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Off Topic Newcastle Sunderland Airport

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  1. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    <doh>
     
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  2. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    No I’ve been told international travelers will no know the name
     
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  3. Mr_B

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    Sounds a bit daft, but if it p!sses a few mags off I’m all for it.
     
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  4. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

    JohnHumbles,tape recorder Well-Known Member

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    :emoticon-0135-makeu

    So call it anything but a Newcastle airport then.

    Btw, what's Ponteland got to do with it?
     
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  5. Vincemac

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    Probably why Newcastle has something to do with it
     
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  6. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

    JohnHumbles,tape recorder Well-Known Member

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    <laugh><laugh>

    Pissed off why?
     
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  7. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

    JohnHumbles,tape recorder Well-Known Member

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    You're not making a lot of sense there Vince
     
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  8. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    When Newcastle was chosen as the name of the airport it could very well been Ponteland
    However as I’ve been told earlier no international travelers would of heard of ponteland and know where that was
     
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  9. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

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    I think this was the only airfield in Ponteland

    Ponteland Landing Ground / RAF Ponteland / RFC Ponteland...

    Nothing to do with Newcastle air port mate<ok>
     
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  10. Vincemac

    Vincemac Well-Known Member

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    Cheers for that info mate
     
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  11. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

    JohnHumbles,tape recorder Well-Known Member

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    <laugh> <laugh> <doh>

    Know it's not pal...
     
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  12. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

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    Mmm, theres bit more to it than that... me thinks :emoticon-0126-nerd:
     
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  13. Reggie the Cheddar

    Reggie the Cheddar Well-Known Member

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    I am most certainly not your pal, pal, and its 'No'
     
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  14. E.T. Fairfax

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    How's that like? The terminal building was originally next to Woolsington Hall. Right near where the helipad is now, other side of the runway. The runway was a grassy strip originally. Right where the existing runway is now. Other than it being lengthened the runway hasn't moved.
     
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    There was a smaller landing strip near where the existing terminal building is now. I wonder if that was it?
     
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    A lot of foreigners will know where Newcastle and Sunderland are better than a lot of English people south of Birmingham. When I lived in Oxfordshire I many a time had to tell people they were not next to Blackpool or near Manchester etc etc
     
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  17. Smug in Boots

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    If you're trying to appear intelligent you should, at least, try to get the quote correct.

    'Me thinks' ffs <doh>
     
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  18. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

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    :emoticon-0136-giggl

    Knowledge is a great thing, if you know what I mean.:grin:




    I think you're definitely wrong here btw <ok>
     
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  19. JohnHumbles,tape recorder

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    <laugh><laugh>

    Well, I'm not quoting, I couldn't even tell you who said it...

    I thought we were discussing the airport not my spelling and grammar:emoticon-0126-nerd:
     
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  20. Smug in Boots

    Smug in Boots Well-Known Member

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    While living in France, over the last 20 years, I'd mention I'd booked flights to visit home ...

    ... "Ah great, you're going to London."

    <doh>
     
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