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Cinemas from memory One at top of East Street Odeon ABC/Forum Classic Gaumont x 2 in Shirley (one still remains as Bingo Hall, the other just up from the Shirley Pub x 2 in Portswood (one remains as a Bingo Hall) x 1 in Swaythling x 1 by Cobden Bridge x 1 in Bitterne (either on site of Bowling Alley or Sainsburys) x 1 at Northam (turned into Southern TV) x 1 at Woolston x 1 at Netley Possibly one at Totton Pubs/Cinemas/Department Stores/Bus Stations/Record Shops all gone/disappearing

Fred's daughter standing as a Tory Candidate for Gosport. First of all doesn't use her married name. Must assume she thinks associating with the ex Director of PFC, friend of the Krays and 'International TV Celeb' will give her a degree of gravitas and pull in bucketful of votes from the Daily mail readers in Gosport To enhance her image, poster sites have be showing her beaming face with one or two enhancements (ie crows feet removed/teeth straightened and whitened) Anyone on here able to do a proper job on her publicity material ie give her Uncle Fred's comb over??

Site for new ground There are some toilet bowl plans going cheap!!

I actually played Sunday Football with Lew Chatterley Smashing bloke but one of the worst players for Saints in his time. Lawrie Macs relation?

Agree that the Ref was consistently poor However will give him crdit for not being taken in by the Beckford dive at 0-0 Some Refs would have been

Has the BBC 2 schedule changed tonight?

In a roundabout way (notice the auto reference!!!) there is a degree of similarity with the situation in Liverpool post war. Detroit was a major maufacturing base with a strong music heritage which lost about 50% of its inner city population over a relatively short space of time. Liverpool suffered similarly. Both cities have some grand old buildings but some areas of particularly bad deprivation. Thanks ESB for the heads up. I would have missed the programme tonight.

I tend to agree. NC is a cute business man Better to spend out on players and reach the Prem before spending big on a stadium. Think Liverpool's planned 70,000 seater will cost £360m (and can't be financed at the moment). So a 50,000 seater will cost, pro rata, £250m and where will it go? It would be extremely difficult to keep such a plan secret in this area and, as far I as know (and I have a reasonable amount of contacts in the Soton business world and at City Council level) nothing has been mooted. Thats not to say discussions could be going on with Eastleigh BC for example. 32,500 is a reasonable capacity for the moment and I really can't see a business case for expansion.. btw £30 odd million to build St Mary's seems a hell of a deal in retrospect so fair play to Andrew Cowans, Rupert and the ex Director (whose name escapes me who supervised the building contract) When

Listening to BBC Local News at lunchtime there was a piece about NC being 'disappointed' that the allocated expenditure on the team had not resulted in a play off position, as agreed as a target with Alan Pardew. However there was 'no rift' between NC & AP. The piece then finished with a comment about the possibility of Saints moving from their 'State of the Art' stadium to a bigger ground. The BBC don't normally make such a comment without some degree of justification but this really came out of thin air. Wonder if there is anything in it and, in the unlikely event of there being something in it, where would the new ground be? Stoneham anyone or part of the old Eastleigh railway works owned by St Mogwen ?

Unfortunately too old now but did a fair old shift around the CSSFL and occasionally had to appear in front of the disciplinary committee to pay club fines when unable to field as side

Thanks for the Isley Bros track. Haven't heard that in many a year, Isleys proabably one the real underated Motown groups. Presume backing by the Funk Bros and strings by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra some of whom used to moonlight on Motown tracks. Spoke to someone today who has recently returned from Detroit. He said it was a very sad place with whole neighbourhoods of derelict houses, the consequence of flight from the city due to mass closures at the steelworks and car factories. Apparently you can pick up a half decent house for $25 provided you can live with the feral gangs that roam around. Shame when you think how buzzing the place must have been in the 60's and 70's

On the JPT Sunday are the Sunday and Tyro Leagues still running a full programme or will teams be fined if they can't field a side?

Matt, as often happens you have to take a view on information provided. The feedback I have had is that he is a very sharp and intelligent man, which is something the club needs. However he doesn't appear to be keen to forge good relations with staff or business contacts, which is a shame, if true. NC certainly appears to have fallen out with Frannie Benali (on a house rental arrangement), the Echo (rightly or wrongly) a business occupying offices in St Marys and has told a well respected local business man (& Saints fan) that he has no interest in improving relationships with local businesses. With regard to the latter some people may say ..'so what'.. but with 47 Boxes and approx 1,000 Hospitality places to fill to maximise revenue, you would think any senior exec would not want to adopt such a cavalier attitude. Of course most of us don't really mind how the club is run if the playing side is successful. However should the tide turn then the knives get sharpened.

Any rumours? Some suggestion there won't be any shirt sponsors but think this may be a misinterpretation based on the possibility of a special anniversary shirt without any advertising. Heard a rumour that NC seriously pi**ed off Flybe which seems indicative of the way he does business. If true this is a shame as there is a warm feeling towards NC and Markus which needs to be built upon not eroded

Would be interesting to try to keep a tab on the number of coaches going up to Wembley. Understand the Travel Club has 106, Greyhound 6-8?, Stu and the Romsey crew, Warminster, Bournemouth etc Also heard of some intrepid fans going by National Express and leaving Pompey!!! at 0800hrs (suitably togged up I hope)

They were offered up to SFC by one of the operators but declined. Not sure of the reason. Possibly cost but could have been lack of Sunday rail pathways to London

Whats the point of Reserve team nowadays? The standard Saints Res play at is poor and the team seems to be filled by youngsters in any event Apart from the 18 or so squad, the rest could go out on loan to save wages/get experience, with an early recall if necessary

Saints taking 44,000 tickets, Carlisle 22,000 Will the remainder either be lost to segregation or to the Wembley debenture holders? If so I would envisage a fair proportion of the debenture tickets being occupied by Saints fans. I know of at least 12 people who are going to sit in the 'posh seats' as corporate guests so our 44,000 could be supplemented by the prawn sandwich brigade

Slightly off topic but whats your favourite Northern Soul record?

Notice a number of Wembley banners, sponsored by local companys, adorning street furniture (ie lamp posts to you and me) along Platform Road. Nice gesture and a good backdrop for the caoches which will be setting off from this location at the end of the month

Just on the western boundary

Bridgey I may need to find someone to insulate my loft. Its not a straightforward job as it is not possible to stand upright in the loft and there are some obstructions and electrical cables to consider. Needs an agile person with an idea of what their doing which rules me out!! Would your man be capable do you think?

Ron I am near you and used Pro Glaze at Maybush Did the due diligence of 3 other quotes and the quote from Pro Glaze was competitive No hard sell and they turned up on time, were polite and tidy. Had a slight snag after fitment which they sorted out quickly and also put a seal on my conservatory which wasnt their responsibility They are a Check a Trade firm I am sure there are others out there equally as good but personal recommendation has always helped me in the past

Also did the 'loop' around Brum from Gas Street Basin. Rained all week but had a number of adventures we still look back on fondly (but were 'challenges' at the time). The 16 or so locks in/out of Brum made us realise how hard the canal boat operators had to work in the 18th century. In our experience canal tow paths seem to attract more than their fair share of the 'intellectually challenged'!!

Some good R & B records released on the Chess record label