Who would swap this line up

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:50 pm

for the current 'leaders' of our town?

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:55 pm

Sir Ritchie is far right on middle row.

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Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:00 pm

Stevie Howard far left

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:08 pm

All those will be turning in their graves!!!! rakxe

parmo · **Posted:** Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:31 pm

oh yes indeed. Gravy train snout faced porkers of today aren't fit to be mentioned in the same breath!!!

unohoo · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:51 pm **Posts:** 656

The bloke far left, middle row has just farted and is trying to look all innocent.
Ralph Ward Jackson's giving him one of those "you dirty bastard" looks.

The Bishop · **Posted:** Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:39 pm

These are proper politicians. Saving the Town loads of money by:-

A)To a man not claiming their razor allowance.
B) Taking the photo in black and white.
C) Wearing Corporate Dickie Bows instead of ties (saving in material)
D) Only having 1 IPad between them. (I presume that is what the bloke in the bottom row is holding? As he is tapping his finger on his leg he must be listening to some Tunes)

Compo · **Posted:** Fri Feb 07, 2014 1:50 pm

Nice to see Abraham Lincoln in Hartlepool top row third from right

horden · **Posted:** Fri Feb 07, 2014 8:08 pm

Imagine most of them would of been damned bounders. At the time Britain was booming due to the industrial revoluton and Britain having an almost monopoly on production of goods for its vast empire. Hartlepool played its part in this and there would of been and abundance of work. Those workers would of made those in the picture very rich whilst they struggled to feed themselves on a pittance of a pay and living in slums. Those in the picture may have been so kind as to grant someone a bit of parish relief but it would be wrong to think of them as hero's and with the interests of the townsfolk at heart. Only interested in lining their own pockets as is the way of the capitalist. It was only after World War 2 that ordinary people started to see the benefit of their labour. That was because they went out and grabbed it themselves not because people like Ward Jackson gave them it.

returnofaido · **Posted:** Fri Feb 07, 2014 10:24 pm

horden wrote:

Imagine most of them would of been damned bounders. At the time Britain was booming due to the industrial revoluton and Britain having an almost monopoly on production of goods for its vast empire. Hartlepool played its part in this and there would of been and abundance of work. Those workers would of made those in the picture very rich whilst they struggled to feed themselves on a pittance of a pay and living in slums. Those in the picture may have been so kind as to grant someone a bit of parish relief but it would be wrong to think of them as hero's and with the interests of the townsfolk at heart. Only interested in lining their own pockets as is the way of the capitalist. It was only after World War 2 that ordinary people started to see the benefit of their labour. That was because they went out and grabbed it themselves not because people like Ward Jackson gave them it.

what a complete fucking dullard you are.

tripledecker · **Joined:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:25 pm **Posts:** 1938

he kind of has a point though right?

I am sure there was plenty of dodgy dealings going on back then, just a lot less transparency on them

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Fri Feb 07, 2014 11:20 pm

returnofaido wrote:

horden wrote:

Imagine most of them would of been damned bounders. At the time Britain was booming due to the industrial revoluton and Britain having an almost monopoly on production of goods for its vast empire. Hartlepool played its part in this and there would of been and abundance of work. Those workers would of made those in the picture very rich whilst they struggled to feed themselves on a pittance of a pay and living in slums. Those in the picture may have been so kind as to grant someone a bit of parish relief but it would be wrong to think of them as hero's and with the interests of the townsfolk at heart. Only interested in lining their own pockets as is the way of the capitalist. It was only after World War 2 that ordinary people started to see the benefit of their labour. That was because they went out and grabbed it themselves not because people like Ward Jackson gave them it.

what a complete fucking dullard you are.

He may be the most negative of posters on here when it comes his own team, but Christ on a blke, people getting all moist about a time when kids under the age of ten had to go out and fooking work, people who lived to the retirement age got 'lovely lovely person' all, them was the days, eh?!

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Sat Feb 08, 2014 6:07 pm

I would say any generation of 'town fathers' will have been self-serving arseholes who didn't give a shit about the working man. How many of our ancestors will have died/been maimed in the pits/docks/steelworks on their watch?

