Vic Patterson

With all these good wishes it is a great day! thank you everyone, remember its just a number.

Same here Canny lass, except when our kids come for a visit we are always unlocking the doors, they are all city dwellers now! they even lock there cars!

Sorry about that Eggy, your right! I should have delved into it more before opening my gob. Not realy an issue but could be missed.

That was from an earlier photo posting, the names are not the updated ones, 21 is Doreen not 35,but 37 is Rosemary.

Milk will be spot on HPW as I'm teetotal also, I like that Burton voice but not sure it works with your accent!

HPW I usually use my email, then cut and paste it, then delete when done. If I don't get finished it goes into drafts! Piece of cake!

A very good and interesting discussion but not really appropriate for "Birthday Wishes"

Happy birthday Merc. hope you have a great day, saving that kitty will be the best present you'll ever get!

We used to call roofing felt and linoleum tarry toot! great for fires and flaming arrows...

And a happy Australia Day to you Brian, have a good one.

I hope this is successful Samuel, we used to have a movie theatre here in town but it has long long gone, our nearest one is 120 miles away, and yes people travel after work to take in a movie and popcorn. I remember in the early 1950's in Rothbury waiting for second house! (I think movies were only every Thursday sitting on forms in the village hall) being from Blyth we were spoiled with all those venues! Good luck.

I also spent many hours/ days converting our Standard 8 and Super 8 cine films, projector, screen and background music,(poor quality) then later onto DVD, I tried editing but found even bad pictures or double exposed sections were worth keeping! At my wedding 1962 my dad bought a 9.5 camera with film in it, then he had it developed, we have never been able to view it! looking at the film you can see us getting into our BMW (Isseta!) car and driving away, I had a company try and convert it but got nothing back, just a blank tape.(I still have the camera.) In 1963 My dad and I bought a used Standard 8 camera from a gentleman in Bedlington! we then progressed on to Super 8 and eventually VHS, now I'm looking at how to get the DVD onto my computer and thumb drives

Happy Birthday Canny lass, I hope you have a great day.

Happy New Year to all our friends, wishing you all the best of wealth, health and happiness for 2017.

And a Happy New Year to you Malcolm.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy 2017.

39 Candy floss! cotton candy!

Happy Birthday Pete, hope your having a good one.

HPW, MICC Pyrotenax, Mineral (chalk) Insulated copper cable. Most commonly used for fire alarms systems and explosive atmospheres , (usually orange plastic covered) It wasn't very flexible so only used in permanent installations, never heard of it being used underground but used extensively in industrial and commercial applications where fire may damage and cause the equipment to fail, the copper sheath was stripped (using the said stripping tool) to expose the copper conductors, a pot was then screwed onto the sheath then filled with an insulating putty (thermocouples would be filled with a melted glass) a seal would then be crimped sealing it. After both ends were sealed a 500v-1000v meggar was used for testing and identifying the conductors, I haven't seen any over here so the last terminations I did would be over 40 years ago! I remember doing thousands on the soot blowers at the (late) power station and at Alcan Smelter. The largest size I ever used was at the WOOLCO Kilingworth on the roof mounted AC units. Right on with the P.I.L.S.D.W.A. wrestled with that a few times.. now you have me rambling on...

Read about those but never saw one! We used a L shaped 1/4" rod with a split in the end...

No, it's true! we've had enough and sending whats left, it'll be there soon.

Brian, If they cannot find it I'll send them some, we have more than enough here, along with some cold weather, should be there in a couple of weeks. (-29c right now)

HPW Blueprints were made in a similar process to photographs, I used them a lot, new prints made my hands itch.

HPW #53 according to the boss, but she cannot mind where Fen worked as he didn't work in the last few years.

Fen and his wife Lilly also had a daughter Brenda, (she had twins) I believe Brian has since passed away. Jimmy had two children Robert and Elizabeth .