ashley

cripes, i hope no one finds my old school books the old "dub dee" arrow was a favorite piece of graffitti. Ashley

Hi, is the chap on the right wearing leather trousers ? and the two on the left are wearing a much lighter in colour than the right hand chap. Question........ like the german army of WW2 did thier WW1 counterparts have an off white fatigue/work uniform ?? Ashley

Hi GlosterMB, i use a brian james car trailer and can`t fault it at all, if you have alternative uses for it a plant or sided trailer is the way to go (though it is easier to push on to a car trailer if need be) depending on storage available and of course price. For the weight get a twin axel and if our buying second hand check the axel weights on the data tag and stay away from "home builds" Nose weights can be measured by scales brought from caravan accessory stockist but the nose weight can be adjusted by which position the vehicle is placed on the trailer but do get it right. If you have not done so yet find plenty of room to practice reversing. Cheers Ashley

once apon a time... when i was helping out at an atletics centre one of the lads brought in his speedway bike to try out on the redgrav track during linch break. Took days and hard graft to restore it back to its former glory :embarrassed: One saturday afternoon i had to cancle the leauge bowls match when a car ploughed through the hedge on to the green, but the two very young joyriders manage to run off pretty smartish ashley

Just tell her you are taking her away for a "suprise weekend away" present :-X Ashley

nice pictures :thumbsup: the last two being cars with local registration plates (Berlin ??) Ashley

Well done Tony and team :thumbsup: :wave:, all going to plan i shall be there this year with jeep and /or cycle:drive:(no cycle smilie :-() Ashley

Well done to Steve and the crew, good turn out i shall have to remember my forum id board next time as there seem to be so many members there. Ashley

Hi, i think you need to nominate your lad as loading assistant as witnessed with your restricted view loading was fairly diffulcult especially in front of a crowd. Nice setup though looked good Ashley

All the best Ashley

Not if i apply the brakes :cool2: :cool2: :evil: Ashley

What with them blooming gert hills :-X it was bad enough going around the block. No wonder the following day during my CT scan my heart beat was as high as 130 bpm :red: But it was fun :laugh: aSHLEY

Hi all, not exactly a vehicle but a Mercury Roadster cycle it was a barrack bike used as a runaround in military barracks year of manufacture is belived to be 1947 it has the Mark IV rear carrier fitted and the front light is on its way from the previous owner. some pictures. Anyone have a front carrier or rifle brackets, pump to complete ? Ashley

Nice to hear from you tony, it will be good to see you all from the plains again. Ashley

Have you tried mailing the W&P organisers re a multi day ticket ? Ashley

Hi Tony and the team, could be a fair chance that i shall make it this year with the jeep :-D i hope there is a free bar for skittle wittle champions (unbeaten) :cool2: ever hopefull ! Ashley

Happy birthday Rambo, hope you are having a great day. Ashley

In my day this was known as an apple pie`d bed, new comers were prone to this one also if you were mucking about out side the dorm after lights out two members would sneak back in to apple a bed, when the house master or prefect made an appearance you had to get back into bed a.s.a.p. and the silence was broken by a resounding ripping noise as some ones foot tore the sheet apart . Explanations to matron in the morning :embarrassed: ! buffing the floors after roll call:sweat: Ashley

Andy, all the best mate, hope to meet up wit you some time in the comming season. Ashley

Hi yes it was the genuine article. Ashley

Many years ago while at my local medal shop, by prior arrangement an un-named V.C. was brought in for an opinion. Though i could look briefly but not touch one of the assembeld took a look at the cross and stated This medal should be labled "Stolen from Hancocks" as at some time i belived he had been / was employed by the company and could not understand how it had been removed from the company with out any one knowing. But they are out there. Ashley

But one was apperently shaving off 1WW stars and renamining to replace missing ones to gallentry groups as well as 1ww war medals. Ashley

As a general rule all the 1WW medals were officially named unlike the the 2WW issue (except for some of the colonial issues i.e. Canadian). Post 1WW war medals were sold off to help families survive etc to save embarresment names were erased, also years later when re-unions were held medals lost/sold /stolen were replaced with re-named ones. There was also a problem in the late seventies/early eighties where a well known dealer was erasing and re-naming medals to command a higher premium :mad: Ashley

Up to the mid seventies when i left the school the part of the camp behind the gymnasium was a reservist fire depot with several trucks and other vehicles (some of WW2 period) i can remember entering the buildins and removing literally armfulls of german helmets which were painted flouresent yellow with WW2 stamps on the liners. These were conficated by the staff and eventually sold to raise monies for Oxfam for a disaster in some forign country (so we were told) i can also remember having folders of files relating to local land issues of the same period. happy days Ashley

Hi, can you just not e-mail them for another or a scan of the instructions ? Ashley