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lifes2short said:
funnily enough I get a lot of thumbs up from bikers and the odd person at stations that knows what the beast is and have a good old chat, most people look bewildered and haven't got a clue what it is and pretty sure think it's some sort of kit car or j4p thing
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I don’t think people are as interested in cars anymore, I used to get far more thumbs up when driving something odd than I do now.
 
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Silvercat said:
Average life expectancy of a new a crew member was just 2 weeks!!
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Agreed mate , once this is all over a trip to Tangmere aviation museum is a good drive day out , about 1 mile up the road is the cemetery ,you walk round there it's absolutely chocka with English and German crews , Tangmere was a fighter station , but they were used to attack the German bombers as they came over , most of all the pilots and crew German wise from 1943 onwards was 15 16 17 , the pilot normally around 21
Tail gunner life span on either Lancs or Wellington's was very very short indeed , my dad was ground crew armaments fitter fleet air arm , and was layer transferred to an aircraft carrier destined for Malaya and Singapore
 
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anyone ever did the scrapyard thing in their teenage years, I had 2 local ones which were very well stocked, you could visit and simply climb around the motors, some piled 3/4 high and simply remove what ever parts you needed, some of the cars would wobble as you climb up to them, good old days

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lifes2short said:
anyone ever did the scrapyard thing in their teenage years, I had 2 local ones which were very well stocked, you could visit and simply climb around the motors, some piled 3/4 high and simply remove what ever parts you needed, some of the cars would wobble as you climb up to them, good old days

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Now they are all on metal shelves - no fun at all.
My local scrappy used to sell cheap petrol, reclaimed from the yard !!
 
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philw696 said:
Who remembers Car Accessory Shops ?
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We still have two fantastic ones in my town, one in particular still has classic car parts on microfiche!
Last year when I needed distributor cap for the 1965 fiat 500, he disappeared out back and brought me old stock off the shelf !! He also had rear brake cylinders !
 
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Vampyrebat said:
The university acquired part of the Stanlow site know as Thornton with approx 20 buildings. One of the buildings (Ince building) is a grade ll listed building and a lovely looking structure. It is also derelict and surplus to the universities requirements. I noticed an old copper plaque on the front elevation, engraved in it is a Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane. When I spoke to one of the long established security men and enquired about it, he informed me that Ince building was where they developed the Merlin engine!!!........ Wow!! What an important bit of history we have and something to be proud of, and our fcuking stupid university is doing fcuk all about it and just letting it crumble away!! Really p!sses me off....
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I agree...we just let all this history disappear.:confused:
 
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Silvercat said:
He would have gone through **** and back; the rear gunner position was the most dangerous roll in the entire Lancaster crew. To survive 20 odd missions was very unusual....and very lucky!
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My tech drawing teacher at school was a tail end Charlie in Lancasters, his nickname was 'wobbly' on account of his very pronounced limp, it wasn't until he told us how he got it that we realised just how bad things were for guys like him - his Lanc had taken some severe flack on the way home from a sortie which had damaged the revolving mechanism of his rear turret, as the aircraft came in to land back in Blighty he was kicking at the frame to try to loosen it up, as the tail wheel hit the ground the turret turned round a few degrees with his foot caught in the framework, his crew had to pull him out afterwards and he was never able to walk properly without the aid of a stick. He was such a humble, decent chap and the best teacher we had at that school by far, the rest were complete arsewipes.
 
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