Isle of Thanet Gazette 22nd May 1981 A former Margate FC player during the pre-war Arsenal nursery days, Albert 'Nutty' BISHOP, of Perkins Avenue, Margate, died on Friday aged 87. Mr BISHOP, who worked for 40 years with the old Margate Gas and Coke Company also played soccer for Margate when their headquarters were at the Dreamland site. he was a cricketer of note too and in his latter days umpired for Margate and Westgate. His son Bert also played for the two clubs as a wicket keeper and opening batsman. The funeral is at Thanet Crematorium this (Friday) morning. Margate Local & Family History
Hello Suzannah. Another great find, thanks so much. I was aware that someone in my family was known as "Nutty" and many years ago I put a note to the list looking for him without luck. "Nutty" Albert was my grandfather's brother, and my dads sister Phyllis was married to her cousin Albert Jnr. The sporting link has now given me something new to investigate. This is another one of Walter Nelson's sons working in the Gas Works.Should have called it the Bishop Gas Works!! Thanks again Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzannah Foad" <suzannah.foad@btopenworld.com> To: <isle-of-thanet-l@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 6:36 PM Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Death of Albert BISHOP, Margate 1981 > Isle of Thanet Gazette 22nd May 1981 > A former Margate FC player during the pre-war Arsenal nursery days, Albert > 'Nutty' BISHOP, of Perkins Avenue, Margate, died on Friday aged 87. > Mr BISHOP, who worked for 40 years with the old Margate Gas and Coke > Company also played soccer for Margate when their headquarters were at the > Dreamland site. > he was a cricketer of note too and in his latter days umpired for Margate > and Westgate. His son Bert also played for the two clubs as a wicket > keeper and opening batsman. > The funeral is at Thanet Crematorium this (Friday) morning. > > Margate Local & Family History > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ISLE-OF-THANET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message