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I never went on a camp as such but there was an 'Expedition Club' in School so there were trips mostly to Snowdnia and one or two to the Brecon Beacons. Did anybody here go on an Outward Bound course at Ogwen Cottage which was for a number of years owned and run by brum council...

I attended 66-71 and went for IIRC Chemistry class at Raddle Barn. I remember the bakery well, small individual Hovis loaf and 2oz of cheddar to munch on the way back to Selly Oak Boy's

Are any of our American based members into pressure/hot bath canning ?

Mostly he smokes hams, pork and lamb ribs. To be honest the Americans do the best BBQ cooking there is, the Auzzies think they do but they don't BBQ Pit Boys is a good channel for outdoor cooking https://www.youtube.com/@bbqpitboys/videos

Its cooked outdoors over a gas ring, this sort of thing

A very good old friend of ours (an American) lives in New Jersey and like a lot of men handles the BBQ well but his specialty is deep frying whole turkey's :)

Very true :) Here's a story for you. Back then we used to get small groups of trainee (novice?) priests pop into the bar for a couple of pints of Guinness then head back to the Oratory. Now, jump forward thirty years and I'm living in Wales nursing. One shift a new nurse turns up for duty...

Your right MWS, in my youth I was bar cellarman at the Ivy Bush and Lloyds was opposite. The 'Bush' was a busy pub back then and I'd order the beer. From memory we'd go through nine or ten Hogshead (54 gallon) of cask conditioned Brew XI, seven or eight Barrels (36 gallon) of mild, about the...

Lovely write up, can you imagine how much those houses would sell for these days.

My first ever holiday flight was Elmdon to Guernsey with IIRC British Midland Airways on a twin prop in 1960. As we (mom and I) walked on the stewardesses were giving out sick bags and barley sugar sweets because they expected turbulence which as it turned out never happened...happy days :)

Together with Satan's food, avocados. Hope you all enjoyed Halloween with the grandkids etc.

I've just finished this book and its an easy read, learnt nothing new but it did jog my memory with many happy events coming to mind https://www.amazon.co.uk/1950s-Childhood-Baths-Bread-Dripping/dp/0752450115?fbclid=IwAR269NYphZ62_B5eAgYs6MO0YkySij-94uOwDML_jmJKPTdRarCQnvk-cOk Mine is the...

The minute mommy and daddy register your birth your in the system and there is no dropping out. What harm does all the 'tracking' do you? Nothing in real terms so I simply don't care if Google knows where I am and in fact its useful if your searching for something local, speeds up the search...

:cool: One of my very favorite TV shows...got every episode, old and new on the NAS :)

They say the same about avocados but I never ate them in the 60s and I ain't eating them now...satan's vegetable.

Picked the last of my outdoor tomatoes today, all green but will ripen indoors. Its been a good year, I've again learned from my mistakes and look forward to summer 2023 and doing even better :)

I'm old enough to still get a buzz from technology having seen the advances these last 60 years...I love technology. All this now fits on your phone

Been a good week for nonsense calls/texts, my Apple Pay payments have been declined three times and I face high charges if I don't respond (I don't use or own anything Apple related, I dislike the company) and I've missed half a dozen parcel deliveries which shows age has caught up with me...