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Ian Davies

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Being a modest chap, I've long considered myself the moral guardian of this forum, loved by everyone from west country part-time barmaids to Sheffield-based lawyers. :lol:

Therefore, I'm deeply saddened by recent developments.

Some of us have shown we can peacefully co-exist, even though we may regard each other as wildlife-terrorisng, rural, inbred, genetic throwbacks, or ignorant, chippy, yobbo townies. :lol:

But others...

So, before someone starts clapping their hands and referring to everyone collectively as ''folks,'' ''people,'' - or some other patronising label which makes you want to reach for the nearest fire-arm :lol: - let's all take a moment to reflect upon the fact that we are all brought together by a love of horse-racing (oh, and our failure to fit into normal society :lol:) and have a big cyber group hug. B) :lol:
 
C'mon Ian, things are not as bad as all that, just a few people having their opinions challenged that's all.

Tolerance was the word you missed out. In my opinion it's the lack of it from some quarters that escalates any minor friction.

'General Chit Chat' is surely to discuss non racing topics?
 
Ian, you are an Hullite and call a spade a spade right ? so do I

You have been accepted here because you have the skin of a politician and have have ridden the stormy seas befitting an Hessle roader, don't forget your roots, yer know the real people.
 
Group hug my arse. I've never encountered such a large number of people who are all equally and utterly convinced that their opinion (about anything) is fact, and anyone who holds a different opinion is entirely devoid of even the slightest modicum of intelligence.
 
I will do a group hug ONLY if I can choose who is in the group! :D

Failing that, what about a grope hug my arse instead?
 
Then you have an apt name Tetley.

Hessle Road was called the richest road in Hull because the fisherman were mainly from that area and when they docked after a trip, the money flowed.

You will also be aware of how the fishing undustry was wiped out during the ' Cod war' with the Icelanders and a whole community were swept onto the dole.

You still have one of the most famous Hessle Roaders though in Joe Longthorne.
 
Davies lived and went to school in the Kirk Ella/Anlaby area 1976-81, and worked in Habbershaws betting shops in the summers of 1981, 1982 and 1983, but then moved south to London for 18 years and then Basingstoke, Hampshire, the last two.

Davies could pretend that he misses Kingston-upon-Hull, but it would require an Oscar-winning acting perfomance in order for him to do so. :lol:

The weather's better down south, opportunities are far greater, people in general have more get-up-and-go about them and, most importantly of all, the international restaurant cuisine is rich and varied, especially in the London area - sushi shame. :lol:
 
Wolfreton High no doubt Ian, I built ( on my tod) a bunglalow on Valley Drive so ride up Southella Way regularly.
A fellow builder became and still is the caretaker there.

My mother told me that her family were one of the founders of Habbershaws yonks ago which are still prominent on Spring Bank West.
 
I have thought long and hard Diminuendo, and decided my list of people that should be invited into my grope hug will be kept private in fear of disappointing too many people once the list was revealed! :D
 
Indeed - Wolfreton Comprehensive.

Davies only lived at 71, Valley Drive 1976-81, the family home until his parents' divorce in 1984 prompted a move to 8, Kerry Pit Way, where the old man resides to this very day.

Small world or what? :lol:

Martin,

I lived in a twee little village called Totley - safe Conservative seat, hence a nice place to live :lol: - as a Totley County Primary School and king Ecgbert Comprehensive school kid from 1969-1976.

Christ, the joint's turning into FriendsReunited! :lol:
 
:lol: Think i'm about 20 years behind you on Friends Reunited, though i did see that gal i went to high school with in Kingdom that night and we're going for a drink sometime soon and my mate saw a gal he was in school with in Cavendish tonight.
 
I once bought a business (on behalf of the company for which I worked) in Hull, which included sites in Hessle, Clough Road, Anlaby Road and New Cleveland Street.
 
The coincidences just won't stop - I once knew a guy called Brian and I'm pretty sure the letter H figured in one of the words we once used in a conversation. :lol:

OK, let's give this a racing slant - Hull was a big, big, betting City; lots of independent bookmakers, spearheaded by Jack Ferens, a right character (I could tell you some stories about him, but I think he's still alive, so maybe not :lol:).

Every independent bookie did his own Rugby League handicap coupon and they all, lead by Jack who would do this stuff, build up turnover, then sell the shop to the Big Three before moving on to his next project, did morning prices right back in the 1960s.

Jack eventually went on to create Computer Racing Pages, a great success.

Absolutely loaded nowadays, he was still living in the same Hull council house last time I heard - what a guy. B)
 
and a racing predictor software package.The name of escapes me at the moment.

Maybe i have the wrong guy,did his office provide the Mirror.,Sun and a few other Tabs with their Copy?

If so,i remember visiting his office in Hull to be made literate with the aforementioned software.

24/12/1993 if my memory serves me. I used the software for a few months until it was discontinued by Racing Pages.
 
Brian, I think I may have been a regular customer of all those depots if you are referring to a plant hire company.

Of the locations you have given there are only two options - Jewsons or a plant / tool hire company whose name escapes me.
 
"A plant / tool hire company whose name escapes me"
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Do you mean that all those years of serious marketing have come to nothing?

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Sounds like you are spot on, Derek.

In the days when there wa sa three-week entry system and handicaps marks wer eonly poublished to the nearest 5l;b by weatherbys, jack hit upon a way of using future entires to work out precise handicp marks and sell them to htre public.

It was groundbreaking at the time - hard to believe now, I know - and Jack expanded into supplying newpapers with racecards at competitive rates, putting a number of racing production journalists in and around of ''Fleet Street'' out of work (but hey, that's life in the big city).
 
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