Yes geordie was a canny lad as they say,a good mate, never a dull moment with geordie(alas it provided his Misfortune) this was again Sunday morning,and after the hostiities, the lads made a kind of LIDO,we royal engineers had all the right gear to do it....but it was a few miles away from camp,.and now we were back to bull, this day geordie came again to me lazing on myPIT,Yorky,come to the Lido with us we need one for permision to have a truck...i wont go thro again what i told him to do.....Oh come yorky,you wont drown (MISTAKE,EH<GEORDIE) wel off they go...but when they came back..No geordie.....no he did not drownn, worse than that.as i said he was a joker...and when the lads saw his legs stuck in the air and his body under the water,,they thought another geordie Joke....but no,what happened as i said it was home made in a Hurry,,,,,,,Geordie thought he could show off and dive in from a great heaight,he did,and hit the bottom ...and Broke his neck, he was taken from there by helicopter (MASH TYPE) we learned he would be paralysed for the rest of his life.....Sad but very true...........
Oldtimer From your posts you say you are from Birdwell,where did you get your conkers from when you were a young lad,can i guess and say the trees at the side of the Red Lion pub?there used to be some beauties came down there.
RE: Oldtimer Well,your not far wrong there.....but to be honest ,i could not really say,not being far from Rockly wood,i would say thats where i got mine,,,i know where i used to scrump apples.......mrs Robinson at top of the lane...i was neve a good conker man ,putting em in Vinegar never worked for me,i might have made double figures once or twice....thats about it all really thanks for reading
All my conkers came from there. The trees at the edge of Rockley Woods. Nice to see they're still there.
RE: All my conkers came from there. Did any of you fish Worsborough Res?,seen some big fish pulled out of there a long time ago though.
RE: All my conkers came from there. Nice that GAZ,not far from..Cain or Abel statue eh,by thats took me r8 back that has,,,,
RE: All my conkers came from there. Just down from the motorway bridge mate. Have vivid memories of me and my Dad standing in the middle of the road, avoiding traffic (mainly tractors!) while launching sticks. And we used to do it in October. I'm sure people start conkering in August nowadays.
Detest fishing myself. My mate still goes there though. Swears they're not as big as they used to be. Blames the herons
RE: Detest fishing myself. i used to watch them but could never do it...., that reminds me Fish n chips t morrow
