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Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Red top reader, Oct 30, 2015.

  1. BlackAndAmberGambler

    BlackAndAmberGambler Well-Known Member

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    My knee would hit him in the middle of the twats chest.....Little arsehole he was.
     
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    Ken Foster taught me at Kingston High - maths if I remember correctly. My old man was in the same class as him at Hull Grammar before the war. When Foster discovered I was my old man's son, he announced to the class what my old man's nickname had been. Naturally, the bastards in my class picked up on it and it remained with me forever. Bastard Foster, never forgive the sod :angry:Still, he was a decent teacher and had a laugh with his pupils.
     
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  3. Chazz Rheinhold

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    Gaylord?
     
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  4. Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR

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    Only one statue was removed for safety from Hull for WW2. You know the one................. but where was it taken before being put back on the original site in 1948?
     
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  5. originallambrettaman

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    It was stored a couple of miles from where I'm currently sat, in Houghton.
     
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  6. Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR

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    Are you certain of this?
     
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  8. Mrs. BLUE_MOUNTAINS_BEAR

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    Sorry for pressing you on this. The answer I was looking for was Sancton and I should have checked that Houghton Hall/Houghton were at Sancton.

    My uncle was involved in the removal of the statue and it's relocation. A photo of him and fellow workers unloading the statue is featured in the pictorial book " A Century of HULL." by David Gerrard.
     
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  9. originallambrettaman

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    It's not a bad little gaff...

    please log in to view this image
     
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  10. Chazz Rheinhold

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    You in the woods again playing with your long lens??
     
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  11. originallambrettaman

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    Who told you about my long lens?

    Woof.
     
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