Vic Patterson

Thank you foxy, looks like a great turn out, we have our service and parade on the 11th, but it could be held inside this year if this snow doesn't stop! That poppy waterfall is impressive.

Thank you Canny lass. That is the first time I have heard the explanation which leads me to wonder why we were not taught "i before e if it sounds like ee", then we may not have always questioned the "ruleâ€

Eggy, some of those old photographs can have a great resolution, have a look at this Shorpy site, I get a lot of Model T pictures from there, you can blow them up and see tremendous detail. The cameras used big plates and lonnnnng exposure! http://www.shorpy.com/node/20254

"When do we ...play again" ?

Excellent! Well done Malcolm and all those involved producing this newsletter, it must have taken a lot time and effort to produce this very informative document! Now to sit back and re-read it all and digest, so much information!

Quick pull-up over Mt Kembla

1110 ATC in Ashington, visited RAF St Mawgan, Avro Shackletons and aerobatics ifs in DH Chipmunk. Around 1957-8, I think!

That was quite an era for experimental aircraft, Fairey Delta 1-2 Boulton Paul 110-120, Armstrong Whitworth, Handley Page and lots more, we led the world in aircraft development , swept wing, swing wings, hovercraft , vtol, stol, supersonic, oh well can not live in the past!

Happy birthday Fourgee, hope your having a great day!

Lops were on the body, dickies in the hair! Lops were usually from the "lopy dog"

As requested!

Could be either tenant or landlord, you would have to read the lease!

Too neat, Photoshop I'd say!

Anyone lucky enough to see the big flypast today? must have been spectacular.

Winterizing, We have had our first frosts and snowfall, yesterday I put away the lawnmower and fuelled up the snowblower, guess what?it got up to 27c... â„⛄

Happy birthday Malcolm, hope your having a great day!

It's a bit different here in the mountains HPW, the mine put a conveyor through the mountain to bring the coal to the Prep plant and train load-out. A few years ago the mine closed for quite a while when it changed hands, when it re-opened the tunnel was unusable, the floor had heaved up to the roof! it was abandoned and now they haul the coal.

Could be, I don,t check between 6am and 2ish most days! (Bedlington time")

YES! Let the play with it but try and tell them about its importance, yes it will get broken, but that's ok it's Wort it.

Thanks Maggie, I think I detect your frustration, understandably so. I'm amazed at the amount of traffic I see on the web cam, here we cry "traffic lights†(jokingly) if we have to stop for three vehicles! where else can two oncoming drivers stop in the middle of the road for a chat and traffic just wave and roll around them! I like your line of thought Canny lass, should I be fortunate to make another visit home I'd be very disappointed if I didn't get to put a few faces to the names of our long distance friends. I watch the cam quite a lot but have never seen a a wave.

Keep it, three bladed prop (early) Spitfire. We owe a lot to theSpitfire! I have a similar one in pewter.

Wow, it certainly was a success! The web cam just caught a small bit of the action. Thanks for the pics Foxy, I thought you might be in the thick of it.

Was this because of the street fair today? It looked quite successful! I searched the forum for any information but could only find one brief notice.

http://www.canadiandeathrace.com/ Four gee isn't here is he?

Merc, Foxy, I believe they are Russian built Sukhoi 30, they belong to the Indian Air force who in the U.K. on exercise with the R.A.F. Looks like the Indian roundel!