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• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 29-Nov-2008
  Sometimes.

• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 2-Dec-2008
  I guess facebook is a more immediate form these days...though less exlusive.

• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 2-Dec-2008
  Arr...but is it less exclusive? We have made the mistake that Big Brother contestants make and forget that people could be watching (reading in this case), presuming that it's just us few. I've bumped into quite a few people in the past who have read it and am mortified - let's hope it was just a cursory glance. By the way do you realise there is almost 10 years of puerile nonsense/amusing trivia
  (ahem!)on here now? Your progeny could document a decade of your life when they are older Mole (or Sprucie, Jankly etc). Scarey!
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• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 4-Dec-2008
  Yes...I know the sense of exclusiveness is just an illusion, but I bet all the voyeurs have moved on now...seeing as we haven't posted anything vaguelly interesting in a while. Oh, Sally Collins says she saw you in Menith Wood in the van, near her house.

• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 4-Dec-2008
  yeau i keep an eye on the blog now and again
  

• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 4-Dec-2008
  Err...I hope she didn't tell you what I was doing in Menith Wood! She's gone up in the world it's pretty posh round there, tell her to come on and join.

• Re: I still check here...does anyone else? by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Dec-2008
  Sally says you were soliciting little old ladies to climb into your van for a "joyride".

• Re: Getting in by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 2-Sep-2008
  My bookmark didn't work this morning, but I managed to get here in the end. Happy Birthday boys...you know who you are!

• Re: Getting in by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 3-Sep-2008
  back in at last just back of holiday five hour delay at airport. been to the sani resourt in Halkidiki greece check it out well worth a look.sani beach club

• Re: Getting in by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Sep-2008
  Couldn't log on to reply yesterday. I see the member numbers have changed. I guess the Admin team have been busy.

• Re: Getting in by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 3-Sep-2008
  Cheers Mole. May be out this Saturday celebrating my birthday or rather celebrating Stourport Carnival! So if you fancy watching three floats and a milk wagon in the rain I may be out Saturday, Gary (or anyone else).

• Re: Getting in by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 10-Sep-2008
  I remember when the carnival was one of the biggest weekends of the year in Stourport...that and the regatta of course. Mind you, that was 30 years ago.

• Re: Getting in by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 10-Sep-2008
  30 years wow that long that makes me feel old. yeau i remember when i was a kid it was quite a big event.shame

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 11-Sep-2008
  Sorry for not getting back to you guys,been in hospital after an accident at work.I have pics of me at the carnival in 1979

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 11-Sep-2008
  Sorry Pleb....Happy Birthday.

• Re: Getting in by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 11-Sep-2008
  gary what you done hope your ok speak to you soon andy. been speaking to tim winterburn does anybody remember.does anybody remember george bourne rip

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 11-Sep-2008
  The medical term is Fucked Ancle i believe.I won't be cycling for a while.

• Re: Getting in by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 30-Sep-2008
  Hi Andy, I remember both Tim and George (I didn't know that he had passed on...). We dropped in to see Mole, Louise and the kids on our way back from the New Forest, they are all well.

• Re: Getting in by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 30-Sep-2008
  hi steve hope you are ok . just in the process sorting those pictures out i will put them on facebook in the next few days.

• Re: Getting in by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 30-Sep-2008
  He hasn't passed on

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 2-Oct-2008
  Was....sorry....is George really tall and thinner than Jon?

• Re: Getting in by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 2-Oct-2008
  No, he's pretty big.

• Re: Getting in by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 2-Oct-2008
  But not as big as his brother, presumably.

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Oct-2008
  Ok.....did he have lots of curly hair....looked a bit wild ?

• Re: Getting in by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 3-Oct-2008
  No

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Oct-2008
  oh

• Re: Getting in by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Oct-2008
  Am I thinking of Mark Hubble again?

• Re: Polotics? by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 11-Aug-2008
  Politics

• Re: Polotics? by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 11-Aug-2008
  Congratulations on just about winning the last test match, even though it was a dead rubber! Lol.

• Re: Polotics? by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 13-Aug-2008
  We'll wipe the floor with you next year in the Ashes, Cheesley! Lol.

• Re: Polotics? by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 14-Aug-2008
  Yeah right Puckers. Even without McGrath and Warne we will tan your hides!

• Re: Polotics? by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 14-Aug-2008
  Cricket then.

• Re: Polotics? by Breath (Member 10225894) on 14-Aug-2008
  Something tells me Cheesley is right...

• Re: Polotics? by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 15-Aug-2008
  I'm right!

• Re: Polotics? by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 16-Aug-2008
  Fair play though you guys are doing well in the Olympics - the same amount of golds as Russia and only one less than us. Amazing!

• Re: Polotics? by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 16-Aug-2008
  And we beat you in the rowing! That's one in the eye for all the doom and gloom merchants.

• Re: Polotics? by Breath (Member 10225894) on 17-Aug-2008
  What's going on? We're third!!!

• Re: Polotics? by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Aug-2008
  Andy,go to the tempest ford web site.

• Re: Polotics? by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 20-Aug-2008
  He's in Greece

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 30-Jul-2008
  The only person to embarrass themselves was the groom! After the reception there was an interval before the house party so a few of us went to the pub (all part of the itinery). Unfortunately one of the bride's relatives plied him with sambuca. I was then instructed to take him back to the house by taxi where I dropped him off before I went to get some money and fags. On my return he was being car
  ried up the stairs making this eeiry moaning noise, he was dumped on his side on his bed and didn't get up again. Consequently I got a bollocking for getting him in this state! Apparently Nicci is still fuming with him for ruining the big day. Oh and this all happened in front of his head mistress. It was a good day but fortunately (apart from that)not too eventful. Steve did humiliate me by putting me on the spot to make a speech after i'd been informed there was to be no speeches! We did get a fair bit of goss from Steve's Oxford mates on stuff he's kept remarkably quiet about since. The most memorable being his nickname of 'The Reverend Ringpiece' - we obviously didn't need any explanation! Other news - Jankly back with Bimpey after record three day break up! Apparently she's starting to hold it against him that he hasn't become a Jehova's Witness!
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• Re: Pants' Wedding by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 30-Jul-2008
  I told you to prepare a speech! Ho ho, was he in a fit state to consumate his marriage then? I reckon Bimpey can't be too bothered about Janklies religeous views, otherwise they'd have broken up 10 or 20 break-ups ago...it must be a show she puts on for her family. How could her family possibly dissapprove of a teacher, someone respected in the community, and a role model to all those impressionab
  le little mites...hmmm, maybe it's the huge age gap, and a daughter from his previous long term (living in sin) relationship. No way. Have you met Bimpey Jon?
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• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 30-Jul-2008
  Yes. She seemed quite nice, a little quiet and a little over weight. Not a goddess by any stretch of the imagination but didn't give the impression of a crazed fundamentalist either (then again that's because she evidently is not). Most importantly she was obviously able to keep up with Jankly in his 6 hour marathons.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 30-Jul-2008
  What sort of marathons would those be? Running? Not Jankly, 6 seconds maybe...but not 6 hours. Sex? Again no, 6 minutes MAYBE, with a really thick condom on. Drinking? In his youth definately, but not these days. It can only be sleeping...there's nothing quite like a nice 6 hour doze in the afternoon!

