http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/-t1.htm Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:20:01 GMT 10 http://i85.servimg.com/u/f85/12/95/78/31/forumb10.jpg http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/-t1.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a-friend-of-bully-t887.htm mickcricket In Martain Swain's column in tonight's Express & Star, he thanks the Wolves fan who called to report this wonderful exchange from the queue for Steve Bull's book signing session at Molineux. A man arrives not carrying a copy of the new "Billy & Bully" tome. STEWARD: Sorry sir, you can't come through unless you have a copy of the book. MAN: But Ijust need to see Bully for a moment. STEWARD: Sorry sir, I can't let you pass. MAN:But... . STEWARD: I'm under strict ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:20:01 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a-friend-of-bully-t887.htm#15656 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a-friend-of-bully-t887.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcestershire-and-dudley-historic-churches-trust-t831.htm WBB Now that it is the close season, we have the time to mention august and excellent bodies such as this Trust. Operating within the Anglican Diocese of Worcester and the County of Worcestershire- the boundaries do have subtle differences, especially in the north of Dudley borough and the south of Bredon Hill- it raises money to provide grant aid to churches falling on harder times than usual. http://www.worcestershirechurches.blogspot.com/ Not cricket, but Worcestershire Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:07:32 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcestershire-and-dudley-historic-churches-trust-t831.htm#14333 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcestershire-and-dudley-historic-churches-trust-t831.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcester-food-festival-t774.htm xraysteve
Six pounds for adults and lots of good stuff to eat and drink!]]> Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:28:34 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcester-food-festival-t774.htm#12867 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcester-food-festival-t774.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/pershore-plum-festival-t760.htm WBB With the plum tossing scrapped, I thought I had better start a new thread.... A marvellous day- got to Abbey Park at 10.20 and left at 4.35 for a quiet tea by Eckington Wharf and a slow road home through Tewkesbury-Ledbury-Bosbury-Suckley-Knightwick- Great Witley-Stourport-Kidderminster-Stourbridge-Dudley to WB. All the great features were there as usual- more plums than ever to buy: Victoria, Avalon,Valor and greengages : but sadly no Pershore Eggs this time. The vintage car collection ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:37:57 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/pershore-plum-festival-t760.htm#12592 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/pershore-plum-festival-t760.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/plum-tossing-uncensored-and-uncut-t6.htm WBB The Pershore Plum Festival was excellent as always, with classic cars in the Abbey Park, teddies zipwiring and parachuting from the Abbey tower; Plum Brew from the Brandy Cask, Bridge Street; Plum Ice-Cream from the excellent Farmers Market in Broad Street and even plum flavoured black tea from a tea rooms in Broad Street. An excellent day out- and every August Bank Holiday Monday. I picked up some Pershore Eggs- the marvellous yellow plum now so hard to find anywhere, as well as Pershore Purple ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:51:11 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/plum-tossing-uncensored-and-uncut-t6.htm#40 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/plum-tossing-uncensored-and-uncut-t6.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcester-beer-festival-t718.htm Henry Crun Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Anyone else going? I should be there on Thursday. Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:50:56 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcester-beer-festival-t718.htm#11302 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcester-beer-festival-t718.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a449-roadworks-t606.htm baz Does anybody on here have any idea what is going on with the A449 from the Claines roundabout to Ombersley with the roadworks and temporary traffic lights, they started on the 3rd November for 27 weeks (just over 6 monts) meaning it should have been finished in early May, its now the end of June, there's 30 foot drops on either side of the road but no signs to say why there's been a delay and there are still cones for about a mile cordoning off the road despite no work being done on that stretch, ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:36:27 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a449-roadworks-t606.htm#8720 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a449-roadworks-t606.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/not-worcestershire-but-gloucestershire-t536.htm xraysteve

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Bloody English traditions!]]> Not cricket, but Worcestershire Mon, 25 May 2009 11:56:35 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/not-worcestershire-but-gloucestershire-t536.htm#7282 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/not-worcestershire-but-gloucestershire-t536.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/new-new-road-and-old-stjohns-t514.htm WBB I drove into the City today to have a recce for the first time this season. With all the time in the world, I left M5 J6 on the Droitwich turn and tried to find the 'Sixways/Smite' site- the SPR . Unless we are to build on the Warriors car parks, we must be considering the two fields lightly covered in green north of there. I presume it is them because every ground needs a focal point now. Durham has Lumley Castle; this site has a gentle climb up to Hindlip Hall- although the radio ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sat, 16 May 2009 15:10:02 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/new-new-road-and-old-stjohns-t514.htm#6900 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/new-new-road-and-old-stjohns-t514.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/tenbury-nightsor-how-the-mighty-have-fallen-t510.htm WBB Tenbury was a surreal place this evening...shrouded in mist that never quite became rain but blocked out the Sun- and seemingly back from the brink left by the floods. The pavement where Market Street meets Kyre Brook has been rebuilt; a new restaurant/bar/butchers/grocers/fishmongers has opened, where you can buy the food they cook with; other new shops now fill nearly all the gaps; and the Regal rooms are back to their best. Ah yes- the Regal. Volunteer run cinema and community hall. And ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Thu, 14 May 2009 22:48:19 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/tenbury-nightsor-how-the-mighty-have-fallen-t510.htm#6846 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/tenbury-nightsor-how-the-mighty-have-fallen-t510.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/not-pershore-s-finest-brain-t391.htm WBB This guy is at the Horticultural College in Pershore. I don't think he can sue us for calling him not the brightest spark- here he is showing that 'winning touch' in how to apply for jobs in Wales Though I don't recommend the Sun reporter should apply for jobs in Worcestershire either. Perhaps working with Gilo is a career aim... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2348307.ece Not cricket, but Worcestershire Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:23:19 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/not-pershore-s-finest-brain-t391.htm#4966 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/not-pershore-s-finest-brain-t391.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcs-to-twin-with-gaza-t341.htm Serchers
