[rogG]

Just been going through a cardboard box, not opened for years, that contains some items I brought over with me back in the 60s. Among them, an official program of the Sheffield Wednesday Cup Final. Yes, I was there and I can vouch for the fact that they knew even back then how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Also, a 1967 Sheffield University Jazz Club magazine containing an interview with Violet May. I'll throw some of that up on the Violet May thread when I can get around to it.

Best of all, a copy of the Sheffield Telegraph: Feb 6, 1964. Headline: "Wake Up Sheffield" (complaint that Leeds was becoming more of a regional center than Sheffield). Also, Dave Berry banned from performing at Steel Peach & Tozers because of danger of "rowdyism," a new nursery school in the Park Hill Flats, and among the cars for sale, how about a '62 Mini Minor, 10,000 miles for 390 pounds? Cleopatra was playing at the Odeon and at the Lyceum, David Whitfield starred in Goldilocks and the 3 Bears.

Johnny Fantham was making a return to the Owls squad. Boy, we could use him now.

Wow. The Crossword Puzzle hasn't been filled in. About time I did it!

[rogG]

This thread that I started didn't seem to attract any interest so I'll just let it slide down the column unless anyone picks up on it. But some people may be interested in the following observation.

In that 1964 edition of the Telegraph, the job ads show how times have changed with respect to age and gender discrimination. The majority of ads specify age, often within a very narrow range (17-18, for example). Quite a few ads specify male or female. So, if you wanted to apply for the analytical chemist position at Tinsley Wire you had to be male.

But the ones that take the cake are the ads for secretaries, which specify "ladies of good appearance." If a woman wanted to apply for the job of Bar Hostess at the Highlight Club & Restaurant in Lowestoft, she not only had to be between 18 and 25, she also had to be "attractive."

We never thought too much of it bk then. In those days, women factory workers got paid less than men for doing the same work. When I once pointed out to my mother (who worked in a factory herself) the unfairness of this, she snapped bk, "Men 'ave ter support ther families."

[skippy]

[QUOTE=rogG;3127336]Just been going through a cardboard box, not opened for years, that contains some items I brought over with me back in the 60s. Among them, an official program of the Sheffield Wednesday Cup Final. Yes, I was there and I can vouch for the fact that they knew even back then how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

You lucky sod, I had the ticket to go and couldn't because my wife gave birth the night before, wasn't that when they drew and played 2 or 3 games before the winner was decided ?

[rogG]

[QUOTE=skippy;3140046]

Originally Posted by rogG

Just been going through a cardboard box, not opened for years, that contains some items I brought over with me back in the 60s. Among them, an official program of the Sheffield Wednesday Cup Final. Yes, I was there and I can vouch for the fact that they knew even back then how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

You lucky sod, I had the ticket to go and couldn't because my wife gave birth the night before, wasn't that when they drew and played 2 or 3 games before the winner was decided ?

No, you're thinking of a much later final (in the 80s I think) when they played Arsenal.

In '66, the Owls were 2-0 up at half time then they let in 3 goals in the 2nd half. Tickets were 10 shillings. You sent 10 shilling notes in the mail. You either got a ticket or your ten bob back. To make sure I got a ticket I gave 10s to each of half a dozen of my mates and they sent them in. Two tickets came back, I gave one to my brother.

[stevenorfolk]

Originally Posted by rogG

David Whitfield starred in Goldilocks and the 3 Bears at the Lyceum

I was 13 at the time, and my Grandma took myself, my sister and my cousin, to see that Pantomime, I remember clearly waiting outside the Theatre after the performance, so my sister could get David Whitfields autograph, he appeared at a upstairs window in his dressing gown, and all the women started screaming!!!. I was'nt that impressed.LOL.

[skippy]

[QUOTE=rogG;3140306][QUOTE=skippy;3140046]

No, you're thinking of a much later final (in the 80s I think) when they played Arsenal.

Sorry rogG, it was the same final, as I left the Old Dart in 1970, I've probably got it mixed up with the goals scored, you get like that when you get older, ha ha.

[hillsbro]

It was the 1993 final that was the nail-biter. In the replay, Andy Linighan scored Arsenal's winner with less than a minute of extra time left.

In the 1966 final, Wednesday were licking Everton 2-0 but the Scousers bounced back and won the match 3-2. I watched it on TV and cried my eyes out.

[hillsbro]

Originally Posted by rogG

In '66, the Owls were 2-0 up at half time then they let in 3 goals in the 2nd half. Tickets were 10 shillings. You sent 10 shilling notes in the mail. You either got a ticket or your ten bob back. To make sure I got a ticket I gave 10s to each of half a dozen of my mates and they sent them in. Two tickets came back, I gave one to my brother.

Quite right - and the theory was that if you lived at the right end of town you had a better chance of getting a ticket. I could only afford one ten-bob note ... and it came back, despite the fact that we lived in Dykes Hall Road.

[Texas]

Originally Posted by stevenorfolk

I was 13 at the time, and my Grandma took myself, my sister and my cousin, to see that Pantomime, I remember clearly waiting outside the Theatre after the performance, so my sister could get David Whitfields autograph, he appeared at a upstairs window in his dressing gown, and all the women started screaming!!!. I was'nt that impressed.LOL.

You're saying it was open?

[stevenorfolk]

Originally Posted by Texas

You're saying it was open?

No Texas , I'm sure if it had been I would have noticied, LOL
I'm led to believe he was a bit of a Ladys man, a 1960s George Clooney.
Steve