The official Sam Reid/Daniel Currie Memorial Eker Thread

[LostDoggy]

I remember that Gary Walpole wore #42 - that's pretty tragic.

I think the phrase "turns like the Queen Mary" was coined after watching Bill Berry lumbering around the ground in his playing days. He was slower than a wet week.

True. Bill certainly wasn't the most mobile of Ruckmen. The Bluey Hampshire/Bill Berry ruck combo didn't tear a swathe through many opposition defences.

GW was 42, preceded by Ross Christensen at 41 and followed by Rod MacPherson at 43. It's a silly little game that will suck in many long time Dogs watchers. If you focus on the early 80s, it also brings back some pretty awful memories.

[Sedat]

True. Bill certainly wasn't the most mobile of Ruckmen. The Bluey Hampshire/Bill Berry ruck combo didn't tear a swathe through many opposition defences.

GW was 42, preceded by Ross Christensen at 41 and followed by Rod MacPherson at 43. It's a silly little game that will suck in many long time Dogs watchers. If you focus on the early 80s, it also brings back some pretty awful memories.

Yep, tough days for a primary school kid surrounded by Carlton, Collingwood and Richmond supporters (there were hardly any Essendon or Hawthorn supporters back then, which shows what a bunch of Johnny-come-lately's they are).

Our games rarely featured on Seven's Big League or The Winners (Carlton, Collingwood and Richmond had a mortgage on almost every game), but I distinctly remember Doug Heywood from The Winners commentating a game between the Dogs and the Roys at the Junction oval one day. We were getting pummelled and he came up with this gem that sums up our Royce Hart years to a tee....."Mark Komp, kicks it like he normally does, very poorly"

[Twodogs]

Haha. Mark Komp's brother is my kids PE teacher.

[merantau]

Does Komp's gym in Barkly Street still operate?

[Twodogs]

Does Komp's gym in Barkly Street still operate?

Up until a couple of months ago. West Footscray is changing quickly.

[merantau]

Yes, there is no doubt about that. More and more people are discovering the upside of living in the Western suburbs - and the biggest upside? WBFC. Go Dogs!

[Twodogs]

Yes, there is no doubt about that. More and more people are discovering the upside of living in the Western suburbs - and the biggest upside? WBFC. Go Dogs!

I'd rather they stayed where they are. I rent.

[KT31]

Yes, there is no doubt about that. More and more people are discovering the upside of living in the Western suburbs - and the biggest upside? WBFC. Go Dogs!

Unfortunately along with losing the unwanted element it is also losing its outer suburban charm.
Where once stood Californian, Victorian and Edwardian houses with lots of charm and character, developers have cashed in on decent size blocks, demolished everything, used every portion of the block, overcrowded and put up many concrete, unstylish, generic, unsightly town houses.
Fortunately the people who purchased the old home I renovated have kept it I one piece (although they did change my colour plan to one I'm not to sure about.), but every time I head back down to see my Mum I think I could never move back.

[KT31]

Yes, there is no doubt about that. More and more people are discovering the upside of living in the Western suburbs - and the biggest upside? WBFC. Go Dogs!

Unfortunately along with losing the unwanted element it is also losing its outer suburban charm.
Where once stood Californian, Victorian and Edwardian houses with lots of charm and character, developers have cashed in on decent size blocks, demolished everything, used every portion of the block, overcrowded and put up many concrete, unstylish, generic, unsightly town houses.
Fortunately the people who purchased the old home I renovated have kept it I one piece (although they did change my colour plan to one I'm not to sure about.), but every time I head back down to see my Mum I think I could never move back.

[bornadog]

Unfortunately along with losing the unwanted element it is also losing its outer suburban charm.
Where once stood Californian, Victorian and Edwardian houses with lots of charm and character, developers have cashed in on decent size blocks, demolished everything, used every portion of the block, overcrowded and put up many concrete, unstylish, generic, unsightly town houses.

A lot of our suburbs are getting ruined by unwanted development.

[Ozza]

A lot of our suburbs are getting ruined by unwanted development.

Maybe unwanted by people already living in an area...but obviously not unwanted by the growing population needing to be housed, that is driving the development.

Melbourne's population has (roughly) doubled since the 1970s.

[Twodogs]

Maybe unwanted by people already living in an area...but obviously not unwanted by the growing population needing to be housed, that is driving the development.

Melbourne's population has (roughly) doubled since the 1970s.

Queuing has become an extreme sport in some parts of Melbourne. There's so many people at places like the Market its crazy.

[bornadog]

Maybe unwanted by people already living in an area...but obviously not unwanted by the growing population needing to be housed, that is driving the development.

Melbourne's population has (roughly) doubled since the 1970s.

I will clarify.

100 year old building being torn down as KT31 mentions is a disgrace. That is what is happening all over Melbourne.

The planning and heritage laws are practically non-existent.

[Greystache]

I will clarify.

100 year old building being torn down as KT31 mentions is a disgrace. That is what is happening all over Melbourne.

The planning and heritage laws are practically non-existent.

Planning in particular. 100 apartment complexes being built at the end of courts, or on streets with one narrow entrance. Just insanity.

[Twodogs]

I will clarify.

100 year old building being torn down as KT31 mentions is a disgrace. That is what is happening all over Melbourne.

The planning and heritage laws are practically non-existent.

Planning in particular. 100 apartment complexes being built at the end of courts, or on streets with one narrow entrance. Just insanity.

Look at all the extra residents they have stuck in that Buckingham development in that tiny street system.