On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:53:58 +0100, John Williamson
> wrote:

>Mack A. Damia wrote:
>> Just happened across this; I don't know much about Gordon Ramsay and
>> the F Word.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3E8mRQ4AV4
>>
>> He mentions, 'Accrington's Stanley' . Must be the name of the tripe
>> shop. I was born in Accy. Great granny owned a tripe shop in
>> Clayton.
>
>You must have left while you were very young, then, not to know that
>Accrington Stanley were one of the best known football teams in the U.K.
>for a period in the 80s.

I left Accy in 1954; the Stanley was always at the bottom of the
league, and we lived very close to the playing field.

The Stanley was always fairly well-known, though. In my day they were
the butt of jokes much in the same manner as the Brooklyn Dodgers.

>Known for being one of the worst in the country, that is, according to a
>milk advert.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pieK7b4KLL4
>
>As Ramsay says "Accrington Stanley", he's actually walking into the
>Victorian indoor market building.

I visited in 1999-2000 for the Millennium celebrations. I take it the
market is called Accrington Stanley, eh? I didn't go downtown; my
relatives live in Church.

Thanks for you reply!
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