• Re: Pants' Wedding by ian jenkins (Member 10030065) on 30-Jul-2008
  Hold on a cotten pickin' moment... this thread is about Pants' wedding... why are people dissing me... lol I will have you know I was one of the inglorious five on the pub crawl, champers in the reception, 3 pints + sambuca in the first pub, a pint each in the next two pubs (whereupon a relatively sober Jankley pushed Pleb and RR into a cab) THEN Fireman Lee and Multi-millionaire Richard carried o
  n to a further two pubs (pint each) before getting back to The Reverends place where the drinking continued for a couple of hours... Jon mildly drunk, Jankley mildly drunk, Ringpiece unconcious, Fireman chuching his guts up and MM Dick pissed as a fart. I rest my case...
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• Re: Pants' Wedding by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 31-Jul-2008
  Sounds like a riot - any photos kicking around?

• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 31-Jul-2008
  Hold on....aren't we all supposed to be grown ups now?

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-Jul-2008
  I only took one photo of Steve lying unconscious on his bed. I'll try and get hold of some proper ones though. Gary - speak for yourself!

• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 1-Aug-2008
  Child.

• ref windmill first school by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 4-Aug-2008
  when i was out and about on sunday decided to show the girls where i went to school . but when i got there it had been demolished gone part of this new two tier system .

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 4-Aug-2008
  The Windmill? Yes, a said day.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 5-Aug-2008
  Fuck Me!!! the windmills gone?

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Aug-2008
  What...the primary school has gone?

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 5-Aug-2008
  demolished end of an era making way for progress what happens if they go back to three tier . i heard arley common school gone to. but whatyou exspect from a labour goverment . bring back maggie or maybe monster raving looney party.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 5-Aug-2008
  The only building that remains is the new part they built while we where there . the reason i drove over to stourport. i was talking to miss hall anybody remember. and the girls pestered me to go an have a look.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 5-Aug-2008
  It was the Conservative County Council not the Labour government that voted to get rid of Arley Common, rebuild Windmill, go to a two tier system, etc. It was opposed by Labour and Health Concern. However as most of the country is two tier I think it was probably the right thing to do. As for 'bring back Maggie' I can't remember her being a defender of the education system, it was cuts after cuts
  in her day. How quickly people forget. (Not to mention the milk-snatcher monicker). I suggest you swat up a bit Mr Pye - or even read the Stourport News.
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• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 5-Aug-2008
  Look at the learning performance of the school over the last two decades,is it any wounder that Mr Pye and probably the rest of us would'nt have been exact on the facts. Go on,give us a clue,are you really an automated answer machine?.
  Bollocks,just realized,did i read it right,the little school has gone to?.I bet that's that bloody Cameron for you.....!

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 5-Aug-2008
  As Morrisey said when are you guys gonna get over 'Labour and Tory'? They're all the same. You're wingeing about Labour now but after a few years of Cameron he'll be the devil incarnate - you mark my Ausssie words!

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 6-Aug-2008
  I thought I was the speaking answer machine? Puckoon - let's go on holiday? Mr Pye - I used to think you were alright! I thought this thread was supposed to be about Pants's wedding?

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 6-Aug-2008
  yes your right puckoon just trying to stir things up to make the day go quicker. john long time no hear. hope i have not upset you . anyway iam planing my escape to warmer parts leave great britain behind . The counrty not so great anymore.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 7-Aug-2008
  I feel really old,R.A.F Swinderby has been knocked down to make way for a housing est,thats where I did my basic training. John,please tell me my old house in church walk still standing.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 7-Aug-2008
  gary the best thing they can do with stourport is build the bypass. mind you the basin refurb looks good funded by the local council tory council . mind you not to complain i will make some money out of it. better not get in to a debate about tories & labour might get into trouble. might have to consult the stourport shuttle for a little light reading.oh happy days

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 7-Aug-2008
  Your old house was up for some big renovation plan Gary, but I think it was thrown out. There was something going on there a while back anyway. I don't wish to continue Puckoon's personal attack on you Andy but I think you'll find that an organisation called 'Stourport Forward' is funding the restoration of the Basins (together with a Heritage Lottery Fund - it's on the Stourport Council site). Be
  st to keep off the politics and religion - it always ends in tears.
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• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 8-Aug-2008
  Stourport Forward.......really ?
  Had a dream with you in it last night Pleb...you were with some hippy bird living in a new house standing at the top of the Dunley road...probably on the site of my old school.Andy,don't get yourself down being told you can't get Fuck all right with the polotics thing,I saw the joke,after you phoned me and explained anyhow.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 8-Aug-2008
  Dreaming about me, eh Gary? Hope you had a bath this morning! Lol!

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 8-Aug-2008
  fair play john hows the devil are you tory & labour thing just a joke. makes the day go a bit quicker. you must get board in the libary.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 8-Aug-2008
  Never a dull moment, when there is I swot up on the town council website!

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 8-Aug-2008
  oh . of on holiday next week for two weeks to greece plenty sunshine & beer.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 8-Aug-2008
  that council website learnt me a thing or to all gend up on local polictics . two places which i will keep a close on in future are stourport shuttle council website might get my fact right in future lol . jamie shaw pillar of the community. must dash got a meeting with the planning office.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 9-Aug-2008
  I am really lost now.

