templegates
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fevlad
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does anyone remember templegates tickets?you bought them at the bookiesthey wre crimped and you tore away the crimping to open them and two numbers were revealed. the numbers corresponded to race horses. If you had bought the ticket that corresponded to the horses that templegates who was I think the Daily Mails tipster, then you took your ticket back to the bookies and you won a cash prize.My gran liked a bet, andshe'd by a coupl,e of templegates tickets every day. She'd give me a tanner on the rare occasions that she won owt.
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String o' beads
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fevlad
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Geordie-exile wrote: Oh yes I remember those. And later than that there were those pontoon tickets sold [usually] by sports clubs where you tore open three 'windows' to see if you'd got 21. *Why is this in buildings and structures? I guess it looks like the gates of a temple or summat.
I went down to the crossroads and got down on my knees
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volvojack
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Re: templegates
Templegate was a racehorse tipster for one of the morning papers and "Templegate Doubles" was a sealed ticket with two initials on, if you got a ticket with his tip on for that day you took it to where you bought it and received a cash prize. These were often sold by Clubs raising clubs funds.
Also there were "Rugby Doubles" which used to give you two Rugby Leauge Teams or scores, can't quite remember which and if they had won that day you got a prize, this obviously was a weekend lottery.
The mention of the tickets being sealed and you tore off the edges reminds me that the earlier Templegates and Rugby Tickets were sealed with a fine cotton and the unscrupulous seller could get a razor blade and cut through the cotton, check the contents and get his missus with a very fine needle to sew them up again. a profitable way to spend a late Saturday afternoon and then head off for the Pub to out them.
This sharp practice was only done by a small minority and I realise most Sports Clubs etc. never resorted to this.
Sadly where there's money there's a fiddle.
Also there were "Rugby Doubles" which used to give you two Rugby Leauge Teams or scores, can't quite remember which and if they had won that day you got a prize, this obviously was a weekend lottery.
The mention of the tickets being sealed and you tore off the edges reminds me that the earlier Templegates and Rugby Tickets were sealed with a fine cotton and the unscrupulous seller could get a razor blade and cut through the cotton, check the contents and get his missus with a very fine needle to sew them up again. a profitable way to spend a late Saturday afternoon and then head off for the Pub to out them.
This sharp practice was only done by a small minority and I realise most Sports Clubs etc. never resorted to this.
Sadly where there's money there's a fiddle.