Nostalgia

[coivtny]

The "Red Hots"


View attachment 24043

Used to work at HP trots every Friday night while I was going to uni.

 

[coivtny]

So true !

I believe there was a designated race every Friday night that was fixed and that's where the big boys made their money. The master fixer was one of the big 3 of NSW crime at the time.

 

[innsaneink]

Reminds me of the very old racing ditty;

“ The owner told Clarence the Clocker, the clocker told jockey McGee, the jockey of course passed it on to the horse, and the
horse told me “

They used to play this on 2KY all the time...my old man had the radio permannently fixed there

 

[tiger_one]

They used to play this on 2KY all the time...my old man had the radio permannently fixed there

@Halbrowne61
@innsaneink
@coivtny

 

[jadtiger]

The trots or the marriage ??

The trots

 

[Halbrowne61]

@Halbrowne61
@innsaneink
@coivtny

It was the intro to Clarence the Clockers TV show as well !

 

[coivtny]

It was the intro to Clarence the Clockers TV show as well !

Did you think he was hot for Pammy?

 

[innsaneink]

@Halbrowne61
@innsaneink
@coivtny

Takes me back

 

[coivtny]

They used to play this on 2KY all the time...my old man had the radio permannently fixed there

My old man too. And you did not speak while Ken Howard was calling the Sydney races. Or else.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Did you think he was hot for Pammy?

Weren’t we all !! Lol !! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[Halbrowne61]

My old man too. And you did not speak while Ken Howard was calling the Sydney races. Or else.

We weren’t allowed any visitors in the house on a Saturday afternoon.

 

[innsaneink]

In the days before mobile phones and pubtab....the TAB in burwood was down behind the police boys club...being only a kid at the burwood pub my old.man and his mates would all be getting me.to run down to.the tab to put thier bets on.
Sat arvo workouts

 

[Halbrowne61]

In the days before mobile phones and pubtab....the TAB in burwood was down behind the police boys club...being only a kid at the burwood pub my old.man and his mates would all be getting me.to run down to.the tab to put thier bets on.
Sat arvo workouts

I used to go to the Tab many, many moons ago with my father late on a Saturday afternoon with a couple of big green garbage bags, empty the bins of all the used tickets and go home and go through them all. Usually found a couple of discarded winners but the big collect usually came if there was a protest or two during the day and people threw their tickets away without checking the protest result. It used to be called “emuing” - ie. the emu picking through the rubbish -but is barred now at both tracks and Tabs.

 

[tiger_one]

 

[innsaneink]

I used to go to the Tab many, many moons ago with my father late on a Saturday afternoon with a couple of big green garbage bags, empty the bins of all the used tickets and go home and go through them all. Usually found a couple of discarded winners but the big collect usually came if there was a protest or two during the day and people threw their tickets away without checking the protest result. It used to be called “emuing” - ie. the emu picking through the rubbish -but is barred now at both tracks and Tabs.

Hahah thats keen.
I was in Bankstown TAB once and backed this nag, midweek meeting...half the barriers opened a second or two before the other half ...declared a non race all bets refunded.
I had my ticket in my pocket and then noticed a few blokes picking up tickets off the floor and in the bins...searching frantically...all talking some lingo i dunno what.
There was a ticket face down on the counter where i was standing i just picked it up and looked at it...same nag i backed ...100 on the nose...back in the mid 80s...i just quietly put it in my pocket and walked out...caught the train to punchbowl where i was living and cashed them both in at the tab there...easiest 100 ever which was a decent whack for me back then ..