Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just for fun. What is your Hearts Heritage? How far back can you trace your Hearts connection and family tree. Some of the older members will remember the 50’s and 60’s but did your parents/grandparents go pre-war? I would love to know if they shared memories of those times. This is not a quest for The Ultimate PHM and my own connection to Hearts goes back only to 1984, so I can’t even talk about Drew Busby, let alone Willie Bauld 🙁 And I wonder what we will be telling our grandkids... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo414 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 When I begun supporting them in 2004. Fairly easy to track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dad, his Dad, his Dad. Don’t know after that. Mum’s side Grandad went game about, but was from Newhaven and would have chosen Hibs if pushed. Step Dad is 78 I think and his whole paternal line is Hearts like my Dad’s was, I think. Few Huns and a Falkirk fan thrown in there with uncles. Both my kids are being indoctrinated to Hearts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dads a Celtic fan, his dad Partick Thistle. Mums side are Rangers. Just me going it solo as a jambo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Special Officer Doofy said: Dad, his Dad, his Dad. Don’t know after that. Mum’s side Grandad went game about, but was from Newhaven and would have chosen Hibs if pushed. Step Dad is 78 I think and his whole paternal line is Hearts like my Dad’s was, I think. Few Huns and a Falkirk fan thrown in there with uncles. Both my kids are being indoctrinated to Hearts. That goes back decades! I often wonder if there are supporters who can trace it back to the 19th Century through grandparents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Thommo414 said: When I begun supporting them in 2004. Fairly easy to track Have to start somewhere 👍🏻 Ive got my son into it now so hopefully a few more years to come for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thommo414 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: Have to start somewhere 👍🏻 Ive got my son into it now so hopefully a few more years to come for us. Indeed. My Grandad, Great Uncle and Uncle were the only football fans before me and they were Rangers, Hibs and Celtic respectively, thankfully I never followed suit with either. Through her family, my wee fellas Hearts heritage goes back a fair bit further They won’t have the luxury of a choice, it’s Hearts or nothing Edited March 27, 2020 by Thommo414 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast Boy Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: That goes back decades! I often wonder if there are supporters who can trace it back to the 19th Century through grandparents. Yeah, I’m pretty sure my great grandad on my Dad’s side must be very far back indeed. Early 1900s? If my Dad was still alive he’d be 74 I think. Not ever checked when his Dad or Grandad had kids (age). You assume in those days it was 20s though, I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My Grandad was born in 1910, went to his first Hearts game when he was 10 or 11 I think and his son, my Dad, is a Hearts supporter born in the early 1950's. 5 of my Uncles are also Jambos. I didn't get a choice in the matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Beni of Gorgie Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 3rd January 1977 me. I chose the team that got beat 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojumbojambo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My great grandparents came down from Morayshire and were married in 1874 in what was then Ramsay Lodge beside the castle. After some years in the Dumbiedykes area the family moved to Newton Street in Gorgie where my grandad grew up. Little chance of the family being anything but Jambos since then. Incidentally the reason for the migration south from Moray would appear to be my great gran's advanced pregnancy "Y'ere whit ! - get yersel away fae Elgin". Alternatively my great grandad may have heard about a wee football team that was about to make its mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Grandad saw Bobby Walker playing in maroon My Dad watched Bobby Walker I had to make do with Nicky and Jamie 🙈 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr ewing Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dad had trials for Hearts in the 50s. Took me to my first match in 67 against Greenock Morton. Supporter ever since, good times and bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside jambo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My dad was born in the 20s myself in the 50s my son’s 70s&80s grandsons (4of them ) this century all Of us jambos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Grandad born 1917 is the reason I'm a Jambo. I assume his father was HMFC too. Unbroken tradition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 I remember as a kid in the seventies my granddad, b1908, telling me he saw Hearts beat Hibs 8-3 in 1935 and that all his 9 brothers and father were Hearts supporters. He was the second youngest brother so I reckon his dad must have been born around the time of the club's foundation. Not that it matters. Some of the most devoted Jambos I've known have no "Hearts heritage". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andi17 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 20 hours ago, Cruyff said: My Grandad was born in 1910, went to his first Hearts game when he was 10 or 11 I think and his son, my Dad, is a Hearts supporter born in the early 1950's. 5 of my Uncles are also Jambos. I didn't get a choice in the matter. Me to the correct way lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdoctor Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My dad was born in 1923 and had a trial for hearts in 1939 they wanted to sign him.but he was called up for WW2. My first game was the league cup final in 1954 which we won and I have followed the since Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 57 minutes ago, Cruyff said: My Grandad was born in 1910, went to his first Hearts game when he was 10 or 11 I think and his son, my Dad, is a Hearts supporter born in the early 1950's. 5 of my Uncles are also Jambos. I didn't get a choice in the matter. You just sometimes wish you had a chance to sit down and ask a million questions. Watching Hearts in a post-WWI world is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My Grandad(my Dad’s side) born in 1900 and passed on his maroon lineage to all his offspring and their offspring too! Not a bit green in sight. 