On Christmas Eve, Family Harms will play some Christmas carols (via Youtube? Or what’s this thing called Spotify?) as they have forever. John Harms has found more gold from Nanna, the record collection, and brings you a selection of those albums including one long-lost LP from the mid-80s.
Almanac (Last-minute) Gifts: So what would I like for Christmas?
December 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
John Harms has his own wish-list for Christmas. The thing he most wants is to go secondhand T-shirt shopping with son Theo, but he’s also on a few other possibilities. [Hint kids – Dad]
Another Photo Quiz: Name these three sportsmen
December 22, 2024 by 5 Comments
Three fine chaps. Can you name them?
Almanac AFLW Draft: Congratulations Sarah Poustie
December 19, 2024 by 2 Comments
Great to see Sarah Poustie, daughter of Almanac members Mark and Nicole, was snapped up at Pick 25 in the AFLW Draft. {Congrats Family Poustie – JTH]
The Almanac Team – Maz and Dermie of Diskman: Cats and KISS
December 19, 2024 by 2 Comments
Dermie and Maz of Diskmandotnet have looked after all of the Almanac’s website needs for over a decade. So, who are they? [Thanks for another excellent year Dermie and Maz – JTH]
More gold from Nanna’s: A photo – name these two sporting legends
December 18, 2024 by 19 Comments
John Harms has been making lots of interesting discoveries while going through boxes of photos and papers from Nanna’s place (his late Mum, Fay). Who are the two sportsmen in this pic?
Vale Gary ‘Chooka’ Merrington
December 16, 2024 by 8 Comments
We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Gary Merrington whom many Almanac people knew so well from the All Nations Hotel where he was the quintessential host. John Harms has put together a few words.
Almanac Lunch: Very informal lunch, Day 3, Adelaide Test (Wellington Hotel, North Adelaide, confirmed)
December 7, 2024 by 4 Comments
Come to lunch. Informal. Wellington HOtel, NOrth Adelaide, from midday.
Almanac Cricket Memories: That crucial summer – the 1974-75 Ashes Series (Gabba)
November 28, 2024 by 15 Comments
It’s fifty years to the day (Nov 29) since the first day of the First Test of the 1974-75 Ashes series. John Harms remembers it all vividly.
Revisiting the Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch 2024: So what was actually said?
November 13, 2024 by 12 Comments
So many stories surface at the Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch. This is a beauty, involving a locking of horns, in Brisbane in the mid-80s.
Almanac Life: Nanna’s final days
November 11, 2024 by 17 Comments
John Harms’s mother, Fay, died on Tuesday night. He remembers her final days.
Revisiting the Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch 2024: The poetry of Damian Balassone
October 21, 2024 by 2 Comments
Thanks to Damian Balassone for being a guest at The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch. Here’s a couple of poems and details of how to buy the collection.
Almanac Footy History: 1899 Grand Final – Fitzroy v South Melbourne
September 24, 2024 by 3 Comments
This Saturday Fitzroy play South Melbourne for the 2024 AFL Premiership, albeit as Brisbane and Sydney. Here’s a story by John Harms about that 1899 Grand Final when Fitzroy really did play South Melbourne.
Almanac Grand Final Eve Lunch
September 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
A handful of spots remain at The Footy Almanac Grand Final Eve Tip the Top 8 Count Lunch at the Royal Melbourne Hotel this Friday. Now is the time to book.
Almanac Anniversaries: The Glorious Nineteenth (at Murtoa)
September 19, 2024 by 24 Comments
September 19 is the anniversary of the first start of John Harms’s first ever horse, the great mare Courting Pleasure, known as Dog on Fire, or just The Dog. She started at Murtoa in the Wimmera region of Victoria.
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