• Re: Pants' Wedding by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 10-Aug-2008
  Me too, time for a new thread I think.

• Re: 40 by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 19-Jun-2008
  Unlucky mate, it's all over now, you can suffer like the rest of us! Ho ho.

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 19-Jun-2008
  Thanks John...

• Re: 40 by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 19-Jun-2008
  Well done Gary. I thought Vyk was John and Pleb was Jon

• Re: 40 by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 19-Jun-2008
  So did I, but I didn't want to spoil the mood.

• Re: 40 by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 19-Jun-2008
  Many happy returns, Gary.

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 19-Jun-2008
  Thanks guys,sorry jon(pleb).

• Re: 40 by Professor Pogge (Member 10225910) on 20-Jun-2008
  Happy birthday Gary Coulson.

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Jun-2008
  I am getting the urge to get back on to a motorbike and grow my hair long, is this natural?

• Re: 40 by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 20-Jun-2008
  Absolutely.

• Re: 40 by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 20-Jun-2008
  happy birthday gary my birthday saturday no hope of growing my hair

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Jun-2008
  Height restricted and balding.....Just rewards for all the fags smoked behind the bike sheds Andy

• Re: 40 by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 20-Jun-2008
  It's called a mid-life crisis Gary, i'm just getting over my 15th. Fortunately I fall back to where I was originally after each one. Been going out a bit recently so maybe the 'drink' will be back on.

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Jun-2008
  wow....mid life....bummer....could this be why I keep listening to 80's music recently...by the way Vyk, mostly Propoganda(secret wish) this week. Don't you think a beer night should be on the cards everyone?

• Re: 40 by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 20-Jun-2008
  Propaganda. I have Duel, which I think is on Secret Wish. Is the rest of the album good?

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Jun-2008
  Brilliant if you like that sort of thing,way ahead of their time.

• Re: 40 by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 20-Jun-2008
  Yes, I'd read that was the case but it's interesting to hear you agree.

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Jun-2008
  I take it I am not the only one bored at work today.

• Re: 40 by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 20-Jun-2008
  I expect that you're right that you're probably not alone in your boredom at work. I'm not at work today though.

• Re: 40 by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 20-Jun-2008
  Just finished work but still here, enjoying the ambience. Maybe we should go out in Worcester?

• Re: 40 by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 20-Jun-2008
  Are you two on about the band Propoganda from the 80's with the singer with the massive hooter? I thought she was quite nice for some reason.

• Re: 40 by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-Jun-2008
  She was quite hot for a Nazi. Worcester,now I haven't been out there for years,used to be a really good night,shall we try to set a date? for a drink I mean.

• Re: 40 by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 20-Jun-2008
  Will look at the diary, maybe beginning of next month.

• Re: 40 by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 26-Jun-2008
  well gary you have not missed a lot in worces better going to broadstreet in the80s bar you will feel more at home maybe legs elvern afterwards

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 27-May-2008
  I've been there several times when strong wind caused havoc... Although I've never been hit in the eye with a tent pole... errr... No I hadn't heard.

• Re: Shell Island by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-May-2008
  What's the significance? Been away for a couple of weeks so missed out on your chat about Bananrama et al. Gary - you sad old bastard going to that concert. Me and Pants were into that SAW stuff at the time it came out! I think Pants has the complete Pete Waterman collection and still dances round the front room to it. Still it's better than Jethro Tull! Did Big Fun and Sonia play? Just seen your
  photo on Friends Reunited Gary - you look scarey!
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• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 31-May-2008
  Back with a vengance eh John........Thanks for the abuse mate, makes me feel great!. I was forced to the concert by a mate and the girlfriend.Do you refer to the picture of my Camel or the others?.Still,good to hear from you.

• Re: Shell Island by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-May-2008
  All of them! Your girlfriend looks better though. Is she after a passport or what? What do you want to live in Poland for? They get paid in potatoes over there don't you know?

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 2-Jun-2008
  The country is booming now John, it is on the up instead of going to shit like Great (used to be) Britain. It is a beautiful country with great people,and I could probably get planning permission to build something there!. As for the pics....we all age you know, I am sure you are no spring chicken anymore yourself Mr concave chest.How about putting some pics on your profile, not that I want to see
  pics of blokes or anything before the comments start.
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• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 2-Jun-2008
  Vyk, got Fish singing through the speakers today.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 2-Jun-2008
  Excellent.

• Re: Shell Island by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 2-Jun-2008
  Mr concave chest? How did you remember that one? Lol. I still look the same as I did 20 years ago! I'll send you the pics in the post for you to perv over!

• Re: Shell Island by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 2-Jun-2008
  I'd like to know when the mythical time was when Britain was great? If anyone would like to enlighten me please?

• Re: Shell Island by Professor Pogge (Member 10225910) on 3-Jun-2008
  I think Britain was called 'Great' in the 1800's
  when 14 slept in an unheated room sharing a potatoe between them for sustenance before clocking on for their 12 hour shift at the factory. Things were clearly a lot better in those days.

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Jun-2008
  I thought it was the Polish who got paid in potatoes.I need to shoot Vyk....he has me going through all my 80's collection and neglecting my modern greats such as Faithless and Coldplay.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  How about... 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'?

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  Or 'Dare'?

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Jun-2008
  I thought you despised Soft cell and bands of the new romantic wave, I am sure you used to refuse to talk to me when I used to sit in the common room with my pixie boots on re-applying my eye liner.(opening for loads of abuse from john there). Bloody good choice of albums though vyk, I thought you were more of a Hawkwind/camel fan.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  Absolutely. But nostalic 80's stuff makes for a little light relief. Apart from SAW - at which I have to draw the line (sorry Pleb!). I mean... The Reynolds Girls...

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  Or, nostalgic, even.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  And in the spirit of nostalgia, I've just dug out 'Eliminator'.

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Jun-2008
  F*#k Me !!!

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  Not even with eye-liner and pixieboots, sorry.

• Re: Shell Island by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 3-Jun-2008
  What a depressing choice of music, the 80's really were a low point. Only at the tail end did we get a glimmer of hope with bands such as the aforementioned 'Reynolds Girls'. The immortal line 'I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mack' was vastly superior to Fish's interminable lyrics.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Jun-2008
  LoL.

