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Hatters Worldwide Series 2- 6 Paul Gregg ( Spain )

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          It`s 4 years since we heard from Paul Gregg in Spain , Paul( Dudley Hatter on County Heaven )is always a good read ,so it was a great pleasure to be contacted by him again with an update of his position that is crammed with   news and positivity. Here`s a link to Paul`s earlier contribution in series 1-   https://hedgegrower.blogspot.com/2020/12/hatters-worldwide-4-paul-gregg-spain.html     Paul`s latest account of life in sunny Spain follows below…..   ………………………………………………     Here is my update from El Palo   Wow, I can’t believe it’s been four years since I talked about my life here in Malaga. Have things changed? Of course they have.   I no longer live with the fantastic view of the cathedral. Instead, I’ve moved a different barrio (neighbourhood), I wonder if you can guess which one? Yes of course, El Palo.   Thanks to the wonders of modern Internet dating and a place called Tinder. I met a Spanish lady called Pilar. Pilar is not a loca

"We`ll Maybe Try It For a Couple of Games"- That was 32 Years Ago !

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   image by Les Braithwaite "We`ll Maybe Try It For a Couple of Games"-     -         those were the thoughts of Bob Jeffries, the late Jim Wilkinson and Louis Spalding as they enjoyed a pint in the Fingerpost pub on   Sunday 15 January 1992. They had resolved   to give the idea of running a coach to support County at away games a go. It was a significant moment for travelling County supporters and the Club that they support!   From that acorn of positive thought has grown the mightiest of County Oaks in the form of the Fingerpost Travel Club , and 32 years later ,just 2 days prior to the anniversary of that fateful meeting in the Finger, the Flyer was still getting County fans to County games playing their part in a 3-1 win against Walsall.  Flyer 1992   Flyer 2015/16 The Flyer`s record since 1991/92 season   is amazing as in the early days , run by  Jim Wilkinson, Lou Spalding , and for