In some places where you had altruistic business owners like Bourneville or Port Sunlight things were better but the workers had to toe the religious line in order to keep their jobs.

Things may not be brilliant these days but at least we have some degree of freedom and its very rare for people to die at work now.

returnofaido · **Posted:** Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:54 pm

TalbotAvenger wrote:

returnofaido wrote:

horden wrote:

Imagine most of them would of been damned bounders. At the time Britain was booming due to the industrial revoluton and Britain having an almost monopoly on production of goods for its vast empire. Hartlepool played its part in this and there would of been and abundance of work. Those workers would of made those in the picture very rich whilst they struggled to feed themselves on a pittance of a pay and living in slums. Those in the picture may have been so kind as to grant someone a bit of parish relief but it would be wrong to think of them as hero's and with the interests of the townsfolk at heart. Only interested in lining their own pockets as is the way of the capitalist. It was only after World War 2 that ordinary people started to see the benefit of their labour. That was because they went out and grabbed it themselves not because people like Ward Jackson gave them it.

what a complete fucking dullard you are.

He may be the most negative of posters on here when it comes his own team, but Christ on a blke, people getting all moist about a time when kids under the age of ten had to go out and fooking work, people who lived to the retirement age got 'lovely lovely person' all, them was the days, eh?!

who's getting moist ? i'm simply pointing out that he's a fucking whingeing depressing twat.

horden · **Posted:** Sat Feb 08, 2014 10:41 pm

returnofaido wrote:

horden wrote:

Imagine most of them would of been damned bounders. At the time Britain was booming due to the industrial revoluton and Britain having an almost monopoly on production of goods for its vast empire. Hartlepool played its part in this and there would of been and abundance of work. Those workers would of made those in the picture very rich whilst they struggled to feed themselves on a pittance of a pay and living in slums. Those in the picture may have been so kind as to grant someone a bit of parish relief but it would be wrong to think of them as hero's and with the interests of the townsfolk at heart. Only interested in lining their own pockets as is the way of the capitalist. It was only after World War 2 that ordinary people started to see the benefit of their labour. That was because they went out and grabbed it themselves not because people like Ward Jackson gave them it.

what a complete fucking dullard you are.

By the way next time you see me please call me a twat !!

I think by your educated response most people will think you are the dullard!!

horden · **Posted:** Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:06 am

TalbotAvenger wrote:

returnofaido wrote:

horden wrote:

Imagine most of them would of been damned bounders. At the time Britain was booming due to the industrial revoluton and Britain having an almost monopoly on production of goods for its vast empire. Hartlepool played its part in this and there would of been and abundance of work. Those workers would of made those in the picture very rich whilst they struggled to feed themselves on a pittance of a pay and living in slums. Those in the picture may have been so kind as to grant someone a bit of parish relief but it would be wrong to think of them as hero's and with the interests of the townsfolk at heart. Only interested in lining their own pockets as is the way of the capitalist. It was only after World War 2 that ordinary people started to see the benefit of their labour. That was because they went out and grabbed it themselves not because people like Ward Jackson gave them it.

what a complete fucking dullard you are.

He may be the most negative of posters on here when it comes his own team, but Christ on a blke, people getting all moist about a time when kids under the age of ten had to go out and fooking work, people who lived to the retirement age got 'lovely lovely person' all, them was the days, eh?!

Yeah been to almost every home game in last 42 years, went to JP trophy games this season cos wanted us to win a trophy get to Wembley, same with FA cup v Coventry, what about all the fookers who never went to these games?yeah I am negative man!

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

To be totally honest they where almost all a pack of not nice people to a man

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parmo · **Posted:** Sun Feb 09, 2014 12:54 pm

so what's changed ha! ha!

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37497

Funny how people apply the standards of today to something that was happening well over a hundred years ago. By the standards of their day, they may well have been benefactors of the town... don't forget that buildings such as Cameron hospital were all the gift of people such as these who had no real need to cough up anything... just try putting things into a proper context...when that photo was taken we were a boom town...helped no doubt by the fact that they were hard nosed businessmen..... but the present shower are never gonna have the drive or nous that 'hard nosed sideburn squad' had.... and don't forget they all lived in the town and had a personal interest in its proserity, which is not always the case today.

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