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Jun 29, 2009

Shuggy's Pics

Here's a few more photos from Shuggy, and yes, Albie is there again in one or two of the photos.
Albie has just had a few days in Lloret with a few mates from Doncaster and as usual they all had a great time !


28 comments:

Anonymous said...

4th pic next to Shuggie,is it Jeff Fartuncle and Peter Piper.
John Stanley.

Shuggie said...

You are correct John, its Jeff & Graham.
I'm trying to remember the name of the guy at the other end next to Stuart (Albies brother) and in front of Limpy

Anonymous said...

The guy doing the Burto impersonation?? who is that/ I thought it was the spermwhale till i saw the original up top!! ;)

Shuggie said...

All the usual Dukes Staff in these photos from 78, with Albie sneaking in as usual. Thought I would include Hammy with his Prop team from La Cala

Shuggie said...

Billy Fraser, remember that day in Girona?
We actually got to play on grass.
Where was Albie that day,,,not good enough to get invited eh???hehe

Anonymous said...

Shuggie I worked next door in the Laurel and Hardy in 78,what was the name of the Spanish bar next to you were the workers used to go,you had to crawl under the shutter to get in.
John Stanley.

Shuggie said...

Hi John,
I can't remember, we used to go to Barretinas(?) which was further up the hill.
I think the guy who owned the Spanish bar also owned the Dukes building.
Where's Jill when we need her??

Anonymous said...

We watched scotland 3-1 v Holland in that wee bodega in 78. also we were all in there at the reunion and someone spilt a lotta red wine on the floor!!

Anonymous said...

Hola,
I remember crawling under the shutter of a bar called The Steering Wheel in the early 80's think Davy Mc Guigan ? running it then.
Crawled in and out of a lot of bars over the years !!! Maggie x.

Jackie said...

Maggie you still do!
Davey McGuigan is here in Lloret now. We met him in Buzzbys on Tuesday night, he's been trying to get on the message board for the last 6 months but he couldnt get into it for some reason or other...managed to sort it out for him. So we'll be hearing from him when he gets back home I should think.

(I think we crawled out sometime after 3am!!!)

Anonymous said...

Shuggie,1st time me and sniff went to barrentinas is was packed with spanish very loud,arms waving all over the place all talking at the same time,we thought we were in the middle of a bar room brawl and legged it.Felt like a right couple of twits when told they were having a normal conversation.Which barril did you sit next to,we sat at the rosado barril,5pts a half pint.
John.

jill said...

I am here Shuggie, the bodega we went in at the reunion was on the next street, opposite the Cana Bar (if that is how you spell that god awful drink that made you mental), on the same side as the old Gary Cooper, some of the photos on the reunion blog were taken in there. I presume that is the one you are on about. If not apologies from Thorne!

Anonymous said...

The bodega where the wine was spilt was the Fishermans, they did'nt want us singing either, in fact he made us leave and go in the seven seas, Barentinas did the best tomato tuna and onion sandwiches ever.

Stanley78 said...

Zodiacs Dico after work,Timmy was DJ,then onto the Fishermans for tuna bocs and Carajillos with Scotty,usually in bed by 9am.1 night they had a fancy dress for the workers,walking along the front Scotty went missing,he fell over the wall onto the beach,quite a drop at that end of the beach,got tummy cramp with laughter.A Scotty was the only person who could walk around Lloret reading a book and not get run over and make 6 cups of tea with 1 t-bag.

jill said...

Does anyone remember the tapas bar opposite pedros, in 76 we use to go in for the best liver ever, it cost us 10 pts and we got free bread with it, somedays we just lived on it, couldn't afford anything else. Then in 77 we all use to go to Geminis after work (anyone remember the last song)? What about Santa Maria in 76 when Annie and Adolpho had it?

Jackie said...

John, Barretinas is still the same with the old Catalans shouting and carrying on over a game of cards in which they could only loose a few cents on...Fiona can keep them under control though!

Jackie said...

Oh! I forgot to mention...they now have a computer in the corner, so it has changed!

Anonymous said...

Geminis did Don't stop thinkin about tomorrow at the end but think that was 77, which workers did Don't go breakin my heart in there 77, had beer crates for shoes.
spanish place opposite El Rics on a secret mission. JOHN STANLEY good idea, a fancy dress on the reunion.

Shuggie said...

Who ever said Barretinas did the best tomato, tuna and onion salad....YOU ARE RIGHT...
I'm still trying to replicate it to this day but never get it quite right.
I have a photo holding little Rosa Maria, the owners daughter in my arms outside the bar. What age will she be now?? I must send it to you Jackie.
Jill did Geminis finish with "You Will Never Walk Alone??? Although I did more times than I care to remember.
Great to hear from everyone.

Stanley78 said...

78,I'm sure that year Geminis finished with Maggie May and the long count with all the workers singing to 20 something before the final big "Maggie I wished I'd never seen your face"
Luvvly Jubbly-

Terry said...

My head behind geoff the singer. Shuggie you got me the storemans job behind the londoner and picked up your deliverys because i could not drive.

GazMcGowan said...

Have to agree about the tuna boc's in Barretina's. They did a great cheese omelette too. Remember spending hours in there waiting for maxim's to open at the start of the season. Also used to talk with Jordi (the son) about all things Barca. He was a nice kid.

jill said...

You are right Shuggie, it was 'You'll never walk alone', Maggie May they use to play when we had all arrived after work. It was never the same in 78 because tourists had found it by then. Yes it was the Fishermans I was talking about, opposite the Cana bodega and the old Calamic.

Anonymous said...

Its me writing about the best tuna sandwich ever(can't get nameplate going)Rosa Maria and Jordi were so funny like an old married couple shouting at each other, they must be around 37 and 40ish by now do you think,we used to go through the graffa barrels in there, i was partcial to banana brandy myself as george stewart may remember, took me years to get over that....just the smell was enough. LINDA

GazMcGowan said...

I was particularly fond of the cherry brandy myself. The thought of jordi being in his 40's is scarey.

Shuggie said...

Yes I remember Terry, I hope you can drive now???
Nice to hear from you
All the best

Anonymous said...

Remember counting to 20 on Maggie May, still do now when I hear it played .............

Anonymous said...

Stranglers got blasted out too..., and Mally had a great version of Abraham ,Martin, and John.