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Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications 25th March 2025, 15:09
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Posted By al1934
PS: I once lived nextdoor to the late Rear...

PS: I once lived nextdoor to the late Rear Admiral Tony Pugsley, CB, DSO** who had commanded Javelin during the operation but was outranked by Lord Louis. He once told me that he could never...
Forum: Books, Magazines, TV, Video & Publications 25th March 2025, 15:00
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Views: 3,439
Posted By al1934
The Royal Navy at Devonport since 1900

I thoroughly recommend this book of photos and facts by Lt. Cdr. Ben Warlow RN.

Includes two photos of HMS Javelin. One of the photos, taken November 1940, shows Javelin being towed back to Guzz...
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 24th March 2025, 14:35
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Posted By al1934
Why should England tremble!

Why should England tremble!
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 17th March 2025, 11:38
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Views: 971,679
Posted By al1934
That requires a health and safety certificate or...

That requires a health and safety certificate or a risk assessment, at very least!
Forum: Royal Navy 20th February 2025, 13:33
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Views: 9,639
Posted By al1934
Thank you for this! However, it could seriously...

Thank you for this! However, it could seriously affect our health and almost certainly my musings when I lie awake at night.....................
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 5th January 2025, 13:57
Replies: 551
Views: 256,425
Posted By al1934
Could be beri-beri?

Could be beri-beri?
Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye 26th May 2024, 13:58
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Views: 39,095
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: 6,487
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: 39,095
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: 14,488
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
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Views: 10,917
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
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Views: 10,269
Posted By al1934
Fascinating stuff. Thank you, Harry!

Fascinating stuff. Thank you, Harry!
Forum: The Arts & Entertainment forum 30th December 2023, 13:33
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Views: 50,124
Posted By al1934
Anonny Mouse

Anonny Mouse
Forum: The Pig & Whistle 15th December 2023, 15:01
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Views: 11,716
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, 14:40
Replies: 1,879
Views: 971,679
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, 13:18
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Views: 971,679
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, 11:32
Replies: 1,879
Views: 971,679
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, 15:03
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Views: 3,175,046
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, 15:46
Replies: 1
Views: 9,263
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, 15:38
Replies: 1,879
Views: 971,679
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: 13,644
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: 13,644
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: 79,835
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: 7,763
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: 79,835
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...
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