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arryarryarry
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My Dad lived in a house on one of the streets near the ground during the 50s (Tiverton Street, perhaps - can't remember which one) and I'm pretty sure he mentioned something about people paying to leave their bikes in the front yard during a game!


I and some friends used to go by bike and leave them for a small fee in the small garden of an old lady's house in Imperial Avenue.

We used to get there early and get into the ground for I think 1s 9d and climb over the gate at the bottom of the Pontoon to save the 6d entry fee.
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My grand-parents lived on Elliston Street (opposite the old Loftus's toyshop on Grimsby Road) in the 1960s and early 70s.  We used to call in before matches.

You could gauge the size of the crowd by comparing the number of cars parked outside at sat 1.30pm and 2pm each home game.  This rough assessment proved to be a pretty reliable indicator.

They never complained about the visiting cars as they did not own a car.  
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From a recent programme  
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1962 to be exact
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Quoted from arryarryarry


I and some friends used to go by bike and leave them for a small fee in the small garden of an old lady's house in Imperial Avenue.

We used to get there early and get into the ground for I think 1s 9d and climb over the gate at the bottom of the Pontoon to save the 6d entry fee.


I can see you being contacted very soon by getyourfactsright
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I can see you being contacted very soon by getyourfactsright


I would refer Your Honour to the Limitations Act of 1980.
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1962 to be exact[/quote]

Wrong thread mate. That answer should be on the 'when did we last play attractive football' thread  .



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She said 'Well you already know how to play football'  
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Quoted from Civvy at last


1962 to be exact


Wrong thread mate. That answer should be on the 'when did we last play attractive football' thread  .

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Yeah, someone else said that. Her and her mates used to turn up well into the first half and just leave their bikes with hundreds of others outside and get in for nowt or next to nowt.


You could get in for free at half time KM

Me and my mates used to do it when we had no pocket money left or my Dad was at work.


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You could get in for free at half time KM

Me and my mates used to do it when we had no pocket money left or my Dad was at work.


Aye that was what she said.


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Quoted from grimsby pete


You could get in for free at half time KM

Me and my mates used to do it when we had no pocket money left or my Dad was at work.


Yeah Pete - I always remember the "half time - free entrance" thing

My dad used to take me along if the game sounded like it was going ok ( we only lived in Lovett Street so not far to go once he'd decided we should go )

I think one of the first times he did this with me was the time we put seven past Scunny... 5-0 at half time I think it was

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