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Old 23-10-2008, 18:54   #61
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lol.. ye them were the days did you do the manchester 1 to?
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Old 23-10-2008, 18:59   #62
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lol.. ye them were the days did you do the manchester 1 to?
No just stayed local - it kept fine so was a fun day out - no trouble happened.
I marched in the Yellow Ribbon contingent
(Oak tree Inn breakers) we had a banner - most clubs did
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Old 23-10-2008, 19:05   #63
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Well we had two clubs over here but i cant remember what they were called, but i remember it was a really good day and a big turn out.
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Old 23-10-2008, 19:13   #64
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Well we had two clubs over here but i cant remember what they were called, but i remember it was a really good day and a big turn out.
I presume 'over here' is Manchester
We had several and I was member at most
0h what a hectic social life I led then fondly remembered
Khyber Good Buddies at Sett End Inn
Martholme Grange
Canal Breakers
Yellow Ribbon Club
Spinning Jenny
.....there were more but those are the ones I went to most
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Old 23-10-2008, 19:17   #65
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sorry did i not say im in Preston, there was a few others but i only went to two as i wasnt old enough to drink..
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Old 27-10-2008, 09:01   #66
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Im looking for a second hand cb for my son anybody got anything pm me please, am fm ssb....
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Old 04-11-2008, 19:25   #67
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Don't be too shocked, and please believe me when i say i have the worst memory in the world... But this is "Soldier Blue " of the copycats Club Martholme Grange. And yes we did manage to fill it. ... However i am totaly new to this site and am feeling a little lost What to do. So please be patiant
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Old 04-11-2008, 19:31   #68
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Rainbow Warrior, This is SOLDIER BLUE on the side. Yes the original one from Copycats club and the March in trafalger Square London.
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Old 04-11-2008, 19:48   #69
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Welcome to Accy Web - this is almost as much fun as AM CB was - so stay with us
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Don't be too shocked, and please believe me when i say i have the worst memory in the world... But this is "Soldier Blue " of the copycats Club Martholme Grange. And yes we did manage to fill it. ... However i am totaly new to this site and am feeling a little lost What to do. So please be patiant
Hiya Blue I think I remember you. Didn't you used to go to the eyeball at the Thwaites Arms as well as the Martholme do? I seem to recall you had a lady friend too, or have 28 years played tricks with my memory?

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just read through this, few names i remember, tarot was my best mates mum

my mum n dad where Lady M and Pathfinder

when fm came about in mid 80s i was VD, anyone who remembers me will remember what it stood for, i know Romps does, she said it to me a few weeks back when i rang the school, lol
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just read through this, few names i remember, tarot was my best mates muml
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When I was first introduced to CB by Rainbow Warrier and Beano we were listening to a "LP" by Boxcar Willie, and as I couldn't think of a good handle, they chose "Boxcar Willie" for me. It was a real laugh in those days, riding about "Brickhouse" in your "wrapper" looking out for the Busbys and the Smokeys. BIG TEN FOUR, good buddies.
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I had a Sommerkamp TS788DX (Coffee Warmer) 100w output and continuous frequency coverage from 26 to 30 Mhz. This probably was an introduction to amateur radio which in a way spurred me on to enrol at Accy college for the City and Guilds Radio Amateurs Examination in 1985 and then in 1988 I passed the morse code test and obtained the full amateur radio licence.
Oh my. Like messages from beyond. I remember being in his room late 80's whilst he talked to people using morse code. Years later when I got a guitar I learned that Ern played guitar too. Taught me a how to play a GMajor scale. ****, miss you Ern
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did ernie used to work on buses? dark hair glasses? he was a mate of my bros if im thinking of same person
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did ernie used to work on buses? dark hair glasses? he was a mate of my bros if im thinking of same person
Yeah worked on buses. Or as I used to call them as a kid "the red buses"

He was good friends with my Uncle Roy, who also works on the buses
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just read through this, few names i remember, tarot was my best mates mum

my mum n dad where Lady M and Pathfinder

when fm came about in mid 80s i was VD, anyone who remembers me will remember what it stood for, i know Romps does, she said it to me a few weeks back when i rang the school, lol
What was your AM name?
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