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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 29, 2025, 19:57:04

Pretty certain that this inane nonsense was published
6th November 2010 in a div2 1-1 draw.

County's very own
Orson Cartier considers
interesting things about
Peterborough

As we are playing Peterborough today I thought I’d fill you in about some of the interesting things about the place.
One of Peterborough’s top tourist attractions is the local ‘Lift Lock’ a sort of boat hoist situated on one of the City’s waterways.
Folk come from miles around to marvel at the duel, hydraulic elevating mechanism! Rumoured to be the only working Lock-Lift in the world people stand in awe at the sheer complexity of it’s engineering mechanism!

On the subject of tourist attractions,
one cannot visit Peterborough without spending a few hours in the canoe museum which boasts over 600 canoes that stretch back across the centuries!!

If you find you’re fancy still insufficiently tickled then I urge you buckle up!

Not to be missed are The Warsaw Caves!
Situated on the outskirts of Peterborough there’s just shy of 9 miles of hiking trails through the picturesque countryside!!
As one ecstatic rambler enthused after nearly completing the walk…”That Sir, was a damn good hike”

Forthcoming attractions include;

‘A PhysicHair Demonstration’ in which local character (or weirdo) Ted Leydon can (allegedly) prove that by just holding a strand of
(presumably someone else’s) hair, he can read all sorts of stuff about the past, present and future!
I doubt that but if you’re in the area next week why not pop into the Peterborough Art Gallery for a damn good laugh?

Music is rife in Peterborough and no one is…er…rifer than local legend Washboard Hank!
Washboard entertains as many as 35+ fans whilst playing a variety of peculiar and strange ‘instruments’ including pots & pans, licence plates(!) plumbing supplies(!!) duck calls,
bells of various sizes and of course his trusty Washboard.
Taking to the stage with his longtime musical partner Catfish Willie,
Washboard’s style of play has been described as both ‘manic’ and ‘melancholic’ (sometimes at the same time!)
Their classic set list includes such potential hits as;
‘Stompin Tom for Prime Minister’
‘Trucker Turned to Jesus’
and of course
‘Polly Lit a Tyre fire in my heart’
Fantastic!

There we have it folks…some interesting facts about today’s Opposition
Peterborough Unit….oh!...hang on…it seems there may have been a slight flaw in my research…I’ve just realised that I’ve just given you ‘Interesting Facts about Peterborough’ in Toronto which is of course in Canada, NOT where today’s team are from in Cambridgeshire…one way of looking at it is if you are ever in Toronto…..MY OFFICE, NOW!!! (Ed)

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5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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Posted by MickMck <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=MickMck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 17:55:04, in reply to "More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Very serendipitous, young sir, seeing as a group of us have selected Peterbprough as our pre-season training venue.

After the summer lay-off it's imperative that we get into shape in order to handle the copious amounts of, err, shandy required to watch County.

If you think of it as an extended Silly Day Out (a sadly missed pastime) you'll get my drift.

Mick

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 0:39:47, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Enjoy the trip sir.
Wish I was coming with you.

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5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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Posted by dosser jacket <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=dosser+jacket' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 20:24:49, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

The S.D.O's were indeed fantastic day outs

🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺😉

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Posted by Fuzzbox <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=Fuzzbox' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 0:01:10, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Didn’t you once go and compete in the World Worm Charming Championship on a SDO, or have I just imagined that?

9B Stockport Edgeley, 9F Heaton Mersey

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Posted by dosser jacket <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=dosser+jacket' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 9:08:47, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

You are correct

we had patch number 2.
Stoke had patch number 1. They didn't turn up

Could have been fun with everyone armed with spades, forks and cricket bats

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 1:00:39, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Indeed..twice!
Also there was my mystery tours of;
A Brass Band Festival in Marsden.
A Canal side acoustic and barge Festival (can’t remember where)
A Sixties Weekend (we did the Saturday)…somewhere in North Yorkshire.
The Bury Steam trail
Todmordon giant p*** up.
Hebden Bridge Carnival (1 float)
Blackpool (to watch England game in World Cup.

I’d arrange for folk to turn up at Edgeley Station at 0900 hours with £25 train fare and enough for your beer and we were off!

Sometimes it was akin to herding cats but I learned early doors that we sometimes split up when we got to the place but we all reconvened in the last pub before the train home…in fact I only remember having lost 12 people which wasn’t bad!

STILL have ‘(Orson) Cartier Industries (Stockport)’ T-shirts left.
5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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Posted by MickMck <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=MickMck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 12:58:11, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Herding cats would probably be easier, sir.

I managed to get lost early doors on the Blackpool one. One moment everyone was together in the first pub, possibly the manc one, not sure, and then the drifting started. Someone said the Dutton so i said i'd have a wander and catch up.

