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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 26th May 2024, 13:58
Replies: 16
Views: 20,883
Posted By al1934
That's what I thought, Dave! I had the feeling...

That's what I thought, Dave! I had the feeling that I was under surveillance all the time I was there and couldn't wait to get out of there. Phew!
Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications 26th May 2024, 13:51
Replies: 2
Views: 3,891
Posted By al1934
Wrens, Wargames and the Battle of the Atlantic

Very interesting! We owe them.
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Wrens-Wargames-North-Atlantic/
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 18th May 2024, 14:19
Replies: 16
Views: 20,883
Posted By al1934
Just like accommodation I stayed in in Luton,...

Just like accommodation I stayed in in Luton, Dave except there wasn't any notice. I had to drag a huge old TV set over to block the door. Strangers in the night, dah dah...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 18th May 2024, 14:14
Replies: 19
Views: 10,540
Posted By al1934
My jab in October was a nightmare - Pfizer X -...

My jab in October was a nightmare - Pfizer X - spent ten hours in the bathroom. Far worse than Malta Dog.
Last Wednesday I had another - Spikevax - same results but not so violent.

I must have...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 8th April 2024, 16:43
Replies: 5
Views: 7,594
Posted By al1934
And threatening strike action now! Why should...

And threatening strike action now! Why should England tremble...
Forum: Mess Deck 6th April 2024, 13:14
Replies: 2
Views: 6,435
Posted By al1934
Fascinating stuff. Thank you, Harry!

Fascinating stuff. Thank you, Harry!
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 30th December 2023, 14:33
Replies: 29
Views: 30,289
Posted By al1934
Anonny Mouse

Anonny Mouse
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 15th December 2023, 16:01
Replies: 10
Views: 8,122
Posted By al1934
The glorious pasty

https://www.gbnews.com/news/pensioner-mobility-scooter-rampage-last-pasty-cornwall

Quite understandable. The media fail to understand the passions that run high here in the West Country where the...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 15th December 2023, 15:40
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By al1934
It was the shame of it. Two lovely ladies to...

It was the shame of it. Two lovely ladies to hold me down while the doc did the slicing job. I heard someone say, "It looks like a cock but its too small". Smallest and prettiest in the Fleet.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 14th December 2023, 14:18
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By al1934
Thanks and having had a biopsy into my scrotum...

Thanks and having had a biopsy into my scrotum (as one does when past middle age) I can commiserate. A female doctor and two female nurses took part - it was hell, I tell you!!!
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 13th December 2023, 12:32
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By al1934
The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation...

The pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for an answered prayer.
Suzie stood and walked to the lectern .
She said, "I have some praise. Two months ago, my...
Forum: Mess Deck 25th November 2023, 16:03
Replies: 9,347
Views: 2,655,563
Posted By al1934
And look where that took us! Come back, Josef...

And look where that took us! Come back, Josef Locke, all is forgiven.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 10th November 2023, 16:46
Replies: 1
Views: 5,960
Posted By al1934
As Arte Johnson was often saying in Rowan and...

As Arte Johnson was often saying in Rowan and Martin's Laugh In, "Verrry interesting, but.........."

Joking aside, Harry, I found this interesting. At least the Indians have spent a lot of time...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 10th November 2023, 16:38
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By al1934
Alternatively, Ordnance Artificers had to work to...

Alternatively, Ordnance Artificers had to work to within 2 thousandths of an inch, ERAs worked to 5 thou and Shipwrights worked to the nearest dockyard.
Forum: Mess Deck 2nd October 2023, 16:04
Replies: 16
Views: 9,431
Posted By al1934
My grandad was a gamekeeper during WW2 and would...

My grandad was a gamekeeper during WW2 and would shoot a rabbit on his way to our home so we ate a lot of rabbit during the war, too. I grew to dislike the rabbits and the lead shot which didn't do...
Forum: Mess Deck 27th September 2023, 13:45
Replies: 16
Views: 9,431
Posted By al1934
Rabbits were presents that we bought abroad and...

Rabbits were presents that we bought abroad and took home to give to our families. Also a talkative person who had 'more rabbit than Sainsburys'!
Forum: Recipes & Cooking 13th September 2023, 13:46
Replies: 55
Views: 58,947
Posted By al1934
They've got an awful lot of coffee in...

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.....................
Forum: Vintage Vehicles, classic cars etc... 8th September 2023, 13:30
Replies: 2
Views: 5,139
Posted By al1934
I had one 1968-9. I was sedately driving through...

I had one 1968-9. I was sedately driving through the Forest of Dean one spring morning when a mother ewe and two lambs burst out of a lane and onto the road. Mother ewe wrecked the front of said...
Forum: Recipes & Cooking 8th September 2023, 13:22
Replies: 55
Views: 58,947
Posted By al1934
Camp coffee was all we could get during WW2 -...

Camp coffee was all we could get during WW2 - yuk. When the US army appeared in our fields and hedgerows during 1944 they showered us kids with their K-Rations, which included real coffee. My mum...
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 7th September 2023, 11:58
Replies: 1
Views: 5,907
Posted By al1934
Reminds me of the 50s when ships were laid up in...

Reminds me of the 50s when ships were laid up in River Dart and other rivers.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 1st September 2023, 12:44
Replies: 22
Views: 15,093
Posted By al1934
Fenecks was my Naval Robber and I was unfaithful...

Fenecks was my Naval Robber and I was unfaithful to him and also bought from Greenburghs. Burtons in Plymouth made excellent doeskin tiddly suits at competitive prices and I once had a...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 30th August 2023, 13:29
Replies: 1
Views: 5,577
Posted By al1934
Ah yes! I remember it well! I lived in a...

Ah yes! I remember it well! I lived in a village where the policeman was the ex-poacher, so he knew everything there was to know about what went on.
Forum: Say Hello 28th August 2023, 15:49
Replies: 8
Views: 9,969
Posted By al1934
Welcome, Tony. Nice to have another young person...

Welcome, Tony. Nice to have another young person onboard.
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 16th July 2023, 14:38
Replies: 1,844
Views: 858,333
Posted By al1934
Even so, it is sometimes best to go by walk, as...

Even so, it is sometimes best to go by walk, as the Italians wisely put it.
Forum: Royal Navy 3rd July 2023, 11:14
Replies: 3
Views: 5,057
Posted By al1934
Mtb630

Thank you for your prompt response, Dartskipper

I was enquiring on behalf of ex-Sea Rangers on another website and have posted your reply (text only) on their thread.

Many thanks!
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