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Jolly Boy's Outing

By Senior (BE)19/5/2022 08:29Thu May 19 08:29:03 2022

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There was talk on the terraces at Dorking of a possible Supporter's Club outing to the coast before the start of the new season. Is this definite or just speculation?

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By Filipo19/5/2022 08:57Thu May 19 08:57:14 2022In response to Jolly Boy's OutingTop of thread

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If it’s anything like the end of season awards ceremony we’ll get an update on how it went in a few weeks time!

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By LiamKs19/5/2022 10:05Thu May 19 10:05:16 2022In response to Re: Jolly Boy's OutingTop of thread

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Ooh prickly if not correct Filipo

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By K's196019/5/2022 12:08Thu May 19 12:08:29 2022In response to Re: Jolly Boy's OutingTop of thread

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I always look forward to the choir outing as a 10 year old in the early Fifties to Hastings This was the only time I saw the sea which was a great adventure. I enjoyed these outings and a gentleman of the choir Mr Bush who had a grocery shop on London Road gave each choir boy 2 shillings each. Sorry to go on a bit about it.

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By Fol-De-Rol19/5/2022 17:00Thu May 19 17:00:42 2022In response to Re: Jolly Boy's OutingTop of thread

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Two bob!
Each!
That was extremely generous.
Depending on what you spent it on, that would've bought between a fiver & tenner's worth of things by today's values. A threepenny bit got you a 1st class stamp and an Evening Star, News or Standard to check the football scores would've been 2d. Sweets weren't so cheap though. A bag of bullseyes would've been comparatively far more expensive than a bag of revels or skittles these days.

Great idea with a Jolly Boys' Outing.
Have a Jolly Boys' Outing to Eastbourne or Worthing and you can almost guarantee the first three away games will be Margate, Bognor & Hastings. More likely they'll be in Jan / Feb knowing K's luck.
Maybe 20 years ago, I recall one fan in this division telling me all his lot's seaside trips were between mid-November and late February. I didn't believe him until he showed me the fixtures. He was right. 6 seaside away days that year and his lot got them in a run of 8 away matches in winter. Worryingly, I can't recall who the fan was, never mind which club he followed. Alzheimer's is a terrible thing.

Edited by Fol-De-Rol at 17:01:40 on 19th May 2022

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