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Club History - 1945 - 1950 - Oral History

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Manager George Irwin had the services of crowd favourites such as Fred Dawes and Freddy Kurz, but Palace failed to progress up the Football League.

Fan spoken to: Betty Dickson ¦ Year of Birth: 1915

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Watching Palace in the rain and snow


Fan spoken to: Roy Topp ¦ Year of Birth: 1935

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Strikers Ronnie Rooke and Cliff Holton.


Fan spoken to: Roy Topp ¦ Year of Birth: 1935

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Football returning as an entertainment after the war, and why Palace played in white.


Fan spoken to: Betty Dickson ¦ Year of Birth: 1915

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Freddie Kurz and Dick Graham were memorable, but there were no famous players then.


Fan spoken to: John Lane ¦ Year of Birth: 1940

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Buying a penny-on-the-ball ticket, and the numbers in the half time scoreboard.


Fan spoken to: Betty Dickson ¦ Year of Birth: 1915

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Support for Palace spreading through the family


Fan spoken to: Betty Dickson ¦ Year of Birth: 1915

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Palace were terrible, just like schoolboys


Fan spoken to: Don Mayle ¦ Year of Birth: 1920

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Seeing Percy Harper, then Palace chairman in the first post war programme and how Palace fans felt about him.


Fan spoken to: Bill Boakes ¦ Year of Birth: 1930

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Palace's one successful season immediately after the war


Fan spoken to: Bill Boakes ¦ Year of Birth: 1930

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Being trounced 10-2 at Reading


Fan spoken to: Eileen Prescott ¦ Year of Birth: 1925

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Losing 6-2 to Newcastle in the Cup, and wanting to name a daughter "Crystal"


Fan spoken to: Vic Mcrubert ¦ Year of Birth: 1938

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Seeing the current England centre forward Tommy Lawton playing for Notts County against Palace in the Third Division South.


Fan spoken to: Vic Mcrubert ¦ Year of Birth: 1938

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The reaction of visiting fans arriving at Selhurst Park