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If your use by date started before July 1958, then you have experienced rationing as the final WW2 rationed item was freed then , that was coal.. Until 4th July 1954 there was still meat rationing.. Until the 1980s cheese production was deliberately limited by HMG, but what was produced not rationed .

I don't know if it's happening to everyone but if I attempt to go on the shorebase site I get error 404 site not found, but if I go in direct to http://www.norfolk-broads.org/tides/tide_report.asp it works ok.

I have a club footed jib on my little sailing boat. I've added a pair of extra sheets to the fore end of the club, so while sitting in the cockpit I can goosewing or back the jib.

As for cash it's a right pain paying in, first find a bank. For me that's a 40 mile round trip. for a small business, for my model Railway club account that would be a £1.50 charge, plus 1.5% of the value, not too dissimilar to the cheque or paying in charges. That's why I've just spent a couple of hours ordering a card reader for the club, there's a lot less hassle, the overall charges will be less as we have a lot of small transactions.

Nationwide had their hands smacked for their current no closures adverts.. They started them immediately after having a round of closures.

If she's one that's been retrofitted with an electric motor, then the control module and battery replacement is going to be expensive.

We've just had the wettest month ever recorded and the wettest 18 months ever recorded. It's not surprising the water levels are high, even though the majority of effects are often to do with air pressure and wind direction. That being said there have been more storms over this winter than in many years each bringing low air pressure and a raised north sea.

Spent the day at the radar museum, 71 visitors today. Did a fair amount of modelling RAF Neatishead 1983 between the visitors.. planted 300 fence posts, have got about the same again to do... Reminder folks Norwich model Railway show tomorrow,, details a few posts back.

If you look at the NDR, it's taken much more land than it would in the past, precisely because of " green " measures. There are cycleways bridle ways, treed areas, and all sorts of land grabs that take more farm land.

I first lived in Milton Keynes in 1975-6 in Bletchley Park, your description is quite accurate. There was a huge change when we moved there again in 1988 through to 1996 in Stantonbury. Much More crowded. I was extremely happy to have moved to Norfolk, 20 houses in the village over 2 miles of road.. Problems? They've dug the road up so it's closed... Alternative routes? A Boat, aka a Byway Open to All Traffic that is a mud road with potholes over a foot deep. A restricted byway, that is soft mud 18 inch deep ruts filled with water. A restricted byway , tarmac sort of , grass growing down the middle in places, sand covering in others, exceedingly narrow, ditches on both sides of the single track road in some places.

It was going to a model Railway show and was asked. Are you a senior?. I had had to stop and think... Oh yes I Am now. Next Model Railway Show, Norwich , Hellesdon School, free parking, NR6 5SB Saturday 6th April, 10am to 4pm £6 accompanied under 16s free. 20 + layouts plus traders and demonstrations. Broadland MRC will be there, but don't know if I'll be on duty with the layout or just a visitor.

Sorry but Tescos greatly reduced the footfall in the high street, before there was an Auction and big ish market on the grounds Tescos occupy. That day of the week the high street was heaving. Every other day it was busier than it is today. Now people drive to tescos shop and leave . Tesco killed several shops which just couldn't compete.

Spent the day sanding and painting Blue Moon down at the sailing club.. Meanwhile... There are a series of holes down Horning street.. they are replacing the gas main. Today they were filling in a hole on Swan in corner so the street was closed there, so cars were squeezing round the Swan... But at the front of the Swan is scaffolding, so it's a very tight squeeze round there. For added fun Wroxham boat hire launched a day boat on the parish slipway at the corner of the Swan, that disappeared upriver. Then they recovered another day boat that had been sitting in front of the Southern Comfort for several days.. therefore the parish road was closed for some time... If they don't get that road sorted soon the businesses on Horning street are going to be very unhappy at the interruptions over Easter.

All this mention of RAF museums !!! I must mention.. https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/ Opens 29th March this year, closed Sundays and Mondays. Open 10:00 to 17:00, Allow 4 to 5 hours to get round it all. There are WW2 and Cold war lectures on twice each day. What guides there are in other rooms depends on the volunteers available each day. Most weeks, I'll be there for one day in the Radar history room.. My blazer is pressed and ready. Under a mile from Horning Staithe to the museum, well under if the ground is dry enough to cross the field by the public foot path.

On old maps it shows a route through to the Bure from the broad, the current dyke was there as well. if you look at the photo, just to the right of the words River Bure. There's a dyke running mostly North from the river It came out there. A lot of Crabbetts marsh was water 150 years ago.

Saw Rob Turner the wrought Iron workers van today, I've got a pedestrian gate by him still perfect after 20years..

