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seagull line
- Thread starter kentgully
- Start date
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Times change, and they move on.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
....and it's bad news for Albion fans......
DavidRyder
Well-known member
- Jul 23, 2013
- 2,885
Just brought my memory of Dial-a-disc back - for those too young to remember, it was just awful, nothing else you need to know....
nicko31
Well-known member
You've called the Seagull Line on Brighton 8049
That's the number for Albion information every day 24 hours a day
The Albion lost their home match against.......in front of crowd of 7,278
How times change...
That's the number for Albion information every day 24 hours a day
The Albion lost their home match against.......in front of crowd of 7,278
How times change...
LowKarate
New member
I have Millard saying that phrase embedded in my memory. He used it a lot in his radio commentary and the Seagull Line messages.
The other similar phrase was "and it's bad news for The Albion"
Me and my Monkey
Well-known member
- Nov 3, 2015
- 3,342
Yes, you'd dial 16 to hear a crackly rendition of some top pop hit of the day! Bonkers, still did it though!
James Bond's body double
Well-known member
The Albion lost (heard that a good few times)
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
Remember Mum and Dad gave me a £5 phone card to call home from university early 90s. Blew it all in 1 call from Hall of Residence to the SL instead - premium rate meant my card credit disappeared faster than the Argos catalogue. See kids, you don't know you're born! The cost of staying in touch with the Albion back then meant a choice between going hungry or calling Tony Millard. Tony won everytime!
Yes - but did we win?
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
I think we'd just signed Raphael Meade, he's got speed. It was all downhill from then until the noughties!
Crikey - I remember when it was free. (at least I think it was free - never got into any trouble with mum for outrageous phone bills).
AmexRuislip
Trainee Spy 🕵️♂️
You were lucky, I remember my dad doing his nut, when the phone bill came in.
8049 plastered all over it, it read like a church hymn board, but on a bigger scale, got a thick ear for that
el punal
Well-known member
Yep! You could tell within the first five seconds how Albion fared. Positively orgasmic if we won, matter-of-fact if we drew, and absolutely funereal if we lost. The wonderful voice of Tony Millard.
Norman Potting
Well-known member
It was a "normal" phone number originally and if you had the right BT package you could nominate 10 or so numbers that would be free. When I got my first house and phone line guess what one of those number's was?
portlock seagull
Why? Why us?
- Jul 28, 2003
- 17,071
he he, them were the days when a thick ear meant something too. 2nd only to a papercut.You were lucky, I remember my dad doing his nut, when the phone bill came in.
8049 plastered all over it, it read like a church hymn board, but on a bigger scale, got a thick ear for that