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Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:20 pm
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Keep the cat and sell the wife - doesn't make so much noise when you're watching Zulu for the umpteenth time Very Happy

Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:28 am
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Peter , obviously Lord Lucan is difficult to catch because he is usually seen riding Shergar Very Happy

Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:11 pm
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Like Hawkwind i am an ardent visitor to this forum and and an infrequent contributor - mainly because i do not have a great depth of knowledge and i am wary of receiving a scathing reply.

I would b ...

Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:15 pm
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.......... and his quiet , polite unassuming manner - which is of course a trait common to all us good Tykes Wink

Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:11 am
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Damian , the current captain is from somewhere nearer where you are than where i am Very Happy - the ex - captain , Mr. Vaughan was born (whisper it Surprised ) in Lancashire .

In the days of Sir Geoff he wo ...

Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:56 am
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I only got 8 Embarassed

Noticed the average for all participants is 3 so i feel better Laughing

Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:50 am
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Peter ,

Oh how i wish we Tykes still had a couple of openers able to graft - we seem to have got this chap called Vaughan from somewhere (England Very Happy ) who grafts for all of 20 minutes ! Whatever ha ...

Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:26 am
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Martin , sorry but i can't understand the second sentence of your answer , is it a question ?

Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:39 am
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i have always thought it was sausages - they are the "toads" - but maybe in other parts of the UK they do things a bit differently Very Happy (funny people those southerners) Very Happy

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Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:54 am
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Mike ,

I have read this as well , but like you I don't remember where - but you certainly didn't dream it.


Gary.

Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:32 am
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Hello ,

Thankfully it does not involve the use of toads - it is a dish of sausages in a Yorkshire pudding mix , usually with gravy on .

Gary.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:46 pm
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Julian Whybra
There are two versions of his death. One that his body was recognized among Anstey's party on the Manzimnyama, the other given by the Zulu 'Maqedindaba' who described killing an officer ...

Fri Sep 12, 2008 4:51 am
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The last paragraph of the link raises a point which i have never heard mentioned before ? Anyone think it is a relevant point ?

Thu Sep 11, 2008 7:49 am
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Peter H.

I think i would have prefered a good horse on the road to Rorke's Drift to either the bullet or the spear - neither , of course , being an option for Colonel Pulleine .

Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:22 am
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I think he was just about to shoot himself as the Zulu stabbed him Sad
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