It would never have worked though - you would have to have been a town fan!) :-)
She sends her best and says to let me know if you ever run across Terry again.

[hilly81]

It's like 'This is Your Life' this!

[Radders]

hilly81, on 07 May 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

It's like 'This is Your Life' this!

I know it's fantastic! By tomorrow I'll have discovered a relative in the States!

[ClowneSpireite2013]

hilly81, on 07 May 2015 - 01:18 PM, said:

It's like 'This is Your Life' this!

This is why social media when done correctly is excellent.

[oldstandrobin]

ClowneSpireite2013, on 07 May 2015 - 02:26 PM, said:

This is why social media when done correctly is excellent.

Good God, Clowne is where I bought my Lambretta in 1966.

[oldstandrobin]

Radders, on 07 May 2015 - 01:15 PM, said:

And now she remembers you! She seems to remember you all going out one time - and apparently she quite fancied you as well. (It would never have worked though - you would have to have been a town fan!) :-)
She sends her best and says to let me know if you ever run across Terry again.

Should have run across Terry when he was courting your sister, would have left the field open for me to have plucked up courage to ask her out. I could have done a deal and been half and half, half City and half town. No b****y good 46 years later to know she fancied me then, we could have been going down the Proact together tonight !!! Seriously all the best to Town tonight, will be a hard play off this year, 4 good teams (well 3 as we dont mention Swindon)

[nattyfred]

oldstandrobin, on 07 May 2015 - 03:55 PM, said:

Should have run across Terry when he was courting your sister, would have left the field open for me to have plucked up courage to ask her out. I could have done a deal and been half and half, half City and half town. No b****y good 46 years later to know she fancied me then, we could have been going down the Proact together tonight !!! Seriously all the best to Town tonight, will be a hard play off this year, 4 good teams (well 3 as we dont mention Swindon)

Well 2 as we don't mention the Blunts.

Well not much anyway

[oldstandrobin]

nattyfred, on 07 May 2015 - 04:14 PM, said:

Well 2 as we don't mention the Blunts.

Well not much anyway

Come on Chesterfield, 1-0 down is nowt, we went 1-0 down to Walsall sunday and came back to win 8-2, come on Town

[Radders]

oldstandrobin, on 07 May 2015 - 03:55 PM, said:

Should have run across Terry when he was courting your sister, would have left the field open for me to have plucked up courage to ask her out. I could have done a deal and been half and half, half City and half town. No b****y good 46 years later to know she fancied me then, we could have been going down the Proact together tonight !!! Seriously all the best to Town tonight, will be a hard play off this year, 4 good teams (well 3 as we dont mention Swindon)

Well you would have been much better than the nob head John Plater who she went out with after - I couldn't stand that dip stick. We played well tonight - PNE were just a bunch of pysical play acting muppets. As you say - still a lot of life in this one yet