Shake Down the Thunder - Book

[Old Royboy]

Re the book itself, I was a bit disappointed. I thought all those individual contributions made the whole thing disjointed and a little impersonal. I would have much preferred Jim to have blended them into a smooth narrative, with his own personal feelings of the trials, tribulations and final triumph the ?Main? background.

[ScottH]

theres a lack of decent footy books though, and a lack of good footy documentries on dvd. I would like to see a dvd on the swans club history.

If you want a good book with history of AFL and the swans, get the Bloodbath, by Ian Shaw.

http://www.amazon.com/Bloodbath-1945-VFL-Grand-Final/dp/1920769978

[Lucky Knickers]

I really enjoyed it. It was good to get the word from the horses mouth. The worst thing was I kept tearing up on the bus to and from work everyday as it bought back all those memories of the day.

That was a great day!

[BigD]

I bought It last year almost as soon as it was released. I thought it was a great read and a fitting tribute to where the club came from to get to the holy grail(ie. the premiership).

[swansrule100]

If you want a good book with history of AFL and the swans, get the Bloodbath, by Ian Shaw.

http://www.amazon.com/Bloodbath-1945.../dp/1920769978

yeh i got that one its a good read.

[Bindo]

I came across the book 'Flying North for the Winter - the story of the Sydney Swans' one day in the Uni library. Took it home to show my kids photos and stories of the early days. Looking at a photo of people on the hill at the SCG in the 'olden days', and lo and behold, there's myself, boyfriend (now hubby) and two friends, all sitting there! Certainly proved that we were there from the beginning!

[Nico]

That's not how I remember it Wardy. I seem to recollect that you turned it in to a bazaar and traded your copy of the book for a rug. Perhaps JS or ORB can confirm which one of us has the failing memory

A RWOer wears a RUG!!!!

[Wardy]

That's not how I remember it Wardy. I seem to recollect that you turned it in to a bazaar and traded your copy of the book for a rug. Perhaps JS or ORB can confirm which one of us has the failing memory

I traded the mens tie for the rug - not the book - I gave the book to ihamilto.

[Wardy]

I came across the book 'Flying North for the Winter - the story of the Sydney Swans' one day in the Uni library. Took it home to show my kids photos and stories of the early days. Looking at a photo of people on the hill at the SCG in the 'olden days', and lo and behold, there's myself, boyfriend (now hubby) and two friends, all sitting there! Certainly proved that we were there from the beginning!

I have some photo's of the first game up here against Carlton - back in those days - anyone could walk onto the ground before the game - and I recall people some went out onto the ground to listen to the quarter time talk - the banner's have certainly come along way - but the thing that stirkes me most was that even back in '82 - demolishion work had started - to builid the Messenger, O'Reilly. Walters & Yabbas. I will see if I can scan them and put them up here.