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Post by finney on Aug 25, 2012 5:20:17 GMT
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Post by cpr on Aug 25, 2012 5:24:35 GMT
Thanks finn, edited to remove those spurious characters in the title - –.
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Post by cpr on Aug 25, 2012 5:25:34 GMT
Ten years - blimey!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2012 6:09:05 GMT
I remember Daphne very well
What a wonderful old lady she was
Every week she was there helping out the club
I think everybody I went to QPR with seemed to know Daphne as well as the players
A Rangers legend in my book
R.I.P
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 25, 2012 7:10:49 GMT
Thanks Finney... This was on our board last year Re: If You Sit And Think Long And Hard « Result #11 on Oct 19, 2011, 8:33pm » Oct 19, 2011, 7:56pm, betacam wrote:Nice angle mikehunt. I did think, long and hard. Moments, too many to count, flew by. Still I ended up with a (maybe) strange choice. One hour before kick off in our FAC QF vs Crystal Palace in '82, I went into a phone booth in Steinkjer, Norway, and called up the club. If we won, we'd make history, as we'd never made it to the semis before. I just felt the urge to actually do something. Nerves were fragile, to say the least. Answering the phone in London, say 1500-2000 kilometres away, was Daphne Biggs. I was a bit surprised that someone actually picked up the phone, but there she was. I stuttered my name and location, and she was all ears. I came up with the not so original idea of wishing the lads good luck against Palace. I remember vividly what she said: - I'll tell you what Allan, I'll get that message through to the players. I promise. Said Mrs. Biggs. I said thanks and hung up. There are many stories to tell, but this one made we stop and think. It also probably made me the anglofilian that I am today, and cemented my support to QPR. I never met Mrs. Biggs, but later heard of many stories on her influence on behalf of a true family club. So, in memory of Daphne Biggs, that is my contribution to an excellent thread. MAUDESFishNChips i can tell a charming story about our Daphne, in Daphne's later years at LR she got to using a hearing aid which had always proved a bit of a nuisance to her, on one particular day, when the board and manager were locked away in one of the offices discussing something quite important they heard a high pitched whistling noise, this became the main topic of debate for the occupants of this meeting, after a while the noise went, so they carried on their very important dicussion. The source of this noise was known to one person in that meeting at the time who did'nt let on to the others, but told me that it was our Daphne listening in at the door adjusting her hearing aid. qprreport.proboards.com/index.cgi#ixzz24XVkdqB8 |
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 25, 2012 8:36:49 GMT
RIP - From Bushman's archives   |
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Post by Bushman on Aug 25, 2012 9:22:18 GMT
I first met Daph in 1963. and the last time was just before she passed away. I have many happy memories of a wonderful lady, also too many humorous ones to mention.  From the 1951-52 Supporters Club Handbook. |
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Post by Lonegunmen on Aug 25, 2012 9:56:50 GMT
Excellent little article on her on Indy R's. As I said on there. In the terms of QPR "Legends", surely she has more than earned the right to be considered one in the big scheme of things.
Super awesome lady in my opinion. Yes, I got growled at, but then she also was compassionate, and often went that extra bit to help.
Do any of the older fans remember or had met her husband Albert? If so, what was he like?
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Post by bowranger on Aug 26, 2012 14:12:23 GMT
I first met Daph in 1963. and the last time was just before she passed away. I have many happy memories of a wonderful lady, also too many humorous ones to mention. From the 1951-52 Supporters Club Handbook. Bushman, was wondering if I could ask you about the Ladies Section of the supporter's club as I've never heard of them before and thought it looked interesting. Was it normal for other clubs to have a specific female-only section and did they perform specific role? Like was it something started by women to meet up with other female supporters as a social thing or was it more functional than that? Sorry to bombard you, just interested if you get the chance  |
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Post by Lonegunmen on Aug 27, 2012 8:20:34 GMT
Good question. I love learning about the clubs history. Not the main bits we all know (Except for th fan who thought we won the league cup in 1968), but the small bits that one either takes for granted or never thought of thinking about.
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Post by Bushman on Aug 27, 2012 19:49:51 GMT
I first met Daph in 1963. and the last time was just before she passed away. I have many happy memories of a wonderful lady, also too many humorous ones to mention. From the 1951-52 Supporters Club Handbook. Bushman, was wondering if I could ask you about the Ladies Section of the supporter's club as I've never heard of them before and thought it looked interesting. Was it normal for other clubs to have a specific female-only section and did they perform specific role? Like was it something started by women to meet up with other female supporters as a social thing or was it more functional than that? Sorry to bombard you, just interested if you get the chance Good questions Bow. It was not that normal and in fact the Ladies Section ceased as a separate committee at the start of the 1954-55 season. Only three of it's members joined the main Supporters Committee. Daphne Biggs was one of them.  |
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Post by bowranger on Aug 29, 2012 13:17:06 GMT
Bushman, was wondering if I could ask you about the Ladies Section of the supporter's club as I've never heard of them before and thought it looked interesting. Was it normal for other clubs to have a specific female-only section and did they perform specific role? Like was it something started by women to meet up with other female supporters as a social thing or was it more functional than that? Sorry to bombard you, just interested if you get the chance Good questions Bow. It was not that normal and in fact the Ladies Section ceased as a separate committee at the start of the 1954-55 season. Only three of it's members joined the main Supporters Committee. Daphne Biggs was one of them. Cheers mate, very interesting! Shame some ridiculed their efforts at the time and they ceased to exist. I guess it's only 3 members, but on the other hand there weren't a large amount of Committee titles (I think?) so to have 3 of their number occupying committee positions is a testament to their work I guess. Would be interesting to know why it ceased to exist - whether they became disenchanted or simply that they felt they could work better within the structure of the general supporters club. Either way, thanks, never even heard of this part of our history before. |
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Post by Bushman on Aug 25, 2014 11:42:40 GMT
12 years today.
RIP Daph
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Post by Lonegunmen on Aug 25, 2014 13:45:14 GMT
OMG, time has flown. I wonder what she would make of our last 4 seasons? Probably some dry remark.
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Post by timewaster on Aug 25, 2014 13:51:41 GMT
Daphne was part of the furniture
Every single fan that I knew, knew Daphne
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Post by Bushman on Aug 25, 2015 16:16:05 GMT
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Post by londonranger on Aug 25, 2015 18:35:03 GMT
She and I had a good personal relationship. Would call her for the scores, and shed' say."Have to go up and watch the last 10 minutes". Then shed call me back and give me the good or bad news. Travelled on the buses to the away
games and ate at the eateries with us. Didn't live far from where I grew up.
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 26, 2016 7:17:46 GMT
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Post by egranger on Aug 28, 2016 12:33:19 GMT
Great photo - sad to see three have passed on since it was taken
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Post by Macmoish on Aug 28, 2016 12:56:59 GMT
Wow...You're right
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