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by horndub
Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:59 pm
Forum: General
Topic: CCF photos
Replies: 13
Views: 7217

Re: CCF photos

This thing about lying around with a gun as if to try to kill someone, I don't think any of us thought we'd ever have to do that. It was more a matter of hoping to get all the bullets through the same hole; a forlorn hope with a bren gun in which getting all 25 rounds anywhere on the 6" square ...
by horndub
Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:52 pm
Forum: Barnes Photos
Topic: Barnes B 1956 to 1957
Replies: 9
Views: 8274

Re: Barnes B 1956 to 1957

John, next time you're in England and can get to Bromley we'll go for that beer. If you chance to be around on Sunday 20 September there is a Morris Minor meeting in the Medway towns - Gillingham I think - where we are certain to meet Graham Major, BB 56-62

Rog.
by horndub
Wed Aug 05, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: FIRST TIME VISITORS & Feedback
Topic: Add your real name, CH House(s) and dates to your signature
Replies: 35
Views: 35274

Roger Lamb BB 55-61

I have been a member of this forum a very short while, and when I first logged-on it was immediately obvious that it is hosted by phpBB, a successful and well-regarded Dutch provider. I am a member of two other like-hosted forums, the Riley RM Club and the Hornby Railway Collectors' Association. In ...
by horndub
Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:47 pm
Forum: General Chat - CH Stuff
Topic: CHRIST'S HOSPITAL ENGINE NAME PLATE
Replies: 7
Views: 1867

Re: CHRIST'S HOSPITAL ENGINE NAME PLATE

Somewhere there should be the smokebox number plate 30913, unless it was scrapped with the engine at Eastleigh in 1962.
by horndub
Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:04 pm
Forum: Barnes Photos
Topic: Barnes B 1956 to 1957
Replies: 9
Views: 8274

Re: Barnes B 1956 to 1957

I had better own-up to having only just joined the forum. My user name 'horndub' relates to one of my hobbies, that of collecting Hornby Dublo trains, made by Meccano Ltd. between 1938 and 1964. Another hobby is running and maintaining a 1952 Riley 2½ litre saloon, with another, a 1½ litre saloon ...