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 3-Jun-2008
  Bollocks.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 4-Jun-2008
  Succinctly put.

• Re: Shell Island by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Jun-2008
  Yesterday I was mostly playing Mooncresta on MAME at work. I also tried out Quasar (which Vyk was a bit good at in the good old Flam, when we were 14 or so), but I was rubbish, so stopped.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  When I tried MAME (at home) I found the games too hard... Maybe they're easier when played on a games cabinet with fag-burned buttons that takes 10p credits and some git keeps trying to nick your last credit with threats of violence.

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 5-Jun-2008
  Lee Brown Did used to hang around the Flam didn't he....Lost a few credits on Battle Zone to him and his gang.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  I wasn't thinking of Lee. I never had any 'issues' there (thankfully!).

• Re: Shell Island by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 5-Jun-2008
  Alan Hayden?

• Re: Shell Island by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Jun-2008
  I didn't have problems in the Flam with any of the Browns either, but I think it was one of their mates. I can visualize the bugger (as a 15 year old of course), but can't remember his chavving name. Anyway, I saw him years later and he was shorter and weedier than me by then...SCORE!

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  No issues with Alan either.

• Re: Shell Island by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Jun-2008
  I think I lost most credits while playing Asteroids. Was it Richard Thomas or Pleb whose Asteroids technique was to just rotate in the middle of the screen (constantly) with the fire button held down...essentially random, without ever using the thruster or hyperspace?

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  Think it was Tim's.

• Re: Shell Island by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Jun-2008
  I think you're right. It was a technique that meant every 10p spent was wasted.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  LoL (as they say)... but that could be true of most of the ten pences spent in the Flam'...

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  You noticed how much music is on Youtube these days?

• Re: Shell Island by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Jun-2008
  Nope, I don't visit it much. I use www.deezer.com to listen to music these days. Unfortunately they don't have too much older stuff, but it's all free. I was trying to track down Levitation (Hawkwind's of course), but without success. I may try youtube though.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  Youtube has the ECT footage of Hawkwind
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTUDMzaKRPo

• Re: Shell Island by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 5-Jun-2008
  I've found "Levitation" and "Motorway City". I'll try that link in a minute...

• Re: Shell Island by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 5-Jun-2008
  Vyk - have you seen Huw Lloyd Langton on Youtube? There's a couple of good ones on there. Apparently he played in Worcester a few years ago, did you see him? Also some old Camel which is good. Youtube is great for refinding old vids that you taped over then regretted years later. Worst is some lad rapping from Stourport - is worst thing ever.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  Apparently Hawkwind are playing Wyeside Music Festival, Hereford on Saturday.

• Re: Shell Island by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Jun-2008
  No, didn't see Huw in Worcester. Missed Alan Davey (Bedouin) too.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 12-May-2008
  Especially those with a fondness for igniting intestinal gasses.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 13-May-2008
  Who did you have in mind?

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 13-May-2008
  Make the most of it my little pomme de terres!

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 13-May-2008
  Howard Everton,now there's a man that could light a fire,usually followed by angry farmers.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 14-May-2008
  Howie Baby was a pyro? Doesn't really surprise me.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 14-May-2008
  hi guys how are you lot . hope your well not been on the blogg for some time had some bad news about six weeks ago i was told i got cancer not to worry been in hospital had it removed last week doctor thinks it was contained to one area should no the results in two weeks time he seems very positive that he has got it all. hope your enjoying the sunshine not seen much of it myself.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 14-May-2008
  Hope you get well soon.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 14-May-2008
  thanks john

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 14-May-2008
  Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery, Andy.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 15-May-2008
  Good to hear from you Andy,got a missed call of you dood, will phone you tomorrow. You say they managed to cut it out,was it a whole bollock?.....part of one?....or both?.Please say yes to one of the mentioned choises because we can spend at least the next few weeks cracking some wicked jokes.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 16-May-2008
  Hi Andy, sorry to hear your news. Sounds like the doc is positive so that must be good because they tend to hedge their bets. Get well soon!

• Re: Phew! what happened to the sun by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 16-May-2008
  Gary bit of the mark there mate . should be given the all clear in two weeks time subject to the bi op and ct scan. ct scan showed inlarged nepth nodes but that could of been down to the operation fingers crossed its not spread . anyway you have to think positive. of to center parks 9th june and jamaica in august all being well . Gary are you having trouble with bridgenorth planning deparment le
  t me know got a ew contact there .
  ... more >>

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 16-May-2008
  thank andy hope you are well .

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 16-May-2008
  Soz Andy, you know what I am going through with dad so you tend to look on the bright side and not worry about it which is hard sometimes,I am sure you will be fine. I will talk to you about the planning when I give you a ring later.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 16-May-2008
  yes you got to gary postive thinking goes a long way speak to you shortley andy .

• Re: CLASS 1984 by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 16-May-2008
  GUYS CHECK OUT SCHOOL REUNION PICS CLASS OF 1984 FRIENDS REUNITE GLENN CONLONS STOURPORT HIGH SCHOOL CHECK OUT PIC 2 PLEBSTER IN IS FAMOUS FRED PERRY. ALSO CHRIS SPREADERS, LEE PERRY AND A GUY THEY CALLED CHINK.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 16-May-2008
  On a lighter note, today I am mostly listening to Electric Six's "Fire" album....

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 16-May-2008
  Is that a joke Vyk or are you really into Elecric Six? That isn't me in the Fred Perry, it's Pants Brownlow with Jankly looking on. Sprucie and Marina are in the background on another photo. Fame eludes me yet again. Now the really scarey thing is - next year will be the 10 year anniversary of that reunion! Oh dear.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  The video for High Voltage is bizarre... but the thought that next year will be the ten year anniversary of the reunion is staggering.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  But today I'm listening to Camel's Mirage, Pleb...

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 17-May-2008
  Been listening to Japan "tin drum" today.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  Nostalgia central...

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 17-May-2008
  You spin me right round baby right round

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  errr... hopefully you're referring to DoA

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  Lucretia, My Reflection

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 17-May-2008
  Nope.....you completely lost me non vic....its open to others..

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  DoA being abbreviation for Dead or Alive.
  
  Dead lead to Goth lead to Sisters of Mercy, who did Lucretia. So to speak.
  

