Memory Lane Following Southend in 1960s/1970s

[Tangled up in Blue]

Dont remember Black John,sounds more like a pirate.
But Merv.im sure it was him,lived in a flat in the same road as i did..77-78.
Remember he and his long time girlfriend(maybe now wife),went to the Nottinghill carnival 77-78?? she got attacked and was robbed of her handbag,she was white,they öleft Merv alone,he done his best to help his G/F,but could not stop "mob rule"....Merv,is im sure,still a real nice lad

Ha! I also went to the Nottinghill Hill carnival in both 77 and 78 with my then girlfriend (now wife).She had her handbag slit open at the bottom with a knife.Nothing stolen IIRC because I 'd warned her not to take any cash/valuables with her.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Dont remember Black John,sounds more like a pirate.
But Merv.im sure it was him,lived in a flat in the same road as i did..77-78.
Remember he and his long time girlfriend(maybe now wife),went to the Nottinghill carnival 77-78?? she got attacked and was robbed of her handbag,she was white,they öleft Merv alone,he done his best to help his G/F,but could not stop "mob rule"....Merv,is im sure,still a real nice lad

Merv is a nice bloke. He's the whitest black man I know. Most of his mates are white. His girlfriends were all white. He has a 100% white accent, unlike most blacks that have Jamaican or African in their voice. He's a real character as well. He was one of the Sutton Arms lads back in the day.

 

[ozzie]

yep.he is a top bloke,just like Talut

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

He's still about. He was at Carl's wake at Bellini's. Some summers he sells second hand stuff with Tony the ferret, in the car park behind Smithy's on the seafront.

I saw & spoke to him after Carl's funeral. Was the first time i'd seen him since the 70's!. IMO he hadn't changed much & still recognisable.

 

[Chairman Trigg]

Black John was well known back in the day , he came up Leigh Comm a few times as he wanted to go out with one of The Leigh Comm Doris"s about 69-70 .

Doris's had forgotten that term for the skinhead girls of that time!

 

[ozzie]

not only the 60s-70s,imo,better than now....but we had also REAL slang!

 

[ozzie]

i do think,maybe wrongly,but that-those late 60s teams were more entertaining that teams now.I know time are different.My mate and fellow life long Shrimper,JOE, his father comes from Belfast.
His father(also a Blues fan) met Sammy Mcmillan.Mac was also i think from Northern Ireland,so he was invited round to a party they were having and he turned up.I believe with another Blues player.making a very young Joes day.Something he has never forgotten.
Cannot see that happening nowadays,Blues players turn up at party,then drinking beer...without somebody moaning or trying to make a scandal out of it....happy days