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01-04-2008, 18:52
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Tommy ball dies
at the age of 83.
The pioneering shoe trader died at home on the Isle of Man on Sunday R.I.P
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01-04-2008, 19:03
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Re: Tommy ball dies
ah R.I.P Tommy Ball
mi nan used to work for him
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01-04-2008, 19:07
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Re: Tommy ball dies
RIP Tommy Ball
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01-04-2008, 19:24
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Re: Tommy ball dies
I would not class him as pioneering.
Its his fault that many kids got bullyied at school for having holes in the back of their shoes 
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01-04-2008, 19:31
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Re: Tommy ball dies
I remember meeting him a few times and he was really generous.
My Grandad knew him somehow (not great friends I don't think, more acquaintances) - anyway, my Grandad took me into his shop once to buy some shoes and he gave us the shoes for free then took a fiver out of the till and gave it to me - bear in mind that it was about 30 odd years ago and a fiver was a fortune to me. Apparently he always paid for the rounds in the pub (actually that's probably how my Grandad knew him, lol). He was really generous in that respect. |
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01-04-2008, 21:19
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Re: Tommy ball dies
Is there anyone in place to fill his shoes ? R.I.P.
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01-04-2008, 21:38
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Re: Tommy ball dies
shame to hear he popped his clogs... RIP Tommy Ball
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Like the old woman who lived in a shoe, i have so many children i can't fit the tickers in my signature..... I finally found someone daft enough to marry me, my wonderboy is 11, my monkeygirl is 3 and my bananaman is 2, my beautiful little flower was born in feb 2012 
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01-04-2008, 21:41
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Re: Tommy ball dies
God Rest his Sole
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01-04-2008, 21:43
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Re: Tommy ball dies
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02-04-2008, 13:01
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Re: Tommy ball dies
What a shame.RIP
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02-04-2008, 22:05
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Re: Tommy ball dies
Ooh the amount of Clarkes shoes my kids went through.he must have saved me a fortune,I would get their feet measured at a proper Clarkes shop ,and then say i would think about them ..then off i would trot to Tommy Balls..
R.I.P.
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02-04-2008, 22:07
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Re: Tommy ball dies
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 Only joking, you're not on your own there. I know lots of people who do that.
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