chipper

Sent & got a reply from mia-usa , they can NOT export a Lewis gun mag to me as it's a part of a machine gun .....:-( .....

I have a look at D&B,

thanks guys for your help. :-)

Hi all,

I'm after a Lewis gun magazine and can't find any :-( Is anyone able to point in the right direction... where to buy or have you got one to sell please?

Thanks in advance.

HIYA , i live in Chipping Sodbury , not far from Kemble &

i own a Daimler Ferret ...we were at Kemble last yr for the Airshow ...

had a great wk/end ,

i dont think we can come on 30 june for ur meet as we are doing the armed forces day in Bristol

but we are coming to the best of britain show on aug bank holiday at Kemble

tony

barry , would love to come ,

ive got 03CC28 MK 2/3

is there anyone coming from the bristol area ,

i can share a low loader with & the cost

anthony

welcome to the ferret club

im sure u be very happy together ..!!

welcome gareth

im only down the rd from u in Chipping Sodbury

& ive also got a ferret 2/3 03cc28

are u by any chance going to the steam show at South Cerney AUGUST 5/6/7th ..??

Tony

HI ALL

IF the owner of 03 BB 60 would like to P/M me

i found a very nice picture of ur ferret at the severnside show

chipper

SIMON ,

my ferret 03CC28 was in Cyprus

between AUG 74 ...MARCH 84

AUG 74 V.S.D STOCK

OCT 74 / MAR 75 Queens Royal Irish Hussars

MAR 75 / SEP 75 1 Royal Tank REG

SEP 75 / AUG 77 ORD DEP

AUG 77 / SEP 78 VEH Sub Depot

SEP 78 / JUNE 80 U.N Recce SQU

JUN 80 / OCT 80 VEH sub Depot

OCT 80 / JAN 83 U.N Recce SQU

JAN 83 / JUL 83 VEH sub Depot

JUL 83 / FEB 84 Scout car SQU

FEB 84 / March 84 VEH sub Depot

after which she went to Salisbury for desposal

tony

hiya ,

i live in chipping sodbury

i could ask the farmer where i keep the ferret a few miles away

if he has any room

he charges £10 a wk

tony

lindsay

had a cage made for mine bout a yr ago ,

cost bout £200 by a local guy

ur more than welcome to come & have a look

tony

p.s .. have since painted it ...errr ....green .....!!!

nice photos ....over 12 1/1 ferrets ...wonder what happened to them ..??

u can help me wash the ferret ,

booked in with the Ferret :-)

C U all there ......

tony

hello & welcome

TERRY

ITS good to hear that that 01CA78 is alive & well & is in safe hands !

its always great to find out a bit more history on ur ferret

i found a picture of mine 03CC28 in her U.N white earlier this month on FV701 SITE

from her history it must of been sometime in the late 70s early 80s !

if you send me ur e.mail address , i send you the picture

glad to be of help , filling in a missing link of 01CA78 history

any chance of a picture of her in the now !

tony

GUYS

found this photo of 4 ferrets

does anyone know if any of them are still ALIVE ..?

1ST....... 03BB62

2ND....... 09BB11

3RD .......01CA78 ...i think ..!!

4TH .....CANT READ ..sorry

also there is a note on the back of the photo as you can see .

Tony

fugly

did my gearbox a few yrs ago

heres a few photos i took

& i found a pic of my ferret in service

taken sometime in the late 70s or early 80s in cyprus when she was with the U.N

TONY

MIKE ,

no it dosnt ...its a 1/2 turret

chipper

sirhc,

P.M SENT

HI ,

IVE just been offered a FERRET 1/2 TURRET !

Ive got a 2/3 ferret

i have got no use for it BUT if anyone has then please

give me a call on 07971245163

its FREE all u need to do is pick it up

( guy getting posted & wants it out of his quarters ASAP )

from RAF COLERNE

anthony

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has promised to outlaw 'deactivated' guns Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has promised to outlaw "deactivated" guns, which can easily be reconverted into active firearms for use in crime.

