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So, Mr Rocket, "Lack of news leads to inventive, wayward and amusing posting", eh?
Methinks the Reverend Grimm would have some wrath to pour down on he who dares to post amusingly. Wayward? Certainly not Miss Wemyss, a figure of purity and rectitude, if ever there was one. On the other hand, the arms above the entrance to the Hall do bear the motto 'In Waywardness We Endeavour'. And inventiveness? Surely the honour here must go to Champion the Wonder Horse, who has discovered that a quad bike is not only a less exhausting way of hauling boats along the canal, but enables him to put good social distancing between himself and their occupants.
Evening,
Thank you yayay, you raise the spirits. It's appreciated after a truly dismal week or two.
Baz, how are things?
Thank you Yayay for your canal-side tales when the golden glen is quiet. You are the only poster that can be inventive, wayward and amusing simultaneously!
Demand for canal services may be on the rise as the descendants of Mr. Stephenson's invention are halted:
https://www.nymr.co.uk/2020-season-opening-delayed
A shame perhaps, as the fumes of burning coal and smell of hot oil would surely frighten off the most evil of germs!
Regards, R.
Baz, how are things? - - - - - - - Managed to escape from Spain for a not inconsiderable sum and glad to be back.Total mayhem out there.Rules change by the hour.First we ordered a taxi for 4 to the airport.They phoned back a few hours later and said they were only allowing 2 passengers in a taxi so we ordered 2 taxis. They phoned back later and said the new rule was one passenger per taxi so we said stuff it and got the council bus. It is very scary with the police watching your every move and only one of you allowed to the shops at a time.As I said ,great to get home and selfisolating for 2 weeks.
Stressful Baz. My friend overwinters in Alicante every year. Been kicked out. Has to be away by tomorrow and absolutely no help from the Spanish. In fact just like yourself, he has had a change of rules daily. Getting very tight out there and we will probably have to follow. I suppose the only chink of lights I can find is my garden will look the best that itโs ever been.......and an enforced diet due to not being able to buy food easily may trim me down a bit. :-)
Afternoon,
Welcome back baz.
Regards all.
Cheers Glen. I don't think in this instance it was greed from the taxi drivers.The Spanish government are doing this.There are now only 15 passengers allowed in a 60 seater bus. What they think they are achieving I do not know.
"What they think they are achieving I do not know".
There's an awful lot of thrashing around in the dark. A tale from yesterday, one of the building societies is "centralising services for the safety of our staff". So the two ladies in our small branch in our (as yet) safe little town are now having to travel - by public transport! - into Carlisle, where there are lots of virus cases. For their safety!
Hi RM.
Are there any Fletton brick-makers left? I spent 6 months training at Stewartby with London Brick Co. in the mid 60s as part of a 'sandwich course'. I recall many Italians working there. Bedford was nick-named 'Little Italy' with plenty of ice-cream parlours. Not far from me, Redcar has Rea's where a 'lemon-top' can be had for a song and even a family son and ex-steelman turned to song decades ago and left to cross the pond:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abZlWqVeLzg
Perhaps he knew where we are heading!!!
Regards, R.
Hi Baz.
Good to here you dodged the closing door..................just in time for lock-down in Lothian! You and yours keep well in your confinement. Join the club!
Regards, R.
Hi RM.
Flettons were a type of pressed brick made from a clay known as the 'Fletton Knotts'. Useful as containing ~10% oil as built-in fuel, but sulphurous and smelly. Back in the 60s, LBC and Marstons were the two largest companies on the outcrop from Calvert to Peterborough.
I think in your diversification into other products, you may have confused with the London Rubber Company, also in the Lea Valley area:
http://www.walthamstowmemories.net/pdfs/Bill%20Bayliss%20-%20London%20Rubber%20Co.pdf
In the land of rock and chips where dogfish was not from, but popular on the Isle of Dogs. Cod caught by 'cod-heads' (Whitby folk) much preferred up here and haddock popular in the Hon basil's domain.
To add to confusion, I'm trying to confuse Baz with 'here' for hear!
I hope everyone here is set comfortably for their social distancing.
Judy, I hope you can put up with our convivial garbage! There may be overload in the next few months!
A good week end to all here, R.