A bit off topic I know but it's so good to see someone using the old slang for a sum of money. Sprazzy , if I'm right was slang for an old 6d coin.. Next bet the three of us was on my lucky number , I never won a sprazzy since .
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Many thanks for that Pedrocut.My dad won a lot of money on that and gave me and my Brother £10 each
Hi Everyone - working at Perry Barr dogs was my life when I was a teenager - I was there from 1975 when I started working for Colin McNally at the kennels behind the stadium at weekends and on race nights after school. I then worked for Andy Agnew when Big Mac moved to Cradely Heath. When I was 16 I was able to be a parader on race nights and did this up until I left to go to University in 1983. When I left I was parading for Rita Hayward. It was around this time that they were talking about Ladbrokes selling the land and knocking down the old stadium to build a new shopping centre on the land. Everyone was really sad about it but we were powerless against Ladbrokes and their intention to sell. Fortunately some of the greyhound owners came up with a scheme to use the abandoned old Birchfield Harriers stadium over the road to make a new stadium. I don't think Perry Barr would have been the same without a greyhound stadium in it. Up until recently I used to use the One Stop shopping centre a lot as I have been travelling back to Perry Barr almost every week to visit my late father who until just before he passed away still lived in the family home of Wilnecote Grove - a short distance from the stadiums and shopping centre. It would be lovely to see some photographs of the original Greyhound track if anyone has any.
Sprarsy Anna is Cockney slang for Tanner. And heard down the dogs, a pony and a monkey.
The crowd I knocked about with just used Sprarsy
Hello Pedrocut - thank you so much for the newspaper clipping - this has brought back some memories as I remember the dogs mentioned. These were very happy days for me - Andy was a lovely man to work for - he enjoyed having youngsters help at the kennels at the weekends, making the work a bit easier for him.
I think a lot of the cockney slang was shortened. For example Barnet (Fair) for hair, or even doubled up, and this should get me banned...
Aristotle...Bottle....Bottle and glass....????....nice bottle!