1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

land of green ginger 1973

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by shaunindeutschland, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. DMD

    DMD Eh?
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    60,918
    Likes Received:
    50,519
    It's hardly a secret. Good spot on your part though. Did you know he'd be there or was it just a random glance?
     
    #21
  2. StrovolosTiger

    StrovolosTiger Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2011
    Messages:
    6,507
    Likes Received:
    154

    Completely random spot, but it was about the third time I'd watched when I noticed that familiar shock of hair. Question is, was he a paid extra or was the Alex his pub and he just happened to be there when it was filmed?
     
    #22
  3. Nick HCAFC

    Nick HCAFC Active Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    4,299
    Likes Received:
    1
    Cheers guys. By the way my mum watched this tonight and says she remembers seeing it forty years ago!
     
    #23
  4. guitartrax

    guitartrax Active Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    875
    Likes Received:
    57
    Cracking that. I remember watching it back in the 70,s. I was born 100 yards or so from Alex pub and used it in 76 onwards for a few years when I was a three day millionare, our lass used to work at smiff an nefews, and i would meet her in there at dinner time, back in the days when you got a propper dinner hour. And reconized the lad behind the dart woman lol. Also like JF had good memories of little switzerland and Ezzle foreshore. The thing is it really dosent seem that long aga which is quite scary....
     
    #24
  5. Yardley Tiger

    Yardley Tiger Active Member

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2011
    Messages:
    293
    Likes Received:
    167
    Must 'ave missed it when it was first put on here. Just watched it and brought back many memories. Very moving as I left the UK for the USA in 1977. So the BR ferries were still crossing the Humber and Sammy's point was just a waste land and not the Deep!! I related to the lady saying "the old houses were being bulldozed" as my parents F & C shop in Norhumberland Avenue was likewise demolished. I paid a visit just afterwards and salvaged a slate from the roof (which I still have) and the number 63 on the broken remnants of the front door. They retired to Hessle and watched the Bridge being built from their bedroom window. However, I believe one falacy of the piece. I thought everyone from Hull knew that The Land of Green Ginger was at the bottom of Whitefriargate, and that the George with the smallest window in (Hull, England, or was it the world) was on that street.

    Wonder what the sequel would be with the complete demise of the deep sea fishing industry and the buildiing of the Humber Bridge in the 1980s.
     
    #25
  6. wawnetiger

    wawnetiger Member

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    80
    Likes Received:
    17
    In the 70's I played in the Hull Sunday League for a team called J P Cornells (The music shop). Johnny Paterson (of The Aces fame) knew Alan Plater and recruited our team to do the background football shots at Pickering Park.
     
    #26
  7. originallambrettaman

    originallambrettaman Mod Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    107,538
    Likes Received:
    64,736
    I haven't seen Johnny Pat for years, is he still around?

    A little JP performance........to make you cringe. :emoticon-0120-doh:

     
    #27
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 27, 2014
  8. wawnetiger

    wawnetiger Member

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    80
    Likes Received:
    17
    Johnny P still around and playing local gigs.
     
    #28
  9. St.GeorgeisCross

    Joined:
    Jan 27, 2011
    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    15
    S***n G**y, S***n G**y, is it true, you are..............(fill in as required)
    You might want to buy a half time draw ticket???
     
    #29
  10. Chiltons222

    Chiltons222 Active Member

    Joined:
    May 7, 2011
    Messages:
    1,371
    Likes Received:
    0
    Well done Shaun, it was great to watch this again. I worked just off Hessle Road and opposite the Wm Wright dock for 29 years and loved the people around there.

    This brought a lot back to me. Thank you again.
     
    #30
    Last edited by a moderator: Dec 27, 2014

Share This Page