Waterworld - Etruria, Stoke

[kyoto49]

Hi

Has anyone been here recently? I thought I heard that it was pretty grotty and run down, but can't find my source!! A friend is thinking of taking his little lad but it's a trek from where they live so he doesn;t want to make the effort if it's no longer top notch.

Cheers

 

[Lucy]

A colleague went before Christmas and will never go again. There was definitely something about it on here a while back.

 

[proactive]

It is grotty and run down. We'd never go again.

 

[kyoto49]

Aaaa, found it!

http://www.staffordforum.com/xf/ind...in-festival-park-avoid-like-the-plague.17787/

 

[wildwood]

I can recommend Dimensions - smaller but a fraction of the price and not much further (it's in Boslem duck). One water slide, a lazy river, 2 hot tub/jacuzzis. Kids love it!

http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/leisure-facilities/dimensions/

 

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Hedgehog.

 

[Gramaisc]

Hedgehog.

This - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-38787921 - sounds very like it was the residue from a hedgehog.

It was nice of the Navy to sort it out, it was probably theirs in the first place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)

 

[Bob]

The sandcastle at Blackpool is amazing!

It's bigger than the whole of Stafford put together and is run entirely on magic!

It is the best thing since sliced bread and creates the most amazing memories that you can treasure for a lifetime, the water is sparkly and tastes like chocolate and as soon as you get in you become a real princess.

Ok so I haven't been there since I was about 5 and it was one of the last places I went with my granddad, but to me it will always be amazing!

 

[Trumpet]

Bit of a run from Stafford for a weekly dip.

 

[Noah]

This - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-38787921 - sounds very like it was the residue from a hedgehog. It was nice of the Navy to sort it out, it was probably theirs in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog_(weapon)

If it was really a spigot mortar then it was an anti-tank weapon that was dumped onto the Home Guard because the Army refused to use it. The only way you could reload it was to crawl out of your trench and wander around in full view of the enemy.

 

[Gramaisc]

If it was really a spigot mortar then it was an anti-tank weapon that was dumped onto the Home Guard because the Army refused to use it. The only way you could reload it was to crawl out of your trench and wander around in full view of the enemy.

The mobile version was a bit crazy, as you say.

The fixed version was a bit safer for the operators, but it did rely on the Germans playing their part and turning up in the right places.

The Hedgehog was a lot more successful.

..and would lob all 24 bombs out in front of the ship, in the hope of hitting the target submarine.

 

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Badger

 

[Gramaisc]

Badger

 

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Star-nosed Mole

 

[Gramaisc]

Star-nosed Mole

Mole was an odd code-name for NATO to use, I always thought.

 

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Capybara

 

[Gramaisc]

Capybara

They didn't use that one - yet - but, it would be used for a jet-engined cargo/passenger aircraft, when they do get round to it. Although, they tend to prefer one and two-syllable words. One for propellers and two for jets. The first letter giving a clue as to the type of aircraft.

 

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Weasel words

 

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Weasel words

They never used W - just B, C, F, H & M for aircraft subjects, I think.

The Americans did have Wild Weasels. Starting off using Super Sabres, but later using Phantom IIs and Thunderchiefs to combat missile defences.

 

[Withnail]

One supposes that most aircraft designers look to their designs to be as friction free as possible?

Is it possible that one day we will have a frictionless aircraft?