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  but there wasn't supposed to be any real link, I looked up 'spin me round' on YouTube and there were also links to Sisters tracks. Honest.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 17-May-2008
  I thought that Electric Six video was good! Wasn't slagging the band just thought there may be a hidden subtext to you bringing them up. The last time I saw Gary(22 years ago) he was into Japan and DoA (Alan Haden's copy of you spin me round) so I can't believe he's still listening to them (or am I imagining hidden subtexts everywhere?). Last Camel track I played was 'Chord Change' from the Paris
  Collection off their website - an amazing track. Currently listening to a band called July Skies - very easy on the ears as befits my age. They're playing not too far from Bridgenorth tonight at Wheaton Aston festival but i'm far too long in the tooth to stand about in a field and get soaked to the skin.
  ... more >>

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  Yes, I share your view regarding the supposed joys of festivals. Either ending up scorched or soaked.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  Hidden subtext? Nope. But Electric Six's "Gay Bar" is pretty funny too. Especially the video. Or maybe I've missed something?

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-May-2008
  Alan Haden's copy? Does that suggest a hidden subtext?

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 17-May-2008
  I didn't intend it to but now you mention it, what was Gary doing with Alan's copy of cross dressing DoA single?

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 18-May-2008
  just been listing to deep purple when a blind man cries ian gillian .not got to 80 yet working my way there might have a copy dead or alive any takers

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 18-May-2008
  Thinking of the 'Made in Japan' album, I wonder if Ian Gillan can still out-scream Ritchie Blackmore's guitar?

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 18-May-2008
  Sounds like he's got his balls trapped in a vice and someone's slowly tightening it (a quote from someone or other). Guarantee that every time you listen to it now you'll have this image in mind (Child in Time I think the track is).

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 18-May-2008
  It would certainly explain it!

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 19-May-2008
  look,someone had to be his friend....very rarely he did show sighns of goodness you know.Went to the N.E.C. Sat night to the "hear and now" 80's concert.Can't believe I was dancing to Bananarama,Rick Astley,Cutting crew and others,anyone else there?....By the way,Bananarama still looked hot,funny,back in the 80's i would have happily burned this lot at the stake for being so commercial.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 19-May-2008
  Last gig I saw at the NEC was Jethro Tull. Some time ago. ("Aqualung my friend
  don't start away uneasy
  you poor old sod, you see, it's only me.")

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 20-May-2008
  I think it was John that got me into "Jethrow".......or was that Bananarama?

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 24-May-2008
  Today I'm listening to 'No More Heroes'.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 25-May-2008
  And today, 'The Raven'.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 25-May-2008
  And at this rate, it'll be Pink Floyd's "The Final Cut"...

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 25-May-2008
  "I saw you look like a Japanese baby.....in the distance I remember everything" You really have got me searching through the old stuff now vyk!

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 25-May-2008
  I'll consider that a result then.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 25-May-2008
  You'll be listening to "Rage in Eden" next.

• Re: Phew! It's A Scorcher! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 27-May-2008
  Was just about to but then spotted a little jem at the back of the box....speak and spell.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 6-May-2008
  Congrats Pants - whoever you are.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 7-May-2008
  He's the guy with the large head, right?

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 7-May-2008
  An unfeasibly large head.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 8-May-2008
  As big as Lee Browns fists apparantly

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Breath (Member 10225894) on 8-May-2008
  Not that big

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Professor Pogge (Member 10225910) on 8-May-2008
  Greetings!

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 9-May-2008
  Eh?

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 9-May-2008
  I used to hate playing Rugby against him,it was like watching a charging Rhino bearing down on you.It was allways cold as well so I knew it was really going to hurt as I made contact with the ground.....How about these beers then John....Andy,long time no hear.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 9-May-2008
  I've given up drinking at the moment. (Went to a wedding on Sat had a few beers and felt dreadful the next day). However, may try again in the summer. Are you still moving to Abberley?

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 9-May-2008
  Having real problems with planning permission at the moment mate.Never thought I would come accross a council as pathetic as Bridgnorth but I was so wrong. Really down at the moment with return from holiday blues,this country really is going to shit,think i will bugger off to Poland!

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Professor Pogge (Member 10225910) on 9-May-2008
  The country's always been going to shit. Then again with the 100 000 dead in Burma maybe it isn't.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 9-May-2008
  That's a bit topical Professor. I think you've got the wrong site. Then again maybe we could have a 'Ask Professor Pogge' section. Are you related to 'Breath' and is that pronounced as in 'Dog's breath'. If so are you Hodge?

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Breath (Member 10225894) on 10-May-2008
  I am not 'Hodge'.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 10-May-2008
  Oh God,here we go again.....guess who I am ?

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 10-May-2008
  Gary Coulson?

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 11-May-2008
  You are getting better at this aren't you.Maybee the spell of drizzly,breezy weather is what was needed to highlight the brutal way in which the Burmese regeme has ruled its people over the years. I think Bush and Tony should go public and accuse them of building nukes and go in all guns blazing,thats if Belgium does'nt mind of course.

• Re: Pants is getting married on July 26th! by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 11-May-2008
  No, it was a typhoon wasn't it?

• Re: Solstice by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 17-Apr-2008
  Wrong season isn't it mate?

• Re: Solstice by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 17-Apr-2008
  Time to slaughter some young virgin on the sacraficial stone then is it john. Where do you celebrate yours ?

• Re: Solstice by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 17-Apr-2008
  Stagborough usually

• Re: Solstice by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 17-Apr-2008
  Solstice in April? I thought June and December...

• Re: Solstice by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 17-Apr-2008
  Looking at a property the other side of Stagborough near Aberley at the moment so try to make lots of mess and get it in the papers,hopefully it might knock the price a little.

• Re: Solstice by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 18-Apr-2008
  Why is Plebster regurgitating thread titles from 3 or 4 years ago?

• Re: Solstice by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 18-Apr-2008
  I told you he was an automated answer machine didn't I.

• Re: Solstice by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 18-Apr-2008
  At the third stroke I will be regurgitating threads from five years and six months precisely...bip...bip...bip...beeeep!

• Re: Solstice by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 19-Apr-2008
  Child.

• Re: Solstice by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 19-Apr-2008
  Your timing is out Plebster - we should be on a thread entitled 'Blind Lemon' or 'Make mine a large one' by now.

