Bfc newspaper stories book

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    grove, Dec 18, 2019
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    Forty quid looks to be a universal price. Spotted a copy on Amazon at £39.99.
    Don't know if that includes free delivery though.
     
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    Yes l've got it, l just pick it up now and again and have a peak through, take you ages to read our early years with the size of the newspaper print. Some excellent memories though.
     
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    Yes it's nice to have a look now and again, love the late seventies/early eighties part, brings back some great memories.
     
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    I wouldn't let that bother you. It goes for life as well. I know plenty of people that aren't all there.
     
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    I recieved this book 2 years ago it's one of my favourite gifts and I shall keep it pristine condition so future grandchildren can draw in it
     
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    Two other books worth reading:

    "Barnsley a Study in Football 1953-59" Andrew Ward and Ian Alister, This covers the Tim Ward era.

    "Swifter than an Arrow" Peter Holland, a biography of Wilf Bartrop who was a member of the FA Cup winning team and was killed on 7 November 1918, 4 days before the Armistice.
     
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    Talking of the history of Barnsley FC I've always wondered why our mascot is a bulldog called Toby Tyke.
    Does anyone know where the idea came from ?
    Did the club ever have a bulldog called Toby and that's where it came from, or was it just a marketing man's idea ?

    Answers on a postcard please.....
     
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    Read the first one of those, that is a great read.

    Will order the Wilf Bartrop one.
     
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    Technically our mascot should be Amos the Donkey. Especially with D1ckson Kong Lee on the board. It could be Donkey Kong or Donkey ****.
     
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    I seem to remember that Toby was a real bulldog who was adopted a sister our mascot in the mid-60s and was walked round the perimeter of the pitch before cup ties. He then appeared on the from cover of the programme around that time and supporters could buy stickers with Toby's image and the legend "Toby Tyke was here". It was probably in the 50s/60s that our nick name eveolved from "the colliers" to "the Tykes". I certainly recall "Up the Tykes" painted on walls around the early 60s.
     
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    Thanks everyone for your help
     
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