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Frantic, I'm almost sure "Barts" sold bikes as well

Hello all you dib,dibers curiosity, how many earned their National Service badge, awarded during WW2? I got mine, ;) O0 it was a red oblong background with the letters N S with a crown in the middle embroidered in gold silk earned by constructing Anderson shelters and collecting salvage,now...

Hi Allen, info you wanted? the address is... Veterans Agency,                        Thorton-Cleveleys,                        Lancashire FY5 3 WP Email [email protected] give them your service No, and year...

Another interesting Photograph Graham O0

Graham who do you mean? "All strange dogs found in the park will be destroyed ......so they had a dog destroyer intresting.I wonder if they threw um in the lake " The dog's or the dog destoyer??? ;D :2funny:

Graham, that website you posted (i.e.nig-nog) made very good reading about the beaufighters cheers mate

I understand that the Staffordshire Regiment is off for another "Tour" in Iraq. Good Luck to the Lads come back safe & sound O0 :police:

My father,& brother- in -law were both very keen bowler's having played for Kynock's and Lea Hall bowling club in Handsworth George Cummings was also a member of Kynock's B.C have a picture someplace will have to scan it

Aston it looks very likely, when we used it as our "Ship" it was painted white but it certainly looks in the right situation O0

Miss Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling, 1909-1990 was one of the first Lady Farnborough Boffins. Her negative-g fix (a small metal disk with a hole in the middle) was nicknamed "Miss Shilling's Orifice" and was fitted to all Merlin equipped aircraft in fighter command in 1941 and remained there until...

Isn't it blooming marvellous that these gallant hero's have to await 60 odd years before getting this recognition half the poor guy's are no longer with us :( >:(

Hello Jannywanny, you can still get "Ellimans embrocation I have some in the medicine cabinet at the moment (Lovely smell) ;D ;D

I've just looked at a badge that was given out at school.... Centenary Celebration 1838-1938 it's got the B'ham coat of Arms in the centre, bit of an antique now like me

Aston, The White house was just the side of the pool in 1946, it was much later when they had their "Ship" the other side of the road by the park gate

stranger than fiction what? how many co-incidences there were

Graham, those posters are really good, a lot of them I am seeing for the first time really nice to see them thanks mate O0

this is the Fairey Battle Bomber that was produced at the Austin by the time it went into production it was already out dated by the Spitfire & Hurricane

Nice photo of Bracebridge pool Graham I skated on there one year, didn't do my blades too good as the surface was a bit rough Powells pool was the location for TS Sutton Sea cadet's we used the white house as our ship,and sailed our two "Dory" boats on the pool

At last it's good to hear that our boy's serving in troubled countries are to have extra pay, it is said it will help them to pay their taxes!!!! why should they have to pay tax when they are not in the UK??? it's enough that they are out there serving their country without having to pay for...

Kandor, say no more mate ;D But while on the subject of insects, this year is the first year for ages that I have seen "grasshoppers" about, also those "Jumping Jacks" remember them?