😁 My Dad’s Uncle drove the team bus during the Terrible Trio years. My Mum’s side a bit more mixed but my Grandparents on that side lived next door to Willie Bauld’s parents in Newcraighall. My Dads Christmases all came at once when he started seeing my Mum and learned who her neighbours were. 😁🇱🇻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingantti1874 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My family were are pretty much all huns, my old man didn’t like the shite and went to watch hearts when he was a teen in the early 50’s.. me I don’t remember anything else, never made a conscious decision.. never known anything else.. my first love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 12 minutes ago, martoon said: I remember as a kid in the seventies my granddad, b1908, telling me he saw Hearts beat Hibs 8-3 in 1935 and that all his 9 brothers and father were Hearts supporters. He was the second youngest brother so I reckon his dad must have been born around the time of the club's foundation. Not that it matters. Some of the most devoted Jambos I've known have no "Hearts heritage". Your second paragraph is spot on. I was only asking out of curiosity. My grandad was English and saw all the threats from the 1920’s onwards but I never thought to really ask him about guys like Finney, Edwards etc. He was a football man though and enjoyed the couple of Hearts games I took him to. By the way, 8-3. Get it right up them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Debut 4 said: My Grandad(my Dad’s side) born in 1900 and passed on his maroon lineage to all his offspring and their offspring too! Not a bit green in sight. 😁 My Dad’s Uncle drove the team bus during the Terrible Trio years. My Mum’s side a bit more mixed but my Grandparents on that side lived next door to Willie Bauld’s parents in Newcraighall. My Dads Christmases all came at once when he started seeing my Mum and learned who her neighbours were. 😁🇱🇻 My father in law lived next door to Jimmy Wardhaughs mum and remembers kicking a ball around the back garden with Jimmy and his two friends, Willie and Alfie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luscious Laryea Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dad is a Rangers fan, mum is from a family of massive Raith fans. Went to my first Hearts games in the 1998 cup run with my mate and his dad and was hooked - I would've been 8 years old and never looked back! Only Hearts fan in my extended family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Nookie Bear said: My father in law lived next door to Jimmy Wardhaughs mum and remembers kicking a ball around the back garden with Jimmy and his two friends, Willie and Alfie... 👍🏻Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Nookie Bear said: Your second paragraph is spot on. I was only asking out of curiosity. My grandad was English and saw all the threats from the 1920’s onwards but I never thought to really ask him about guys like Finney, Edwards etc. He was a football man though and enjoyed the couple of Hearts games I took him to. By the way, 8-3. Get it right up them! I'd had plenty of 0-7 jibes in the seventies and when I mentioned it to my granddad he told me all about 8-3 and that Hearts had always been better than Hibs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: You just sometimes wish you had a chance to sit down and ask a million questions. Watching Hearts in a post-WWI world is amazing. Never really knew my Grandad tbh, me and my sister were the youngest of his 11 or 12 grandkids, so never really spoke to him much but I'm sure he said that Alex Massie was the best player he'd ever seen. He died in 2006. I'd have to ask my Auld man, he'd know more. I think my grandads brother was a Hearts fanatic but he died before I was born. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan brittles Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 my grandfather used to walk from South Queensferry to watch Hearts before the first world war.I remember as a wee boy waiting for my dad coming home in 1948 from a game against East Fife.We won 6-1 and I think it was the first line up to include Conn,Bauld and Wardhaugh together.I started going to Tynecastle in the early 1950s and I was there on that memorable day in 1956 when we won the cup. Tonight I just watched a replay of the 2012 final which I attended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SectionG Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 First Jambo in my family, my wee laddie is 3 and he's getting into it now, so hopefully just the start of a new ever increasing line, got some catching up to do with others, but I started supporting around 85, despite family trying for many years to change me and also no trying the same with my son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seebeegee Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Great Grandad was Curly Fraser who played for Hearts in the 1890’s. Everyone on my dads side has been Hearts ever since. My mum’s family going back to Great Grandparents all supported Hearts also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffdanum Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Great Grandad..died on the Somme Battlefield september 1916..kick started the jambo life on my mums side..my dad as a kid lived in Wardilaw terrace..no brainer who to follow.