Who, where, why and when?

[Deleted User X18H]

Did he drink with your old man?

 

[Longfellow]

Don't know the elephant's name but it was definately at Selhurst Park - it was when Wimbledon FC were ground sharing with Palace. I think it was a publicity stunt by the then chairman Sam Hamman to draw attention to Merton Council not assisting them to find a suitable site to get them back to the Wimbledon area - sounds a familiar story.

Not sure whether it was 1995 or 1996 but it was a Premier League match - Wimbledon v Nottingham Forest - as you may have gathered I was there supporting the Dons.

The elephant got into a bit of a panic and the old boy ended up being dragged along by it! Happy days!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I bet it's a generic cat name, like Marmalade, or Tiddles

It was the club cat but I don't know it's name.

Indeed.

It was Tiddles, Brighton and Hove Albion's mascot at the time.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

An even more baffling photo ...

Freedman reckons he needs a big lump up front.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

I bet the elephant had some generic name like Nelly or Jumbo!

 

[Everest]

Isn't that Dean Windass warming up?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Sack Gully! Bring back Tiddles!

 

[fire&skill]

Indeed.

It was Tiddles, Brighton and Hove Albion's mascot at the time.

Did he help fire t-shirts into the crowd at halftime utilising a mini bazooka?

 

[AZ Gull]

Peter Bonetti ?

Very good.

 

[Blackadder]

That's "Bring your wives to work day" at Selhurst.

Genuine LOL

 

[Vegas Seagull]

To add to the previous Billy Wright info. He later married one of the Beverley Sisters. A contemporary of mine from Brighton, married one of the others, so this was not the last time he visited, and maybe he brought his own cat.

Donald Cottage - Property - Kingsway Court?....Joy?

 

[skipper734]

Donald Cottage - Property - Kingsway Court?....Joy?

Joy was the Sister that married Billy Wright. Are you saying she lives in Kingsway Court?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Joy was the Sister that married Billy Wright. Are you saying she lives in Kingsway Court?

At least two of the Beverly Sisters live (or have lived) locally. I remember seeing two of them in the Burgess Hill branch of Waitrose about three or four years ago.

I can't say I know an awful lot about them, but there's no mistaking identically dressed twin grannies, with dyed blonde hair and caked in rouge and bright blue eye shadow.

 

[Box of Frogs]

An even more baffling photo ...

Poor thing appears to be a bit lacking in the leg department.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The crowd looks surprisingly large for a Wimbledon game at Selhurst. I see they're half way through constructing the barn at the Holmesdale end too.

 

[Braders]

An even more baffling photo ...

'arry turns up for his first day at Palace..

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

An even more baffling photo ...

There's a circus in the town, in the town................

 

[seagurn]

New transport system for ALL palace fans coming to meet the players evening!
or/and
Now we've run out of Bullshit were now talking ellephant shit.