Paul Lucas

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@collectfootball @WembleyArchive @jslovechild @footballmemorys Agree but a modern view as methods of storing were limited in the immediate post war days.

@WembleyArchive @jslovechild @footballmemorys Absolutely, punch holes are like a kick in the you know whats, but for rarer programmes it is better than nowt!

The annual question that all true football memorabilia questions ask, why oh why did you insist on punch holing a fabulous football programme! Arsenal v Preston 1941 league final at Wembley. Still happy to add it to the collection! @WembleyArchive @jslovechild @footballmemorys

@LouiseCollisArt @jackthurston Your local authority has local powers to prevent footway parking and this can be monitored by council employed parking wardens. You need to contact your local councillor in this case. Total waste of time, in my opinion, involving the police.

So the police and press have just decended on my road in #Abergavenny Keir Starmer must be incredibly eager to sort out my hot topic of illegal pavement parking. We’ll see….

@jackthurston @LouiseCollisArt @gwentpolice My understanding is that where there are double yellows on the highway then this includes either the footway or grass verge.

@AngusM1966 @AidanMageeTV Apparently it was owned by Khan the owner of Fulham FC but he sold it to an unknown buyer last September.

@AidanMageeTV They took one of our old ferries as a trade in!

The super yacht Kismet anchored in the bay this morning. The joke locally is that we've finally got some visitors who can afford the tour at the new Port Ellen distllery 😀

@_dramface @ardnahoe Nice review Wally but one correction as distilling didn’t start until October 2018 and not a year earlier as you state.

Another new release & this time a rare thing indeed: a brand new Islay. Loaded with anticipation, Wally digs in to Ardnahoe - the latest peat-bomb to blow up the whisky scene. dramface.com/all-reviews/20… #Dramface #whiskyreview #singlemalt #scotchwhisky #whisky #ardnahoe @ardnahoe

@MemorabiliaMal My Uncle proudly told he how played with Tom during WW2 whilst they were both stationed in Egypt and always maintained that he was a better player than Sir Stanley Matthews.

On the 10th anniversary of his passing, another photo for my Sir Tom Finney thread, simply scroll to see them all. This one is from 1946/7 and is taken from 'Soccer Annual 1976' #PNEFC

12 year old Tom Finney pictured a few days after winning a schools final at Deepdale #pnefc

@The_SimonInglis My one and only visit to Craven Cottage on a Good Friday in 1964 or 1965 and it certainly wasn’t open terrace on all three sides as that photo shows.

Yes I think Craven Cottage too - as you say Weight lived in Fulham & worked most of his life in London. Cranes were in Stevenage Wharf at rear of Hammersmith End. Maybe title 'Cup Tie' was random as Fulham's draw in '61 and '62 didn't include opposition in red & white stripes?

@PetesPicPalace @CantonaPat Looks like Stan Mortensen to me immediately behind him in the dark shirt.

@CantonaPat Good shout re Walter, thank you

Mystery press photo - legend Wilf Mannion training, I thought it was #Middlesbrough #mfc gear, players & location but I'm advised not #Boro - so probably England post-war to about 1951. Can anyone help please, are they England players & where & when could it be? Thanks as always.

@MemorabiliaMal Bruce in the Cambridge Schoolboys XI in 1960-61. He is on the front row second from the right and despite his size his early talent meant he was playing in a side with team mates and opposition generally two years older. Some talent and still remembered in the area.

Bruce Rioch #AVFC 1971/2 #UTV

@fredcumpstey @MemorabiliaMal Bobby played in very good Cambridge Schoolboys Under 15 side that had an excellent ESFA cup run and I watched them at the Abbey Stadium before a crowd of several thousand. It featured Willy Carr for the home side who would go on to be even more successful than Bobby.

@fredcumpstey @MemorabiliaMal Yes I recall his extremely short spell with Blackburn and it was good financial business for them and guess hailing from Cambridge he was happy to move down South an probably never wanted to be involved in the player exchange for Hunter. #winwin

Ipswich Town #ITFC Goal magazine 6/12/69

@islay_taxis @ArnfinnStake Don’t think the VC will be opened to the general public.

@ArnfinnStake I’d say so. the talk was production starts April but I’m not sure if this is still on track I’d assume the V C would be the same time ?

Not long to go now is a visit to port Ellen distillery on your bucket list for 2024 #Islay

@MemorabiliaMal My daughter was a friend of his daughter when studying at Manchester Metropolitan University and I got to meet him at their Graduation Ceremony in 1997.

Ex-Ipswich Town striker Trevor Whymark with the Soccer Bowl '79 trophy. #VWFC #ITFC

In a follow-up piece to his “Who Will Buy All This Scotch Whisky?”, Fletch asks “Who Will Buy All This New Whisky?” Every bit as hard-hitting, he shares his concerns for the newborns. dramface.com/features/keepi… #Dramface #whiskyreview #whisky #scotchwhisky #FeatureFriday

@winnading @AngusM1966 @ardnahoe Correct. Only Kilchoman have a cafeteria if you discount the limited facilities currently at Ardbeg. I think these ancilllary distillery facilities don’t make any money.

@Lillywhite47 @AngusM1966 @ardnahoe I don’t think a public one was ever planned for Port Ellen? Only for booked tours/events?

Sad news for the staff concerned and Islay as a whole. @ardnahoe’s visitor centre was a spectacular addition to the island’s visitor facilities - can’t help thinking it would not be closing if it were not for the ferry fiasco and it’s knock-on impact on tourist numbers. 1/3

@winnading @AngusM1966 @ardnahoe I heard that even Port Ellen Distillery aren’t having a VC that will be open to the general public.

@AngusM1966 @ardnahoe Ardnahoe say it is ‘only’ the cafe, not the tours and shop of the rest of the visitor centre? I don’t know all the reasons for the cafe closure but can’t solely be ferries? Isn’t ferries affecting closures on mainland. General cost of living problems a big factor, I think.

@NPTNFootball @JoelJC05 @forrefssake @PennysTalking @BAfootballscout @NTFAFootball @chronsport @ShireSoundsRad @NorthantsFA @AFCRD @KTFCOfficial @BrackleyTownFC @corbytownfc Who ended up signing for Rushden & Diamonds but he only made a handful of appearances.

@JoelJC05 @forrefssake @PennysTalking @BAfootballscout @NTFAFootball @chronsport @ShireSoundsRad @NorthantsFA @AFCRD @KTFCOfficial @BrackleyTownFC @corbytownfc Correct 🙌

Who remembers NTV? I found this video recently of this fine tackle by a Southport player. What do you make of this, @forrefssake 👀 Have you any old clips from the channel? #Northamptonshire #northants #football

@JoseBeenTV Fair point but suggest you direct your comments to your fellow tv commentators.