tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post2340800287301302304..comments2023-09-04T13:29:22.056+01:00Comments on Kathz's Blog: Box 45Kathzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13008903556114337963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-52386864012750753702008-09-20T23:40:00.000+01:002008-09-20T23:40:00.000+01:00Believe it or not, I knew about "crisps." Far too...Believe it or not, I knew about "crisps." Far too much time reading English soccer magazines, Nick Hornby novels, and watching English soccer on the telly.<BR/><BR/>And "Gavin and Stacey" on BBC America, as of late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-13465227607664794952008-09-20T01:41:00.000+01:002008-09-20T01:41:00.000+01:00The opening was probably a bit mystifying from the...The opening was probably a bit mystifying from the U.S. A "crisp" is what you would call a "potato chip". Walkers, the sponsors after whom the stadium is named, is a Leicester-based crisp manufacturer - very well known throughout Britain. Their advertisements used to use the footballer Gary Lineker, whose family still has a stall on Leicester Market.Kathzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008903556114337963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4587126871623824329.post-4769895840889866162008-09-20T01:34:00.000+01:002008-09-20T01:34:00.000+01:00Lovely post. Love the sound of it. Doesn't seem ...Lovely post. Love the sound of it. Doesn't seem to matter what the sport, the "grounds" always bring memories.<BR/><BR/>We're finally getting a "football" team hereabouts in the next two years. Won't be like the EPL variety, but it'll have to do till I get to London someday...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com