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aquickgame2 Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 07 Mar 12 9.05am
Quote Stuk at 06 Mar 2012 3.27pm Quote aquickgame2 at 06 Mar 2012 1.29pm Anyone remember putting "dubbin"on the old leather balls before playing a game. I never really knew why we did it ? Same reason you put it on the boots. Waterproofs it and softens the leather to prevent it from cracking. They dont do it anymore do they ?
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Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 07 Mar 12 9.05am

Quote Stuk at 06 Mar 2012 3.27pm

Quote aquickgame2 at 06 Mar 2012 1.29pm

Anyone remember putting "dubbin"on the old leather balls before playing a game.

I never really knew why we did it ?

Same reason you put it on the boots. Waterproofs it and softens the leather to prevent it from cracking.

They dont do it anymore do they ?

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tangerineeagle cleveleys,lancs 07 Mar 12 9.32am
im sure my frido was red,got plenty of outings on thornton heath rec clowns to the left of me,jokers to the right
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im sure my frido was red,got plenty of outings on thornton heath rec

clowns to the left of me,jokers to the right

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batcountry Melbourne 07 Mar 12 9.57am
Yes , the Frido balls I had, and there were many, we're red. They also sold a branding iron type tool that you could repair punctures with.
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Melbourne 07 Mar 12 9.57am

Yes , the Frido balls I had, and there were many, we're red. They also sold a branding iron type tool that you could repair punctures with.

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sausage M25 07 Mar 12 10.09am
I thought this thread was going to be about Lord of the Rings p***.
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M25 07 Mar 12 10.09am

I thought this thread was going to be about Lord of the Rings p***.

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Pete53 Hassocks 07 Mar 12 11.02am
Ah Frido balls, jumpers for goalposts etc etc Weren't they fairly lightweight, or am I thinking of another brand? I seem to recall you would give one an almighty Bobby Charlton style wallop but never quite know in which direction it would end up going (although part of that would have been down to my lack of Bobby Charlton type skills).
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Hassocks 07 Mar 12 11.02am

Ah Frido balls, jumpers for goalposts etc etc

Weren't they fairly lightweight, or am I thinking of another brand? I seem to recall you would give one an almighty Bobby Charlton style wallop but never quite know in which direction it would end up going (although part of that would have been down to my lack of Bobby Charlton type skills).

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richard shaw (og)65 my minds eye 07 Mar 12 7.14pm
Quote batcountry at 07 Mar 2012 9.57am Yes , the Frido balls I had, and there were many, we're red. They also sold a branding iron type tool that you could repair punctures with. ha , remember my brother warming a knife over the stove to fix a puncture , the smell of burning plastic and the let down of the repair not working ,my brother was always sh111te at diy , still is interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?" iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "
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Quote batcountry at 07 Mar 2012 9.57am

Yes , the Frido balls I had, and there were many, we're red. They also sold a branding iron type tool that you could repair punctures with.

ha , remember my brother warming a knife over the stove to fix a puncture , the smell of burning plastic and the let down of the repair not working ,my brother was always sh111te at diy , still is

interviewer " iggy , do you think you influenced anybody?"
iggy pop " I think I wiped out the 60`S "

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lankygit Lincoln 10 Mar 12 3.26am
Quote cornisheagle at 05 Mar 2012 7.04pm Do any of you oldies remember those quality plastic footballs (fridos)that nearly every kid had in the late 50's and 60's. I seem to remember that they were quite cheap and were very durable.Do they still make them? Didn`t Tavison United play their first(and probably only) ever fixture on Norwood rec using one of those Russ? Is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour? [Link]
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Lincoln 10 Mar 12 3.26am

Quote cornisheagle at 05 Mar 2012 7.04pm

Do any of you oldies remember those quality plastic footballs (fridos)that nearly every kid had in the late 50's and 60's.

I seem to remember that they were quite cheap and were very durable.Do they still make them?

Didn`t Tavison United play their first(and probably only) ever fixture on Norwood rec using one of those Russ?

Is this a five minute argument, or the full half hour? [Link]

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