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Old 23-02-2008, 04:21 PM
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Whereabouts did he work ?????
Cricklewood, and then he moved to the Midlands to develop the region. He knew Bernard & Nicholas Coral very well.

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You should know, I hadn't been born yet. So, what were they really like when they first opened Steve???
Strange places with those plastic "beaded" curtains over the doors and the windows covered so that you couldn't see what went on inside. A bit like adult bookshops

We used to go to Speedway regularly at Wimbledon and although we'd see the Tote windows they were a bit of a mystery as well because betting has never been allowed at Speedway tracks.

When we went to the Derby we'd see the on-track bookies and a few tipsters like Prince Monolulu ("I've gotta horse"). But that was about the closest we got to the world of gambling as children.

Although in later years my Dad did say that he used to earn a bob or two as a bookie's runner for the then illegal bookmakers

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Old 23-02-2008, 09:51 PM
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Cricklewood, and then he moved to the Midlands to develop the region. He knew Bernard & Nicholas Coral very well.
I think he may have been a bit before my time...or a bit above my level back then. I think Bernard and Nicholas were long gone by the time I arrived...
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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Strange places with those plastic "beaded" curtains over the doors and the windows covered so that you couldn't see what went on inside. A bit like adult bookshops

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I'll bow to your superior knowledge re. adult bookshops....

The 1961 Act, though making shops legal, put in very stricy regulations as to what they could be like. Unbelievably, the principle was that an operator could not make a shop inviting to go in, or pleasant to remain in...because either could encourage business.
So....passing customers were not allowed to be able to look in to a shop from outside (for fear that the wonderland glimpsed would be too tempting); hence the walled-in windows, etched glass and beaded/ribbon curtained doors. This was only altered about ten years ago.
Refreshments could not be offered (eg Machine coffee), for fear of enticement to stay; altered about ten tears ago.
Seats could not be too comfortable for the same reason; padding only allowed if they were tall barstool-type seats...no armchairs.
Televisions could only be used for data and text; no live or recorded sport could be shown, or even watched by the staff. Changed in '87.
No advertising of bets or prices in shop windows; changed about ten years ago,
No TV or Poster advertising...changed in September...
We're almost being treated like legitimate concerns now...it's only taken nearly fifty years....so if you think old betting shops look grotty in The Sweeney or whatever...it was because they had to be, to be within the law!!!
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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I hear on the news that someone has just won a bob or two on a fifty pence bet on an 8 horse accumulator!

Don't worry penfold, it was at William Hill's so your Christmas bonus should be safe

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Couldn't happen to a nicer firm.....
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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Fans of petting shops should catch tonight's episode of MINDER, on ITV4....
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Is that the one where Terry and Arthur go to the zoo?
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He's got back to Adult shops again!

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