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Passer domesticus, alias ‘SPUGGY’ 'Raison d’être' d’Ad Lib SYMPTOMS! Being tenacious about the meaningful, not so distant past, deserves some recognition. Therefor ‘Symptoms’ I salute you. Your statement, By Symptoms, of January 19, 2012 in Chat Central deserves much more attention than that, what it has received to date. I won’t count, or pit one comment against another for the post, the same for those commenting on ‘not being able to upload a photo’. I don’t know how to do that myself. Nichts desto trotz. . . Your most recent posting deserves a more comprehensive debate with Forensic Scope, certainly not like some of the diversionist, pathological ‘Smoke-Screening’ speeches that some (MP’s) are delivering, in Parliament today. Surprise, surprise the Rt Hon Bob Stewart MP (Beckenham, Conservative) gave an explicit recollection of his abhorrent experiences from territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Yugoslavia. He failed, forgot, or ignored to include or mention that in 1878 prior to being fully annexed in 1908 into the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the territories had been, were part of the Ottoman Muslim Empire, since the mid-15th century. I wish to remind people, that this was well before the birth of Adolf Schicklgruber 20th. April 1889 and the Serbo-Croatian born Josip Broz Tito 07th May 1892 Today, Everybody should know, there is no such thing as a clean war! I’d ask "Bosnia Bob" from the Cheshire Regiment to revue & reflect upon the battle honours awarded to the 22nd Regiment of Foot since 1689. Also, why the wounds of Bloody Sunday have not healed, 50 years on... The Catholic priest Edward Daly waving a blood-stained white handkerchief while trying to escort the mortally wounded Jackie Duddy to safety Also, the colander style address by the Birmingham son of a bus driver lacking actual facts. Edmund Francis Hughes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Rough Sleeping, needs a refurbishment, perhaps with real facts. Just as Donald Rumsfeld, with his Known unknowns he didn’t know all the unknowns. I don’t know, how selective, or how much effort was employed by each speaker, in choosing the contents of his or her speech, given today in parliament. Fortunately, Hansard - UK Parliament publishes the official report of all Parliamentary debates. For those who are new to the Forum & obviously don’t know who or what I am. Symptoms is aware, that I’m a pit-yacker, the proud son of a post WWII coalminer, born & bred in Bedlington. We attended the same school together, until I made the change to Marton Boarding School in Cheshire. His father, like my son, even share the same profession. ‘Symptoms’ your most recent post had me literally Gobsmacked, your astute perception of the current situation, caused the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! I Passer domesticus, alias ‘SPUGGY’ with ‘A Different Bias’ a bilingual ‘Little Englander’, standing 6'2 bare footed drawing a German Pension. I relinquished payment of my English pension to the RBL. Since the ‘Prague Spring’, I have served in BFPO 45 ‘Berlin West’, surrounded by ‘The Wall’. Also did four and a half years in East Berlin, behind ‘The Wall’. It was to say the least a very daunting experience during the ‘Cold War’ period. Berlin West was an enclave behind the ‘Iron Curtain’ in the middle of East Germany, There was then, & it was simple common knowledge, absolutely no chance of ever getting out!!! Being able to live & enjoy, to really relish the fact, that it came down, without a single shot being fired, borders on being the unbelievable!!! At present I am what is called a third country national in Europe, - with still a few years to go on my English passport, - on elapse, I then apply to the ‘BAMF’ - Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge ... Federal Office For Migration & Refugees for Asylum in the European Union State of Germany, that is only if I stay clear of a Covid contamination by the State & don’t croak beforehand. My children are both German Nationals, they also have the right to be English Citizens. My current place of abode is only a couple miles away from Stalag X-B / Sandbostel Concentration Camp Stalag X-B / Sandbostel Concentration Camp - Frank Falla ... https://www.frankfallaarchive.org › prisons › stalag-xb-sandbostel Only one Channel Islander is known to have been incarcerated in Stalag X-B / Sandbostel Concentration Camp ( Lager Sandbostel) in the town of Sandbostel in the German state of Lower Saxony, about 27 miles north-east of the city of Bremen. Planning for a labour camp for convicts was begun as early as 1926 and the camp was opened in November 1932. BBC - WW2 People's War - Liberation Of Sandbostel https://www.bbc.co.uk › history › ww2peopleswar › stories › 14 › a8650514.shtml the merchant seamen were made to build a camp especially for mercahnt mariners at westertimke - that camp was called milag und marlag nord. after the seamen were removed to milag in October 1942... BBC - WW2 People's War - SANDBOSTEL https://www.bbc.co.uk › history › ww2peopleswar › stories › 39 › a4041839.shtml This place though not as widely known as Auschwitz or Belsen was indeed on a par with these terrible places. I have since researched the Concentration Camp at Sandbostel on one of the Internet... Also, to all you ‘NIMBY’s’ together with the misinformed, you made an ill conceived decision to leave the EU. It was much more than making a foolish mistake, it is a disaster!!! ‘’ Perhaps, with what might kick-off in Eastern Europe soon with a Russian/Ukraine/Nato conflict maybe we're in for another bout of mass murder of non-combatants. ‘’ Symptoms, I mean you no malice, your astute perception is good, but it is a misconception, you are well aware that Ukraine is neither a member nor part of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. If. . . If we're in for another bout of mass murder of non-combatants, we’re going to be right in the middle of it!!! These days, life is really confusing, a bit like receiving an e-mail invite from Nr.10 to attend party’s without even being told it’s a ‘BYOB party’, but then, nobody told, or asked me! If anyone reads thus far, my recollection of past comments are still intact!!! There is so much to explain in order to fill the void I’ve just created, so I’ll finish this post with a ‘Holocaust Memorial Day question: What was demanded from the Sheriffs of all the counties in England, per royal decree, issued by ‘Edward Longshanks’ on 18th July 1290 that had to be fulfilled no later than ‘All Saints Day’ 01st November that year? Holocaust Memorial Day Question - Passer domesticus, alias ‘SPUGGY’.pdf

Canny Lass After seeing your message I searched a bit more to confirm my view that Rose Cottage and the Toll House was the same building and have to admit I was wrong! Toll Cottage was about 300 yards from Rose Cottage. I looked at the 1939 census and it records the residents in Bebside wood (i.e. the Ha’penny wood); starting at Bedlington Bridge following the river through the woods down to Furnace Bridge. It starts with Bridge Cottage, followed by Mill Cottage, Toll Cottage, Rose Cottage and Clock House. Bridge Cottage is the only building still there today. It is the house on the bend after crossing Bedlington Bridge on the way to Blyth. If you want to see the relevant page of the census search for Adam Gray, born 1 May 1908. Lived in: Toll Cottage, Bebside Woods, Blyth. To prove that I was completely wrong with my assumption, I came across the attached photo showing Rose Cottage in such a dilapidated state that it was beyond repair. All the buildings in the census can be seen in the old map in the link show below. Toll Cottage is about 300 yards from the furnace bank entrance into Ha’penny woods. I am not sure about copyright laws regarding the posting of information from Old Maps and the 1939 census. Anyone know if it is allowed? https://maps.nls.uk/view/132267629