And she said she was looking into changes which would allow witnesses of crime to enjoy protection from an earlier stage - possibly from the moment they first contact police.

Ms Smith's comments come in the wake of a spate of suspected gang-related crimes over the New Year, including the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Erith, Kent, early on Saturday.

She told the Sunday Telegraph that ministers and police need to do more to show they are on the side of "the majority in communities who know this is wrong and who want to work themselves to make a difference".

Deactivated guns, which have been modified so that they no longer fire bullets, are not currently illegal and can be bought without a firearms certificate.

Restrictions introduced in 1995 made it more difficult for them to be reactivated, but the Association of Chief Police Officers estimate that some 120,000 weapons from before that date remain in circulation.

They can be restored to use within minutes and some have been implicated in crimes including the murder of TV presenter Jill Dando.

Some 96% of all sub-machine guns recovered by the police had been reactivated, according to a parliamentary report in 2000. Ms Smith said: "I will find a way effectively to ban those guns and get them out of circulation." :argh:

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ASAP

CHIPPER

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TONY B ....

thats a great poem ...............

the last verse says it all

........For when we come home, either standing or dead,

To know you remember we fought and we bled.

Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,

That we mattered to you as you mattered to us." .............

chipper ,

john

hope your son has a safe tour ....

having been away twice over christmas :-) "IFOR & SFOR tour "

i know what its like ....dont worry he be unpacking his bag

before you know it...........

chipper

ITS CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE

ITS CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

HE LIVED ALL ALONE

IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE

I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE

AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE

I LOOKED ALL ABOUT A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE

NO TINSEL NO PRESENTS NOT EVEN A TREE

NO STOCKING BY THE MANTLE JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND

ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES AWARDS OF ALL KINDS

A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT IT WAS DARK AND DREARY

I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY

THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING SILENT ALONE

CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME

THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER

NOT HOW I PICTURED A LONE BRITISH SOLDIER

WAS THIS THE HERO OF WHOM I'D JUST READ

CURLED UP ON A PONCHO THE FLOOR FOR A BED

I REALISED THE FAMILIES THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT

OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT

SOON ROUND THE WORLD THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY

AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY

THEY ALL ENJOY FREEDOM EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR

BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE

I COULDN'T HELP WONDER HOW MANY ALONE

ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME

THE VERY THOUGH BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE

I DROPPED TO MY KNEES AND STARTED TO CRY

THE SOLDIER AWAKENED AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE

'SANTA DON'T CRY THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE

I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM I DON'T ASK FOR MORE

MY LIFE IS MY GOD, MY COUNTRY. MY CORPS'

THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER AND DRIFTED TO SLEEP

I COULDN'T CONTROL IT I CONTINUED TO WEEP

I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS SO SILENT AND STILL

AND WE BOTH SAT AND SHIVERED FROM THE COLD NIGHTS CHILL

I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE ON THAT COLD DARK NIGHT

THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOUR SO WILLING TO FIGHT

THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE

WHISPERED 'CARRY ON SANTA ITS CHRISTMAS DAY ALL IS SECURE'

ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT

'MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT'

THIS POEM WAS WRITTEN BY A PEACE KEEPING SOLDIER STATIONED OVERSEAS.

THE FOLLOWING IS HIS REQUEST WHICH I THINK IS REASONABLE.

PLEASE WOULD YOU DO ME THE KIND FAVOUR OF SENDING THIS TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.

CHRISTMAS WILL BE COMING SOON AND SOME CREDIT IS DUE TO OUR BRITISH SERVICE

MEN AND WOMEN FOR OUR BEING ABLE TO CELEBRATE THESE FESTIVITIES.

LET'S TRY IN THIS SMALL WAY TO PAY A TINY BIT BACK OF WHAT WE

OWE!

this was sent to me today ...

chipper ....

ADAM

HERE is a few pictures of the LI 72 & the MIGS

i got there just as we went green " IFOR "

& spent a yr in sarajevo !

do you remember that T62 with the blade on the way

to the airfield.....?

chipper