St Helen’s ArchivePreserving the past for the future
Item
OT058
Title
OT058
Description
Commemorative dinner menu from Swansea v Australia 1973. Folding card, black print ith green bands on cover corners and SC&FC logo on front. Hand written note in blue ballpoint inside.
Type
Rights Holder
CIC
Date
Abstract
This dinner menu is from the celebratory dinner given to the touring Australian team who played Swansea on 3rd November 1973 during Swansea's Centenary Season. The match was drawn 9 - 9. There is a hand written note in blue biro pen by T J V ("Matty") Davies, the Swansea club Chairman that season. He writes: "If you have not struck oil in five minutes stop boring!" This would have referred to another speaker at the dinner, possibly about to stand and talk. 'Matty' Davies was a renowned raconteur and this was presumably a warning not to tax the audience's patience.
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