• Re: Solstice by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 20-Apr-2008
  Stourport has made the news on the other side of the world (if you read the BBC news website) with that couple being charged over the murder of the man found in the Severn. Fame at last for the old place.

• Re: Solstice by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 21-Apr-2008
  It's fast becoming the new Nottingham,murder capital of the U.K.

• Re: Solstice by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 21-Apr-2008
  Apparently it was his wife so not a random killing.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 3-Apr-2008
  Yes indeed.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 4-Apr-2008
  Bang a Bang a Boom Boom

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 4-Apr-2008
  'Boom bang a bang' - that was Cath Francis wasn't it?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 4-Apr-2008
  Yes indeedy.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 5-Apr-2008
  What does cheesley sproatneck mean?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 5-Apr-2008
  A need for antibiotics?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 5-Apr-2008
  Some said I had an elongated neck at school.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 5-Apr-2008
  And the prefix due to an ingratiating or obsequious nature?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 6-Apr-2008
  No.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 6-Apr-2008
  who is the sprout neck boom bang a boom ?rememember that francis girl was she friends ith clair steadmen the posh girl ?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 7-Apr-2008
  Is it Neville Hallam?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 7-Apr-2008
  Neville goes under his own name on here. How old are you Cheesley and where do you live?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 7-Apr-2008
  mark barnfeild i think

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 7-Apr-2008
  Presume Cheesley went to the Windmill (Huzza!!), as knowledge of Simon Oakland is apparent from Cheeseley's application of the label "king of the geeks".
  

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 7-Apr-2008
  Did Barney have an elongated neck? I'll have to look in through the Wheatsheaf window next time I walk past.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 7-Apr-2008
  Or maybe he went to Kings? Or maybe Simon's reputation went farther afield. Cheesley - we wait with baited breath for the answers? (no jokes about Jankly always having bait on his breath)(or Henry iv part one quotes - Vyk).

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 7-Apr-2008
  Poins?
  "Zounds, ye fat paunch, an ye call me coward, by the Lord, I'll stab thee!"

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 7-Apr-2008
  "Bardolph, am I not fall'n away vilely since this last action? Do I not bate? Do I not dwindle? Why, my skin hangs about me like an old lady's loose gown! I am withered like an old apple John."

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 7-Apr-2008
  My performance (or Gareth's, Chris Barrett's or Jankly's stagehand work) clearly made a great impression on you Vyk. However you managed to get it in there somewhere - 'Do I not bate' - indeed.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 7-Apr-2008
  Yes I managed to get it in. It would have been rude not to. Henry IV will never be the same for me since Ralph's "who wants to be the King? Alright, I'll read it then" (spraying the front row, the while)... That and the abortive trip to Brum to see it at the theatre, only to find that the lead had broken a leg (or something) and we had to come all the way home again.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 8-Apr-2008
  Henry iv will never be the same for anyone who saw my amazing thespian capabilities - especially that girl's school who pissed themselves laughing every time i came on the stage.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Neville A. Hallam (Member 10056214) on 8-Apr-2008
  I do indeed go under my own name! As for Henry, I too was on the scenary detail, and my memories are of nearly dropping the "Forest" scenery on the first 4 rows. The forest was large pieces of hardboard that had to be hooked up with piano wire to the front of the stage - nightmare

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 8-Apr-2008
  Didn't somebody piss in the 6th form tea urn after one of the shows?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 8-Apr-2008
  Yes Gary, and you told everybody. Neville your incompetent backstage work was overshadowed by Jankly - keeping his finger on the smoke machine and engulfing the actors in a fog.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 8-Apr-2008
  Possibly a win-win situation.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 9-Apr-2008
  I have a vague recollection of your play, it was truly awful but i may have mistaken it for another one. I was two years younger than you guys and now live abroad. I like to keep an eye on what's going on in the old place.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 11-Apr-2008
  Are you now living in Iran keeping your head down after that fuck up on the bus in London.Or am i on the wrong track here?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 11-Apr-2008
  No, Australia mate.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 11-Apr-2008
  Skippy ?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 11-Apr-2008
  Not Skippy or Bruce (or Dingo for that matter).

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 12-Apr-2008
  Sheila ?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 12-Apr-2008
  'A' Sheila.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 12-Apr-2008
  And no doubt this board helps remind you why you left Stourport

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 12-Apr-2008
  On the contrary - i have fond memories of Stourport and always visit every time i return to the UK. There are many things i miss about the UK many of them peculiar to Stourport. I used to enjoy the pub life there and miss the slight 'League of Gentlemen' eccentricity of the locals. Australia is great but i wouldn't be averse to moving back to the auld country one day. (I even miss the weather sometimes!).

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 12-Apr-2008
  ["What’s all this shouting? We’ll have no trouble here!"]

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Cheesley Sproutneck (Member 10224122) on 12-Apr-2008
  I never thought the show was that great but it did remind me of Stourport (x 100).

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 12-Apr-2008
  An interesting thought. I wonder if there are any toad-breeders with a taste for 'aqua vitae' in good old SoS? After Jankly's tea-urn stunt, I suppose it may well be possible.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 12-Apr-2008
  And there's several butchers, but I have no idea whether they stock Hilary Briss's 'special stuff'.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 12-Apr-2008
  oh...oh....Tangent.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 12-Apr-2008
  Parallel.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 12-Apr-2008
  I never liked it either - living in Stourport it was too close for comfort.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 12-Apr-2008
  john have you forgot you still live in the god forsaken place .its about time they built the bypass so i could miss it completly.

• sweep makes a come back by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 12-Apr-2008
  sweep has come out of retirement.does anybody remember those puppet shows.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 13-Apr-2008
  Andy,don't tell john things like that you will upset him. Anyway,I thought he lived on a library bus?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 13-Apr-2008
  I was referring to watching League of gentlemen in the past not living here in the past.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 13-Apr-2008
  I felt thw same when the railway children was on.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 13-Apr-2008
  the

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 13-Apr-2008
  You thought the Railway Children was too similar to Stourport life for comfort?

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 14-Apr-2008
  Ahh, "The Railway Children". Made the year before Jenny Agutter's best film, "Walkabout". Who else remembers being shown Walkabout in Middle School, by Mr. Bell I think? I remember Denise Hughes casting doubts on the age of the leading lady, on account of her hirsuteness.

