PHS026 Hughie Lloyd MP3
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Audio details
| Collection Title | Pompey Champions of England |
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| Date of Recording | 1st January 2016 |
| Name of Interviewer | Colin Farmery |
| Location of Interview | Fratton Park |
| Participant Name | Hughie Lloyd |
| Participant Date of Birth | 1st January 1927 |
| Participant Sex | Male |
| Participant Occupation | |
| Participant Background | |
| Type of Recorder | iPhone |
| Track No | 1 |
| Track Duration | [00:18:48] |
| Recording Format | MP3 |
| Transcript Summary |
[00:00:01] First went to Fratton Park in 1931 at age 4 with father Ted, memories of his fathers the Royal Engineers playing in salmon, only missed 6 or 7 games ever since, been to every league club in the country [00:02:14] Memories of players in leather boots and ball, old goalkeepers [00:03:25] memories of the run to the 1939 FA Cup final, quotes entire team and all the games and scores. Couldn’t afford to go to the final. [00:05:20] Memory of standing on the boilermakers hump below the scoreboard and describes that [00:05:45] Back to the route to the FA Cup Final and how he felt when Pompey reached Wembley, listened to it on radio indoors, went to the Fratton Station at end of game with his mates (he was 12) the big crowd and players getting into open topped bus [00:09:02] Standing on the north corner of Fratton Bridge, packed solid, cheering when bus drove past in the Pompey red corporation bus [00:12:00] Conversation with Colin about what happens to memory as one gets older [00:12:30] Huddersfield game in 1939 [00:13:00] Memories of going to games and standing on the terraces , wearing [00:15:51] Memories of Wembley 2008 and then how the modern game compares [00:18:47] Ends |
| Copyright Clearance | Full |
| Copyright Holder | Pompey History Society / Portsmouth FC |