Just anti fouled my little boat, the sailing one that is. It was pressure washed at the end of last season, so very little preparation was needed. 1st coat 2.5 hours, unfortunately I've only enough for half the second coat, shortly I'll order some more. Currently I use VC 17M but that's not really suitable for motor boats on the broads, but is good for regularly used sailing boats. Had to hand in my S6, but the overalls were handy , they've long since worn out. Now I buy padded insulated overalls for the winter, keeps you much warmer, and drips of paint and antifoul don't soak through to you or your normal clothes.

The radars rotated at 4 revolutions a minute, so every 15 seconds. I'd pick it up on my cassette recorder over a mile away... The Type 84 radar was 4 MW , the Type 85 when everything was all up and running could be 60MW , I think it was The T84 was the noisy one as an older design and its frequency was double that of TVs, much closer than the T85 which operated at roughly 5x TVs frequency. The current radar is only about 20kW so doesn't give that much problem.

I have access to original MOD photos of the site. No new underground bunkers were built after the original one, but embankments to protect some overground buildings were put in place at some points and new foundations/ cable ducts require big trenches, so there'd be a lot of spoil. The original bunker was commissioned in 1958, on February 16th 1966, it was burnt out (anniversary yesterday) sadly three Civilian firemen lost their lives. Divisional Officer, Gordon Dix Leading Fireman, Herbert Durant, Fireman John Holman. The site has been rebuilt several times, 1942, the R30 building, operations building was built, type 7 or 8 radars installed later followed by type 14 and type 13. 1958 Type 80 Radar and Fps 6 radars were installed 1963 Type 80 replaced by Type 84, ( the double sided radar dish still on site) By 1968 R12 building built with a Type 85 radar on top, along with 3 HF 200 nodding height finders Early 1970s R30 recommissioned to replace burnt out R3 bunker. Late 1980s topsoil removed from the R3 bunker , bunker re waterproofed, interior rebuilt and refitted. Early 90s Type 85 and HF200 removed, T84 decommissioned, Type 92 commissioned at Trimmingham. 1993 bunker recommissioned, museum given old R30 ops building. 2004 RAF Neatishead closure announced , shut 2006 2023, Radar at Trimmingham removed to Neatishead as Trimmingham site is now unstable.. The previous model maker built a 1/1000 model of RAF Neatishead 1942, I've done 1958, am nearing completion of 1982, the final one will be of today. The final one will be delayed slightly as I'm working on models of the radars that went ashore on DDay. One team of 180 RAF men with 4 radars and 27 vehicles went ashore on Gold Beach practically unscathed. The other went ashore on Omaha beach.... That's the beach "Saving Private Ryan" is based on, of the 180 men, 41 were injured and 12 died. Several medals were won, especially by the Padre, an airman and One of the officers. The Padre and a RAF medic for helping rescue/ treat injured men, and the officer ended up leading American soldiers off the beach.. Anyway why am I telling you this? If you come and visit the Radar Museum, you can see all of this, and maybe unlucky enough to meet me. I'm volunteering 1 day a week mostly Saturdays but when I can't make that Fridays. The Museum opens 10:00 til 17:00 I believe from March 29th for this season. Closed Sundays and Mondays, Allow at least 4 hours to go round, it's a rabbit warren of rooms. There are two different lectures every one about WW2 and the Cold war. ( Both are on twice a day.) Other rooms have guides depending on what volunteers are available. https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/ Anyway, I've got of the models at home as well time to go do some painting..

Much better than my workshop in the garage. Radar museum today, first task fit wedges to stop a model of a mobile radar rolling off a table, once checked they fit they'll need painting. If I'm not needed for anything else there's the 1/1000 model of RAF Neatishead (1982) to work on..

Entries are now open At https://www.3rr.uk/

1st of June has been confirmed for next year's race start. Entries will normally open early in the new year.

Here's the old mast being lifted off, it's become 3 pieces, two are now lying on their side on the ground the bottom section is still in place. Oh and some friends inside the grounds.

There a lot more to do in Hoveton, there's two railway stations, and the model railway exhibition none in Wroxham, there is the Barton house railway in Wroxham. you can cycle or walk to Horning or the RAF Radar Museum https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/

Those quotes are totally irrelevant as the laws governing the broads are the broads regulations which are here. https://www.broads-authority.gov.uk/boating/navigating-the-broads/byelaws-and-speed-limits For instance this regulation applies on the broads. 19 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) but notwithstanding any other provision in these Byelaws the master of a power- driven or manually propelled or quanted vessel crossing from one side of a channel to the other side or entering a channel from a side dyke or other waterway shall do so at a proper time having regard to any vessels navigating along the channel and shall give way to such vessels