What is your most treasured Notts related item?

[cher1]

One (half) of the aforementioned progs

That's absolutely amazing.

Don't have mine any more. My dad and I went to the end of season dinner in 1981. Think it was at a hotel, but can't remember which one (was it the Commodore maybe?). At the end of dinner raffle, they had a signed football as a prize. I REALLY wanted that football, and I suspect that there was a bit of a fix (thank you John Mounteney!) as I won it.

My dad died in 1991 and my ball went in his coffin. After his cremation, his ashes were buried in the goal at the Meadow Lane end (he was born and brought up on ML). So he and the ball went back home

[americanpie]

That's absolutely amazing.

Don't have mine any more. My dad and I went to the end of season dinner in 1981. Think it was at a hotel, but can't remember which one (was it the Commodore maybe?). At the end of dinner raffle, they had a signed football as a prize. I REALLY wanted that football, and I suspect that there was a bit of a fix (thank you John Mounteney!) as I won it.

My dad died in 1991 and my ball went in his coffin. After his cremation, his ashes were buried in the goal at the Meadow Lane end (he was born and brought up on ML). So he and the ball went back home

Yes, indeed a lovely, emotional memory.

I used to go to all the Commodore "do's" We probably knew each other (by sight), which begs the question:did you know the Cumberpatch's? John and Anne....they lived a bit further up Meadow Lane. Also the Millers....had two girls Josie and Pauline who used to go to all the matches and do's. Lovely people, and lovely memories. My wife was a Notts County Golden Girl in the day.

A little story from the old days: I flew up to Carlisle with the team (thence to Workington for a match). The air hostess coming
down the plane bent over Don Masson,sitting in front of me, pointed at Tony Hateley , and asked "Is he very important?"........

No....he just thinks he is,replied Don.

[upthemaggies]

That 1898 card for the Xmas Eve Villa match would have been the 3rd game in which the "Results board" was used. No radio in those days and I've speculated before that they must have had somebody on a telephone jotting them down and then running over to the scoreboard to put them up, but actually - thinking about it - it would have been more practical for clubs to use a telegraph machine. If so, that would be quite an item to be in possession of now, Notts County's telegraph machine.
I don't think any of the reports of Notts first game at Meadow Lane mentioned a "new" scoreboard, if not then could it have been the same one from Trent Bridge that lasted all the way through to 1963?

[cher1]

Yes, indeed a lovely, emotional memory.

I used to go to all the Commodore "do's" We probably knew each other (by sight), which begs the question:did you know the Cumberpatch's? John and Anne....they lived a bit further up Meadow Lane. Also the Millers....had two girls Josie and Pauline who used to go to all the matches and do's. Lovely people, and lovely memories. My wife was a Notts County Golden Girl in the day.

A little story from the old days: I flew up to Carlisle with the team (thence to Workington for a match). The air hostess coming
down the plane bent over Don Masson,sitting in front of me, pointed at Tony Hateley , and asked "Is he very important?"........

No....he just thinks he is,replied Don.

Great story about Tony Hateley. Flying to a match was quite something!

Ah so it was the Commodore then. It was a wonderful night, I felt completely starstruck as a t e e nager.

As for Meadow Lane, we'd go to visit my aunties who carried on living at number 9 until demolition, but I didn't know anyone else in the road. You'd probably have known my dad by sight maybe as I only went to that one dinner.

[Observerpie]

That's absolutely amazing.

Don't have mine any more. My dad and I went to the end of season dinner in 1981. Think it was at a hotel, but can't remember which one (was it the Commodore maybe?). At the end of dinner raffle, they had a signed football as a prize. I REALLY wanted that football, and I suspect that there was a bit of a fix (thank you John Mounteney!) as I won it.

My dad died in 1991 and my ball went in his coffin. After his cremation, his ashes were buried in the goal at the Meadow Lane end (he was born and brought up on ML). So he and the ball went back home

Didn't you have a pair of Steve Mildenhall's gloves?