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Discussion in 'Stoke City' started by stoke-th97, Apr 20, 2014.

  1. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Been walking on the beach at Swansea again, 10,400 steps there.

    Cottonmouth - Comanche
     
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    Showoff <laugh>

    2 steps today on Rollator <ok>

    Comanche - Discombulated
     
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    <laugh>

    Discombobulated - Locomotive*

    * - part of our walk today was on the ground where the old Mumbles railway ran - the first passenger train service in the World <cheers>
     
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    Wow, just enjoy industrial history, so interesting.

    Locomotive - Meccano **

    ** Never an engineer
     
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  5. Taffvalerowdy

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    Actually, Nick, you’d never know it was there unless you ‘knew’ - it is directly adjacent to the sea and ran along the foreshore

    Meccano (snap <ok>) - Commando
     
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    The stop at Blackpill, shown early in the clip, is still there, in fact we stopped off there for a toilet break on the way back to the car park opposite St Helens
     
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    Absolutely wonderful, thank you so much for posting...talk about short-sightedness, make a fortune nowadays.
    <cheers>
     
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    The track was literally right next to the sea - next time we go there, I will post a photo <cheers>
     
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    <laugh>

    Commando - Comic
     
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    Comic - Microphone*

    * - as used by Norman Collier?
     
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    Amazingly someone posted this 7 hours ago:

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    upload_2021-10-6_16-16-4.png

    Mumbles Pier in the distance.

    Verdi’s (Cafe, restaurant and ice cream) parlour is immediately on the left nowadays
     
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    The last one from me - looking back from Mumbles towards Swansea.
     
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    That's just amazing Taff, coincidence or what!!!
    Collier <whistle> - Coalman
     
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    I posted Microphone <cheers>

    Coalman <applause> - Coleman*

    * - other Davids are available but did not say “The big Cuban comes round the bend, opens his legs and shows his class…” :bandit:
     
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    Oops <doh>

    Coleman - Colemanballs **

    ** Still appears in Private Eye all these years.
    ""And here comes Hill, he's on the penultimate last lap but one"

    Still tons of murryisms
     
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    <laugh>

    Colemanballs - Commentator*

    * - The batsman’s Holding, the bowler’s Willey …..<laugh>
     
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    Got that on my big tea mug <ok>

    Commentator - Compère


    Thats it from me Taff.
    Enjoyed today and thank you for the memorabilia

    All the best <cheers>
     
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    Compère <applause> - Communism

    Goodnight Nick <cheers>
     
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  20. Taffvalerowdy

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    Morning Nick and PH

    I hope that Nick continues to improve and that PH is well. All ok here.

    Todays’s theme is words that include the random letters ITA

    Communism - Capitalism
     
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