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Hotel St-Mere-Eglise, situated on the outskirts of the town, we stayed there a few years ago, its convenient for the town and surrounding areas.

Getting old is mandatory, and I should Know, growing up is optional......

My Uncle Jimmy ( he shot the two Italians) was in the Royal Engineers during the Anzio landings, he was actually moved about into several units during his wartime service, no one could control him, they just kept moving him on!! After the landings they were involved in Bailey bridge construction on a regular basis, so many rivers. On one occasion they were constructing a bridge and they were taking a break, he was talking with one of his co-workers on the bridge. At one point in the conversation he had said something to the other guy but received no response, when he turned to look at the guy, he had been shot by a sniper..... One day whilst marching through the hilly countryside they came across a couple of U.S. MPs who were looking after a young G.I., the G.I. was shaking uncontrolably. He asked the M.P.s what was wrong with him, they said that he was a sniper who had been station (concealed) on the hillside. The Germans had known that he had been there, and they had plastered the hillside with mortor shells, many apparently landed very close to him but none had found their target, but the G.I. must have felt that the next shell would have his name on it..... and not surprisingly his nerve had snapped.

Using the same sequence, torque the head down again when you have reached working temperature. Good luck, and I hope that it cures your problem. ( Just allow it to tick over to reach working temperature)

Hi, you say that you pulled the head down in the correct order, but I dont see any reference to allowing the engine to tick-over to obtain normal running temperature, and then re-tighten the head studs whilst warm.?????? did you do that ? Regards. Ray.

Hi and welcome, I am sure that you will get all of the help that you might need on here........... pics would be nice, always good to see what you might have.

No problem, I will bring it to everyones attention at the meeting......... I`ll be back in touch.

Even better on a pony. ( I agree really, I like to see a pony tail on a girl)

A few pics taken on our winter visit to The Fauld Crater, after all these years the crater is now totally overgrown with trees and vegetation.

As a schoolboy during WW2 I lived approximately 20 miles or so from the RAF No 21 MU Bomb Dump, we did not know what actually went on there at the time, secrecy was paramount I suppose. 194 Italian POWs worked at the dump along with RAF types. Apparently safety was rather lax, and almost no officers were in attendence. Eye witnesses reckon that one of the RAF people was seen to be removing detonators from bombs with a brass hammer instead of the wooden mallet that he should have used, but its still only conjecture, even after all of these years no one knows for sure what created the explosion. The explosion occured at 11 minutes past 11.0am, 4000 tonnes of ordnance exploded, killing at least 75 people. The dead included Italian POWs RAF bods, and 31 people died in the adjacent Fordes Lime and Gipsum works, they died when the factory was engulfed in mud and water after the nearby reservoir burst its banks. The resulting explosion was the largest non atomic event ever to have happened. The munitions were stored in the old gypsum mine that ran underneath Upper Castle Hayes Farm, the farm and all its occupants, animals including 200 cattle just vanished. Two more farms and nearby cottages were extensively damaged. The resulting crater is 400ft deep and 0.75mile wide. I am a member of The Burtonwood Association, and on reading one of my publications of The Burtonwood Times I came accross an article that had been submitted by an ex-G.I. who at one point during his service had been stationed at Fauld, by then the American army had taken over the dump for storage of their ordnance. He had written to say that although he had been stationed there, and knew that something terrible had taken place, the security was so tight that he had no information. This was some 60 years after he had left the place, I e-mailed him all of the information, and he e-mailed me back to thank me for providing him with this information that cleared up something that had bugged him for all those years............. The wonders of modern technology. The site can still be visited, but it still belongs to the MoD and its fenced office, the signs inform you that there are still many unexploded bombs on the site.

My Jeep is marked 82nd A/B.

Try to attend our next meeting!!!!!

I am inclined to agree.

He may well need all of his disciples with him if he does want to help, particularly if it happens to be my pocket!!!!

Hi, a nice warm welcome to the friendly forum, its rather unusual to have a young lady so interested in armour, but hey, why not? I wish you luck with your search.

A first class show, a few pic`s.

Our son Tony and myself followed a rag top Diamond "T" and Rogers trailer carrying a Sherman Tank today, followed by a Mack Truck, they were obviously on their way home from the Victory Show at Cosby. They both looked fabulous.

This is probably one of the easiest questions that I will have to answer, first and foremost its to educate the uneducated about the sacrifices that were made by that generation of forefathers who have provided us with the relatively safe world in which we live, and it would seem that the best way to grab their attention is via the vehicles of that period. And I have to confess it also allows me the opportunity to relive my army service of the 1950s (Predominently WW2 vehicles) ADD to that the wonderful people that I have, and still do, meet along the way.

One of the most important things to remember, when the battery is charging the cells are emitting a very volatile gas, even a spark will ignite the gas with potentially catastrophic results, the battery will explode, apart from the flying debris its also full of acid...... no naked lights or tampering with the connections whilst the battery is charging (creates a spark)

Automotive Engineers, ask one of your local workshop garages, they will know someone.

Sorry, I stand corrected.

Put a straight edge along the face of the exhaust manifold to check that its not warped, if its warped you will need to get it faced, two gaskets are not the answer.