My grandfather.

He was originally a director at Bury Town Football Club before WWII, and was principally involved in an agreement for Bury Town to become a "feeder" club for Norwich City.

He was subsequently appointed to the board at Norwich City after the war, and remained there until the club faced bankruptcy in the mid-fifties. He was ousted from the Board when Geoffrey Watling took over. I have records of various loans that my grandfather made to the Club, obviously to try and keep them afloat, however he was never to see his money again.

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Here's a picture of him with the team, sometime after 1946... although I've never had it properly dated, or been able to identify anyone else in the photo.

Posted By: Jim Nasium on June 26th 2012 at 15:51:38

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Those of you who live and were born outside of norfolk,how did you get to support ncfc? ( (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 14:48:25
- Father born there - bless him! (n/m) (NCFC) - sefrican, Jun 26, 22:00:21
- Family from Norfolk, we moved there when I was 6, (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Jun 26, 21:38:06
- A lucky escape (NCFC) - cheshire canary, Jun 26, 19:29:57
- Grew up in West Drayton, Middlesex. (NCFC) - tim berry, Jun 26, 19:26:30
- We were going to move to Norfolk when I was 11 (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jun 26, 18:23:33
- One of my mates gave me a Norwich shirt he didn't want.... (NCFC) - Nice Guy Eddie, Jun 26, 17:44:02
- mother (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jun 26, 17:11:21
  - Too many words (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 26, 17:26:18
    - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jun 26, 17:34:04
- 1975 - When we were in the 2nd Division, I picked them over Man United and Aston Villa (n/m) (NCFC) - BITSA, Jun 26, 16:43:02
- Moved to Norwich when I was 16 (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Jun 26, 16:29:58
- fathers (n/m) (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Jun 26, 16:10:47
  - fault (n/m) (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Jun 26, 16:11:00
    - No fault! My dad is from cumberland and was man city fan before he moved to norfolk before (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 16:14:00
      - i was told to be a fan (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Jun 26, 16:19:49
      - Do you like a bit of Cumberland sausage? (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 16:16:22
        
        Lovely bit of sausage,and black puddun.my grandma was the headmistress of hardingham c of (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 16:26:27
- Moved to Norfolk when I was 4... (NCFC) - Grans_Canary, Jun 26, 16:09:43
- Christmas & birthday presents... (NCFC) - CWC, Jun 26, 15:58:21
- My grandfather. (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 26, 15:51:38
  - next to Paul McSmall? (n/m) (NCFC) - Huge Small, Jun 26, 16:19:47
  - Thats pretty amazing jim. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 16:18:20
  - wonderful piccie. (NCFC) - paulg, Jun 26, 16:12:25
    - I had a good ol' wander round The Nest before they built all the new houses on there. (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 26, 16:25:11
  - Thankyou Jim, you just reminded me how much I love those shirts and that (NCFC) - CB41, Jun 26, 16:04:04
  - I love Photos like that, wonderful history. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 15:55:19
  - I should add... (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 26, 15:54:27
    - was it Norwich 5-3 Burnley? (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 15:56:15
      - no it wasn't. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 15:59:32
        
        Ha ha not THAT recent! (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 26, 16:02:40
        
        I was thinking 5-3 v Claret & Blue team, it was Aston Vanilla with (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 16:03:51
        
        Saturday 23rd August 1975 (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Jun 26, 16:21:32
        
        and then Ted scored a hatrick v Everton in a 4-2 home win, I really loved that team (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 16:23:35
- Enjoy football and when able to get season tickets (NCFC) - morph, Jun 26, 15:40:41
- My Father comes from Nodge (NCFC) - wgf500, Jun 26, 15:26:37
- Born in London, moved to Nodge at 9 months old (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 26, 15:14:02
  - Nice one,sorry if i offended you or anyone else on sunday (apart from hendrikos who can su (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:16:54
    - You didn't offend me at all (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 26, 15:20:14
      - Your tongue is usually somewhere it shouldn't be. (NCFC) - tudders, Jun 26, 15:33:35
      - Cheers og,i can be an arsehole but i try not be. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:28:20
    - *tuts* (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:18:58
      - He'll only be struck down by some awful disease anyway,mixamotosis or something. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:31:30
        
        I've got scrofula (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:34:25
        
        and rickets. (NCFC) - tudders, Jun 26, 15:44:54
        
        Whats that then monsieur pants? (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:42:20
        
        They were the support band to Labia Conductors (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:45:58
        
        Toilet Beard were supposed to be on first, but the singer did one (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:47:06
        
        I've a vague memory of the labia conductors,on they're day they were thrilling. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:54:03
        
        ha ha (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 16:14:59
      - Don't you get chintzy laddy (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 26, 15:20:44
        
        Good times ! (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:24:24
        
        Whiny electro pop (NCFC) - Old Git, Jun 26, 15:36:58
        
        You're unbelievable ! ! (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:42:17
- First full 90 minutes I saw was Norwich (NCFC) - pants, Jun 26, 15:08:14
  - That was a fucking corker,fleckys volley,my head nearly hit our roof when that went in,gun (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:13:45
- glory hunter gone wrong mainly (NCFC) - pat_abb, Jun 26, 15:05:13
- By accident. (NCFC) - Hendrikos, Jun 26, 14:53:11
  - Hoho,they are shit. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:01:42
    - but often that's the whole point, people think Norwich are shit but (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jun 26, 15:18:58
      - Loj,that was a joke as this muppet trolled me,am abit gutted you thought i was serious,you (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jun 26, 15:25:22

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