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Mate had an old old VW beetle where he'd stuck a calculator on the dash. Apparently that model didnt have a fuel guage, just a 'reserve' tank activated by a lever. When he was running out of fuel you'd get a massive wiff of petrol, and then had about 50yds to twist the lever (to stop it conking...

Its info in the public domain, thats all i can say

Design 'and' build and then design + build are different issues. Build times for the astute replacement are looking at 18 months per boat. All the lead time is in the design stage

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Great half, but i'll start worrying if they bring Wirtz and Salah on second half.

Congrats Hull KR. Hell of a season

Nope, thats gone as well. Its been turned into flats or some sort of housing

It was on the same premises as Rowbothams Cycle shop at Failsworth Pole. You had to in via the cycle shop door then past the counter to the left to a back annexe. Both cycle shop & airgun shop now long gone

A plastic Lacoste sign that was part of a shop display. Still got it on display on a shelf after 40years.

WW1 service records are on Ancestry, but only about 10-20% are available, as the rest were destroyed by fire during the ww2 london blitz. Ww2 service records are available from the MOD at the address supplied.

Original battalion size was around 800-900 men. A platoon was approx 30-40men. 4 platoons made up a Company (so 120-160men per company) Usually 5 companys per battalion (600-800 men) Then add in all the Senior NCOs and Officers. You would probably need to wade through every platoon photo and...

On the Manchesters website linked theres a load of photos of the ww1 battalions (think you actually need to login to see them). Have a look under the 21st battalion (6th City) in the 'City Battalions - Photo Identity Project' thread and you might be able to spot your mums grandad.

Hes never changed. He was like that when i was over there for the 2001 series. When i met him though he was nice as pie. He used to have a sport shop at the Rocks in Sydney, and was making a killing flogging Lions shirts from it.

Its only recently that ww2 stuff has started to be made available online. I would always say start with getting the service records, but theres usually a 12 month backlog/ time delay in receiving them. While waiting for them theres other avenues to explore. The 1939 Register (on Ancestry) is not...

https://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/tools/army-number-search/ for anyone interested you can use the above link to input Army Service Nos and find what regimemt they are linked to, or approx time they were issued.