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i do that quite a lot for myself now....watching a dvd i may stop it at a certain point of a known location then minimise it and bring up streetview...i've found it a fascinating and pleasing exercise.. :)

i remember in about 1959/60 my first trycicle when iwas about three years old, a triang, tiny, yellow and red with solid tyres...looked dead tired and scuffed and well used when it finally went...then last year went to coventry motor museum and there it was...well at least one identical and in...

very sad news...glad frank managed a leading role in truly after a career of being an accomplished support actor.

agreed, there is a price to pay for democracy...however, that said, i believe in a democracy a government has two jobs, raise taxes and redistribute as seen fit and defend the country.....nothing else.

it is dick....but not giving with one and taking with the other...that was the good old days...now its giving a little with one hand and taking a lot more with the other !!!!!

good for you dj.....i suppose its a generation thing generally...these "celebrities" from X factor or Dancing on ice etc etc are held up as heroes by our youngsters and people to emulate.... and i forgot to include footballers !! i'm 56 and find this difficult to reconcile...my heroes and...

i think i still have a facebook account but like others dont trust it....as for twitter never tried it, but listening to radio presenters it seems to me its just inane comments often by so called celebs...yuk.

glad you enjoyed the day susan,but did you really beat the weather ? its been tipping it down in the midlands.....isnt the daisy lane bookshop great.. :)

red haired.. :)

i enjoyed the shows...i've got all of the books too and still pick one up occasionally...i remember when i first started reading them many years ago they could make me howl out loud....alf could spin a good yarn, great storyteller.. ;D

thanks susan...without going on a swotting up mission the main period was "carboniferous" which lasted from about 350 to 200 million years ago..the age of the dinosaurs, if i recall correctly "namurian" is the name for a subdivision of that period and seeing as how it sits on top of the...

well adanor risking boring the pants off you, studied the geology of the area many years ago at uni...the stone is technically known as "namurian" more commonly known as "millstone grit" and is a major feature of the area for a good 20 or 30 miles around...its a sedimentary rock which was laid...

always bother roz, its what the forum is all about........i nearly saw the queen in 1963 when i was six, we got a day off school to go and see her open a shopping centre...mum and dad asked if i would prefer to go to blackpool for the day so thats where we went...got into so much trouble next...

maybe we should all adopt the old yorkshire phrase of " put wood int ole " ;)

i would not disagree with one word of that reply, it is a complex subject and may be worth pursuing...i was simply trying to look lightly, say for instance, at a scene from steptoe and son, being translated and shown today..

was just thinking about how lotsw changed over the years with the times...notably the change in the use of language which was commonly accepted 30 years ago to what would be a complete nono today...bloody this and bloody that was a common feature used by compo and ivy and even clegg...and often...

man utd were playing a pre season friendly at birmingham city and my brother in law was running the line so i went with him and got vip entry to lunch and to go behind the scenes...i had gone to answer a call of nature near the dressing rooms when i bumped into alex ferguson...there was nobody...

well foggy i think the french would take to lotsw like ducks to water....after al ldidnt we see compo's french cousin so to speak when the trio visited france in last pigeon and post haha..!!! ;D

quite possibly dick.

well there we are then big unc, i think your research covers that.