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/local/4154960.COMMENT__City_twinning_with_Gaza_is_plain_daft/]]> Not cricket, but Worcestershire Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:45:54 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcs-to-twin-with-gaza-t341.htm#4193 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/worcs-to-twin-with-gaza-t341.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/oz-clarke-and-james-may-t325.htm WBB If you've been watching these two on BBC2 in their journey round Britain, then you will know that Worcs. and the Three Counties have featured highly. Last week saw them at the Windsor Castle brewpub in Lye, sampling what James called the best mild ever and the excellent food. It's just by the railway station in Lye- with half hourly evening services to Stourbridge; and hourly ones to Kiddy and Worcester. Careful planning could lead to a good night out there. This week had them in south ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:31:48 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/oz-clarke-and-james-may-t325.htm#3920 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/oz-clarke-and-james-may-t325.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/the-cricketers-angel-street-t298.htm WBB Old posters and lurkers will remember this pub as home of some of our nascent Meets- one that turned into me and Big Doc and me having to run for the last northbound Foregate Street train of the day with a full bladder and another which was me and a very drunken member of 2 Para . Even older followers may have drunk in there before and after matches! Like the best pubs, it is improving in the current storm that pubs are going through- and proof that no one need fear good competition. ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:45:49 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/the-cricketers-angel-street-t298.htm#3591 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/the-cricketers-angel-street-t298.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/sour-times-t271.htm WBB This place should be about varieties of fun, but sometimes you just have to be serious and stop and contemplate. The appalling events and discoveries in Fairfield today and near Warndon yesterday put all that we talk of into sharp perspective. I am sure all our thoughts go with their next of kin- and we hope that justice is served with might on the perpetrators. I fell in love with Worcs. aged 3 as God's Own County and it has grown- not decreased- in my affections as the years went ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:56:26 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/sour-times-t271.htm#3239 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/sour-times-t271.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/hey-pockpock-no-plastic-bags-means-a-success-story-in-worcs-t140.htm WBB Remember Pockpock's campaign against plastic bags? Many of you will have seen stores move to those brown , 'gauzy' types of bags now- jute bags! The market leader in jute shopping bags is based in Broadway- and even better, gives work to 5,000 people in India harvesting the juteplants- allowing them to survive without charity. See here for yourself: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7664603.stm Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:25:16 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/hey-pockpock-no-plastic-bags-means-a-success-story-in-worcs-t140.htm#1511 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/hey-pockpock-no-plastic-bags-means-a-success-story-in-worcs-t140.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/great-war-question-t199.htm Serchers Why does the unusual WW1 Memorial in Evesham give the date of the end of The Great War as 1920 ? Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:58:19 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/great-war-question-t199.htm#2147 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/great-war-question-t199.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/rorke-s-drift-local-hero-t200.htm Serchers Surely one of the best films ever, Zulu is in fact inaccurate. I'm gobsmacked to find out that it wasn't the South Wales Borderers who faught the Zulu's but in fact the 2nd/24th Warwickshire Regiment who were renamed the SW Borderers two years later. The film depicts the soldiers singing Men of Harlech but they actually sang the regimental song, A Warwickshire Lad. The connection to Worcestershire is Pvt William Jones, VC. Born in Bristol his family moved to Evesham where he grew up before ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:13:00 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/rorke-s-drift-local-hero-t200.htm#2149 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/rorke-s-drift-local-hero-t200.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/if-anyone-is-free-tonight-t179.htm xraysteve Far far better than the Stanford farce is a proper farce, Noises Off, at Malvern Theatre tonight. If anyone is free it is a fantastic night. We went last night and I have not laughed so much since I do not know When! Not cricket, but Worcestershire Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:30:59 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/if-anyone-is-free-tonight-t179.htm#1891 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/if-anyone-is-free-tonight-t179.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/john-bonham-28-years-gone-t99.htm WBB Incredibly, John Bonham died 28 years ago today- 25th September 1980. So here he is with the Zep- well, mainly him of course- performing MOBY DICK to all the near 11 minutes that YouTube can carry. Taken from the film The Song Remains The Same, the soundtrack was recorded live in concert at Madison Square Garden, New York...but the outdoor scenes and the farm life come from just off the Kidderminster-Droitwich road some 35 years ago...... It's a fitting tribute to one of Worcestershire's ... Not cricket, but Worcestershire Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:07:10 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/john-bonham-28-years-gone-t99.htm#1151 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/john-bonham-28-years-gone-t99.htm http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a-worcestershire-farmer-from-tenbury-t71.htm WBB

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7617321.stm]]> Not cricket, but Worcestershire Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:13:36 GMT http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a-worcestershire-farmer-from-tenbury-t71.htm#696 http://wcccfansforum.forumotion.net/not-cricket-but-worcestershire-f11/a-worcestershire-farmer-from-tenbury-t71.htm