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#17
[quote="Dr Bunsen Honeydew I would very much like to keep my presence here on the level of a devoted bodger because as soon as the commercial aspect comes in all the crap starts.[/quote]
devoted bodger... i like that quality in someone
its really how i think of myself... and i guess quite a few here will testify that point... about us all really...
i'm sure your amongst like thinking folk here...
welcome
devoted bodger... i like that quality in someone
its really how i think of myself... and i guess quite a few here will testify that point... about us all really...
i'm sure your amongst like thinking folk here...
welcome
#18
Who are you calling "thinking folk", thats fighting talk where I come from...i'm sure your amongst like thinking folk here...
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#19
I think Bunsen is one of us Essex boys.
Anyway On the way home from Owston I called in at a preserved railway with a similar name to Bunsens company and spent an hour in the late afternoon sunshine absorbing the atmosphere.
It was only spoiled by the noise of a diesel Escort estate rattling over the nearby bridge on the A1.
Anyway On the way home from Owston I called in at a preserved railway with a similar name to Bunsens company and spent an hour in the late afternoon sunshine absorbing the atmosphere.
It was only spoiled by the noise of a diesel Escort estate rattling over the nearby bridge on the A1.
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Muppet Labs Steam Railwaypre65 wrote:I think Bunsen is one of us Essex boys.
Anyway On the way home from Owston I called in at a preserved railway with a similar name to Bunsens company and spent an hour in the late afternoon sunshine absorbing the atmosphere.
It was only spoiled by the noise of a diesel Escort estate rattling over the nearby bridge on the A1.
#21
Ahh, ok that company (bit like Chinese whispers this).
This gives me a change to ask Bunson something I have wondered for some time. As someone who was brung up in Peterborough, and who used to spend a lot of time in the 70's fishing said river near the town bridge/power station. I remember a little audio shop near the river with a similar name to the company. Was there any connection?
This gives me a change to ask Bunson something I have wondered for some time. As someone who was brung up in Peterborough, and who used to spend a lot of time in the 70's fishing said river near the town bridge/power station. I remember a little audio shop near the river with a similar name to the company. Was there any connection?
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I weren't brung up in Peterborough and never heard of a River Muppet!Nick wrote:Ahh, ok that company (bit like Chinese whispers this).
This gives me a change to ask Bunson something I have wondered for some time. As someone who was brung up in Peterborough, and who used to spend a lot of time in the 70's fishing said river near the town bridge/power station. I remember a little audio shop near the river with a similar name to the company. Was there any connection?
The only two dealers I knew in Peterborough were Steve Willcock with Hi-Fi Consultants (now also owns KJ Leisuresound in Wigmore St) and Steve Boxshall with Stilton Audio.
#23
Fair enough, coincidence it was then. It would have been the obvious name to give the shop, given that it would have been in the river if moved 10 yards left.
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Lot of subsidence round that neck of the woods then?Nick wrote:Fair enough, coincidence it was then. It would have been the obvious name to give the shop, given that it would have been in the river if moved 10 yards left.
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Yup! brick mines.Dave the bass wrote:Lot of subsidence round that neck of the woods then?Nick wrote:Fair enough, coincidence it was then. It would have been the obvious name to give the shop, given that it would have been in the river if moved 10 yards left.
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Yep, the fun place to play as a kid in Fletton was around the Brick Works. Of course making bricks involves making big holes in the ground. These filled up with water. And the Brick Co, then tipped the ash left over from the power station into the water, which promptly floated to the top and formed a hard crust. Hard enough to support someone, at least until they got some metres out from the side when the crust would give way and they would find it was very like being stuck in broken ice.
Hey ho, who needs health and safety
Hey ho, who needs health and safety
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#30
It got worse as I understand it. They started tipping London rubbish in the clay pits and when full put soil over the top and then built Development Corp houses on top of them. Well the rubbish breaks down and gives off methane, ground starts to subside. Nice little wooden boxes made to look like houses are now sitting on a gas bomb and slowly sinking.Nick wrote:Yep, the fun place to play as a kid in Fletton was around the Brick Works. Of course making bricks involves making big holes in the ground. These filled up with water. And the Brick Co, then tipped the ash left over from the power station into the water, which promptly floated to the top and formed a hard crust. Hard enough to support someone, at least until they got some metres out from the side when the crust would give way and they would find it was very like being stuck in broken ice.
Hey ho, who needs health and safety