OBITUARIES
- Stanley
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I agree totally about that famous quotation Wendy......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
- Stanley
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See THIS BBC obituary for Henry Sandon aged 95. Possibly the nations favourite antiques expert.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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I liked Henry Sandans little laugh and he always had a story to tell.
I know I'm in my own little world, but it's OK... they know me here.
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Stanley Challenger Graham
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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British actor Tom Wilkinson RIP
- Stanley
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Morning Mick. Funny, I must have seen him dozens of times but didn't recognise him or the name.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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I had to look him up, and was reminded that he was in The Full Monty.
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- Stanley
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Glynis Johns has died aged 100. The obituaries are going on about her playing Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins but I remember her for two things, playing a mermaid in the eponymous film and singing a wonderful version of 'Bring On the Clowns'
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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David Soul, of Starsky and Hutch fame, and singer aged 80.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679
Kev
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BBC Radio DJ Annie Nightingale RIP
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67955757
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67955757
Kev
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Ray Aspin, my neighbour when I lived on Montrose Terrace. A good innings at 90 RIP
https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/peo ... 2hAKDyoX8Y
Ray Aspin, well-respected Rolls-Royce manager, dies aged 90
Barnoldswick's Ray Aspin, a well-known and respected manager at aero engine giant Rolls-Royce who was awarded a MBE for services to industry, has died aged 90.
https://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/peo ... 2hAKDyoX8Y
Ray Aspin, well-respected Rolls-Royce manager, dies aged 90
Barnoldswick's Ray Aspin, a well-known and respected manager at aero engine giant Rolls-Royce who was awarded a MBE for services to industry, has died aged 90.
Kev
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Stylish Fashion Icon.
- Stanley
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I learned that Steve, my old wagon driving mate, who lived on Wellhouse Street (I never knew his surname) had died a week Last Tuesday. He had a very savage cancer that dragged him down quickly. It's a shock when you find out.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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RIP Jonnie Irwin Age 50
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We really liked Jonnie Irwin, came over as a right grand bloke.
Gloria
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
Now an Honorary Chief Engineer who'd be dangerous with a brain!!!
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk
http://www.lfhhs.org.uk
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That's the finest accolade you could wish for, as far as I'm concerened.
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Sapere Aude
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Preferred pronouns - Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine
My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
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I think this belongs here.
Tomorrow the 4th February 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the IRA M62 Percivals Coach bombing. I've seen no reference to it in the press. Let's see what tomorrow brings. It resonates with me, as I used the coach concerned many times. I was on one, when it caught fire at about 3.00am outside the RAF Fire Service depot at Catterick Bridge. That was handy, and it was quickly dealt with.
Full, and well recorded detail can be found here. M62 1974 Coach Bombing
I have Judith Ward's book "Ambushed", but had largely forgotten about the detail of it, and I can't put my hand on it at the moment. The wiki summary is very good. She served 17 years in prison for a crime she could not have committed. Notable that George Oldfield (Yorkshire Ripper) was the Detective in charge. Shades of the current Post Office scandal. Another notable name worth googling is the still active solicitor Gareth Pierce.
RIP.
Tomorrow the 4th February 2024 is the 50th anniversary of the IRA M62 Percivals Coach bombing. I've seen no reference to it in the press. Let's see what tomorrow brings. It resonates with me, as I used the coach concerned many times. I was on one, when it caught fire at about 3.00am outside the RAF Fire Service depot at Catterick Bridge. That was handy, and it was quickly dealt with.
Full, and well recorded detail can be found here. M62 1974 Coach Bombing
I have Judith Ward's book "Ambushed", but had largely forgotten about the detail of it, and I can't put my hand on it at the moment. The wiki summary is very good. She served 17 years in prison for a crime she could not have committed. Notable that George Oldfield (Yorkshire Ripper) was the Detective in charge. Shades of the current Post Office scandal. Another notable name worth googling is the still active solicitor Gareth Pierce.
RIP.
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Born to be mild
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Ego Lego
Preferred pronouns - Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine
My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
Sapere Aude
Ego Lego
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My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
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I remember that well as I made regular journeys between Chester and Leeds around then. The black scorch marks remained on the hard shoulder for quite some time afterwards.
- Stanley
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Funny thing is it doesn't ring a bell with me and I was using the M62 regularly in those days..... Memory is a fickle jade, we tend to trust it but many times it lets us down!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
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No mention of the event in the news which I am directed to see. It would of course not be helpful to mention the event on the day that the IRA achieved their aim, and to remind people that the 'armalite and the ballot box' had been successful.
I spoke to an Irish lady last month who told me that the aim of their current government is to double the population (currently 5 million) by means of immigration. She thought they were doing it too quickly.
I think we may hear more of this issue in coming years.
I spoke to an Irish lady last month who told me that the aim of their current government is to double the population (currently 5 million) by means of immigration. She thought they were doing it too quickly.
I think we may hear more of this issue in coming years.
Born to be mild
Sapere Aude
Ego Lego
Preferred pronouns - Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine
My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
Sapere Aude
Ego Lego
Preferred pronouns - Thou, Thee, Thy, Thine
My non-working days are Monday - Sunday
- Stanley
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We shall certainly hear more about Northern Ireland. The latest 'new dawn' will soon lose its rosy glow.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
- Stanley
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Ian Lavender the last of the Dad's Army platoon has died aged 77.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
- Stanley
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Re: OBITUARIES
Stanley Challenger Graham
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scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
Stanley's View
scg1936 at talktalk.net
"Beware of certitude" (Jimmy Reid)
The floggings will continue until morale improves!
Old age isn't for cissies!
- Wendyf
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RIP Steve Wright. A part of our lives for many years.