I received an email in April from the retiring Bampton Aunt Sally league Secretary/Treasurer….
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Hi Paul, trust all is well. Just ‘clearing out the cupboard’ on retiring after my 20 year stint as Bampton Secretary (!) Found something that originated from our founder Bob Watts. Looks like he visited your ‘Grand Finals & Dance’ in 1982 and brought back a programme. 8 pages with a nice welcome message from Basil. Thought you might like it for your archive collection, so let me have a postal address & I’ll forward it. Regards Barry Treasurer & Webmaster |
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So I duly obliged and Barry sent through the 1982 programme the front cover is now in our Old Programmes page.
Needless to say I’m sure Bampton has given Barry a good thank you and send off after his 20 years of service to the game and we wish him well.
In those days Finals Night at the Abbey Hall Abingdon, started at 6:45pm and went with the finals of Eights, Stewards, Doubles, Landlords & Landladys, Secretaries, Fours, Captains, Red Drive (3s), Tom Simmons and Singles.
Top dolls A section S (Sid?) Green Abingdon RBL 208, B: P (Pete?) Broad LWAC 167, C: J Greenough Horse&Jockey 163, D: B (Barry?) Parker AUSC 122, E: D (Don?) Hale Horse&Harrow 102, F: C Vince 3 Horse Shoes 113, G: M Foster White Hart 93 and H: K Atkinson George&Dragon 98. It also appears this was the start of the Top Dolls trophies with polished dolls instigated (some of which are now missing – so if you see one please return!).
Section Winners were A:Wootton RBL B:Wittenham Athletic C:Horse&Jockey D:White Horse B E:Horse&Harrow F:Cumnor Cricket Club G:Eyston Arms H:Queen Victoria
Runners-Up A: Saxton Arms B:Wheatsheaf (which one?) C:Dean Court B D:Fair Rosamund E:Machine Man F:Three Horse Shoes G:White Hart Marcham H:George & Dragon
Wooden spoons to Flowing Well, Red LIon Drayton, Traveller’s Welcome, White Hart Harwell, Hare B, Bowyers B, Blue Boar, Norman Knight.
Good to see at least some of these venues continuing the tradition, some of which have long gone of course.
No admission after 10pm and the band played until midnight! The committee consisted of no less than 9 members (no positions listed) and a separate ‘disputes’ committee of 5!
You may or may not have been around in 1982, for me most notable event was the Falklands War, not because I took part but because of the impact locally in Weymouth/Portland where I lived. One of my school classmates had a younger brother who I mistook for him in a club (it was darkish!). He told me his brother was in the Royal Marines and off to the fight at 20 years old. I never found out whether he’d brought back the ‘souvenir’ he said he was going to for his brother. He was one of the naughtier kids at school.
In case you missed 1982 here’s what the t’internet says and it was the birth of 🙂 and Channel 4 (making live TV have 4 channels!) :-
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- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: Became the highest-grossing film of all time, dethroning Star Wars.
- Blade Runner: Released to theaters, cementing its status as a cyberpunk masterpiece.
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Widely considered the best of the franchise.
- The Thing & Poltergeist: Seminal horror films released during the summer.
- TRON: Pioneered computer-generated special effects.
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- Michael Jackson’s Thriller: Released on November 30, 1982, it went on to become the best-selling album of all time, redefining music videos and pop music.
- “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash: Released, pushing rap from party novelty into social commentary.
- MTV’s Rise: MTV began influencing hits, helping acts like The Go-Go’s become the first all-female band to write their own songs and reach #1 on the Billboard album chart.
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- The CD Player: Sony introduced the world’s first commercial Compact Disc player (CDP-101).
- Commodore 64: Released in 1982, it became one of the best-selling home computer models of all time.
- First Computer Virus: The “Elk Cloner” virus was created, the first to infect Apple II PCs.
- Digital Emoticons: Scott Fahlman proposed the use of
:-)and:-(for communication.
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- The Falklands War: A 74-day conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, taking place from April to June.
- Israel Invades Lebanon: The 1982 Lebanon War began in June.
- Canada’s Independence: The Canada Act 1982 was passed, officially patriating the Canadian constitution.
- First Artificial Heart: Barney Clark became the first recipient of a permanent artificial heart.
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- Diet Coke: Unveiled by Coca-Cola, becoming a mainstay in soft drinks.
- Pac-Man: The fever reached its peak, with Hanna-Barbera releasing a Pac-Man cartoon in the fall.
- Toys: Care Bears and G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero launched in 1982.
- UK Milestone: Channel 4 started broadcasting.
- Prince William: Born on June 21, 1982.
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