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I booked medium stay parking a couple of days ago and think the bus runs every 15 minutes so aim to be there around 4.15 am to allow time to get to check in for just before 5,hope the snow stays away see you saturday

Nigel

I should like to volunteer to be the engine captain Mainwaring

Jack, Trading from a stall :rofl:, you will find him in carpark 2, 3rd row, bay 7 doing a bit of pikey trading from his van. :-D

does he tarmac driveways as well?

think we will outnumber them somewhat with our Brit bikes approximately 120 booked so far

"try to look natural Dolly this ones for a caption competition"

I will be there searching for elusive m20 parts

You mean i didnt have to drive all the way to bloomin Stansted!!!! Now he says.

 

Tim (too)

and be there by 5am! thats an nice early start then

there is some great looking displays in there really looking forward to it

Nigel

many a true word is spoken in jest

that is very true ,I had better start searching ebay for a forties hospital gown so that I can fit in with the other patients

woops slip of the finger there ,custard creams are indeed British and proud of it,the dakota idea would be great as long as we dont arrive to a field of escaped patients from the local assylum

is it not a customs offence to take foriegn food into mainland Europe ? dont want him arresred for carrying illicit custard creams

You'll have Leo Sayer :rofl:

but is he bringing the dancing girls from the clubhouse?

I thing it is bigger!!! Norton?!

 

seeing the picture from this angle I agree with you Norton not bsa

I think you will find that is a bsa m20 combination

Nigel

Got a very nice collection of original wartime Jersey newspapers from the German occupation from mum n dad. The spin and propaganda from the occupied papers is facinating to read

I remember seeing a large collection of these for sale in a collectors shop in Jersey several years ago but left them in the shop and when I returned having decided to buy them the shop was closed and I returned home empty handed and the next time I was in Jersey last may I returned once more hoping they might still be there only to find the shop had closed down and become an ironing service, oh well better luck next time

happy new year and lets hope it is a drier one than the last couple

someone I spoke to the other day is building a model 101 at the moment I will speak to him after christmas and find out the make and scale etc

Nigel

now I have seen how to do it all I have got to do is find a tank and away we go

I think you will find that one of the 43 recce vehicles Morris lrc,s belonged to Alex Scott from Essex who was involved in the group for a while but I know it was for sale so may well have gone overseas by now

Nigel

I think the anti aircraft gunners would of been backed up by the now fairly redundant coastal gunners seeing as the seaborne threat was pretty much over once France had been retaken

Nigel

Had a quick look at a couple of certificates today and they do not have an issue date,the only dates are the length of service ,the wording is

in the years when our country was in mortal danger(recipients name) who served from/togave generously of his time and powers to make himself ready for her defence by force of arms and with his life if need be.

It they carries a facsimile of the kings signature and across the bottom in large capital letters

THE HOME GUARD

regards Nigel

they should think themselves lucky they do not live where I do fireworks start late summer and carry on until new year what with all the Asian festivals and november 5th it is like living on the outskirts of London during the blitz

Nigel

Hi Nigel,

 

I think my father said that at the time, it was a bit of an insult to have to apply for a medal, he did get a certificate, cannot find it at this moment, might be dated late '44, not sure. It was only in later years there was a campaign to get people to apply for medals.

I have got several home guard certificates in my collection and will have a look for the date asap,trouble is most stuff is packed away at the moment so I will not be able to check till the weekend

Nigel

nice article about 90th celebrations in Jersey in Britain at war magazine this month too