NewBasfordlad

A Reliant Robin Tale. Back in the late 60s went for a caving weekend in South Wales a variety of vehicles were there from Land Rover to Austin Champs amongst them a Robin, I had hired a new Cortina as I had the wife to be with me, we were camped down in a steep sided valley with only a muddy track for access. Returning from the pub on Saturday night, we had a bonfire party and went to bed. During the night it threw it down, that bad the lady and I retired to the front seats of the Cortina. Sunday morning it was still siling it down and as the cave could be affected by w

I am sorry about that I had better not mention their pork and stuffing cobs, wonderful tender pork cut thick and covered in home made stuffing. Or their bacon and sausage cobs with home cured back bacon and thick home made pork sausages. Bugger I am dribbling myself.......................

Yep have one off their steak pies most week. The lad calls in when he is round that way comes back with large steak pies, haslet and pork pies. Now I will have to find out if they do pork brawn as my taste buds have been reawakened.

Get my haselet from Barlows in Nuncargate as with all their stuff bloody lovely, all moist and as tasty as it comes. Had a real treat last week the lady went to Morrisons and came back with pork brawn, haven't had any for years very rarely see any.

Ian, when you have been close to being in an RTA with a bloody Centurion it tends to stay with you, if Wag hadn't got us out of there it would have hit us in the side square on.

Centurion Mk 3 I believe, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry based in Carlton although we had a couple of Mk 5s as well. Well before my time but I know the gunner with the sun glasses on, by the time I joined he had made Sgt and I was posted to his troop. It would be on a CFT (commanders fitness test) because of the deployment status they had to be proved roadworthy every 3 months or so. By the time I joined they had gone due to complaints about road damage, our role changed to reconnaissance so we were equipped with the Saladin, Ferrets and Saracens all were wheeled so we could get out and

My practice was Bailey St in Old Basford, originally under old doctor Keaveny and then his son Paddy both liked a whiskey and Paddy once told me to quit smoking with a fag in his mouth....

^^^^^^^^^Exactly fresh cut to.......

The seasons first new potato's for tea, along with fresh garden peas and a lamb shank......

If the main frame is intact I would first get the name off the smoke hood and have a google and if that proves me right I certainly would.

Unfortunately they are both dead now. Both born before the first world war so an entirely mind set to today. Dad was a gentleman, trilby hat, belted gabardine coat and of course leather gloves. He was also a 6ft 1" 16 stone 'no fat' miner who had served in the Grenadier Guards where they taught him to box. He was a gentle and courteous man to one and all until you crossed him, in Arnold where he came from he was known as a 'one hitter', no one would insult a lady if he was in the room. Mother was an entirely different kettle of fish. She lost her father in WW1 and had a

The Clinton was one of mum & dads regulars back in the 50s sometimes I would go with them and sit in that small back yard with a packet of Walkers and a Portello, I think it was called. Had a right dust up in there one night, a bloke spilt his ale over one of the older lady regulars and refused to apologise, dad took him outside and wupped him and when his wife joined in mum did for her. Mum was very upset she had snapped the handle of her best big handbag.

Beat me to it CF yes their HQ was at Giltbrook just off the Kimberly by-pass, had a load of big tackle as I remember, pity Rog isn't about he would know more.

^^^^Yep every day at work I like hard copy then folk can't deny it was said. Like you say phones are great for something's, they can take photos on site and send them to me to help explain a situation or to help with pricing and sometimes they are kept for evidential purposes. But I write their work load into their personal Filofax.

Col as your such an expert on UK gun control maybe you can answer a couple of questions. Fully automatic guns were banned in 1936 so how come there was a machine gun attack only the other day? In 1996 Mr Blair spent millions yes millions of your taxpayer pounds to effectively ban hand guns by buying them all from their owners. How come there are shootings almost everyday in this country and of course we still get the occasional mass shooting. Gun control in my opinion does not and will never work they just import them from where they are legal for criminal p

Well things have changed somewhat, when I started to really get into it I was reminded of the small scale and that 1/2mm equals about 3" in real life and loco's do not jump up 3" steps. Having had a good look I decided to take it to bits, save what I could and start again, if it's going to happen it may as well be right. This is the new layout a facsimile of a plan for Falmouth dock station and a proposed container depot. The plans were drawn up in the 80s I believe but never brought to fruition so there is some lee way. And not a 3" step anywhere.

They can be a bugger CF we just use the 4 1/2" angle grinder and cut them off.

Had some great times in Gordon House back in the day. From the 60s onwards it was the civil defence centre/headquarters. We had all our socials/dances there, good bar too.

Funny after a few brandy's I tend to swim upside down these days must be some kind of French sedative

Fathers day started in 1909 by a woman who wanted to honour her father after listening to a church sermon on mothers day, then taken over by the 'tat' manufacturers. Knowing I don't like 'tat' I usually get a bottle of either good malt or fine port

^^^^^^^^^ yes the Americans used airships, navy I believe for reconnaissance, there is the mystery of the two officers that vanished from one on a 1942 anti submarine flight over the sea from the San Francisco bay area, do believe it crashed landed in a small town somewhere in California. As you say not big for an airship with a crew of two.

CP next time he calls have a ref's whistle to hand, and give him a blast that will be the last time he phones.......

^^^^^^^Ian shouldn't that be where there's money there's muck

I remember mum used to shop at Godbers when she had the money

Ian, standard equipment at one time was long socks to tuck the bottoms of your overalls in, flea powder to sprinkle round said socks and a naphthalene moth hawk on string to hang round your neck to kill the smell and of course your flask. I have actually stood on my back door step and stripped to my shreadies when I got home to ensure I took nothing in my house. Those days have long gone now, the places are still there but the guys just walk away and rightly so....