Does anyone remember the rattle?

[akbuk]

9 hours ago, Daniele Giovanni said:

Grew up when these were all the rage until I saw a kid with blood all over his face totally accidental

Made mine in woodwork at school

[mogbad]

1 hour ago, sternlad said:

I have to say…and I am boasting here…my sea grass stool made with 8…yes 8, mortise and tenon joints in the 2nd year ( year 8 ) is still upstairs in a bedroom and is rock solid at the age of 54!

 

Same here mate, my obligatory sea grass stool is still going strong which is surprising as I can certainly remember mixing up sawdust and glue to try and disguise the gaps in my pretty crap mortise and tenon joints. The rattle and stool are the only things I can remember making at Westfield.

[Minesapint]

22 hours ago, Daniele Giovanni said:

Did you get to use it? 

I did but they soon went out of fashion 

[Daniele Giovanni]

29 minutes ago, Minesapint said:

I did but they soon went out of fashion 

I was literally petrified when I saw one

[Daniele Giovanni]

22 hours ago, Django said:

Something else you don’t see anymore, when people used to tear paper up into little squares and throw it in the air when the players ran out

 

 

The cleaners must have shot them

[Daniele Giovanni]

On 28/04/2022 at 13:24, Prince said:

My partner has something that look like that in her bedside drawer. Always wondered what they were for 

Ohhh matron!!! 

[sternlad]

19 hours ago, mogbad said:

 

Same here mate, my obligatory sea grass stool is still going strong which is surprising as I can certainly remember mixing up sawdust and glue to try and disguise the gaps in my pretty crap mortise and tenon joints. The rattle and stool are the only things I can remember making at Westfield.

I remember making  a boot scraper in metalwork…

[sternlad]

19 hours ago, mogbad said:

 

Same here mate, my obligatory sea grass stool is still going strong which is surprising as I can certainly remember mixing up sawdust and glue to try and disguise the gaps in my pretty crap mortise and tenon joints. The rattle and stool are the only things I can remember making at Westfield.

Sounds like you could have been in the year above me then? Where were you living at that time?

[mogbad]

28 minutes ago, sternlad said:

Sounds like you could have been in the year above me then? Where were you living at that time?

 

I started in September 1965. I was living in Hackenthorpe at the time, only a handful of us from my old junior school (Birley Spa) went to Westfield.

[Big Jack]

On 28/04/2022 at 12:36, Daniele Giovanni said:

Grew up when these were all the rage until I saw a kid with blood all over his face totally accidental

Yea had one the same and painted it blue and white...  I got Ron Springett's signature on it my first fav player. Dangerous thinking back now but wish i still had it!

[Inspector Lestrade]

On 28/04/2022 at 11:45, bradowl said:

I had one of these when I use to sit at front of North Stand, I will have been about 7 or 8 years old. 

 

It was you then? Might have bloody known, bloody annoying things.  Bring it tomorrow.

[ffs owl]

Remember walking to Hillsboro from pond street with blue and white painted rattle and massive rosette to match , thought I was the dogs whatsits

[sternlad]

15 hours ago, mogbad said:

 

I started in September 1965. I was living in Hackenthorpe at the time, only a handful of us from my old junior school (Birley Spa) went to Westfield.

Ah I see…a lot of folks used to transfer across to Westfield from Carter Lodge for 6th Form.

you would have been two years ahead of me as I began there in 1967. Small world