Keith Scantlebury

Clarence Cooper, he had the prize bingo in the station between the Chinese and the snooker club. They lived in the houses alongside the 20 acre. My parents whent to the daughters wedding (Anne) the reception was at the Gosforth Park hotel. The place was was packed with showmen and their families who had travelled from all over the world. Apparrently he was a smashing bloke with no airs and graces, my mam worked at the prize bingo and all the staff and husbands were invited.

We got a ham from Bobby Cowells as we always do as part of the meat order for xmas. The head of the female department of this household decided to do something slightly different this year with it. Instead of using honey, she deep scored the ham and covered it with marmalade (orange) and s l o w r o a s t e d i t . It was absolutely gorgeous. Everybody kept going back to the ham, not the turkey, not the pork or the beef, that ham was to die for.

Read it earlier, I wish that I could throw as much !*!@# around and live a long life of luxury like a chimp called cheetah

not to mention his foul emmisions

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING BACK. WE THOUGHT WE WERE WELL RID, NOW WE WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH MORE UNADULTERATED TOSH. NEVER MIND, WELCOME BACK MERLIN. (ps. Malcolm did a good job filling in for you, he managed to spout enough rubbish for the pair of ya )

No thanks, we are having turkey, (you thought you would fool me by writing in Mongolian. didn't you)

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Ok to be calling it lino John, Malcolm is probably still calling it oilcloth, bless him.

Thank you all, not had a bad day at all. Unfortunately not out on the lash Foxy as my son and his family came over from Carlisle.

They're still going Brian. I called in one weekday, there wasn't much activity, to be honest I have seen more life in a tramps vest. I hope it works out for them though, time will tell.

FELICITATIONS............. easy for you to say !!! umph.

Thats what I mean , I was being sarcastic Foxy, old bean

Well, at least it did'nt take long to put the Crimbo lights up in the Station !!!!

Thats exactly the luck I have Brian, welcome to my world. We could have a 2 or 3 month total drought but as soon as I hook the caravan up to the car it would "P" down, then when we come to put the awning up, it would blow a hooley.

Oh aye

Nor me I'm far too young

R.I.P. Garry Speed. Great pro and a role model to young players at whatever club he played. He was an excellent servant to N.U.F.C. for five seasons or so. A sad loss to the world of football.

Thats him canny lass, he has done well for himself and lives in Fleetwood now.

You lot at Westridge at that time would remember the Coulthards that went there Richard, George, Gordon and Elizabeth.

Can't remember doing it in a decker but many times in a bull nosed Bedford single decker, and possibly a leyland leopard. There used to be plenty red marks on the furnace bridge.

That looks like the RAISBECK outside the Clayton

Today is the day that we spend a little time to remember those who gave their lives in the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1949 as well as in the many conflicts that our Soldiers Sailors and Airmen ( and their supporting colleagues) have been involved in since and now. Questions are being asked about the level of support our military personell deserve today. Many query the reason as to why our soldiers etc. are even involved in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq . Those that are there, are there out of choice. Unlike WW1 and WW11, no-one forced them to join up. When they do join up, they are trained in various skills, one of which is warfare. They are trained to fight, they are trained to shoot at people, to kill. They are taught how to minimise the risk of being killed or injured themselves and how to help those who are with them. For this , they are paid, that is their job, a job , may I add, I would not want, these people deserve every penny that they receive. Take a look at two very different scenario's. JIMMY SMITH :- aged 21 Jimmy is a soldier he joined up at 16 and is now serving in Afghanistan. Its Friday, 7 am, his last day of duty before he returned home. It is all he can think about. He steps on a IED and he loses his leg. He returns home and is looked after by the military and is still being paid. JIMMY BROWN :- aged 21 Jimmy is an engineer, he has just completed his apprenticeship that he started at 16, Its Friday 7 am and he is on his way to work. He is thinking about going out with his mates that night. He crosses the road to get a paper, he is knocked down by an uninsured driver, still drunk from the previous night, Jimmy loses a leg. He is looked after by the NHS he is not being paid his wages from work. Is there any real difference between the two cases. Had it been a case that they were killed, is one case more deserving than the other. They are both someones son, brother, boyfriend. Both boys were going about their daily lives, a life they chose IS THERE REALLY A DIFFERENCE?

Very good JOHN I'll let you have that one

You can't compare the likes of Arsenal and Manchester City with the situation at NUFC as those teams moved to new stadiums (new ground, new name) as did Slumderland AFC. They talk about Chelsea FC re-naming their ground but Abromavitch is insisting that any new name should include the words Stamford Bridge. This should be the case at St James' Park. Because of the FA's new self sufficiency rules that are about to be introduced, clubs are looking at ways of generating more cash and incorporating a sponsors name into the stadium is one way to do it, but to completely remove the name of St. James' Park, absolutely not. Ashley and Llambias were just starting to make a few inroads in the popularity stakes at SJP, because of the improved financial situation, but as usual they have gone about it in such a ham fisted manner that they lose popularity as quick as they gain it . Mike Ashley must be a glutton for punishment, it looks like he will have to impose yet another period of self exile from his own ground for his own safety. Talking about safety, Who would be the brave soul to actually remove the words "St. James' Park" from outside the ground, any volunteers? Lets see if there are any plans to lose names like, Old Trafford, Anfield, Goodison Park, Croft park or the Welfare ground. Just an after thought....... It would be nice if the local news stations (television and radio) continued to call it St James' Park. As with Match Of The Day and others. NUFC, they say, is the number 1 second favorite team in the Country, so fans from other clubs will come out in support of saving the name (mebe not those of Slumderland though)

And what is it again that the yanks call a toilet ....... Ahem