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Post by captain nige on Oct 13, 2008 5:16:18 GMT
:Dhi all from the windmill inn partridge green, i used to play and drink at the windmill 30 years ago, glad to hear your still playing our great game. my name is nigel b and i play in the lewes leauge for my sins. it would be good to hear from my old watering hole again, keep on playing nigel bransby. :D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2008 10:21:14 GMT
Hi Nigel,
A bit of their history for you then from the intervening 30 years.
There were always three active bar billiards-playing pubs from that area - the Windmill, the Partridge and the Green Man. All lost their tables/teams except the Windmill which still supports two teams in Horsham, and the Three Bees in the Billingshurst League.
The original members of the Windmill A team as I recall it included John Davie, Graham Budd and Nigel Tomsett. I think Rod Tarratt turned out for them for a while. Mike Davies and Joan still run the 'B's.
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Post by captain nige on Oct 13, 2008 15:00:12 GMT
hi tommo,
thank's for the up date i'll try and pop over one night when there playing to see old mates, i know nigel used to live next door to him, also know rod tarratt very well. what nights do thy play at home, thanks again nigel b
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Post by iang on Oct 13, 2008 15:52:04 GMT
Hi Nigel.
Windmill A (Joan & Mke ) are playing at home tommorow League night Tuesday They are Playing The Nofolk Arms from Roffey.
Ian.
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Post by captain nige on Oct 14, 2008 3:22:54 GMT
thanks ian, i can't make this tuesday but will come over in two weeks time good luck nigel bransby
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Post by captain nige on Oct 14, 2008 15:07:47 GMT
can you get nigel tomsett to get in touch by the forum, i play in the lewes leauge for the team the only way is up ( the brewers arms burgess hill ) thank you. i also think i know john davie many thanks nigel b
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2008 17:46:57 GMT
Unfortunately there are not a great deal of people from the Horsham and Billingshurst Leagues who use the Forum, and those that do tend to divide their time with Mid Sussex anyway.
It would be great to get some of them interested, but most of them seem to have busy lives outside of bar billiards.
Anyway I wouldn't know how to get in touch with Nigel Tomsett but maybe the Horsham Secretary Ian Giffen might. Nigel's son Dave became quite a keen player at one stage.
Sadly John Davie is no longer with us. He did become a landlord and ran the Blue Ship for a number of years. He was well known around Sussex Bar Billiards circles, won a few honours at Team Captains, Over 50s etc and played for us in the Horsham A inter-league team.
After a bad fall at home he developed gangrenous legs and passed on in May 2004.
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Post by captain nige on Oct 16, 2008 5:22:07 GMT
i'm very sorry to hear about john davie, thanks for the up dates we forget that tine moves on so quickly these days. i will come over one tuesday see you soon nigel bransby ex littelworth lane drinker. hope to meet you one day,who do you/when are you playing nb.
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Post by captain nige on Oct 24, 2008 5:10:21 GMT
i'm coming over to the windmill next week hope to see you nb
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