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I flew in a Handly Page Hastings on my first overseas tour in the RAF from Lyenham to Takoradi on the Gold Coast (now Ghana) October 1949

I suppose it depends on what you use your PC for, basically I only use it for 3 things, this Forum, on line banking and watching videos on you tube oh and occasionally downloading music. I found that XP, 7 and 10 all coped/cope with that to my satisfaction. Having said that I realise that...

A Very Merry Christmas to all members

Pedrocut, not at all, the sun was over head and the desert was shimmering and I'm no photographer, you have made a great improvement, I will down load it and put it in my album. Incidentally that refuelling spot at Gao was run by the French Foreign Legion, how they got the fuel up there is a...

I flew back from West Africa whilst in the RAF in June 1951 by a Hunting Airways Viking (Pic attached) , so they go back some time. Also when the Airport was completed early 1939 the employees of Bryant's the builders, the main contractors were invited to bring their families to the opening...

One of my many winter paintings, this one in Aston. Thought it had a Christmas look. Eric

This is my desk top background, I was in Malta on my 80th birthday with one of my sister's and sister in law and they treated me to a flight on this De Havilland Otter

The only thing we disliked was the climate, 89/90 EVERY day of the year plus the high humidity, night time was the worst especially sleeping under mosquito nets which was mandatory (we were 15 miles outside the city), this was was before air conditioning just ceiling fans. We were only there...

I was also stationed in Singapore 1954/55 at RAF Seletar on 205/209 Squadron, Coastal Command (Sunderland flying boats), my Wife was with me in married quarters. Eric

Bob Johnson, Yes I can see it benefitting disabled and wheelchair bound people but not the fit and able

What is the point ? It does not take much effort to switch on lights or draw curtains. I have a timer on my cooker anyway. This modern high tech is making everybody lazy. Maybe I live in the past. Eric

Can someone explain to me what a Smart Speaker is ? Eric

I painted this watercolour of the Navigation many years ago. Eric

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN Eric

this is a painting I done many years ago for a member who lived by the park, I also enjoyed many walks round there with my 2 dogs when we lived close by in Hillside Road 1962 till 87 Eric

donkey 1955, perhaps they did use 13 in the past but they don't now, some people thinks its unlucky

donkey (slightly of subject) I thought they never used the number 13 in house numbering, round here they all go from 11 to 15 ? Eric

Christmas seems to get earlier each year, our local Asda as already put up decorations - it's all about money

I should have mentioned my sister cut and sewed the 17 sails for me. Eric

Mac, the largest model I tackled was HMS Victory, nearly 4 foot long and 3 foot tall, passed away a whole winter, this was the last model I completed and is now in the home of a niece of mine. Eric