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Grandad in the 50s and 60s, football nutter. He'd even go to Easter Road just so he could watch football, a fairly common thing to do im told at the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One five Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My dad , grandad and great grandad where all hearts fans , all lived near tynecastle at some time in there life’s .know this as my dad spoke of the times when him and his brothers got as he called it a lift over by his grandad, he used to speak of the great crowds and former great players we used to have , unfortunately he’s not here anymore and I wished I had noted down all his story’s.my mother and her mother were also big jambos....its in my blood for sure 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozjambo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dad and his brothers born in the 20’s they saw all the glory of 50’s Hearts team, I got taken along when I was about 9 in that fateful season when we lost the league to Killie on the last day, my fist game was v Airdrieonians at Tynecastle we won 6-1. Remember it well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairdryer Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Surprisingly lots of hearts fans from the early 1900s born and brought up in leith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Was given the badge my grandad wore to the 1956 Cup Final, for my 5th birthday. It was on my school blazer for 12 years and I still have it to this day. I kiss it on the morning of each and every Hearts game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Nookie Bear said: My father in law lived next door to Jimmy Wardhaughs mum and remembers kicking a ball around the back garden with Jimmy and his two friends, Willie and Alfie... Bloody hooligans! Sounds like a right terrible trio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, Hairdryer said: Surprisingly lots of hearts fans from the early 1900s born and brought up in leith Were hubs perhaps seen as an Irish immigrant club at the time and therefore, if you weren’t, you went to Hearts? I am just guessing, mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Morgan said: Was given the badge my grandad wore to the 1956 Cup Final, for my 5th birthday. It was on my school blazer for 12 years and I still have it to this day. I kiss it on the morning of each and every Hearts game. Surprised you got away with that! I suppose, many years from now, our grandkids will be wearing the scarves and badges we wore in 2012 1 minute ago, Morgan said: Bloody hooligans! Sounds like a right terrible trio. They did break a window, to be fair. Bloody hopeless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Fox Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My father went to all HEARTS home games as a boy in the 1930s/40s, never missed a game, a real Hearts supporter, but bizarrely as was the way back in the day .... an alternate weeks he went to Easter Road!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Nookie Bear said: Surprised you got away with that! I suppose, many years from now, our grandkids will be wearing the scarves and badges we wore in 2012 They did break a window, to be fair. Bloody hopeless. That Bauld guy? Couldn't hit a barn door from six inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Jambo-Fox said: My father went to all HEARTS home games as a boy in the 1930s/40s, never missed a game, a real Hearts supporter, but bizarrely as was the way back in the day .... an alternate weeks he went to Easter Road!!! My grandad did that too. Imagine that today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Jambo-Fox said: My father went to all HEARTS home games as a boy in the 1930s/40s, never missed a game, a real Hearts supporter, but bizarrely as was the way back in the day .... an alternate weeks he went to Easter Road!!! Seems to be a common thing back then. Cheaper, nothing else to do, no aggro, no games on tv. I wonder if they “supported” both teams or just enjoyed it as a game without caring who wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Morgan said: That Bauld guy? Couldn't hit a barn door from six inches He was no Ian Baird, that’s for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londonjambo Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 My grandfather was going in the 1920's and 30's. Been in the family since then. GC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 26 minutes ago, Hairdryer said: Surprisingly lots of hearts fans from the early 1900s born and brought up in leith There’s probably more Jambos in Leith than there is Hibs fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Just now, Nookie Bear said: He was no Ian Baird, that’s for sure. Yogi? Loved the bloke at the time, like . Looking back, my wife has more ball skills than Ian. Perhaps this is now a talking point for the Shed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey Dosser Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Mr 3 Putt said: Dads a Celtic fan, his dad Partick Thistle. Mums side are Rangers. Just me going it solo as a jambo. I'm in the same boat. Only Jambo in an entirely Celtic-supporting, Glaswegian family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Fox Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Nookie Bear said: Seems to be a common thing back then. Cheaper, nothing else to do, no aggro, no games on tv. I wonder if they “supported” both teams or just enjoyed it as a game without caring who wins. I think it was an Edinburgh thing, whilst he was a Hearts supporter and would always want them to win against all others, he like many others would want the other Edinburgh team to beat outsiders! Different times but perhaps not that bad! Certainly wherever I’ve lived I’ve always taken an interest in the local football team! Edited March 27, 2020 by Jambo-Fox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Cruyff said: There’s probably more Jambos in Leith than there is Hibs fans. One of my best friends is a Hibby who was born in Stewart Terrace. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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