Saw this on hols and it made me smile (1 Viewer)

[oucho]

In a Slovak themed restaurant of all places...sorry picture quality not great.

 

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[Nick]

 

[bawtryneal]

Singers FC
Our name before CCFC

 

[Nick]

I get that, wasn't it bikes though rather than sewing machines?

 

[bawtryneal]

Correct.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

I'll post my twist and shout video from a bridge in Salzburg later (whether you want me to or not!) Rudely interrupted by the local Polizei with their sirens!

 

[rob9872]

Imagine my surprise when I saw this in the Maldives

(one for the older supporters)

 

[Otis]

Imagine my surprise when I saw this in the Maldives

(one for the older supporters)

The wheel's come off?

That's not just older supporters, that's anyone who has watched us the last 20 years.

 

[Otis]

I saw this on eBay and thought of the City too.



The old five.

 

[usskyblue]

Ba Ba Bamber

 

[Captain Dart]

I get that, wasn't it bikes though rather than sewing machines?

Stock Photo - Exterior of Singer and Company, Limited in Coventry. Date: 1896

 

[westcountry_skyblue]

Imagine my surprise when I saw this in the Maldives

(one for the older supporters)

That song used to go on for half an hour at times! The good old days !

 

[GaryJones]

Saw this on hols and it made me smile too

 

[Liquid Gold]

I hate to be this guy but we were started by workers of Singers Cycle Factory. Singers sewing machines were based in New York.

 

[Nick]

I hate to be this guy but we were started by workers of Singers Cycle Factory. Singers sewing machines were based in New York.

That's what I don't get.

 

[oucho]

That's what I don't get.

My bad then...I genuinely thought Singers Cycles were part of the bigger Singers group that included the typewriters. I did scratch my head at your initial gif reaction...now I see why...

I did also pass a sign saying 'Villa Park' but I won't pollute this fine forum by uploading an image of that.

 

[Grendel]

My bad then...I genuinely thought Singers Cycles were part of the bigger Singers group that included the typewriters. I did scratch my head at your initial gif reaction...now I see why...

I did also pass a sign saying 'Villa Park' but I won't pollute this fine forum by uploading an image of that.

Oh are you on holiday?

 

[oucho]

Oh are you on holiday?

Sorry is that off topic?

 

[usskyblue]

Turn on your sarcasm radar m8

 

[The Great Eastern]

Singer was one of the brands under the Rootes group umbrella along with Hillman, Humber and at least one other who's name evades me right now.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Singer was one of the brands under the Rootes group umbrella along with Hillman, Humber and at least one other who's name evades me right now.

Sunbeam Commer, Karrier, Talbot.

Singer was the last to be bought, among the first to be dropped (Talbot had gone long before, only to be revived post Chrysler. Apologies for the anal retentiveness!).

 

[dutchman]

I did also pass a sign saying 'Villa Park' but I won't pollute this fine forum by uploading an image of that.

It's a very common place-name, there's one in Eindhoven too. My dad's family lived there during the German occupation.

I think PSV is the only club still named after its original company founder, happy to be proved wrong though.

 

[rob9872]

It's a very common place-name, there's one in Eindhoven too. My dad's family lived there during the German occupation.

I think PSV is the only club still named after its original company founder, happy to be proved wrong though.

RB Leipzig (Red Bull)?

 

[rob9872]

Actually just Googled it and I'm not certain on the RB one I listed but there is Bayer Leverkusen and Airbus UK

 

[Monners]

Stewards & Lloyds in Corby - the old steelworks company back in the day

 

[dutchman]

Actually just Googled it and I'm not certain on the RB one I listed but there is Bayer Leverkusen and Airbus UK

Bayer is a good one, named after an actual person too!

 

[Otis]

Bayer is a good one, named after an actual person too!

Is Bayer's surname Tapestry?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Is Bayer's surname Tapestry?

.....that's a different thread, Otis

 

[Greggs]

Saw this, in Spain of all places

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I'll post my twist and shout video from a bridge in Salzburg later (whether you want me to or not!) Rudely interrupted by the local Polizei with their sirens!

Get yourself to Burgerista and thank me later

 

[Liquid Gold]

Who are Deportivo Wanka named after?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Get yourself to Burgerista and thank me later

Must have walked past it a few times. Came back from a fortnight's break just over a week ago. Just googled it and it looks like it was near Stern Brau where my son had an unfortunate incident with two veal sausages (cue wurst sausage jokes!)

 

[skybluetony176]

I get that, wasn't it bike though rather than sewing machines?

IIRC correctly Singers, as in the manufacturers of sewing machines is a completely unrelated American company.

Edit. Just noticed someone else has already made the point.

 

[MickM]

It's a very common place-name, there's one in Eindhoven too. My dad's family lived there during the German occupation.

I think PSV is the only club still named after its original company founder, happy to be proved wrong though.

It's a very common place-name, there's one in Eindhoven too. My dad's family lived there during the German occupation.

I think PSV is the only club still named after its original company founder, happy to be proved wrong though.

Carl Zeiss Jena?

 

[dutchman]

Carl Zeiss Jena?

Yes, that's a good one!