Kearley & Tonge bottle

[Herlock Sholmes]

My late father-in-law used to make his own version of Baileys Irish Cream with Camp coffee. He only drank tea or Young's beer himself, but all the females in the family thought his Irish Cream recipe was delicious.

Love,

Caz
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Might explain a lot Caz

[Dupin]

caz
Ah Young's beer, doh
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[tastes awful now IMHO]

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

caz
Ah Young's beer, doh
(_8-(|)_
[tastes awful now IMHO]

Young's make a nice chocolate stout. I'm not generally in favour of adulterating stout with needless flavours, but it's a well done brew.

[Christian]

Yep,it's a spats hook.

The Gordon Highlanders uniform was high upkeep.

Clean and shine the brass while ensuring every tiny bit of Brasso was removed internally ,spit and polish the boots,whiten the webbing, belt and spats and then ..... argh,button up the spats ..... without getting them dirty.

That little 4" hook was worth it's weight in gold.

Some early 20th century ones,think the roarin' twenties, did indeed have a shoe horn on the other larger end.

Very interesting love knowledge and facts of this sort bravo!!

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

Very interesting love knowledge and facts of this sort bravo!!

My Great Grandad was a Seaforth Highlander. Served at the battle of Loos. They captured a hill but got overran when the Germans pushed back. Spent the war in Chemnitz.

[Christian]

My Great Grandad was a Seaforth Highlander. Served at the battle of Loos. They captured a hill but got overran when the Germans pushed back. Spent the war in Chemnitz.

True hero tip my hat!!

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

True hero tip my hat!!

Robert Clarke, a station master from Forres. My old man has his medals, and a letter from the king thanking him for his role in the camp. There's a few photo's, some before the war, some in the camp and a great one with a Belgian band about to board a train. Not sure if that's before or after. There's a photo of a Canadian guy on a horse too, guess he was in the camp with him. My grandmother, Roberts son, has photos taken by her brother in WW2, dead Chinese civilians. I'll wager they've never been published. We found them when we cleared out stuff when she had to go into a home. Grim reality.

[Christian]

Robert Clarke, a station master from Forres. My old man has his medals, and a letter from the king thanking him for his role in the camp. There's a few photo's, some before the war, some in the camp and a great one with a Belgian band about to board a train. Not sure if that's before or after. There's a photo of a Canadian guy on a horse too, guess he was in the camp with him. My grandmother, Roberts son, has photos taken by her brother in WW2, dead Chinese civilians. I'll wager they've never been published. We found them when we cleared out stuff when she had to go into a home. Grim reality.

Great you have his medals!! Yes war brings out the best and worst in humans!! I’ve a major passion In ww2 warbirds/planes but anything ww2 really

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

Great you have his medals!! Yes war brings out the best and worst in humans!! I’ve a major passion In ww2 warbirds/planes but anything ww2 really

I'm a massive plane nerd, WW2 in particular. My partner's grandfather was a pilot in WW2, he was shot down in a two seater and his crew mate died. He never spoke about it so we don't know much, but it was early in the war so maybe a Battle or a Defiant?

For some proper history, my good friend of many years is Polish, and his families war stories are eye opening.

[Christian]

I'm a massive plane nerd, WW2 in particular. My partner's grandfather was a pilot in WW2, he was shot down in a two seater and his crew mate died. He never spoke about it so we don't know much, but it was early in the war so maybe a Battle or a Defiant?

For some proper history, my good friend of many years is Polish, and his families war stories are eye opening.

Wonderful all the stories and valour!! I build kits to a good standard particularly Luftwaffe birds love the camouflage variety!!My great uncle ted was tail gunner in lancs!! Boy we gone off topic!!

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

Wonderful all the stories and valour!! I build kits to a good standard particularly Luftwaffe birds love the camouflage variety!!My great uncle ted was tail gunner in lancs!! Boy we gone off topic!!

Massively off topic. I did a Junker's 87 Stuka in 1:48 scale which I was particularly proud of, but my BF 108 Condor Legion was my favourite, another 1:48 scale, I used cigarette ash to get the weathering on the guns. I did a Spitfire BTK that was hard work, but having a child, they got broke. I was working on a Handley Page Heyford, but that also got sidelined. Never mind, I'll get back to it eventually.

[Al Bundy's Eyes]

And the award for this year's "Christian's longest running thread" goes to...

[Christian]

Massively off topic. I did a Junker's 87 Stuka in 1:48 scale which I was particularly proud of, but my BF 108 Condor Legion was my favourite, another 1:48 scale, I used cigarette ash to get the weathering on the guns. I did a Spitfire BTK that was hard work, but having a child, they got broke. I was working on a Handley Page Heyford, but that also got sidelined. Never mind, I'll get back to it eventually.

Interesting indeed got about 20 kits in my stash mainly Luftwaffe 190&109 mainly!! 1/48 my favourite scale got nice airbrush have to send you few images ??Is a great pastime defiantly being creative!!

[caz]

caz
Ah Young's beer, doh
(_8-(|)_
[tastes awful now IMHO]

Yes, I did notice the Ordinary doesn't taste like it used to when I lived near the Wandsworth Brewery, Dupin. I thought it was because I'm now in Devon, or my taste buds are not what they were.

The Pride of Spitalfields did a nice pint of Fuller's London Pride when I used to drink there.

My current beer tipple of choice is a pilsner called Offshore, by Sharp's.

[Dupin]

The Pride of Spitalfields: lovely pub. Alas, it has a high TripAdvisor rating so it can be difficult to get a pint at all.
Despite its name I think it is really in a place called Whitechapel. Nothing much ever happened there: move along.
Dupin.