HK Blues Posted 15 July 2019 Report Share Posted 15 July 2019 I don't know if there was any specific reason for it, but I do recall brown balls being used in some games in England but not up in Scotland. My personal favourite was the all-white Mitre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parcbara Posted 15 July 2019 Report Share Posted 15 July 2019 16 hours ago, Prince Buster said: Back on topic(ish) - what about the plastic Mitres that we used at school. When you got hit in the pus with one of them you stayed hit in the pus. If it was cold and you got hit on the leg with a mitre that was a real stinger. The mitres at Kirkton were like sandpaper. How pros now can't get past the front post with a corner using the balloons they use now is beyond me. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy McLean Posted 15 July 2019 Report Share Posted 15 July 2019 8 hours ago, Parcbara said: If it was cold and you got hit on the leg with a mitre that was a real stinger. The mitres at Kirkton were like sandpaper. How pros now can't get past the front post with a corner using the balloons they use now is beyond me. We did field at Riverside in the winter and a wallop from a Mouldmaster just added to the pain of a skinny wee laddie fae Charleston They never seemed to be fully inflated either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggs66 Posted 15 July 2019 Report Share Posted 15 July 2019 8 hours ago, Parcbara said: If it was cold and you got hit on the leg with a mitre that was a real stinger. The mitres at Kirkton were like sandpaper. How pros now can't get past the front post with a corner using the balloons they use now is beyond me. It also seemed worse if it caught you through the nylon shorts we used to wear for PE at school, it hurt yer supposed mates as well as they always seemed doubled up when it happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islaydarkblue Posted 16 July 2019 Report Share Posted 16 July 2019 What about the leather ‘tubs’ that we used in the early 1960’s and they weighed a ton when they got wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSD Posted 17 July 2019 Report Share Posted 17 July 2019 Dubbin and wintergreen,jotters for shinnies,cheengin ootside in January,cotton taps that weighed a ton when soaked................. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gedee Posted 17 July 2019 Report Share Posted 17 July 2019 13 minutes ago, GSD said: Dubbin and wintergreen,jotters for shinnies,cheengin ootside in January,cotton taps that weighed a ton when soaked................. Now .... That eh can easily relate to GSD Eh wis a bit short in the "skill department" but eh had a guid left fut & speed on meh side, so they stuck me on the left wing. But in those days eh carried very little weight or/& muscle (skin & bone really) So if the rain came on & ptich really got heavy, THEN BASICALLY EH COULNDNAE MOVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GSD Posted 17 July 2019 Report Share Posted 17 July 2019 You mean yer just an auld stick in the mud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gedee Posted 17 July 2019 Report Share Posted 17 July 2019 Certainly brings back fun memories. EVERTHING IN THEM DAYS, WAS EITHER, HOME-MADE... OR BOUGHT, TO LAST FOREVER. There wis never nae light-weight stuff aroond meh mither & dads hoose Being the youngest at that time eh got the hand-me doons. Eh mind, asking meh mum if eh could get fitba boots for skale team (Tough times for near awebody then...it wisnae gonna happen) Meh Grannie (Auntie) heard aboot meh plight & thought she were doin a guid turn, by buying me...A Pair o' Tackity Boots oot Coopy. Wi' them on, I really couldnae move, whitever the weather wis like !! Money wid hae been better spent on decent swimming trunks. In them days, if/when money was short, it was either a case o' goin' swimmin' naked or wear the home-knitted kind yir granny made. In truth it didnae make any difference whether you went public swimming naked or wore the wooly ains...Result ended up the same. Once in watter got intae the Wooly Trunks, there was only one place in the watter they were gonna end up. BOTTOM O' THE POOL (Apologies for going off-topic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy McLean Posted 17 July 2019 Report Share Posted 17 July 2019 13 hours ago, islaydarkblue said: What about the leather ‘tubs’ that we used in the early 1960’s and they weighed a ton when they got wet. They certainly did. And if you headed the lace you knew about it. Saying that, I got a T panel one Christmas and loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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