NewBasfordlad

The Grey Goose/Mucky Duck was opposite the bottom of Lambley Lane. Colin

Laggy bands for gadders.

I use Enterprise Car & Van hire at Redhill. Not the cheapest but good newish cars and national coverage so if anything happens to your motor the nearest branch just bring you a new one. My sons of down Cornwall again first week in June and as always he will hire from Enterprise. Colin

I think fch782c is right about the coffin makers I seem to remember they were attached to the Co-Op funeral palour the palce that now housed BettaHeat Colin

Ayupmeducks, I am afraid there is no such thing as smokeless gunpowder, its a name given to modern powders but in reality it does not exist. The change started in the late 19th century and was complete before the start of World War 1. The only think that gunpowder properly known as blackpowder is now used for is the shooting of old front stuffers and replica's. The modern propellents are so much more accurate. When loading the powder and bullet weights are given in grains, to give you an idea there are 7000 grains to the pound and for my .38spl target load I used to use 2.8 grains of Bullse

Mick that makes me chuckle, oh for some of that kind of justice on this side of the pond.

Thanks Mick 'Old School' suits me just fine. As long as I am no longer in the 'blue world' I'm a happy bunny. Colin

If I sign out the forum goes back to normal, soon as I sign in its back to the blue world.

No difference for my I have tried going to the 'change theme box to reverse things but when I click on it bugger all happens. Stuck in a blue world with no headers nothing, someone must know how to rescue me and get me back to the original world. Colin

Thanks for the quick reply Mick. I notice the skin had changed and had a look in the 'change theme' box. I think I have dun somat stupid as its now an entirly different format. Colin

I seem to have clicked on a wrong button. The forum has gone blue, I think I may be stuck in a mobile application if that makes sense. How the heck do I get back to the normal format please. Colin

Ayupmeducks, You don't use gunpowder (which can go bang) in modern cartridges, thats for the old front stuffers. You use something called fast propellent, which just burns unless restricted, as in a rifle chamber. When I was reloading I used a lot of Hercules powders, now Alliant I think. That comes in one pound cans if you can call cardboard a can. Blue Dot & 2400 for my rifles and Red Dot for my handguns. I used to shoot a lot of practical pistol so coming up to a comp I would be shooting at least 300 rounds a week, every week. I could not have done that if I had to by new ammo so rel

I would have thought that in the States (the home of reloading) ammo wouldn't be a problem.

One of the stupid things about UK gun law is that you can go into a shop or order on line every thing you need to make ammo. Books, powder, primers, bullets, loading press etc. It only becomes illegal when you assemble them into a round of ammo. As to a plastic one shot, takes 5 minutes to reload plastic pistol. Like someone already said go buy an AK its cheaper. Another poor bugger shot in cold blood tonight in Birmingham. Colin

It was old style pennies for our gas meter, this would be in the late 50s. When the meter man called he would spread them over the kitchen table, quickly count them into 24s (2 bob) and make them into rolls by wrapping them with stiff paper. Colin

Thanks for making feel bloody old no2 , I was 20 when the last 36 or 37 my bus to work every day finnished. Colin

I am pretty sure your right Cliff, I rode on an awful lot of Nottm trolleys and they were all rear loading with an open platform. Colin

Like that straight passed our house. Colin

Very true but the lone nutters and others have just found other ways to kill people. It would have been a damn sight cheaper to bring back the short rope allied to a long drop.

Your a lucky man the last labour government banned semi rifles and all hand guns. Only good thing was they paid us extortionate prices for them to sweeten the pill. It cost them millions and armed crime is still as bad if not worse as it always was. Colin

I have lost count of the number of rabbits I have put down because they were suffering. At one time back in the 60/70s I used to carry a priest just for that purpose. Colin

Myxomatosis a very good argument pro shooting. And they taste loverly. Colin

I used to use the one at Hazelford. Leave the push bike in the Ferryboat Inn carpark and get the ferry to the other side to go fishing. Colin

'Sneck' was in regular use in our house New Basford. I always thought it originally refered to one of the old type bar latches on doors and gates. Colin

As far as I know the twins towers failed due to the steel work not being correctly insulated against fire. The intense fire caused by the jet fuel heated up the structural steels works, (please note the word structural) to the point where it failed. Concrete and glass will not stand on its own it needs the steel to support it hence the catastrophic failure.