On entry, unsupervised klds would have to give backers on Choppers, jump off a garage roof, shoot air pistols at milk bottles, set fire to an old tyre, play split the kipper in their socks, poke a dead
spuggy with a stick, jump off the top of a welded scaffold climbing frame wearing baseball boots, and spin their younger brother on the teapot lid till he hoys up.
"Get that
spuggy oot the hoose" Translation:
Spuggy means sparrow of the small bird variety.
But while for many of you, Geordie Racer conjured up memories of old school TV sets being wheeled into the classroom on a trolley and singing the theme tune in the playground, for Dec it's tarnished with a bit of disappointment as he missed out on the leading role of
Spuggy in the show.
Becki, as we knew her, then had corkscrew ginger curls that earned her the nickname
Spuggy after the popular character in TV show Byker Grove.
THE spirit of "
Spuggy" helped raised thousands of pounds for cancer research in a hair-raising night of fun.
"The main character was a guy called
Spuggy Hilton.
Spuggy, alias Charlie Wardell, was chief clown with Billy Smart's Circus.
The sire chosen was Droopys Vieri, by whom she threw not only Wing Man but also open winners Fintans Gwennie and Ludworth
Spuggy. Breeder Fitzgerald again opted for the Top Honcho cross when putting her to the 2004 Derby champion, and has reaped an even bigger dividend.
After
Spuggy (Paul Rider) kidnapped and threatened the loathsome Big Vinnie (John Forgeham), they didn't take him into custody.
Although these particular miners, Ralph, Tony, Steve, Barry and a very strange would-be Australian Aborigine called
Spuggy with an impressive didgeridoo, needed the money after their colliery was closed down.
Geordie Racer 's main character is
Spuggy Hilton, who isn't a runner like the rest of his family, but is a keen pigeon fancier and owns Blue Flash, one of the best birds in Newcastle.
Skelton had said goodbye to one of its most popular sons when hundreds attended the funeral of Craig "
Spuggy" Starling on Friday, January 9.