Alf Tupper was not a real person.Alf Tupper used to scoff a fish supper on his way to the track where he then won the Olympic Gold in a World Record time.
None of that poxy furren muck for Alf
(the teenagers need to ask their Victor or Hotspur reading grandads)
Oh yes he was ...
He lived with his Aunt Meg in Anchor Alley, Greystone. The house had one room upstairs and one room downstairs; Alf's bed was a mattress on the kitchen floor. He was employed as a welder working in Ike Smith's welding shop which was located under a railway arch, his wages were £1 5s (£1.25p) per week of which he paid his Aunt £1.2s.6d (£1.12½p) for rent. This meant he had 2/6d (12½p) for himself. Following a bust up with his Aunt Meg, he moved into Ike Smith's welding shop, sleeping on a mattress by his workbench. Alf joined the Greystone Harriers paying a subscription fee of half a guinea; he was only a member of the Harriers for three weeks and was instructed to return his membership card by Bob Richards the Honorary Secretary, following an ontrack fight with Vic Mason in the 440 yards at the Greystone Harriers Sports meeting. Alf's staple diet was fish and chips wrapped in newspaper.
Sounds like bad news. Hope this is one transfer rumour that doesn’t come off.
Is he good at singing or something then?
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