.png.5ff10cca1d0967e44a17e4a2edde2a80.png)
webntweb
-
Posts
1,288 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
7
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Articles
Posts posted by webntweb
-
-
Very sad news, our condolences to his family and friends.
I only met Alan once and unfortunately didn't have much time to chat with him, but from his posts on here and some PMs we exchanged, I could tell he was not only a gentleman but very knowledgeable on all things Broads related and also willing to help anybody with advice. RIP Alan, you will be missed.
-
1
-
1
-
-
8 hours ago, CeePee1952 said:
Lol if my memory serves me correctly that's the "Junkerhaus"?? I never went in it but did marvel at the architecture! I used to have some german friends that lived in Lemgo which is why I know a bit about the town, plus I used to drive through Lemgo to go fishing on the Weser at Vlotho.
Junkerhaus is correct. We visited Detmold a few times as my wife's brother and his family lived there. Like you he was stationed at Detmold and also up the road (as he put it) at Bielefeld. After his army service he stayed on there working as a civilian for the army, delivering post, etc between bases.
Just one more pic to jog your memory:
-
1
-
-
13 hours ago, CeePee1952 said:
Crikey, that brings back memories of when I was stationed in Detmold in the mid 80's! Don't think the phone box was there then though! Lemgo was/is a very picturesque town.
Chris
You'll probably remember this then . . .
-
1
-
-
They get around . . . Lemgo in Germany Christmas 2005
-
There is something called Any Video Convertor (AVC) which was available free for Windows. Don't know if it converts from your format but probably worth a look. I have used the Mac version successfully.
-
1
-
-
15 hours ago, BroadAmbition said:
Anyone know where I can get hold of some Cordtex or Semtex?
Griff
May have missed your opportunity in the 60s.
When they were demolishing the old railway bridge workers came across some dynamite from WW2 still attached to the bridge.
If they had only transferred that a couple of hundred yards downstream . . .
-
2
-
-
Connoisseur 40 or 45 at Catfield Dyke October 2013
-
5
-
-
5 hours ago, ChrisB said:
The Thames has it's own "Potter" namely Osney Bridge in Oxford. At 7'6" it stops the higher airdraft boats from the top 32 miles of river.
Here's a view from upstream of us about to pass under on a Bounty 28 fwd.
-
4
-
-
4 hours ago, LizG said:
The houseboat lives there with permission of the parish council. I think it's name is Heather and it very old (I think I'm correct but happy to be corrected)
Heather was hired out by Turners at their boatyard in Horning for many years.
-
1
-
-
14 hours ago, garryn said:
Its still there next to The Kings Head
It was boarded up for many years - don't know if it still is. I drank there a few times in the early/mid eighties, usually outside as it was a modern, soulless place inside. Think attached pic is the pub's terrace?
The Broads pubs' brews I can remember from the 60s were Bullards, Lacons and Steward and Patteson.
-
1
-
-
Best wishes to all from Chris and Roy
-
4
-
1
-
-
Peace
in Broads Chat
9 minutes ago, floydraser said:Thanks for that, but I'll probably fall over the first time I go in, as I try not to trip on the step which I hope is no longer there??
Funny thing is I usually tripped over it going in but can't remember ever tripping going out, even though by then I wouldn't have been quite as steady on my feet.
-
2
-
3
-
-
5 hours ago, LizG said:
Think Vaughan has as much knowledge.
Although this map is 1888-1913 it still shows Horning probably as it almost was?
Just opposite the Petersfield (as was) there is still some lagoons and I can imagine that as the willow pattern harbour as there were/are wooden bridges, the pines of the Petersfield - all a bit willow pattern? I've seen an old aerial photos online but can't find it at the moment!
Broadland Memories has loads of photos of Horning but the Francis Frith archive is pretty impressive
https://www.francisfrith.com/horning/photos
This one might look uninteresting but the concrete pavement is still there - you walk on it when you go to the Chinese which is the building in the corner. The cottages are still there but the boatsheds which say HT Percival is the development where I lived between 1970 and 1981 etc.
https://www.francisfrith.com/horning/horning-the-village-c1965_h116118
Liz
Thanks for the links Liz.
Particularly poignant for me are the c1965 photos of Horning, as we hired from Chumley & Hawke in both 1964 and 1966. The aerial view of c1955 showing three (I think) boatyards again brought back memories as the photo is only three years before my first Broads holiday in 1958. I remember seeing the Percivals' roundel as we cruised past the boatsheds. Were those boatyards Percivals, Banhams and Southgates Lower Street? I'm sure Vaughan will put me right.
-
3
-
-
15 hours ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:
Wow was it that long ago, wasnt it something to do with pricing or taxes.
VAT I think
-
1 hour ago, OldBerkshireBoy said:
On that theme is a Jafa cake a cake or a biscuit.
a court ruling in 1991 sided with McVities that Jaffa Cakes were a cake and not a biscuit
-
4
-
-
Would it not be dangerous to switch gas supply off temporarily? Thinking of gas CH boilers that haven't been serviced regularly and more specifically gas fires whose flame failure or auto ignition may be suspect.
No use for this winter, but if the Viking Link comes on line on schedule by the end of next year maybe that will help with electric supplies.
-
1 minute ago, Gracie said:
A brick wouldn't soften mine. I wonder if it would be ethical to buy shop bought mince pies and pass them off as homemade.....asking for a friend
x
Definitely unethical, but don't let that stop you - you'll be in the company of thousands of others.
-
2
-
-
5 hours ago, Gracie said:
Andy, you won't eat any that I make, no one ever does
x
I pour cream or custard over the ones my wife makes. It softens them enough to make them just about edible.
-
4
-
-
Brrr!
in Broads Chat
Like Griff I had the drain condensing pipe fitted inside and a magnetic filter. I wouldn't have any idea how to do a force bleed though.
-
We hired Crusader 1 from Richardsons in 1963 and while the engineer was doing the handover he picked up the rowing dinghy from a row of them moored along some trees/bushes on the far bank near the exit to the boatyard.
-
1 hour ago, oldgregg said:
If you booked with Hoseasons, be careful.
They often advertise a 'low deposit', which isn't actually the deposit. It's simply a holding payment, and the 'full deposit' is more.
I got stung with this before, as I had booked Silver Haze and then needed to cancel. We had paid the £50 'low deposit' but discovered that to cancel, I would need to pay a further £100 as the deposit was in fact £150.
It's a highly misleading practice, so I reported it to the Advertising Standards Authority as I don't think it really does them or the reputation of Broads holidays any favours in reality.
In my case I said to Hoseasons that I will pay the extra £100 but that it is on the condition that I will never book another holiday with them. They chose to take the cash.
I had a similar experience with a caravan booking with Hoseasons.
-
1
-
-
Can't see a registration number on the stern. There is a mark on the right hand side but it looks too small to be a reg no. Possibly come from another waterway?
-
16 hours ago, Mouldy said:
Used to be where Pedros Boats are now (or close by). Great little shop. Picture below nicked from the inter web.
Pics taken in August 86 showing shop in relation to Brooms. We were moored in the two boat bay with Moonlight Shadow's old mooring to Meadow Saffron's right. I was stood outside the shop when I took the second photo.
Years later, after they had demolished the shop, I sat on Moonlight watching them driving the piles for the new moorings where the shop had been.
-
6
-
-
Boundary Farm Moorings at Thurne mouth have reopened.
-
7
-
Just Saying Hi
in New Members Say Hi !
Posted
Welcome to the Forum Royston.