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Thanks foxy ... apparently I did have a very, very old FB account which I'd forgotten about (hadn't been used for years) so when I did a new sign-up it chucked the old account in my face. Anyway, I used it to visit that group above; when I've got a bit of time I'll contact them.

They can debate until they are blue in the face, the top and bottom of it is we need the yanks more than they need us and Don will have his day. Lets face it a lot worse than Don has graced the palaces dinner tables,

We worked most weekends doing exactly that. Fitted entire streets in Cramlington.

Info for Symp and Malcolm.

Rumours it's going in the Lion Garage.

Bank of England upgrades 2017 growth forecast -but pound tumbles as Mark Carney cautions Brexit still has consequences Well he would, wouldn't he? Wants us all to believe that he "saved the world" - move over Gordon. And, if he were ever to admit that he was badly wrong on just about everything on every occasion.. Ah, yes, he's pedalling this line already: Ahem... presumably this included Osborne's "emergency budget" which you went along with? Has anyone asked the obvious question as to why he lowered interest rates to depress the value of Sterling when many economists (and I suspect some MPC members) said he should have done the reverse? What's the betting that the UK growth forecast figures will need to be raised yet again?

Contrary to parliamentary belief, the British public are sovereign and they have no divine right to do what's in their own interests (under the guise of their alleged moral superiority). Gone are the days when they can pedal the line that we need them to do our thinking for us. We now need to remind them of this at every single opportunity. We've always managed to stave off bloody revolution in this country by the elites having the sense to give enough ground, but this collection of drones haven't got the basic horse sense of their predecessors, and still don't realise that their posturing impresses no one. The utterly pathetic "debate" in the Commons yesterday is a case in point.

The Monkey (Barrington Arms) I attended first school with lad who's family ran the Barrington Arms back then. I remember the teacher asking him if he had any idea why the pub was know as "The Monkey". To the best of my recollection, he explained that inside there was a picture of a chimpanzee hung above a fireplace somewhere and that's why the locals began to refer to The Barrington Arms as The Monkey. Yes, we know that the chimpanzee is actually a great ape, not a monkey, but that's how he explained it.

Brian was good mates with my brother in law and he would always pay him a visit on the Friday night before Match day when his team were playing against Newcastle. Never forgets where he comes from and still keeps in touch with his old mates.

Signed - and the wife signed without me asking her.

Plenty beer and a barbi then Brian