I adopted this name for the forum used by my non-league club, as people knew me as the only Charlton fan. It kind of stuck and I ended up using it on various newspaper sites. If I'd been coming up with something specifically for here, I might have tried to be more imaginative, but no-one else was using it, so...
I thought I'd put this on a similar thread a couple of years ago but my old Gran sometimes would call me FF, as in " Eat up that mashed potato & baked beans, little Fanny Fanackapan" ( I rarely ate anything else when I was small, being very picky, so maybe I should have chosen Fussy Fanny Fanackapan ! )
It was a term of endearment & NOT usually accompanied by a clip round the ear .....
I have just googled it for the very first time & found it's a Lincolnshire term meaning " little dear" . Ah, bless !
Anyway, I'm glad that my chosen monniker has brought some light relief to some of you when a touch of humour is needed during the dark days we regularly experience as Addicks.
Every time I see your Username it reminds me of the time when we just bought a red setter puppy. My wife wanted to call it Fanny Fanackapan and as I would be walking the dog every evening I said “I am not standing in the middle of Danson Park shouting out Fanny trying to get the dog back. I will be arrested!”.
Seems along time ago now living close to the Valley. Moved to Lincolnshire in 1992. Mind you even in Spalding I would not call out for Fanny in a public space even if it did mean “little dear”!
They played Love Parasite on Radio 6 yesterday. It sounded like it could have been made last week.
He never got any Air play back in the day , Such a shame as now he is gone a lot of new bands siting him as a influence . Back in his early days Depeche Mode was support band to him .
I loved Fad back in the day and seeing your user name always takes me back to seeing him perform Ricky's Hand with an electric drill at the Lyceum - great days. RIP Frank
They played Love Parasite on Radio 6 yesterday. It sounded like it could have been made last week.
He never got any Air play back in the day , Such a shame as now he is gone a lot of new bands siting him as a influence . Back in his early days Depeche Mode was support band to him .
I loved Fad back in the day and seeing your user name always takes me back to seeing him perform Ricky's Hand with an electric drill at the Lyceum - great days. RIP Frank
Yes, if you look at his Album sleeve notes there are various things he used in his recordings ( Ashtrays) I picked this up last year, Autograph, no framed
Always thought there was a play on Lennie Lawrence going on here.
The low rent was my lodgings in Beulah Hill 1987. Lenny is close to my pet name 'Lonie'. If it wasn't for Callas version of 'Casta Diva' the night before, I wouldn't suffer the hangover which got me on an attempt to walk it off one sunny Saturday all the way to Selhurst Park to watch this team in red which I've never heard of taking on Oxford United. Callas - and obviously the hangover are still with me... And you are correct. Lawrence fitted in nicely
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I was told the other two a few years ago as a fascinating fact, and it sounded plausible at the time.
Seems along time ago now living close to the Valley. Moved to Lincolnshire in 1992. Mind you even in Spalding I would not call out for Fanny in a public space even if it did mean “little dear”!
I picked this up last year, Autograph, no framed
In tribute to many an ex Charlton striker.
Lenny is close to my pet name 'Lonie'.
If it wasn't for Callas version of 'Casta Diva' the night before, I wouldn't suffer the hangover which got me on an attempt to walk it off one sunny Saturday all the way to Selhurst Park to watch this team in red which I've never heard of taking on Oxford United.
Callas - and obviously the hangover are still with me...
And you are correct. Lawrence fitted in nicely