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Post by chinesedave on May 7, 2011 11:43:08 GMT
Hi,
Can anyone tell me exactly where it happened, I travel on that road quite a lot and I'm curious.
Cheers
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yerwot
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Post by yerwot on May 7, 2011 11:50:57 GMT
I believe it was in the area where the trees are in the cutting just after the Motorway bridge heading from Hanchurch lights
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Post by Mr_DaftBurger on May 7, 2011 11:52:14 GMT
I believe it was in the area where the trees are in the cutting just after the Motorway bridge heading from Hanchurch lights Yeh thats where I've always thought it was. |
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Post by chinesedave on May 7, 2011 12:03:53 GMT
I believe it was in the area where the trees are in the cutting just after the Motorway bridge heading from Hanchurch lights Yeh thats where I've always thought it was. Oh, I was told that it was by the Swan with Two Necks as he was friendly with a barmaid??? |
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Post by sheikh al dubai bin stokie on May 7, 2011 12:08:44 GMT
wenger and ramsey jumped him
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Post by Binndy on May 7, 2011 12:20:54 GMT
lost control of his car and ended up in a ditch.
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Post by bvern on May 7, 2011 12:25:04 GMT
i believe it was on the bend just past the turning for shamblers fc on the whitmore road going down to hanford crossroads.
If you google ST5 4EB postcode you can see it on google maps
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Post by id on May 7, 2011 12:29:10 GMT
i believe it was on the bend just past the turning for shamblers fc on the whitmore road going down to hanford crossroads. If you google ST5 4EB postcode you can see it on google maps thats what I've always been told, he was coming back from "The Sheet Anchor" in whitmore which at the time was owned by then Stoke player Sir Geoff Hurst |
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Post by JoeinOz on May 7, 2011 12:32:56 GMT
At school we had a bit of an urban myth going that Sammy Irvine hit the same tree.
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Post by bvern on May 7, 2011 13:14:09 GMT
no it was before hurst had the sheet anchor - he bought it later in the 70s. no reason why banksie couldn't have been travelling back from there though as it was popular with footballers in the 70s but i have also heard the swann with two necks story. both pubs are in the same area.
The road is actually the A5182 Trentham Road if you look on a map there is a turning for whisper lane (shamblers fc) and a sweeping bend as you go down to hanford crossroads i'm pretty sure it was there.
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Post by id on May 7, 2011 13:59:27 GMT
no it was before hurst had the sheet anchor - he bought it later in the 70s. no reason why banksie couldn't have been travelling back from there though as it was popular with footballers in the 70s but i have also heard the swann with two necks story. both pubs are in the same area. The road is actually the A5182 Trentham Road if you look on a map there is a turning for whisper lane (shamblers fc) and a sweeping bend as you go down to hanford crossroads i'm pretty sure it was there. just what I'd heard from the then manager at the sheet anchor, when I worked behind the bar in 93/94 ... it was popular with footballers then, they used to have their kids birthdays at the "wacky warehouse" or such like that was in the car park |
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Post by deadleg on May 7, 2011 14:46:29 GMT
i believe it was on the bend just past the turning for shamblers fc on the whitmore road going down to hanford crossroads. If you google ST5 4EB postcode you can see it on google maps This is 100% correct. It is known locally as Banksy's Bend. |
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Post by scfcrmagic on May 7, 2011 15:51:47 GMT
I shall put the record straight.......... it happened on the whitmore road heading towards hanchurch lights. He was was going for a bit of treatment from the physio after the game the day before . He was overtaking and can't remember the rest, except he hit an oncoming vehicle . There was talk of the brakes failing on his car, but this was never proven ...the glass from the rear view mirror splintered and caused the damage to his eye. Rear view mirrors were improved following recomendations after the accident.
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