What ever happened to......

Little Chef on the way out. Despite the fact they are awful in many ways I have often enjoyed stopping there, particularly for breakfast or a tea cake.

Nicer than most service station food, which is mostly (with a few exceptions) all paninis or really horrible canteen stuff.

 

Sure it was opposite smiths. Deffo not up near the Co op. Moons sounds about right

 

Lots of comments on that FB page now. Some suggesting there were three Wimpy's.
One next to The One Bell/opposite Woollies. One next to the Halifax/or opposite Smiths/or next to Gordon Scott.. and one in St Albans road. Whether they meant all at the same time i dont know.

Funny after seeing many pics of old Watford ive never seen one with a Wimpy in.

 

There was one in St Albans road but I don’t remember it being there at the same time as the two in the high street during the 80’s. I don’t remember a third one at all. I thought that when the high street Wimpys closed down the franchises popped up and I reckon this was the one in St Albans road. I remember that being in the 90’s and the franchises weren’t the same. It could have been on the corner of Victoria road.

One of the high street Wimpys had the space ship and the other has a bus. I went to a 10th birthday party at the spaceship one (think it was the one opposite smiths, which may have been taken over by Next and opposite Coles). We thenwent to see Return Of The Jedi at the cinema near the top of the town (the Odeon?). I think the Wimpy with the bus was next to or near Our Price records but not as far down as Woolworths.

Of course my memory may be miles off!

 

Olympic breakfast is the only item to order at little chef.

Those fried sliced potatos are subline.

 

Fool! Shirley you mean the "Jubliee Pancakes" (cherries and ice-cream)?

 

We'll have none of that US clap trap on these forums.

 

We don't get Jubilee Pancakes at this forum

 

Whatever happened to ‘Old Git’ the head steward who had his own song at the Vicarage Road End in the mid-90’s?

 

In the late 80's I used to work in the Wimpy on the high street as a weekend job while at school. One day they made me dress as Mr Wimpy with that big massive fibreglass head to make an appearance at a kids party. It was so difficult to see out and the head so heavy I fell down about 10 stairs and got beached like a whale at the bottom. Obviously everyone thought it was hilarious.

At some point both franchises were taken over by the same company who were shocked to discover the number of kids slaving away in the kitchen so they promptly sacked them all. Actually what was most shocking to me as a na*ve schoolboy was the number of people who would finish work with a large roll of notes stuffed down their socks after spending a day working on the till.

Eventually I left for the McD drive through in Garston . Regrettably I never achieved the triple crown by working at Burger King !!

 

Definitely did them in the early 90's . Three flavours. All washed down with a cool root beer .

 

Spare ribs at KFC

 

Friday tea was always a take away and my choice was nearly always KFC ribs from the one in St Albans Road.

 

That KFC was always the stop off on a Friday night on the way home from the pub or club. Zinger tower burgers hmmmmmmmm!

 

Or The Anchor on the corner of Lowestoft Road for a kebab!

Servewell's further up St Albans Road past Balmoral Rd was good for burgers - Klondyke burger was a bit special.

 

Kardomah cafes (not coffee shops).

 

Probably dead.

"Old git old git, old git old git!"

 

Bless him!
He was quite glum!

 

He is. There was a wonderful headline in the Wobby, "Old git dies"

 

For younger readers, let me explain. During one of the duller periods that we "enjoyed" in the second tier, when the lads still congregated at the Vicarage Road end, the head steward - a 60ish guy with grey hair and glasses - used to walk from one corner to the other behind that goal after about 20 minutes' play, no doubt for some operational reason.

The fans behind that goal took to chanting "old git, old git" to the tune of the Westminster chimes. The embarrassed old git walked grimly, as fast as he could, head down, until he disappeared behind the Rous stand.

One day Watford were amazingly 3-0 up by the time he appeared. Everyone was in party mood. "Old git, old git what's the score?" He turned to the stand and held up three fingers on one hand, and made a 0 with the other. Immediately, the fans behind the goal burst into "Our old git is unbelievable!"

Thereafter his appearances were greeted with "Old git! Old git! There's only one old git!" This probably went on for about 18 months, until he stopped making that walk. (It may have been when the Vic Road end was redeveloped and seats installed.) The early 3-0 lead was an aberration and the football remained dire, but the crowd and the game were always given a lift by the old git's appearance and the response from the Vicarage Road end.

 

That was around the same time as the Wolfman wasnt it?

 

I don't remember seeing "old git" until the Vicarage Road end became all-seater. There were various chants aimed at him, which I think he enjoyed, such as "There's only one old git (x2), walking along, singing a song, walking in an old git wonderland." followed by the nyeeer sound of the Harry Enfield characters.

 

I've never understood how a crowd can suddenly start singing something apposite. I've occasionally seen someone conducting the crowd with their back to the play, but how the fans spontaneously sang to recognise the old git's fellow-feeling for Watford baffled me then and still does. There's no way that could have been rehearsed. There are other examples too, but i can't think of any for the moment.

Could someone from the 1881 enlighten me? I sit in the UGT, so these things are foreign to me.

 

Wolfie, it was indeed. We also sang a few tunes when plod walked along the front of the stand.

 

Plus the obligatory 'get your **** out' to that average blonde girl who used to walk past every match (program seller?).

 

Excluded LBGTQQWTFXYZ people

 

He's still there, albeit less hirsute than he was back then, in the days when beards were deeply (and rightly) unfashionable. Can today be found on the corner of Occupation Road shouting 'Pwogwaaaammes'.

Even when it's not a match day.

 

Everyone standing in the Rookery - bring it back.

KFC with coleslaw and mash and gravy. Proper food.

Firework ‘bangers’ that u could light and throw at people like a mini grenade. Occasionally blew a finger off.

Regulation size Wagon Wheels not like the Oreo sized ones today.

Robertsons golliwog pins.

 

When Spangles were first launched just after the war the tagline in ads was "the sweet way to go gay"

 

I thought he was on his way out about fifteen years ago!
Very resilient chap clearly!

 

Saw him opposite the shop after a game recently. Gave him a howl on the way past. He duly howled back.

Pretty sure he was staying in our hotel during the Ibiza tour.

 

I thought tv mags were a thing of history. Just seen an ad for one.

They must be like buying the yellow pages every week nowadays.