Old Photos Thread

[Suitman]

# 16 Doug Hayes was my last coach @ St Doms (Brothers) Reserve grade. He knew i was as crap as i knew i was.

His nickname was Radar.
His goal kicking was sensational. Hardly ever missed. As a toe-poker, he was great.

Suity

 

[parra pete]

that is a gun side! just wondering if that's our gf winning 79 side or our 1980 side..

number 13, Greg Heddles played 1 first grade game which was a semi final in 1978 against the dogs and actually scored 2 tries..

Greg was also in a Country team I was manager of in 1981.
I think the team is 1978...The reserve grade won in 1979...but I think Sterlo and the Zip Zip man were in first grade by 1979 under Terry Fearnley...

 

[Parra R 4 Me]

I'm totes going to go home and find my picture with Scotty Mahon...

Scotty Mahon now he was a hunk.

 

[parra pete]

Scotty Mahon now he was a hunk.

A what?

 

[bartman]

Some contributions from Parra Pete... click to enlarge and view.

1. News clipping Parra v South Africa
2. Fuifui lookalike...
3. Fuifui lookalike 2...
4. Ken Thornett
5. Final game at Cumberland Oval 1981

 

[bartman]

More courtesy of Parra Pete... click to enlarge and view.

6. Letter-ettes newspaper clippings
7. Referee pelted Parra v Manly newspaper clipping

 

[Twizzle]

gee those old programs bring back a few memories

Barry Rushworth in the seconds, I'd pay to see that, actually I probably did

 

[Stagger eel]

I wouls of given my right arm to see Ken and Dick, Rushworth, Grumpy, thirsty and Bob Bugden.

 

[Stagger eel]

I wouls of given my right arm to see Ken and Dick, Rushworth, Grumpy, thirsty and Bob Bugden.

 

[roopy]

Copies of the Sun Herald from the 1950 and earlier will be available in a fully searchable format - and viewable as original as well - from sometime within the next month or so.

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/de...nd+oval&textSearchScope=full&facet=decade:195

 

[Nikki]

Oh bugger. I had a whole heap of my photos scanned into my old computer.. But that is now long gone and I no longer have access to a scanner.

 

[Gordy]

Geez there are some memories there people!! Fan bloody tastic.....
I found a few of my scrapbooks when I moved recently i shall try and submit a few also. Great stuff.

 

[parra pete]

Thanks Bart....
The Fuifui look alike (Echidna) was in my garden at home. The missus cooked it and a snake and we had 'snake and echida' pie. ;-)

 

[bartman]

No worries Pete. I'm loving looking at all this old stuff. :thumn

 

[bartman]

Some contributions from Captain BF... click to enlarge and view.

1. History of the Eels magazine cover
2. 1961 page 2
3. 1962 page 1

 

[parra pete]

I wouls of given my right arm to see Ken and Dick, Rushworth, Grumpy, thirsty and Bob Bugden.

Stagger...they were something. Definitely not the athlete of today.They would train two nights a week then probably sink ten schooners before DRIVING home. Thirsty was thirsty for obvious reasons, but Dick Thornett could sink a few too.
The best drinker I have seen out of the footballers I know would probably have been the former player known as "Blossom" - and his big brother Crusher could handle a few also.
He came to our pub with his team (end of season trip, chasing pigs) when he was coaching down this way.
I reckon he would have sunk fifty middies during the day. He put all his team mates away, and was still looking for someone to have a drink with!!!!

Grumpy was a great favourite of mine especially for his brutality. No-one stood over Grumpy.
My memories of the team of the sixties are so vivid, I can remember the days like they were yesterday...I can still see games 'in the sixties; in my mind...I hope I can retain that ability for a bit longer yet, because, to me, they were special times.
I haven't got a lot going for me, but one thing the good lord blessed me with was a good memory..and for that I am grateful.

 

[parra pete]

Some contributions from Captain BF... click to enlarge and view.

1. History of the Eels magazine cover
2. 1961 page 2
3. 1962 page 1

I have that magazine too. It is fantastic and one of my prized possessions.

 

[PJ Marshal]

this is an old photo ive found

 

[bartman]

More contributions from Captain BF... click to enlarge and view.

4. 1962 continued
5. 1966
6. 1976

 

[parra pete]

I've just sent you a couple more from 1962 Bart. An intersting article is the one about Bob Bugden signing on and the amount he was going to cost the Club over 5 years. Lucky there was no SALARY CAP in those days....