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Post by lazerus on Apr 28, 2020 10:07:20 GMT
Seamus lived next door to another great old dog man Sammy Dawson on the cobbled street just before the fly over.
Great families and lovely people , Sammy had all the latest technology to treat dogs and was a very knowledgeable dog man , spent many an hour there with me dad. Another great character and gambler was a guy called Barry Haslam , sold carpets on the markets , again another lovely family. Always late when picking you up but luckily always had a new fast car , dog was dizzy when you got there. Did us a great job one night with a cracking white and black bitch we had at Bolton. He called it Wayward Queen. First race new dog race off the back , 4/1 down to big odds on , won half of the track , we were on B O C bridge cheering , wow wish we could have those days back I would go tomorrow. Great Track Bolton and the North West hub of Greyhound racing .
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Post by blueyhills on Apr 28, 2020 13:42:47 GMT
I can remember when Darren Hampson used to go to Chesterton with a lad named Joules. He used to race dogs here occasionally. Also Jill Llewellyn, Ronnie Cross who used to drive the hare and on one occasion the Mccombes off Belle Vue took a dog on and it won £1000 classic. Darren asked me if I would be interested in doing a job at Chesterton with a decent black dog I had, he knew I didn't really like stopping them even if it was for just a trial. He came up with a deviously cunning plan. He took his A9er for a sprint ,( traps on far right) as the dog came off, I was making my way over with my daughter and the good dog, as we passed Darren dropped the lead and my daughter grabbed it and he took dogs lead off me, he then went over to the grader positioned near the finish line and marked my fellow up. I had to explain to my daughter that Darren's dog loved racing and it wanted another go. Anyways like most things that I have done wrong in life, karma struck. But that is another story🙈😭😭 |
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Post by benny on Apr 28, 2020 14:39:26 GMT
bluey do you remember the dog Billericay dicky you had him at Oldham.
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Post by benny on Apr 28, 2020 16:01:56 GMT
some great stories keep them coming.
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Post by blueyhills on Apr 28, 2020 17:57:55 GMT
bluey do you remember the dog Billericay dicky you had him at Oldham. Yes Dave, great name but I'm afraid the dog didn't live up to his name. |
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Post by blueyhills on Apr 28, 2020 18:04:58 GMT
Benny was a country mile better at naming dogs than anyone.
Noble lox, earwgo onmebike, earwigo onmehonda,Humphrey rice, Humphrey rissole to name but a few.
I used to love it when he got a new dog and the PC brigade used to say how can you call a dog that?
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Post by benny on Apr 28, 2020 18:45:48 GMT
yes, we had a bit of fun with those names. we had a great dog at Bolton.called Barnaby Rudge.i sold him on after winning loads of races, he was quality, the lad I sold him to won plenty as well.
I left £100 to back him we were open racing at Wishaw we won with one and he reckoned he missed the 5/1 I got me hundred back though.
talking of names we had a great pup the wife called it wrinkled willy .after me she said.
another good one was nelly melba came of Garry bags, won plenty. somebody sent me a post remembering this bitch.
some others were the shy dogs shy, tot .shy toff. shy tite.shy tit.they made us change one shy ting. lol, .happy days.
also, Rufus chuckabutty.peter perfect. and loads more.
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Post by BVADMIN on Apr 29, 2020 4:09:26 GMT
the track I believe, where you went through the yard was I think Potterton .and the track was Warwick.and we wnt with norman evans.who sold goods on the entrance at bolton. and lyndsey schofield .who he married they moved to ireland.[ john scofield was lyndseys dad he went everywhere with her,nobody on here would remember john.he did all the tracks ,but died many years ago.. NORMAN bought a house from seamus es relative.seamus went to bolton a nice guy from originally enniscorthy. had a lot of dogs.a big ,tall chap seamus.,lived just outside the track. anybody remember him. 
Norma Evans was a good dog man.. Before he remarried to Lyndsey he lived near Agecroft Fire Station.
Lyndsey sponsored a graded race one night at Bolton over 980 yards i remember it very very we won it with our bitch Carols Glory.
This race was worth £100 + Trophy.
Carols Glory also ran at Belle Vue under her NGRC name Betty Ditty {Trained by Mr Eric Howarth} |
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Post by BVADMIN on Apr 29, 2020 4:12:19 GMT
Seamus lived next door to another great old dog man Sammy Dawson on the cobbled street just before the fly over. Great families and lovely people , Sammy had all the latest technology to treat dogs and was a very knowledgeable dog man , spent many an hour there with me dad. Another great character and gambler was a guy called Barry Haslam , sold carpets on the markets , again another lovely family. Always late when picking you up but luckily always had a new fast car , dog was dizzy when you got there. Did us a great job one night with a cracking white and black bitch we had at Bolton. He called it Wayward Queen. First race new dog race off the back , 4/1 down to big odds on , won half of the track , we were on B O C bridge cheering , wow wish we could have those days back I would go tomorrow. Great Track Bolton and the North West hub of Greyhound racing . Seamus Masterson did indeed live next door to Sammy Dawson
in Moses Gate, Farnworth.
2 very good dog men back in the day. |
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Post by BVADMIN on Apr 29, 2020 4:14:23 GMT
some great stories keep them coming.
I remember you sending it down South i'm almost sure my old mate Tommy Crossley made the trip. |
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