Cockrel
Bethnal.
and I couldn't answer her. I told her all the motto and the lions, and the
Northumberland family & Shakespeare etc,etc before she got bored & shut me
up, but I couldn't explain why we have a cockrel with nasty looking
spurs on our crest. Can anyone help?
nick c
words "Live Forever" above it and "Spurs" below it. It looks fucking cool -
obviously I would say that cause I'm stuck with it for life.
The tattoo artist who did it was fucking good, even if he is a Millwall
supporter. I'd recommend him to anyone here who would like to 'scare'
themselves for life. If it means anything he did the tattoos for the
All-Saints ( apperantly they are all stuck up bitches ) and Beckham took a
mate of his there to have one done.
n
~ 39 years and counting ~
Bethnal. <mji...@york.ac.uk> wrote in message
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Harry Hotspur
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> Sounds like my tattoo. I've got the cockrel (within the badge ) with the
> words "Live Forever" above it and "Spurs" below it. It looks fucking
cool -
> obviously I would say that cause I'm stuck with it for life.
> The tattoo artist who did it was fucking good, even if he is a Millwall
> supporter. I'd recommend him to anyone here who would like to 'scare'
> themselves for life. If it means anything he did the tattoos for the
> All-Saints ( apperantly they are all stuck up bitches ) and Beckham took a
> mate of his there to have one done.
So where is he then? (The tattooist I mean)
--
Harry Hotspur
T.T.I.D.
nick c
Hes based in Walthamstow ( a brisk walk from Walthamstow Central tube
station & the market ). Its on a road off Hoe Street. I dont know it off by
heart - but if you want the exact address/details I can get post them.
Theres also a bloke who works from his home in Chingford. Avoid him. 10
years back he was the best around but now hes a total piss head and has been
known to fuck up big time when working on people - just send your gooner
mates there......
n
~ 39 years and counting ~
Harry Hotspur <harryhot...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
Ed Gilbey
The origin of the Cockerel symbol has never been satisfactorily explained.
The Duke of Northumberland beleives that Henry Percy (Harry Hotspur) became
known as Hotspur because of the enthusiasm that he led his troops into
battle, digging his Spurs into his horses flanks to gain maximum speed. The
spurs that were attached to the legs of fighting Cocks were very similar.
and the Club's badge in the nineteenth century was a simple Spur. ( there
are also reports that Spurs wore a Maltese cross on their shirts at one
time) It must be assumed that a link was made between the fighting Cock and
Cockspur, and the cockerel took over as the club Symbol. Certainly by the
turn of the century, newspaper cartoons were featuring Tottenham as a Cock
and this continued through to the early 1950s when that kind of illustration
began to die out.
Hope this helps. By the way The Original Cockerel was first sited on the old
West stand (1909 to 1910) it was eventually moved to the East stand. It's
now in one of the corporate areas. The ones you see on the roof of each main
stand are replicas. Sadly some Idiot has placed a flagpole directly behind
the one on the west stand and made it look like it's been kebabed.
Bethnal.
Ian Twigger
Ed Gilbey <gilb...@freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> newspaper cartoons were featuring Tottenham as a Cock
LOL!
John Holmes I presume.
Andrew.M.Green
nick c wrote in message <8fi6r1$hkr$1...@gxsn.com>...
Harry Hotspur
> Hes based in Walthamstow ( a brisk walk from Walthamstow Central tube
> station & the market ). Its on a road off Hoe Street. I dont know it off
by
> heart - but if you want the exact address/details I can get post them.
Yes please. :)
--
Harry Hotspur
T.T.I.D.
nick c
70B Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17
Open daily 10:30-5:30 ( Wed & Sun appointments only )
bookings: 0181 509-2017 mobile: 0836 704-377
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n
~ 39 years and counting ~
Harry Hotspur <harryhot...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> nick c <nia...@dialstart.net.nospam> wrote in message
Alan Sharp
nick c <nia...@dialstart.net.nospam> wrote in message
> "Terrys World Famous Body Art Tattoo Studio"
> 70B Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London E17
> Open daily 10:30-5:30 ( Wed & Sun appointments only )
>
> bookings: 0181 509-2017 mobile: 0836 704-377
>
for several years now. Unless anyone knows of someone reputable in Dublin
can do it, then next time I'm in the big smoke this could be a serious
possibility.
JEG
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>
> Ed Gilbey <gilb...@freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> > newspaper cartoons were featuring Tottenham as a Cock
>
> LOL!
Now that would be some tattoo!!!!
Ali
was told he was good, so I went there to have my Spurs Cockerel tattooed on
my aaarm....(sorry, but it hurt) and me made a fuck up. It looks like a
fucking duck standing on a ball!!!....Bastard, should have known with a name
like Gunn!!!!
Ali.
nick c <nia...@dialstart.net.nospam> wrote in message
>
> Theres also a bloke who works from his home in Chingford. Avoid him. 10
> years back he was the best around but now hes a total piss head and has
been
> known to fuck up big time when working on people - just send your gooner
> mates there......
>
>
>
> ~ 39 years and counting ~
>