But hey ho, either i was too early or too late, as i didn't see (or hear) anyone, so I had a few before moving on.

Being a dino, apparently the only bloke on the planet without a phone, I just took a trip down memory lane, with a very long pub crawl. Some new ones and some I remembered from the old days seeing as they hadn't changed since the 70s.

The next time I saw you lot was when i rolled up at the station in the evening with a bag full of tinnies for the trip home. I was so knackered in Stockport i had to spend the rest of the night listening to the band in the Town Hall Tav. Happy days, or possibly happy daze.

Mick

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 13:32:41, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Yeah apologies for that Mick I was convinced someone was with you and as everybody began to fragment I was genuinely worried when you didn’t turn up at designated England pub…neither did a few of the increasingly ‘trousered’ others and after a few frantic phone calls I’d got news you were in the backstreets revisiting former glories…and it was something of a relief when we staggered into Blackpool North railway station to see you happily stumbling around!

STILL have ‘(Orson) Cartier Industries (Stockport)’ T-shirts left.
5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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Posted by Cheadle Ender 51_ _ _ on <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=Cheadle+Ender+51_+_+_+on' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 12:01:12, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

The sixties silly day out in Howarth was absolutely superb.

T'was a pity the last bus to the station from Howarth was 18.00.

I remember there was one silly day out to an airport somewhere,to watch the last flight of the Vulcan.

There are many tales to tell about Phils yearly silly days out.It was a pleasure to be part of such a fine group of upstanding?? County legendry stalwarts.

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 13:21:41, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Absolutely correct Sir. How remiss of me to forget The Silly Day to Shrewsbury and went to R.A.F. Shawbury to observe the last visit of the iconic Vulcan Bomber.
A lot of research went into this trip and a quite arduous March to the base was required. (Should have got a couple of cabs!) but it was with it as the boozer The Fox & Hounds had a beer garden where we watched a stunning display from the legendary British Aircraft.
A coincidence was that ex R.A.F. Rick Ebberage who was like everyone else on the trip as a County fan and had absolutely no idea where he would be revisiting his old pub/air base. He was convinced it was some sort of practical joke but it honestly wasn’t!
Frat day out though.
Cheers for reminding me Les.

STILL have ‘(Orson) Cartier Industries (Stockport)’ T-shirts left.
5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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Posted by Cheadle Ender 51_ _ _ on <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=Cheadle+Ender+51_+_+_+on' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 15:01:27, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

The arduous march turned into a pleasant stroll, thanks to that unexpected petrol station we passed, that sold our favorite source of liquid sustenance.

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 1, 2025, 16:39:52, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

It was red hot and to me I was marching arduously despite alcoholic sustenance from the petrol station.

STILL have ‘(Orson) Cartier Industries (Stockport)’ T-shirts left.
5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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Posted by dosser jacket <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=dosser+jacket' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 8:27:11, in reply to "More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

superb stuff

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Posted by Fuzzbox <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=Fuzzbox' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 0:59:53, in reply to "More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

I blame Orson Cartier for County’s downfall from 2008-2018. It seems that when Orson was most prominent coincided with the bleakest seasons.

9B Stockport Edgeley, 9F Heaton Mersey

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 9:04:14, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Couldn’t agree more sir!
The man was cursed…it was only after conformation of his demise that County improved.

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Posted by TheRealExile <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=TheRealExile' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 29, 2025, 23:52:09, in reply to "More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

Timeless

The beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert.

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Posted by Mustafapoint <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=Mustafapoint' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 8:47:19, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

A blast from the past.

Is this a new service on the board? A sort of IO County Player?

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Posted by PhilRobbie <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/marionsboard/info/user=PhilRobbie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on June 30, 2025, 9:26:16, in reply to "Re: More rubbish…feel free to skip past!"

I was given a huge batch of his stuff from Phil Brennan and I procured some unpublished notes (shakily wrote in pencil on the back of fag packets and beer mats) from Orson ex home , third arch from the end of Stockport viaduct (Heaton Norris’s direction) to amass about a 100 or so of these.
Please feel free to scroll past if they become annoying (I remember at the time that some of them were in the programme (County Life) they were usually despised or met with apathy despite the editor, Phil Brennan embellishing the articles with some very funny photos (which unfortunately can’t be reproduced on here as it’s such an an old format… in fact I do all this on my out of date iPhone so it takes about 2 hours on a Sunday afternoon to copy and tidy up the mess.
As I’m all over the place anyway I’ve accidentally deleted about 10 articles already!
If the organisers of this board require me to stop I immediately will.

STILL have ‘(Orson) Cartier Industries (Stockport)’ T-shirts left.
5 sizes…£10 adults…£5 kids.
Can’t be arsed posting/delivering so pm me & I’ll meet you in a pub if possible!

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