mick2me 3,033 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Looks like an ad for Injurylawyers4u? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Me at the Petwood hotel, (Officers mess of the Dambusters) 2008 Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Those bricks in the fireplace just look wrong Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Its a great place Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulus 541 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Just a couple of miles from the Kinema in the woods, Woodhall Spa's a lovely place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackson 301 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Plantfit (Rog) re: your pavement cycling photo; full marks for a creative composition. Gave me a laugh. Good job you didn't land in those beds of nettles either side of you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Those bricks in the fireplace just look wrong Someone fiddling with the "Vertical Hold". <g> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 My dad was based there for a while during WWII. (Woodhall, not the pub) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Knowing the history of the area as we do, he could well have been based in the pub !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,580 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 RAF Woodhall is the site I am currently working at, although the part I work on is no longer RAF, some of the runways and a few bits and bobs are still on site though, Thorpe camp is well worth a visit too, just about all you need to know about RAF Woodhall, run by a guy called Mick Hodgson very nice chap, and no visit to the area would be complete without a pint or two and a fantastic lunch in the Blue Bell at Tattershall Thorpe Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 a fantastic lunch in the Blue Bell at Tattershall Thorpe Rog of course. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Locally produced Ham egg & chips. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 We've got another trip coming up soon !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 After the cars got thru its MOT , we're off to see Alan anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 Might be interested in Sharing petrol cost? and take the new camera Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 It'll be early May before the 'Aviation spectacular' (various hospital appointments, SWMBOs shift pattern etc are slapping the mockers on owt earlier) I'm trying to get over for Tomorrow night but that's looking a problem now, after a hospital appointment was cancelled and rearranged for me last Thursday !! I am getting over for the Notts County vs Bury match on the 21st though !! 12.30 kick off with free rugby afterwards again !! woo hoo !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 BIG JOE McCARTHY RCAF the American Dambuster and crew.Came to Canada in may 1941 from New York to enlist in to the RCAF.Flew Lancaster T for TOM on the Raid.On is 10th run at the Sorpe Dam just 90ft above the water released the bomb which hit the top of the Parapet damaging the earthen wall.the dam had to be drain off later. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RGR 218 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 My Dad RCAF Tail Gunner on right near Wigsley or Ossington Nottinghamshire in WWII. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I used to go to Ossingtom in the 1960s for driving practice on the former runway and peri-track. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 How to look a complete prat at age 48½! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 In line with RGR's military photos, here's a couple from RAF Newton that appeared in the Nottingham Evening Post February 17th 1970: Vulcan in the hangar. Shackleton behind the Vulcan and what looks like a Gloster Javelin in the back right corner. I polished the wings on that Vulcan! Bloodhound missile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Compo... you look like yer abaaht ter gie sum bu99er a rait thraipsin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I felt like it anorl! I didn't want to go but SWMBO insisted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor S 2,003 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Compo, didn't they have the Bloodhound missiles on permanent display outside Newton's main entrance? Seem to remember mates and me riding our bikes down that way a couple of times in the 50s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 They did. I would say that one's outside the Guard room judging by the houses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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