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Indeed that was mine... I'd left my squash bag behind my chair and it was pilfered from there... I always suspected it was Rob Tomlinson 'wat dunnit' but no one was admitting it at the time. I just remembered 'the name of the short rotund Inspector that used to smoke about 60 Capstan full...

I don't visit often and I've been out of Stafford for many years... I started my apprenticeship with Switchgear in 1977. First year in the training center, second year I worked in 522 shop under the tutelage of Taffy Price. I often wonder what happened to all the characters that worked there...

Need some help... I need to get the windows replaced in a house I still own in Stafford but which is rented out. Are there any particular companies the forumites would recommend, more importantly, are there any you'd avoid like the plague? Thanks in advance.

I need to get the windows replaced in a house I still own in Stafford but which is rented out. Are there any particular companies the forumites would recommend, are there any you'd avoid like the plague? Thanks in advance.

English, without a doubt. When we hear of 'British' youths killed fighting for the Islamists in Syria or Afghanistan, or 'British pakistanis' demanding something or other (when are they not demanding something), or when the media goes into overdrive about some 'British' athlete winning an...

This is going back a little but does anyone remember the inspector Ron Lovegrove (I think that was his name)? I remember as an apprentice, working under Taffy Price, I went into his little office and leaned on his surface plate with a very greasy hand. He damn near tore my arm off and beat me...

That was Phil Hill, all round nice guy and big Ella Fitzgerald fan. He married Mick Voss's sister Olive. He loved to get out for a pint or two and always made me laugh when he said if he wanted to get blind drunk he had a head start over the rest of us!

I used to live across the road from Sabatta on Wildwood, I remember being out cutting my lawn and him calling me across to his house. Spent the rest of the afternoon watching football, drinking beer while his wife kept bringing in food. Real authentic Indian food that put the local restaurants...

With a few exceptions, such as mental illness or criminal convictions for violent offences, No, I'm very much against gun control. Just about everyone I know over here is a gun owner of one type or another. Most of them are like me, owners of hunting rifles/shotguns, but a few do carry handguns...

Mainly Central & Western Massachusetts & New Hampshire.

Born & raised in Stafford, lived on Baswich & Wildwood until I was 33. Managed to escape while Blair & labour were busy destroying everything that was good about the country.

I'm lucky enough to live in a country that allows me to keep firearms with little fuss. I hunt, mainly for deer, and eat everything I harvest. After field dressing a deer, I'll take it to a meat cutter who professionally butchers and wraps it in perparation for the freezer with virtually no...

Unless the ticket is issued by the council or police, you can file it in the nearest bin. These ANPR systems are normally run by private companies like Excell. Just ignore them, do not enter into any correspondence with them, NEVER pay in the hope you can later appeal. They are nothing but...

I remember that incident well because the soap was lifted from my squash bag behind my desk... I think enough years have passed that we can now name the villain... Rob Tomlinson! Sorry to hear about Rose, I played darts with Mick down the Lord Nelson. Got to know Rose well, as well as Harry...

Tom's steam engines were superb, beautifully built. I came home for a vist last summer, but from the bridge, the place looked a shadow of its former self. Do they still actually manufacture anything in there these days?

Brand new to the forum but this was a real trip down memory lane. I did my apprenticeship at Switchgear, and after going into the machine shop, Taffy Price was my first instructor, I'm glad to see he's still around. I still remember his clock number... 522 12345. I guess they tried to make it...