keitha
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Post by keitha on Jul 22, 2024 12:10:09 GMT
Ray Reardon, six times world snooker champion and first ever winner of pot black dies aged 91. A true gentleman of the game.
Originally from Wales, he left school at 14 and was a miner in Stoke-on-Trent, along with his dad, and then a policeman. He had a snooker club in Stoke-on-Trent for a while, called Reardon's, unsurprisingly. His nickname was Dracula, because of his widow's peak, which I always thought was brilliant and really funny. He was playing at a time when there were a lot of characters in snooker, back in the 70's. And everyone smoked! Farewell Ray, you were great and a good ambassador for the game. Bill Werbeniuk fag in one hand, a pint in the other whilst opponent made a break
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 22, 2024 17:48:32 GMT
Originally from Wales, he left school at 14 and was a miner in Stoke-on-Trent, along with his dad, and then a policeman. He had a snooker club in Stoke-on-Trent for a while, called Reardon's, unsurprisingly. His nickname was Dracula, because of his widow's peak, which I always thought was brilliant and really funny. He was playing at a time when there were a lot of characters in snooker, back in the 70's. And everyone smoked! Farewell Ray, you were great and a good ambassador for the game. Bill Werbeniuk fag in one hand pint in the other whilst opponent made a break I seem to recollect that at the time one of these players would not use a rest, had a phobia about it due to losing some massive bet based on a rest- shot. Bill W, or Perrie Mans, or one of the other almost champions.
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Post by agent69 on Jul 23, 2024 8:04:31 GMT
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving member of beloved Motown group The Four Tops, has passed away at the age of 88.
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Post by geofft on Jul 23, 2024 8:45:07 GMT
Bill Werbeniuk fag in one hand pint in the other whilst opponent made a break I seem to recollect that at the time one of these players would not use a rest, had a phobia about it due to losing some massive bet based on a rest- shot. Bill W, or Perrie Mans, or one of the other almost champions. I'm pretty sure that was the Irishman Patsy Fagan, I remember seeing him on TV trying to play a rest shot where his cue hand started shaking uncontrollably, he had to give up on the shot and play a different (non rest) shot.
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Post by eeyore on Jul 23, 2024 9:20:12 GMT
Ray Reardon, six times world snooker champion and first ever winner of pot black dies aged 91. A true gentleman of the game.
Originally from Wales, he left school at 14 and was a miner in Stoke-on-Trent, along with his dad, and then a policeman. He had a snooker club in Stoke-on-Trent for a while, called Reardon's, unsurprisingly. His nickname was Dracula, because of his widow's peak, which I always thought was brilliant and really funny. He was playing at a time when there were a lot of characters in snooker, back in the 70's. And everyone smoked! Farewell Ray, you were great and a good ambassador for the game. He also hosted a radio programme on BBC Stoke called " Tales from the green baize".
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 23, 2024 9:30:37 GMT
I seem to recollect that at the time one of these players would not use a rest, had a phobia about it due to losing some massive bet based on a rest- shot. Bill W, or Perrie Mans, or one of the other almost champions. I'm pretty sure that was the Irishman Patsy Fagan, I remember seeing him on TV trying to play a rest shot where his cue hand started shaking uncontrollably, he had to give up on the shot and play a different (non rest) shot. Well remembered, I was sure the name began with 'P'. It added a frisson of interest when he played, ooh, I think he might have trouble reaching the cue ball in this next one!
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Post by agent69 on Jul 23, 2024 9:44:20 GMT
Ray Reardon, six times world snooker champion and first ever winner of pot black dies aged 91. A true gentleman of the game.
Originally from Wales, he left school at 14 and was a miner in Stoke-on-Trent, along with his dad, and then a policeman. He had a snooker club in Stoke-on-Trent for a while, called Reardon's, unsurprisingly. His nickname was Dracula, because of his widow's peak, which I always thought was brilliant and really funny. He was playing at a time when there were a lot of characters in snooker, back in the 70's. And everyone smoked! Farewell Ray, you were great and a good ambassador for the game. The BBC was showing a re-run of a Ray Reardon documentary from 2022 last night.
Never realised he nearly died in a collapse at the coal face while working down the mines.
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Post by Nomad on Jul 23, 2024 10:20:15 GMT
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving member of beloved Motown group The Four Tops, has passed away at the age of 88.
Very sad. Interesting to learn his parents were Ethiopian and Bangladeshi.
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 23, 2024 17:31:40 GMT
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving member of beloved Motown group The Four Tops, has passed away at the age of 88.
Very sad. Interesting to learn his parents were Ethiopian and Bangladeshi. For a second I thought you were talking about Ray Reardon.
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Post by ethel on Jul 24, 2024 15:49:53 GMT
John Mayall. Where would the blues be without him? He did so much to popularize it, and gave so many talented musicians their first break. And he kept on playing and gigging into old age. A truly unique man.
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 24, 2024 16:52:21 GMT
John Mayall. Where would the blues be without him? He did so much to popularize it, and gave so many talented musicians their first break. And he kept on playing and gigging into old age. A truly unique man. I'm getting more and more into proper RnB and pub rock, but I missed the contribution if John Mayall. I recently watched a programme about the early blues scene in Britain and it totally didn't mention him. According to that, the key player was Alexis Korner and Blues Incorporated. Although Wikipedia does say it was meeting Korner and being helped along by him is what set John Mayall on his way.
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 24, 2024 16:54:14 GMT
Jeanette Charles aged 96, the same age as the Queen. Professional to the last!
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Post by agent69 on Jul 24, 2024 17:22:45 GMT
John Mayall. Where would the blues be without him? He did so much to popularize it, and gave so many talented musicians their first break. And he kept on playing and gigging into old age. A truly unique man. Never heard of him before, but his group did have some very famous members (albeit some were short lived):
- Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce went on to form Cream
- John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green went on to form Fleetwood Mac.
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Post by ethel on Jul 24, 2024 18:56:47 GMT
John Mayall. Where would the blues be without him? He did so much to popularize it, and gave so many talented musicians their first break. And he kept on playing and gigging into old age. A truly unique man. I'm getting more and more into proper RnB and pub rock, but I missed the contribution if John Mayall. I recently watched a programme about the early blues scene in Britain and it totally didn't mention him. According to that, the key player was Alexis Korner and Blues Incorporated. Although Wikipedia does say it was meeting Korner and being helped along by him is what set John Mayall on his way. Blues Incorporated broke up in 1966, a very short lived band. I recommend the album "Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton" as an introduction to John Mayall, and Eric's playing is brilliant, outstanding, and very, very loud!
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Post by captainconfident on Jul 24, 2024 19:14:55 GMT
I'm getting more and more into proper RnB and pub rock, but I missed the contribution if John Mayall. I recently watched a programme about the early blues scene in Britain and it totally didn't mention him. According to that, the key player was Alexis Korner and Blues Incorporated. Although Wikipedia does say it was meeting Korner and being helped along by him is what set John Mayall on his way. Blues Incorporated broke up in 1966, a very short lived band. I recommend the album "Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton" as an introduction to John Mayall, and Eric's playing is brilliant, outstanding, and very, very loud! Thanks ethel Ill give it a try. The Sky programme, after considering Blues Incorporated went on at length about the The Animals as a fundamentally important blues band and then considered at length The Yardbirds . I never liked The House OTRS (heard it too many times) and never took much of a look at either if these bands. I see that the album music might be a better guide than the singles in both cases.
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