The best thing about "Our Wally" was his smile.......to people outside our world to think of Wally Batty is to think of a hen pecked downtrodden man.......BUT WE KNOW BETTER !!!!....IT IS OUR LITTLE SECRET !!!!.....he was a man who's smile was brighter than Blackpool Illuminations !!!....it lit...
First flight......1978.....into communist Prague !!!....to watch Everton against Dukla Prague......met at the airport by armed police.....put onto a bus with thick mesh windows....taken straight to ground......kept in for over an hour after the match....then put back on bus....with armed...
A global family....a comfort blanket.....never mind Auntie telling Marina "you're never alone with a megaphone"......Amos....."YOU ARE NEVER ALONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE GOT US !!!!!!!"
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Maltrab !!!...I am going to have to bring it up again coz you have mentioned The Beatles !!!....Ringo Starr's mum [Elsie] used to babysit me !!!..[she was good mates with my nan !!!]......sorry everyone !!!!.....but blame him for mentioning "The Fab Four" !!!!!.
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1984/1985 !!!!...Brilliant music [including Live Aid...which I attended !!!].....brilliant fashion [the start of the football casual movement.....Fila,Tacchini,Ellesse,Lacoste,Cerrutti etc...] AND EVERTON BEING ABSOLUTELY THE BEST TEAM IN EUROPE !!! WITH NO POINTS DEDUCTIONS.....in the days...
Talking of "Worzel Gummidge", amongst the stars who appeared in the show [Joan Simms,Billy Connelly,Bill Maynard] guess who was Mrs Bloomsbury Barton's [a.k.a. Joan Simms] maid ????....NONE OTHER THAN OUR GLENDA !!!!!!!!!.......looking very very young !!!.
Taking of Daniel Craig !!!!......he is from Heswall on the Wirral......and our cleaner here at the docks used to go out with him !!!!..[SWIT-SWOO !!!].....she said he was only young and that he was not the swim short wearing hunk that he is now...he was skinny and spotty !!!...[mind...
Liverpool was MENTAL !!!!....there are thousands and thousands of 1st,2nd and 3rd generation Irish in my city !!!....they say Liverpool is the capital of Ireland !!!...[my father was from County Mayo]...PLUS.....we have the cheap flights from Dublin so you can imagine the scenes at 10am when...
Makes us laugh.....makes us cry.....makes us happy.....makes us sad.....calms us down....gives us purpose....makes us think....makes us value each other.....MAKES US ONE GLOBAL FAMILY OF BARMPOTS !!!!!.
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"Oh no !!!!!...it's The Sherriff of Nottingham !!!!!!".....
"LINGWEEEEEEEEENIE !!!!!".......
"He's a bit gobby this landlord !!!.....he must be related to The Sherriff of Nottingham !!!".....
Sharp intake of breath....sharp intake of breath followed by a pause....then "WRONG !!!!....it's a...
"And don't let me catch you readin' any FUNNY BOOKS !!!!".
"It's like a piece of furniture has come alive !!!!.....I wouldn't mind if you weren't so badly put together !!!!!"..........2 great lines from "ower Nora" from the number one episode [in my humble opinion].........The Mysterious Feet of...
"The speed....."
"The danger.....
"I'M GOING RACING !!!!"...
"A man has to do what a man has to do".........followed by a swift "WHACK" from Ivy's handbag !!!!!!!
"There's a man finely dressed in his riding gear",
"Not his underwear"
"But his riding gear"
"Let us go for a ride on my motorbike"
"And I shall gladly drive you round the twist".......our scruffy hero crooning to our Nora...when he heard her exclaim that she loves men in riding gear...
Barry !!!!....your phrase "ON MY LAND" reminds me of that wonderful Geordie magazine "VIZ".......remember......... Farmer Palmer.....with his 12 bore shotgun.....he would exclaim "GET OFF MY LAND !!!!"......before blowing some little furry dog's head off whilst their owners look on in horror...
I agree with Ferret...Shooting Stars had Vic and Bob at their maniacal best !!!......it tickles me every time I think about the contestants all cooing and moving their hands skywards to try attract "THE DOVE FROM ABOVE"...pure lunacy !!.
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I concur with my American friend !!! [CODFANGLERS !!!].....
"Mysterious Feet" is the perfect episode.....from the pub scene "I'M WRONG AGE FOR GOING STERILE"....to the "pigeon scene"....."IV'E RAISED HER FROM AN EGG !!!...SHE'S MY PIGEON !!!".....to our scruffy hero's face contorted with lust...
YOU ARE OUR FORUM !!,
OUR ONLY FORUM !!,
YOU MAKE US HAPPY !!,
WHEN SKIES ARE GREY !!,
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW JUST !!,
HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU !!,
SO PLEASE DON'T TAKE OUR FORUM AWAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!.
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