Two names Linda Johnson (tea hut main stand Central Ground ) Pigeon Buckley ground staff
Johnny " Pigeon " Buckley who could forget him ! Legend !
That’s the lady, I couldn’t remember her other name, only knew her as Linda.
Just to say that the book is not complete, I am still researching names so if someone obvious is missing they will almost certainly be in the book when it comes to be published. As for naming the buyers, NOT ANOTHER LIST!!
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PS
Thanks to a kind offer from an anonymous person I can order as many as 200 books as they are happy to take the risk that they may not get all their money back if we don’t sell most of them.
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That’s good news. I’m sure if you set up a stall at a home game, either in the social club or on the ground, you’d sell quite a few copies to people who
don’t visit this site. The Football Club shouldn’t mind if they’re getting the profits.
On the list along with around 200 others!!
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Now also on the list!!
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Be a film out next " WHS LIST" directed by Steven Spielberg !
Now there’s a thought, would have a great cast!!
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Just to clarify the way we will sell the book. We have to decide how many to order, 100 seems sensible. If we sell them all at £10 each after paying publishing costs the club should make about £250. If we could guarantee selling 200 they would cost less per copy to produce increasing the profit to the club to more like £700 as each copy would cost about £5 to produce instead of £7. I have orders for 50 or so. I am happy to put up enough money to buy the first fifty and someone else has said they would pay for maybe another 50 or 100. Until I get confirmation of this and confirmation of further possible sales I will stick to the 100 copies. As for “The List” of unsung heroes it now tops 200!!
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Looks like we have a sponsor so I will probably be ordering 150 copies of the book if we get promoted!! Anyone got an exact translation of Optiam Tua Age.?
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I seem to remember it’s something along the lines of “Be Your Best”
\Quite right, it is either Be your Best or Do your Best or something along those lines. Many thanks.
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Optima Tua Age is actually an idea of Pritch who thought of it as club motto few years ago . " Be your best" had to be translated in Latin .Simon and 2-3 of us looked for an exact translation and came up with ‘Optima Tua Age’ .Not optiam WHS but Optima . Hope it helps
Like it, may use it in the book. I knew it was optima, spell check does not work in Latin!!
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Count me in!
What a great idea - I will be both pleased and proud to own a copy of this book.
Let me know where I need to send my details/money and I’ll duly oblige.
Thank you Allen for your wonderful efforts! :clap
Your name will be added to the list of people who have already ordered a copy, over 50 now.
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Just to confirm, the book is finished but requires a happy ending! I have only this season to write and it has been decided to order 150 copies so everyone who wants one should get one, priority will be given to the 50 or so people who have ordered. I will personally be ordering 5 hard back copies that will cost me around £20 each, one will go to Northwich Library, one to me and two to my sons leaving one I may raffle or auction.
Please order if you want to ensure your copy. Finally, though I will thank them in the book, I must thank Paul Lavell and George Haspell without whom this book would not have been possible. I would also like ti thank Vin Conneely and the many others who provided me with so much information. I hope I have done them and our wonderful club justice.
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WHS…10 for me please. 1 for me lad who plays for the U13’s, 1 for me, 1 for Auntie Suzie from Nottingham and then the rest for the player of the year for the team for the next few years.
Pictures available of the juniors if needed 