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Offline UsualSuspect

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #15 on: September 16, 2011, 12:03:25 PM »
Quality

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2011, 01:04:21 PM »
Great footage. Yet another civic reception when we packed Victoria Square. Looking at both films, there seem to be more at the 1982 event, hardly surprising as it was a warm Friday evening.

As we dispersed at the end of the reception, we were singing that we'd be back next year. How wrong we were.

Happy memories and as I recall, the crowd had a real jingoistic vibe to it; this was in the middle of the Falklands war and many versions of Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory were sung. All were dropped when Sir Dennis and co apperared on the balcony.

Offline The Laughing Policeman

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2011, 09:34:30 AM »
Superb, that bus needs to come out of retirement I think.
Yes but painted Claret And Blue. Bloody bloo n woite bus for the Villa to travel in >:(

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2011, 10:37:44 AM »
We'll do well to top that when we win it next year. There must have been, at a guess... half a million there?

Offline willywombat

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2011, 08:29:51 AM »
We'll do well to top that when we win it next year. There must have been, at a guess... half a million there?

Nah. official estimates were about 50,000 I think

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2011, 07:47:39 PM »
We'll do well to top that when we win it next year. There must have been, at a guess... half a million there?

Nah. official estimates were about 50,000 I think

Not too far out cdvillafan.

Offline serbentoflight

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2011, 08:31:22 PM »
All i want to say is...

I Was There.


ta.

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2011, 08:51:52 PM »
fantastic stuff - i still tell anyone who'll listen where i was stood that evening if we're walking through Victoria Square - especially the Wolves fan i work with.

just wish it disn't seem a million miles away

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2011, 11:08:38 PM »
We'll do well to top that when we win it next year. There must have been, at a guess... half a million there?

Nah. official estimates were about 50,000 I think

Not too far out cdvillafan.

I'm sticking to my estimate as it sounds better!

Offline Oscar Arce

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2011, 03:33:47 PM »
Wonderful memories and well spotted, I was there and also the season before when Ron Saunders did his 'give us a smile' speech.
Sadly I have to agree with previous posters that it won't happen again while football is like this.
Perhaps when the 'big five' have fecked off to play in some world league, taking all there obscene money with them........

Offline darren woolley

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Re: EC'82 Open-top bus parade footage
« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2011, 10:10:55 AM »
Nice to see that Leeg just what I need to cheer me up.

 


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