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 14-Apr-2008
  Jenny Agutter.....hmmmmmmm.......nice.....

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 14-Apr-2008
  I have a vague recollection of my class's viewing being cut short as Dennis Dredge was giggling at the rude bits. We were furious with him!

• Re: Boom Bang A Bang! by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 14-Apr-2008
  Logans run...tight lycra...Jenny...hmmmmmm...I think it was the way she fondled the facial hair that finally put me over the edge.

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 13-Mar-2008
  http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/friendsreunited.asp?WCI=GalleryPlace&school_key=138161

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 13-Mar-2008
  Bugger it - look up photos of Windmill CofE Middle School - I recognise: Mr. Bell, Jane Houlton, Joanne Higgs, Adele Lane, Donna Stoneman, Richard Thomas (front row in track suit), Joanne Bingham, Julie Amer (R.I.P.) amongst others.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 13-Mar-2008
  I have a picture of Mr Simances class somewhere - 1977. Quite a few on the photo went into low level crime. I'll have to dig it out.

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 18-Mar-2008
  HI GUYS I HAVE A FEW PICS LAST YEAR WINDMILL MIDDLE 1980 . I THINK EVERY ONES ON THERE

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 19-Mar-2008
  Hi Andy, If you have a possibility to scan them please email them to me at: steve_spruce@btinternet.com cheers.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 19-Mar-2008
  Spam filter on standby...

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 19-Mar-2008
  Vyk, how the devil are you?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 19-Mar-2008
  Alright, thank you. Glad that I am not trapped in an abbyss. Or an abyss. Or an Abbess. I hope all's well in Pleb's world?

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 19-Mar-2008
  yeau will do

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 20-Mar-2008
  Very boring i'm afraid. Feeling my age.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 20-Mar-2008
  Best not to dwell on it. Take delight in being unfashionable (i.e. no longer young) and grow old disgracefully.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 20-Mar-2008
  I found it really difficult recognising people on the FR school photo (mentioned by Steve). Is that really 'Tim' on the front row?

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 21-Mar-2008
  Can't really recognise many people on the photo. Glad to see the fashions have improved since then. Is that Gary Coulson on the front row with the long socks?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 21-Mar-2008
  You mean they have Butlins in the abyss? I suppose that makes sense.

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 21-Mar-2008
  barry ccllie was in year below us at school i went to butlins myself iam not on there . but there are some out of our year ? strange

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 21-Mar-2008
  I am pretty sure that's not GC in the socks.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 21-Mar-2008
  It looks like Lee & Tyrone next to 'Specs' on the back row with Gary Richards?

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 24-Mar-2008
  Doesn't look like them to me, but could be wrong. Only recognise Mr Bell, Mrs Nesbitt, Mr Dickson and Donna Stoneman.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 24-Mar-2008
  And GC in the long socks...

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 24-Mar-2008
  On closer inspection is it Julie Amer?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 24-Mar-2008
  Yes, it's Julie, next to Jo Bingham.

• Re: Old School Photos by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 24-Mar-2008
  I can't seem to find the picture so I won't give myself a posotive I.D just yet, where are you guys looking?.....Hello by the way.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 24-Mar-2008
  Friends reunited Windmill Middle School (not first school) photo section. Hello by the way.

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 25-Mar-2008
  Gwen Tompkinson is on the second row back with the glasses, and isn't that Paula Brazier two to the left of her (in fornt of Donna Stoneman)? Lucy Herbert is the tall girl on the second row isn't she?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 25-Mar-2008
  Well spotted Mole.

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 26-Mar-2008
  Who was it that used to go out with Lucy in 6th Form?

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 26-Mar-2008
  Chris Barrett!

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 26-Mar-2008
  ...right...

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 26-Mar-2008
  Don't tell me Chris somehow appeared on the photo too, even though he was at Lickhill?

• Re: Old School Photos by Michelle (Member 10060728) on 26-Mar-2008
  Andrew Potts is next to Richard Thomas on the front row and Katy Tiplady is next to Lucy. I have a group photo of the France trip somewhere with Mr Lowry, Mr Everton, etc

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 26-Mar-2008
  Oh crikey....

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 27-Mar-2008
  Katy Tiplady - cue jankly's anecdote. Poooootts! Cue Ked anecdote. Michelle - do you remember on the French trip when that Yorkshire lad complemented your hair style and you bit his head off?

• Re: Old School Photos by Michelle (Member 10060728) on 27-Mar-2008
  You are not going to let me forget, but not sure it really happened.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 27-Mar-2008
  Do you remember going out with Darren O'Neil?

• Re: Old School Photos by Michelle (Member 10060728) on 27-Mar-2008
  Do you remember going out with Lucy Herbert?

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 27-Mar-2008
  HI GUYS& GIRLS JUST BEEN STUDYING THAT PICTURE ON FRIENDS REUNITE. VERON WILLIAMS STOOD BY MR BELL .IAN BROWN STOOD BY MRS NESBIT ANDY POTTS STOOD BY HAIRY TIM MARTIN FARMER MATTHEW DAW IN THE CENTRE STOOD BY SIMON ELLTON IS THAT SALLY PEARCE STOOD NEXT TO GWEN. THE GIRL STOOD BY PAULA BRAZIER MARIE ?. I MUST GO BACK IN THE LOFT AND DIG THOSE OLD PICTURES OUT FOR STEVE MUST GET BACK TO MY BOOKS AX MAN LOOMING .

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 27-Mar-2008
  hi michelle how are you are you the michelle in the piture stood next to jo higgs ?

• Re: Old School Photos by Michelle (Member 10060728) on 27-Mar-2008
  Isn't that Adele Lane?

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 27-Mar-2008
  yes of course silly me sorry

• Re: Old School Photos by andy pye (Member 10215788) on 27-Mar-2008
  so you must be michelle page?

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 27-Mar-2008
  Yes. You haven't answered the question?

• Re: Old School Photos by Michelle (Member 10060728) on 27-Mar-2008
  Not sure which question you are referring to but, yes to both

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 27-Mar-2008
  Thanks, that's that sorted then. What's happened to Gary Coulson?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 27-Mar-2008
  Refer you to the right-honourable Puckoon's posting of 22-02-08.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 27-Mar-2008
  Alternatively he could be having a barbie...

