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Post by crooky on Nov 13, 2008 22:17:59 GMT
Here are a selection of cartoons that have appeared in the Capital Gulls magazines over the years. Michael foot was given a squad number 90 at Argyle to mark his 90th birthday.  A few years back a coach load of Gulls fans had been on their way to Carlisle and were near Preston when they got news that due to a frozen pitch the Carlisle match was off. They diverted to Villa Park where via phone they had been ensured by Villa officials that they would be able to watch Villa-Spurs. However they were refused entry when they arrived at the ground. The lovable Merv Benney was rumoured to have refused entry to Watfords Luther Blissett to the Plainmoor boardroom due to what he had done to John Uzzels face on a previous visit to Plainmoor. Easy mistake to make, Merv!!! And yes...I have realised that I have spelt Paignton wrong!! ;D  Going Greek?  |
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Post by Dave on Nov 13, 2008 23:45:22 GMT
Thanks crooky for sharing these with us, they are very funny and as always so well drawn.
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Post by crooky on Nov 14, 2008 16:27:45 GMT
This one dates back to when a series bra adds were all over the billboards and the Exeter players were not receiving their wages  |
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Post by David Graham's Eighth Pint on Nov 14, 2008 16:48:16 GMT
And yes...I have realised that I have spelt Paignton wrong!! ;D And it should read "You're" in the speech bubble, not "Your".  Pedantic-ness aside, these cartoons are absolutely top drawer (pun intended). |
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Post by petef on Nov 14, 2008 17:50:49 GMT
Top drawer Crooky and the characatures on the other thread are first class and worthy of being published though I guess the audience would be limited though quite easy to do these days through internet publishers.
This sort of talent shuldn't be wasted.
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Post by crooky on Nov 14, 2008 18:18:18 GMT
This was drawn at the time when a plan was scuppered to kidnap David Beckham  |
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Post by crooky on Nov 14, 2008 18:28:50 GMT
This is still appropiate...isn't it Mr Drogba??  |
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Post by crooky on Nov 15, 2008 10:37:16 GMT
World Cup 2002  |
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Post by crooky on Nov 15, 2008 10:39:35 GMT
In the jungle  |
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Post by Jon on Nov 15, 2008 10:51:30 GMT
And yes...I have realised that I have spelt Paignton wrong!! ;D You haven't actually! PAINGTON is the correct spelling. When the railway came to South Devon and GWR started to promote holidays, they thought that PAIN would put people off, so they changed the spelling to PAIGNTON! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2008 11:33:38 GMT
Jon, local history? You'll get me started again. One of several spellings apparently. And here's the proof of the pudding...  |
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Post by merse on Nov 15, 2008 11:52:28 GMT
 Hmmn, I always regarded Paignton as a derivitive of Peaga's Town. Paega itself was thought to drive from the Latin Pagunsus used by the Romans to collectively name Pagans which in itself referred to those who lived in an out of town settlement (no not Trago Mills!) and later came to be a description of "country dwellers" before it ever referred to their "religious beliefs" Whatever, it's a little place just outside the grand metropolis of Newton Abbot! 
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Post by Jon on Nov 15, 2008 13:21:21 GMT
And here's the proof of the pudding... I bet Chelston Gull was there! He loves cakes and puddings and I think he was living in Paington/ Paignton back then! |
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Post by Dave on Nov 15, 2008 21:01:02 GMT
Got to talk to crooky on the phone this morning, must have been for an hour at least. Got to say all those boys who live north of the Penn Inn Roundabout, all sound the same when they talk, it could have been romfordkev for all I know  |
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Post by merse on Nov 15, 2008 21:29:48 GMT
Got to say all those boys who live north of the Penn Inn Roundabout, all sound the same when they talk, it could have been romfordkev for all I know What, what, what...................you can't tell a Greenford intonement from a Romford one? Shame on you mate! |
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