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Memory lane for me Ferret when I was working we had a conference in a large hotel in Pott Shrigley effectively a jolly up and I have an abiding memory of about an hour after they opened the free bar and one of the most senior managers...

Near us in Pott Shrigley on the day they had their own festival to run along side it called Pott Aid.

Has anyone visited here? https://www.ncm.org.uk/ and gone on an underground tour? I've never taken a tour down a coal mine, although I have been down a salt mine, the Salzbergwerk just outside Berchtesgaden. Bought a small container of...

Sounds interesting. I've been on guided tours of a few large caves when younger but not an actual mine. Remember while deep in one part of a cave the tour guide saying they were going to turn the lights off for a moment for us to...

Coal mines freak me out. How they ever achieved it is amazing. I couldn't crawl around in such a small space

We had similar when we went down either Speedwell or Treak Cliff Cavern( can’t remember which one) many years ago. The total blackness was grim. It made me fall forwards.

MY FAVOURITE LOTSW QUOTE. Seymour Utterthwaite :- " You might be surprised. He (God) takes scruffy ones as well. Death is very democratic. All those lusting after equality, are finally going to get it".

It's been a long time since anything cost a pound especially in the Pound shop.

I don't use Temu because there's no clue in which region of China the products are made. If it's Xinjiang, that's where China detains the Uyghur population and uses them as slave labor.

Wilfred Hyde White was one of my favourite vicars in the film Two Way Stretch along with Richard Briers in Midsomer Murders and an episode of Tales Of The Unexpected. Great article.

I found this wonderful article and am happy to share with you all: https://cyber-coenobites.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-non-real-vicars-of-holmfirth.html

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I just treated myself to a Geekom GT 1 Mega mini PC to replace my large gaming rig, not that I play much in the ways of games just the train sim. I am really impressed by this small PC, so quick and plays the Train sim without any...

…. the X-Ray- Spex they sold never worked either :)

My mate had a stick insect… or so he told me. I used to gaze into the glass looking for it among the general foliage that was in there. Very hard to spot, a bit like those Sea Monkeys that used to be advertised in the back of 1970’s...