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 27-Mar-2008
  If Pleb had gone out with Lucy Herbert I'm sure he would have recognised her photo...surely? I thought Daren O'Neil went out with Jane Houlton, or was it Anthony Morris?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 27-Mar-2008
  That's quite an allegation, Andrew!

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 27-Mar-2008
  Yes that's a pretty scurillous suggestion, if I was Michelle I would hurl an old hidden allegation against Mole like she did against Sprucie (the groper in the dark episode). As for Puckoon, Gary has posted since the false declaration of his demise. p.s. Jankly has just texed me - he's pissed and lying on his bathroom floor.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 27-Mar-2008
  Got that wrong - his (religious)ex girlfriend is pissed and unconscious on the bathroom floor and now he's going to take advantage!

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 28-Mar-2008
  Are you sure it isn't you that was pissed?

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 28-Mar-2008
  ...and what's Jankly's ex doing anywhere near him anyway? It'll all end in tears, mark my words!

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 28-Mar-2008
  She just can't keep away even though her church sent her away on a de-Janklyisation course (near enough the truth only written in layman terms).

• Re: Old School Photos by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 29-Mar-2008
  Anyone looking in on this thread may be inclined to think that it was all a little incestuous up at the windmill.Mind you,it was a long walk to lickhill.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 29-Mar-2008
  Didn't you go out with Jane Yapp?

• Re: Old School Photos by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 29-Mar-2008
  I didn't say i wasn't as bad, just made an observation. Actually saw her some years later, she was working in a travel agents in Bridgnorth.

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 31-Mar-2008
  I always liked Jane - I bumped into her when she was at M.I.P. Thanks Michelle, Mole etc. for the other identifications on the photo. Can't believe that I had a crush on

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 31-Mar-2008
  Katie Tiplady (got cut off). Funny how most of the (girls & boys) hairstyles are the same. Is that Simon Davis (just in front of Darren O'Neil)? I had a scary episode on the back on his motorbike on his family farm...

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 31-Mar-2008
  Jankly needs his head seeing to re: Bimpe (?)

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-Mar-2008
  What were you doing on Porky's farm - wasn't it a bit 'Deliverance' down there?

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 31-Mar-2008
  I did see a couple of banjoes lying around and I can assure you that he didn't get me to "squeal like a pig"...

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Certainly looks like Simon Davis, well spotted. Wasn't there an anecdote regarding Simon Dudley and a motorbike, Pleb?

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-Mar-2008
  Come to think of it Simon used to do quite a remarkable pig impression - blimey!Studs and a motorbike? Give me a clue and I might remember.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Didn't he (or someone else) lose control in the bike sheds?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Cue impression of Finbarr Saunders...

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-Mar-2008
  Lose control of bike or bowels?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Fair question. I thought he lost control of the bike and wheelied it through a collection of push-bikes. But that may just be an urban myth.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  I guess we could just make something up...

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-Mar-2008
  How about Studs lost control of his fizzer and crashed through bike sheds after seeing Sprucie on all fours and trousers round ankles in Deliverance reenactment?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Yep, that'd do it. I thought it was someone else's fizzer, though.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 31-Mar-2008
  I can't recall it. I do remember Studs, amongst others, having an active imagination when it came to telling the truth.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Maybe that was it, then.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Or perhaps it was his bowels afterall.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 31-Mar-2008
  Which puts the headline "Skid-marks found in Bike Shed" into a whole new light.

• Re: Old School Photos by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 1-Apr-2008
  I think the bike belonged to Gary Hazelhurst.
  Does anybody remember miss Shoan the french teacher? My first love.....

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 1-Apr-2008
  Vyk - lol! Miss Shoan - rings a bell. Bogish's name keeps on cropping up - so the bike story was true, Gary?

• Re: Old School Photos by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 1-Apr-2008
  I seem to recall Gary h wanting to rip Studs head off for wrecking his bike, i can't remember if it was in the bike sheds though. I spent most of my time running around the play ground to keep away from Mark Hubble because i took the piss out of his eye and rediculously hairy chest.

• Re: Old School Photos by gary coulson (Member 10206266) on 1-Apr-2008
  She did ring the bell, if it was her turn, she had to share the job with the other teachers though John.

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 1-Apr-2008
  Just spotted another teacher on the photo - second from left on front row. Is it Miss Sholtz (of 6S)? My first form teacher who was quite hot as I recall.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 1-Apr-2008
  You took the piss out of Tosh's glass eye and hairy chest - you sick bastard!

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 1-Apr-2008
  He could run quite fast as I recall...used to win the sports day events for Teme.

• Re: Old School Photos by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 1-Apr-2008
  He can barely beat Ted the Head in a race to the gents these days.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 1-Apr-2008
  Didn't he get run over, though?

• Re: Old School Photos by Puckoon (Member 10202172) on 1-Apr-2008
  By Ted the Head in his mobility scooter? I think so.

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 1-Apr-2008
  Oh crikey.

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 1-Apr-2008
  Avon was best...bring on the house points! You were in Stour weren't you Steve?

• Re: Old School Photos by Vyk (Member 10000872) on 1-Apr-2008
  I seem to remember something along the lines of A-V, A-V-O, A-V-O-N, AVON! Or it could be the meds kicking in again.

• Re: Old School Photos by Sprucie (Member 10017974) on 2-Apr-2008
  Avon was best? Using what criteria exactly? Yes I was in Stour and proud of it. We never won anything but had fun anyway. I don't recall how you were "sorted" into houses but my sister was also in Stour so previous generations may have played a part.

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 2-Apr-2008
  The best were put in Avon, the worst in Stour. Younger siblings were put in the same house as their elders. Avon was best because it had me and Vyk...but mostly because it also had Simon Oakland, who ended up at King's in Worcester so must have been very clever. Stour had Guy Winnal as I recall. Pleb, you were in Avon too weren't you?

• Re: Old School Photos by Andrew Haywood (Member 10000698) on 2-Apr-2008
  ...or was it Teme?

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 2-Apr-2008
  Yes. It was full of geeks. Teme was the sporty one but lost it's crown to Wye who went on to win everything. Stour was for the drop outs. I think I was in the wrong house.

• Re: Old School Photos by Plebster (Member 10084319) on 2-Apr-2008
  Then again maybe I wasn't.