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townsergeant · Sweat-Shirts

How long did you wear yours for........... before washing?

(I preferred the clean pressed sweat-shirt myself!)

There were those who were so in love with their sweat-shirts that they were reluctant or superstitious to change it!

Hornblower

Uh oh!

Don't start me on that Billy...

We at Chatham Dogends (Circa early - mid 70's) had a competition with 'em and there were some vvv ripe ones.

Dave Bromley, Tim Dickinson, Butch Rutter, me & others- we had some shockers. Mine was so bad that they attempted to rip it from my back. This was pre-hepatitis days remember.

It was nothing to do with superstition - it was an outright competition.

There were a group of us called the "Strood Super Pigs". Obviously, you had to live in Stood (which I did) and had to eat like a, well - pig actually - (and I did that too)

We had T shirts made to this effect and I was very proud of my unwashed version.

IT WAS GOPPING!!!!!!!

It won though, but I just couldn't get rid of it, which is when they decided to have it off me.

In revenge, I ground up some rose-hips (The main ingredient of that boyhood arch-prank, itching powder) and put them into Dave Bromley's sweat shirt and tunic at the 1977 Royal Tournament... Good skills Stuey

Sat back to watch the fun and ---- Nothing!

I was so dissapointed, and then somewhat ashamed, when I saw the dearly loved and departed Goldy (Rest in Peace me ol' mucker) struggling with his tunic at the end of the main display. I never heard such ripe language!!!

Sorry Brian, I never did tell ya it was me, boy were you mad...

Can I get NOTHING right?

bootybandy

Hornblower

If you'd heard his reaction to having to march up and down Earl's Court topped up with itching powder, I don't think you'd really believe he'd have forgiven me - even now...

I just wish I'd got Bromley!!!

Charmed life that one.

What a lovely bloke though - and a fellow Chicago lover. (Not Bromley, Goldy)

FFoglamp

We used do do the sweat shirt thing in FOSNI late 70's.

The scary thing was getting caught with a hole. If any tiny hole was discovered it was ripped off your back. So, we got changed quickly before the 3 badgers did a hole inspection.

I got caught with nothing more than a loose thread forming under the armpit, as far as I was concerned, not technically yet a hole, at Crieff games.

Then Joe Forbes shouts out "HOLE !!!!!, which is not the quietest voice in the world, and then Taff Ryan, and TG come piling in, and off comes the sweat shirt ripped to shreads within seconds.

footnote: I raise my glass to Joe Forbes for making me laugh so much for years. Where is he now ?

bootybandy

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Aaron Aardvark

Pussers dogs run off on their own eventually.......ask Deli

mrbassbone

lesbryan

COME ON BOOTY SPILL THE BEANS

Hornblower

Hmmmmmmm - I wouldn't mind hearing that one either Botty!

Joe Forbes - Wotaguy!

I remember sitting at home one day many years ago, watching a bit of live showjumping (as you do). As a horse approached a double gate, it leapt into the air and belly-flopped right into the middle of it.

Funny enough you might think, but even funnier was the sight of Deal RMB right next to the fence in full rig and the sight of Joe with his head thrown back and mouth wide open in full enjoyment of the moment. I couldn't actually hear him, but I didn't need to - my mind did the trick.

God, I wish we'd had VCR's in those dim, dark days...

Co-admin

Not like bandy to make light of a situation is it

We have that skill that when those about us are loosing their heads; we continue to take the pi$$

bootybandy

lesbryan

OH GO ON

mrbassbone

bootybandy

FFoglamp

Botty is very correct here.

ANY dit that involves Joe Forbes has to be X-Rated !!!!!

Ditto George Hobbs

deelindars

Joe Forbes did a guest appearance for Pete Rose's 40th birthday. Joe came along dressed as a woman - make up, all the bit. I must point out that there was no reason for him doing this. Love him dearly, but Joe was/is an ugly man, but as a woman he is hideous. Like everyone else, I've been to many a dodgy bar and seen prize dogs, transvestites and everything in between. But, I have never come across anything as unnerving as Joe Forbes in a frock and lipstick.

As for the t-shirt, at Chatham I wore mine for just over 2 years without a dhobi, including the hot summer of '76. Nevertheless, stood next to Stu and Twink, you wouldn't have noticed the smell. However, the old shirt was showing holes and I knew it would be attacked at some point, so I wore a new T-shirt and stuck the old one in the bottom of my cere suit cover. And there it stayed for nearly 20 years until I went outside and tearfully put it in a bin in East Barracks. Age had wearied them and the years condemmed, because it had rotted so badly.

Hornblower

But was a Strood super pig T-shirt Dee?

I'm pretty sure you were a member! (Er, sorry - maybe a wrong choice of word there!)

deelindars

No, it wasn't a super pigs shirt as that was kept back for special occasions. Although I lived in a slum in Rochester and not Strood, I was a member by dint of the fact I designed the pig following the success of the Biff Beaver character for the dog end T shirt. I still have both T shirts, have you?

Hornblower

Naahhh, both of 'em were worn to death under me ceries.

Not even got any photo's.

Got this one though!!!!

I meant it too!

I never looked back and did the exact right thing at the exact right time.

21 years ago!!!! Blimey

Co-admin

I remember that T-shirt!

Hornblower

I remember the dustbin better...

That particular shirt didn't last too long, nobody understood it once I'd left Northolt (about 2 months after the photo.)

So it went into the bin with the crappy horn.

I've got that horn again now though - it's still crap even though it is a Paxman. I don't even use it to practice on.

Thinking about turning into an uplighter or plant holder (thanks for the idea Dee!)

Oh - by the way, I got the shirt made up at the Hillingdon show, just before turning the gizzit rabbits into BBQ and Curry. (Andy!!)

deelindars

Nice photo Stuey. I have seen that photo of you on a website - so how long have you been doggin'

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