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That's her. Helen/Ellen...must have been the Manc accent.

Yes, think her name was Ellen. In the early 90's went to Maine Road to watch us with a Man City supporting mate whose lad played in their youth team. Ellen was giving it plenty with the bell throughout the match right behind the goal. Afterwards we got into the Players Bar and I sat down with a...

And all underpinned by the 'City of peace and reconciliation' mantra followed by our elected leaders at all times, without any trace of rancour, spite or vindictiveness.

Roger Van Gool? Martin Jol ? Hertz Van Rental?

You get a like for getting Don Rickles on here.

Shame, hope you enjoy them. We were in Swanage last week and visited the Cornish Pasty Shop. Presumably it's genuine and the queue was out the door. Bloody lovely pasties too.

A genuine Tiddy Oggy??

Looking at your avatar, I'm sure this must be the picture.............

Or even his brother Mike :-)

Given the choice between laying a few more bricks or Susan Howard, I'm not surprised the house was never finished.

In Lancashire it's a barmcake or barm for short. Over in Nottingham/Derby, I believe it's called a cob.

All this talk of chip shops, can you still get scratchings?

That's commendable Otis. Can we expect to see say a replica model of Highfield Road anytime soon?

So, Virgin Media customers can now only receive maybe 190 channels instead of 200? Perhaps it's a good opportunity to rely less on the tv and spend more time on pastimes and perhaps take up a hobby such as basket weaving or whittling?

Just this once then HH. I still blame Bilko and Trump though :-)

No. I hear you say 'Center?' Type in English man!

Cheap beer was one of the attractions and also the variety of beers and lagers available across the range of clubs. We always looked forward to games at the Knights of St Columba club which served draught Ayingerbrau. Usually resulted in a lock in til about 2 in the morning.

As parodied by the Wheetappers and Shunters and also Phoenix Nights, committee members saw themselves as all powerful. The general manager of our club, which admittedly was a large corporately funded social and athletic club, received a company car.

Whilst living up in Lancashire c.30 years ago, I joined a social club and found out they participated in a winter games league that involved 10 or 12 clubs within a 5 mile radius. These clubs covered a broad selection of the community - work based (BL and Milk Marketing Board), political...

" Welcome to Fleetwood Ched, fancy sucking on a Fisherman's Friend?" "Nah, don't you think I'm in enough trouble already?"