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- Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:55 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: south shields mythbusters
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3804
Thank you Global. We aim to please, as Blackadder's firing squad joked. Betty, my site is mostly devoted to the NE heritage, so this is my territory. The night of the bomber incident, the Germans also had a go at Brodrick Street, where I think Baldy, or Little Baldy as he was known, lived at the tim...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 7:49 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Boy Scout Baloney
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1412
Boy Scout Baloney
The Boy Scout centenary is upon us and we are being told over and over again that the first Scout camp was on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour. It wasn't. That was just a trial camp with a few local boys and some public school chaps. The first Boy Scout camp was on the Tyne . LISTEN UP! BECAUSE THE ...
- Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:56 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: south shields mythbusters
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3804
There are two versions of the bomber incident. The second is by the great South Shields local historian Amy Flagg of Westoe Village. The night of Feb 21 1941 was one of heavy raids in the North East of England. So far as I know this aircraft was the only one brought down in South Shields itself. Man...
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:42 am
- Forum: Tyneside Old Codgers History Room
- Topic: old police box marine park
- Replies: 2
- Views: 873
- Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:10 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: Durham Miners Gala
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1680
Curly, India is one of the largest coal producers in the world. It has reserves of 255 billion tonnes. India derives twice as much energy from coal than it does from oil. Of course, we never see Indian coal-mines on TV any more than we see those in Australia - another large producing country. Histor...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: Cat Crap Coffee. Latest from Townsville
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1243
Civets are omnivorous, supplementing a meat diet (both hunted and scavenged) with fruit, eggs, and possibly roots. One of the Common Palm Civet's favorite fruits is the coffee "berry." The coffee bean within often survives, and it is sometimes gathered and sold as caphe cut chon (fox-dung coffee) i...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:34 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: South Shields weather
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3519
What a load of whinging Poms! I believe the ten hottest English summers on record have all been since 1990! Stop complaining. I happened to see Australasian weather on my TV tonight. Alice Springs below zero for the last few nights. Christchurch NZ minus 5 at the weekend. Other S Australian spots ar...
- Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:07 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: Cat Crap Coffee. Latest from Townsville
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1243
Cat Crap Coffee. Latest from Townsville
'Even though everyone calls it 'cat crap coffee' Kopi Luwak is the world's most expensive bean,' cafe owner Michelle Sharpe told reporters in Townsville, Queensland. 'It's also the most expensive at US $1000 a kilo.' 'Asian palm civet (cats) are only found on the Indonesian islands of Sumatra, Java ...
- Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:02 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: A Few Pics Of The Trip
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2317
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: A Few Pics Of The Trip
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2317
(First two pics) The tower on the hill-top, next to the church, to the right of the viewer is the Roman lighthouse (pharos) built in the 1st century AD. This is one of the most remarkable buildings in Roman Britain. There's a Western pharos too but little to see now. These towers, together with the ...
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 1:41 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: ENGLAND MY ENGLAND
- Replies: 174
- Views: 15748
Full independence for Scotland would have other consequences. Scots would point to the Scottish oil revenues at present going to the Westminster government. Alex Salmond has given as his aim a nuclear-free Scotland. So there is the problem with the nuclear subs etc. and other delicate matters of def...
- Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:01 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: ENGLAND MY ENGLAND
- Replies: 174
- Views: 15748
They don't have independence. They only have powers devolved to them by the Westminster parliament. Pete is quite right about the Barnet formula, That certainly makes a difference. A historical note. In 1435 the future pope Pius II travelled in Scotland incognito and reported later that the favourit...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:50 pm
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: Britain's Prisoners.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 6782
These people are only being released up to 18 days early. And its not at their request. You can't turn folk out penniless, with nothing for food or lodging. That's asking for trouble! Consider changing your newspaper, lads. Your blood pressure is in danger. If you had ever lived in a country which d...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 11:12 pm
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: ENGLAND MY ENGLAND
- Replies: 174
- Views: 15748
It's funny why people harp on about the Scots new parliament building going over budget. The Houses of Parliament in London took 14 years to open in 1848 (and still weren't finished). It was 700% over budget. Odd why this is never mentioned. The Scots don't have independence. They have certain devol...
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:50 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Muppet Personality Test
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2588
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Tynemouth Priory.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2846
The stained glass isn't from the Priory. I imagine it's from Holy Saviour Church in Tynemouth (c 1840). It's good quality, some of it by William Wailes of Gateshead (who built Saltwell Towers). Edward I (the baddie in Braveheart) considered Tynemouth one of the strongest castles in the Northern Marc...
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:48 am
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Tynemouth Priory.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2846
- Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:35 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: Newcastle Utd 1 Sunderland 9 Brian Blessed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1428
Kate Adie and Martin O'Neill are Sunderland supporters and so of course is Sir Tim Rice, multi-millionaire. He started supporting them when he was at school in Lancing Sussex because he liked the name. He said he would support them even if they were in the Rothmans' Isthmian League. You'd have thoug...
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:02 pm
- Forum: South Shields General Notice Board
- Topic: Agent Zigzag; Alice in Sunderland. Money for old rope
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1352
- Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:36 am
- Forum: The Corner Shop
- Topic: Apology
- Replies: 2
- Views: 710
Apology
In recent times I may have given the impression that Harriet Harman was some kind of feather-headed nincompoop, the only runner in the Labour deputy race not worth risking a penny on. I now realise that she enjoys solid grassroots support and was clearly the only contender in with a serious chance. ...