Gene_Clark

Len Chapple being the offspring of Frank Chapple & Len Murray? If you were from south of the river, my old fella would have been your branch secretary, treasurer & who knows what for all time. i'm from AUT, or UCU as we now are

i remember in 84 going to the pub quiz in the greyhound in felling iwth the old man one tuesday night & getting back for 11 or so to find the old girl in tears... reason? "bobby ewing's dead" only time said programme ever crossed my consciousness

i've not blocked you at all!!!!!! i wouldn't know how to do so!!!! and my holiday ended 3 days ago, sadly

unions merge these days; by the time my dad died it UNITE, but he joined the ETU, which became EEPTU

well, i'm a member of the Labour Party (don't shoot me!!) as he was (him for 55 years, me for 30 so far). i'm a union branch official like he was (he got 60 years membership & his coffin carried by union members; me, i've been in my union for 25 years). when i bought my first house, he said "that's a canny idea" & bought the house where i was brought up from the council (without a mortgage as he was always careful), before i'd even moved in to mine. all i wanted to do was better myself i guess; i'm glad my son isn't growing up where i grew up i have to say...

if you don't want your children to mix with criminals, they you deserve to bring them up.

Do they still do "Blowin' Free?"

that's how it used to be. nowadays, many people take their family to games

so you'd prefer the underclass? if you've children, then they should be in care

"children begin by loving their parents. after a while they judge them. rarely if ever do they forgive them." i wanted to get away from the noise & dirt of felling; i used to sit on the 15 bus (wardley to marlborough cresecent via team valley) during the evenings when it was deserted, paying 5p each way, just because i could sit in silence & read "madame bovary" or "iron in the soul" back in 78 or 79.

who would you rather your kids associated with at the game? criminal thugs or the intelligensia?

para 2 - i feel that middle class people are as good at creating community spirit as working class; for example, walking buses to school, freecycle etc para 3 - that is so true & such a crying shame

it's far better; now it's easier to concentrate on the game

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by 92 i was 28 at least nufc's support is middle class nowadays

i i was the world's best nufc fan & incredibly hard. i should tell you the tale a glasgow social worker friend of mine told me....... nah, i'd best not

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i was born among the working class; my father was an electrician for the council & my mother a shop worker; we lived in a council estate (2 heatherwell green in felling if you are interested). i knew by my teens i was better than those i lived around; hence by the time i was 13, i was reading "the daily telegraph," which i filched from ralphie dixon's paper shop in felling (i had a morning & afternoon round there), while my dad read "the daily mirror." i watched bbc2, regardless of programme as they watched itv (other than when i watched football) & i listened to radio 3 while they listened to radio newcastle. i drank coffee while they drank tea. i was a vegetarian as they ate meat. while they came home tired & dirty from work, i read french & russian 19th century novels. while they paid rent, i bought property. yes, i left the working class behind

no need for language like that

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