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Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Squawk » Fri Aug 10, 2007 1:46 am

The "Pool Room" was made 'famous' in the aussie flick, "The Castle".

What are your five most treasured "pool room" possessions?

me (in no particular order):

signed pic of (me and) Eddie Charlton
collection of Norwood memorabillia
my great grandfather's WW1 relics - medals and other items
Signed Pic of Sir Edmund Hillary on top of Everest
Signed Steve Bradbury Aust Post stamps commemorating his gold in the speed skating at the Winter Olympics
Steve Bradbury and Michael Milton. Aussie Legends.

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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby johntheclaret » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:40 am

In no particular order

1) Signed photo Buzz Aldrin on the moon
2) Signed framed pencil sketch of Turf Moor (Home of Burnley FC circa 1992) by Peter Lewis, when the Longside Stand was still there)
3) Framed collection of Football Club badges of the original twelve teams.
4) My PYE tranny (circa 1968) The radio has long since packed up but it has my Cock of the North Roosters sticker on it circa 1972.
5) My White & gold carriage clock, given to me by my brother Mark just before he died.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Strawb » Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:06 am

In No order
Autographed Westies Posters
My Taz Devil Collection
Photos of me with brett Hodgson and Benji Marshall
My monopoly games collection
my beer glass collection
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Dutchy » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:22 am

1996 Premiership Port personally signed by Denis Pagan
1999 Premiership WEG poster signed by Norm Smith Medalist Shannon Grant and Adam Simpson (been mounted and framed)
Photo of myself and Mrs Dutchy on the Swilken Burn Bridge 18th hole at St Andrews in 2001
Signed Nike sprinting top by Cathy Freeman
Photo of my Horse winning at Magic Millions day in 2004
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Dogwatcher » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:37 am

Hmmmm....

- Huge vinyl LP collection.
- A grade cricket premiership photo - which has us celebrating after final wicket was taken - in which I was man of the match.
- Foosball table.
- Bradman Toby jug given to my by my grandmother.
- Centrals glitter picture (one of those ol' 70s things), which Mrs DW stole of her dad and had reframed for me.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Punk Rooster » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:02 am

1) Signed block mounted Chopper Read poster (5ft x 3.5 ft)
2) Collection of NAFC jumpers
3) NAFC TotC framed pic
4) Treasured photos
5) tba
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Leaping Lindner » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:04 am

Non Footy Items

Huge Ramones Tour poster from 1991 signed by all 4 members
Promo poster for Dead Kennedys "Fresh Fruit" LP signed by Jello Biafra, AAA pass to Adelaide gig and original song list from same.
Original Radio Birdman tour poster from 1978 with Adelaide Dates silk screened over it.
Clash Tour Poster from the Returning your call tour
Birthday Party songlist from a show in Glasgow (1981)

Footy Items

Ken Farmer card from 1930s autographed
1991 Premiership Dinner menu signed by entire squad.
1931 Premiership team photo
All 12 Mobil North Cards framed together.
WEG 97 and 98 Crows Premiership posters signed by all players.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Dogwatcher » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:05 am

I think we have a winner.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby TroyGFC » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:43 am

Signed brisbane jumper with Voss, Black, Brown and someothers I can't remeber who.
My collection of bar coasters
3 x premiership weg posters of Brisbane- not signed :(
Glenelg 2007 Signed Premiership jumper
Glenelg 2008 Back to Back Port.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Punk Rooster » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:45 am

TroyGFC wrote:Glenelg 2007 Signed Premiership jumper
Glenelg 2008 Back to Back Port.

the 1st part is quite delusional, the 2nd....
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Squawk » Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:58 am

Dogwatcher wrote:I think we have a winner.


Yeah, the Ken Farmer signed card :shock:

Most peculiar entry goes to TroyGFC and pointed out by Punky!
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Dirko » Fri Aug 10, 2007 2:57 pm

1./ Signed John Aloisi shirt and phote from the World Cup qualifier game
2./ Signed All Australian "Tour of Ireland" 1998 jumper.
3./ Signed Jezza photo of the "Mark of the Century" over Jerker Jenkins
4./ Magnum of Coopers Vintage ale signed by the Coopers family
5./ Michelle Brogan signed Atlanta Olypics basketball stgrip.

