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They're a disparate bunch though and surprisingly older guys.
Could mean they’re a some sort of crew behind the front: catering, stores, transport, training or somesuch.
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JackyJoll wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:34 pm
They're a disparate bunch though and surprisingly older guys.
Could mean they’re a some sort of crew behind the front: catering, stores, transport, training or somesuch.
he survived the wa,r perhaps they're a band brought together as remnants of other "shot to pieces" companies, going to bite the financial bullet and get an ancestry account and have a look they seem to have his full name in there. Just found amongst the bits left by Mrs rdbgee' dad a short history of the 50th Northumbrian division that bunch had a hard job, 2nd battle of Ypres, The Somme, to name two of their engagements. in WW1
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rodbargee wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:22 pm We need to get into his service record to see what he/ they got up to.
IIRC a lot of it is online and free access. But if the paper was bombed long before digitisation, then that could be a dead end.
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London from Shooters Hill on Wednesday morning.

Tyne Cot Memorial - burial grounds in Belgium.
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Is that Red Lion as good as the one in Doncaster?

It's a 'spoons now, but used to belong to one of the other chains.

I found a feedback form on a table someone had started to fill in. First box, name of the pub... The Red Loin.

I thought it summed up the pub and Doncaster in general perfectly.
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the_priest wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 10:55 am Image

London from Shooters Hill on Wednesday morning.
Bastard cyclist jumping a red light! :angry-cussingblack:
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Horse wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:55 am
rodbargee wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:22 pm We need to get into his service record to see what he/ they got up to.
IIRC a lot of it is online and free access. But if the paper was bombed long before digitisation, then that could be a dead end.
They all say they're free till you try and look then they hit you with a subscription.
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rodbargee wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:29 pm
Horse wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 7:55 am
rodbargee wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 10:22 pm We need to get into his service record to see what he/ they got up to.
IIRC a lot of it is online and free access. But if the paper was bombed long before digitisation, then that could be a dead end.
They all say they're free till you try and look then they hit you with a subscription.
This one might narrow down options on regiment:

https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/se ... s-for-free?

It says that accounts are free to view records. I've not burrowed deeper.
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'Edit', the lying bastids want money as soon as you register a 'free' account.
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Horse wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:21 pm 'Edit', the lying bastids want money as soon as you register a 'free' account.
I've had similar before on an ancestry website without any info to tempt me, no thanks.
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Horse wrote: Fri Nov 12, 2021 4:21 pm 'Edit', the lying bastids want money as soon as you register a 'free' account.
Bet it’s easier to start a subscription than to stop it.
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Waitrose customer? Madam will be needing a 4x4.

Downtown sunny Berkshire high street? Well...
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Horse wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:44 am Waitrose customer? Madam will be needing a 4x4.

Downtown sunny Berkshire high street? Well...

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That's not just an armoured car...
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Just a skyshot from this week when I got to work. And yeah it did piss down later on in the day.
I was inside so not an issue and even though the building isn't heated we keep warm by actually doing work ;)
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Horse wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:44 am Waitrose customer? Madam will be needing a 4x4.

Downtown sunny Berkshire high street? Well...

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I looked at the pic and thought "I'm sure that's Newbury"
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weeksy wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 2:47 pm
Horse wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:44 am Waitrose customer? Madam will be needing a 4x4.

Downtown sunny Berkshire high street? Well...

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I looked at the pic and thought "I'm sure that's Newbury"
Correctamundo :)

And before Saga gets here [/pedant] ;) , no, it's not technically the High Street :)
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From a local FB group :wtf:
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Trinity765 wrote: Mon Nov 15, 2021 7:34 am From a local FB group :wtf:
I can't find that one on Google but it appears naked cleaning companies are a bit of a thing.
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Local bloke round here does it, Buff butler or Butler in the Buff or suchlike. You can have part naked or full naked. He is not short of customers! :wtf: