Wreckers!!

[bumkin]

Not yet

if all those pubs have shut does that mean Dave Pool and Jeb Phillips have gone on the wagon

 

[8100]

Dave Pool is still at it mate.His bro John lives across from me .Don't know Jeb but John Willson would be about your era wouldn't he Peter Hollinshead etc

 

[bumkin]

Dave Pool is still at it mate.His bro John lives across from me .Don't know Jeb but John Willson would be about your era wouldn't he Peter Hollinshead etc

i thought john pool would have drunk himself to death by now, i will have to put my name thinking head on for the others not ringing any bells
if you need another clue mrs bet 365 was bulldozing some of my old fields last time i went past

 

[Xerion]

Bloody hell Mr P
Don't recognise many names there but Pete hollinshead rings a few bells
Still trying to work out if bumpkin is before or after my time

 

[bumkin]

Bloody hell Mr P
Don't recognise many names there but Pete hollinshead rings a few bells
Still trying to work out if bumpkin is before or after my time

if you look at my profile you will see im 66 i haven't got a clue who you two are yet

 

[Courier]

A railway bridge near here on what was the main A30 had standard height signs, overheight diversion signs, and laser height operated electronic signs telling drivers if they were overheight and it was still a regular occurrence for the bridge to be hit. It's now bypassed and still gets hit on odd occasions.
You can do what you like, but you still can't fix stupid.

There is one near us on the A638 which has had electronic overheight beams and flashing lights on both approaches for the last 20 + years - there is now a 4 year old new bypass and it has had at least 6 bridge strikes already this year.

Why oh why don't they improve the signage and maybe make it a 7.5 tonne limit, 'coz they have spent over £20m on the bypass but still designate the low bridge route as the main road !!!

 

[Mur Huwcun]

I suppose you carry a chain with you at all times just in case do you?

Tractor at home has one permanently in the weight frame and it’s very rarely that a silage gang won’t have a few chains about just in case

 

[roscoe erf]

Tractor at home has one permanently in the weight frame and it’s very rarely that a silage gang won’t have a few chains about just in case

same here never know when your going to need one

 

[roscoe erf]

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Looks to me like someone’s just taken the plane and pilot and turned them 90 degrees in photo. Angle of parachute and pilot is wrong and extremely unlikely a plane would head straight down no angle on descent.

Also how has pilot fallen faster than the plane

I first saw that picture in the RAF museum in Hendon sometime in the 70s. It was part of the Martin Baker exhibit. I have also seen the picture of the hole the pilot made when he crashed through the roof of the glasshouses you can see behind the trees.

 

[v8willy]

I first saw that picture in the RAF museum in Hendon sometime in the 70s. It was part of the Martin Baker exhibit. I have also seen the picture of the hole the pilot made when he crashed through the roof of the glasshouses you can see behind the trees.

There's a place not far from here that Martin Baker used to (& maybe still do) make ejection seats at, was also a test track thing for testing them on.

 

[Peter]

If you're going to wreck something go big or go home.
They did this just for fun.

From 1896 until the 1930s, staged train wrecks were a popular—albeit destructive—event at fairs and festivals all across the United States.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articl..._Not_NYC)&mc_cid=e261b16df0&mc_eid=6b9e1c1311

 

[RushesToo]

If you're going to wreck something go big or go home.
They did this just for fun.

From 1896 until the 1930s, staged train wrecks were a popular—albeit destructive—event at fairs and festivals all across the United States.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articl..._Not_NYC)&mc_cid=e261b16df0&mc_eid=6b9e1c1311

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@Peter The links were fantastic. Thank you.

 

[roscoe erf]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2375803595966124

 

[roscoe erf]

 

[8100]

 

[bumkin]

is that acarravan he squashed

 

[roscoe erf]

is that acarravan he squashed

yes dint he do well

 

[roscoe erf]

 

[fudge]

This thread certainly seems to show UK road haulage in a pretty poor light. I once asked a friend of mine, a tanker driver, what he thought of the standard of truck driving, “mate it’s crap” was his reply. What’s the explanation I asked, “pay peanuts get monkeys” was his view.