Have a few more but they are my favouries (at this time !!). :D
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby whatcha got there? » Fri Aug 10, 2007 3:39 pm

and heres me thinking my school sports day ribbons were impressive.... :lol:
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Dogwatcher » Fri Aug 10, 2007 4:07 pm

Ohhh but they are WGT. All in the eye of the beholder mate.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Footy Chick » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:12 pm

TroyGFC wrote:Signed brisbane jumper with Voss, Black, Brown and someothers I can't remeber who.
My collection of bar coasters
3 x premiership weg posters of Brisbane- not signed :(
Glenelg 2007 Signed Premiership jumper
Glenelg 2008 Back to Back Port.
6 pack of DUFF beer


Have you had that valued? Worth a pretty penny me thinks..
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Psyber » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:07 pm

Don't have a Pool Room, my wife, a Pianist, has a Grand Piano instead - our daughter plays Cello!

My eight 10" Bass speakers and ten [5" square] electrostatic upper range speakers have to live in another room with the valve amps etc. No room for a Pool Table [or a bar] in either situation.
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby crackers » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:03 pm

1 - signed Bradman medal ticket (last dinner the great man went to and Anthony Hiedrich first medal)
2 - Aussie open ticket from Royal Adelaide signed by G.Norman, F.Couples, W,Grady
3 - HRT pit crew shirt signed by Skaife, Perkins, Bargwana, Tander, Lowndes, Bright, and Sheen
4 - Holdens heros cartoon poster signed Crompton, Skaife, Perkins, Richards, Brock, and Gardiner
5 - Super League ball signed by the Adelaide Rams

and a few mentionables Framed Bruce Lindner taking a mark at Geelong signed for the old Sports circuit cafe, non sporting - J O'K signature and the Bee Gees
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby Ian » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:16 pm

1st 4 in no paricullar order

NAFC Team of the century framed print (birthday present from Mrs Ian & little Ian's, a couple of months later I won another one, see below)
My old 70's style V guernesy signed by Barrie Robran
Aaron Motlop's Darwin Guernsey

Collection of NAFC badges & stickers (70's to current)
A4 Photo of me and Michael Long (thanks Wedgie)

Punk Rooster wrote:3) NAFC TotC framed pic

It was a bargain :wink:
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby am Bays » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:30 pm

In my shed I have

1 Signed photo of Tony Modra taking that mark against North Melb
2 Team picture of me as a trainer for the State side in 1994
3 My cricket premiership medalians and photos played in 7 GFs won 7 flags - I know how to pick good team mates :lol: :lol:
4 Signed (M Clarke and N Hauritz) NT Chief Minister XI shirt from when we played the Bangas in 2003
5 Large framed photo of Maurice Rioli awarding Michael Long the 1993 Norm Smith medal - the NT Institute of Sport was going to throw them out after Ansett went brown I grabbed that one quickly!! Ansett was one of our sponsors. If you know anything about NT politics that photo is extra special for teh political scandal that errupted surrounding M Rioli :oops: :oops:
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Re: Your 5 most treasured items in your Pool Room (or equivalent

Postby heater31 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:41 pm

The things that hang or sit in Heater's lounge room

Framed Bradman "Cricketer of the Century" print
Framed Bradman Stats card
Signed Boof Lehman book "Worth the Wait"
Ayrton Senna print taken at Imola 1994 (presume the Saturday or Friday beforehand)
the First corner incident at Monaco '95 Gerhard Berger airbourne
Various empty alcohol bottles (cleaned of course)



Stuff that is still at Mum & Dad's place

In Memory of Ayrton Senna 21 March 1960 May 1 1994 Print
Various Sports Trophys and Premiership Medals
Framed Photo of Olivier Panis at Adelaide 95 with me
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