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  1. To this day my favourite sandwhich filling is fried pork sausage with Robertsons thick cut orange marmalade.

    Sorry Canny Lass, no matter which way I look at that it just does not seem palatable. (Were you by any chance preggas at the time, cos I heard women have funny culinary tastes during that time.)

    Definitely not preggas! I can remember eating these as a toddler. You must try it. It's lovely. One large slice buttered white bread. One fried pork sausage, hot or cold, cut in half length ways and placed on half the bread. Spread a dollop of orange marmelade on the other half and fold over. Enjoy!

  2. Dear God,

    I'm very afraid! The 21st December I'm planning a big party to celebrate being/surviving 25 years on the other side of the North Sea. If your planning any kind of big bang could you save it until midnight ... just to make the firework display a bit more exciting and keep the costs down. My old man thinks this Doomsday thing has all gone a bit too far. He says the date is right but the year is obviously wrong as he experienced Doomsday 21 December 1987. I wonder what he means by that?

  3. Butter and sugar are a must!!

    Speaking of sandwich fillings, did anybody else have jam with everything? My dad took sandwhiches to work at Netherton Colliery. No matter what the filling, he put a layer of jam on it. he said it was too dry to eat otherwise. To this day my favourite sandwhich filling is fried pork sausage with Robertsons thick cut orange marmalade. Cheddar cheese and strawberry jam comes a close second!

  4. Better late than never (I've had a trying day)!

    Happy birthday to you,

    Happy bbirthday to you,

    Happy birthday dear Keith,

    Happy birthday to you.

    (Sung to the tune of "Happy birthday to you")

    Hope it was a goodun and long may your batter-brush batter..

  5. Can your old man give this guy any tips?

    He says: it depends what the problem is . If it's the shorts gliding downwards because of the weight of the water then a bit of good old fashioned, British knicker elastic should do the trick. If it's the ramp structure then he'll need a bit more time to think about it.

  6. My old man sends a great big thank you for these pics! When I met him he worked for a company called Navire,who had a base in Blyth, and he visited Blyth quite regularly. The pics reminded him of his early days in the shipyards in Gothenburg and he said he could smell the steel! He is, or was, a design engineer - not so much in ships themselves but in the equipment used for handling passengers and cargo. If you've ever taken your car on a ferry there's a good chance that he designed the ramps and hoistable decks. He was also responsible for the system of stacking containers on ferries

  7. Only in his late 40's I think when he started played Corporal Jones. Good make-up, and good acting! The actor who really was old was Arnold Ridley of course. But few people knew that he'd gone through it for real in both world wars as he never talked about this, even to his own family. As well as an actor he was also an accomplished play-write.

    http://www.telegraph...ar-heroics.html

    I'm amazed to learn that Clive was only 40! Good make-up indeed and the acting ought to get an award!

    Thanks for the Telegraph link Threegee.That's a real insight into the life of Arnold Ridley. I had no idea.

  8. He really was a star! I loved Dad's Army. Those characters complemented each other perfectly. Cive's catch-phrase "they don't like it up'em, the fuzzy wuzzies" caught on everywhere. How old was he? I think he was a good age way back then.

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