It is a cheek - everyone who knows these things knows Robin Hood was from wakey!
Sent from my iPhone > On 19 Nov 2013, at 6:07, "Guy Thornton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Going to Doncaster, the perfect present? > Okay, it's not actually that bad, got friends there and there are some decent > pubs. > > Did think it a bit of a cheek (as do friends) calling the old RAF airfield > Robin Hood Airport. > Used it once - an interesting experience > > guy > > > On 18 Nov 2013 at 10:37, John Lee wrote: > > Well Guy, I think here's a perfect Xmas present for you > > http://www.vulcantothesky.org/appearances/aircraft-tours.html > > > > On Saturday, 16 November 2013, 16:36, sinisterpicturesDB > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I miss the cold war, things seemed so much simpler then, armageddon, no > armageddon... > >> On 16 Nov 2013, at 00:33, Richard Naef <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I'm not sure about The War Game not being shown because it was too scary, I >> think that was the excuse, but in reality may have been cos it was bad for >> morale and seen as being a recruitment film for CND? The fear of the bomb >> was a real and present danger, we lived near Chobham Ranges and there were >> often big explosions and I quite often for a split second thought "that's >> it, my flesh is about to be melted from my bones" >> >> Them youngsters don't know how lucky they are....... >> >> Talking of TV, anyone seen Drifters, the female version of the Inbetweeners, >> set in Leeds, uses the Amanda Palmer "Leeds United" song as the theme tune >> and Elland Road was shown on last nights show. Like inbetweeners very crude >> and funny at times but might be a bit awkward if you watch it with your >> teenage daughter. >> >> >> >> >> ttfn >> >> Richard >> >> Triumph Computer Services >> 01273 505214 >> 07974870424 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Guy Thornton >> Sent: 15 November 2013 22:38 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [LU] Non-LU : The Cold War >> >> Absolutely non LU this. >> >> Who else has been watching the BBC Cold War series? Me for one and it's with >> a mixed feeling and emotions. Younger members of this list may only now >> about it from history, and maybe not even then. For some of us it was >> reality >> >> Just been watching Cold War, Hot Jets. On the one hand I can remember having >> Airfix models of some of those aircraft, followed on from Airfix models of >> second world war military aircraft and ships, and there was a certain >> beauty, and most certainly awe, of the V-bombers and the Lightning. On the >> other hand it was scary. This was the time of MAD (that's Mutually Assured >> Destruction for you youngsters, a term coined in the early 50's). I remember >> '62 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I may have been a youngster still at >> school but it' remains vivid. Despite turbulence, terrorism and the rest in >> the world today this is probably the nearest we came to world annihilation. >> >> My first reaction to try and do something about it was to join the Civil >> Defence but it didn't take to long to realize how futile that was. Shades of >> Raymond Briggs and there was Peter Jenkin's The War Game. >> Commissioned by the BBC but they though it too scary to show till many years >> later. Saw it at the filmhouse top of Vicar Lane in Leeds. And then there >> was Dr. Stangelove (or how I learnt to stop worrying and love the war). So >> it became CND and Alderston marches. >> >> That was living in interesting times >> >> Guy >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email [email protected] >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
