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Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 22nd 2014, 6:14 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

'That's not much of a chuffing SOS is it?' Remember when Dave said that as they are balancing on the car in the canal and Gaz is nodding his head to the man walking by with his dog? I thought that...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 21st 2014, 6:00 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

There are a couple of movies that remind me of home. The first is How Green is My Valley and the second, The Full Monty. So different but yet bringing back familiar memories of England. Any time...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 19th 2014, 2:50 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Sometimes we got a hot water bottle if we pleaded with our mother for them (sometimes she gave in). It was a cold day in hell when we did get them. I froze my xxx off many many nights. These days...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 18th 2014, 9:59 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Money was always the driving force for the NCB and, sadly, it still is for every business that opens its doors.
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 18th 2014, 7:58 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I'm very sorry to hear that. Even though lots of safety improvement standards were in force over the years, the job was still very dangerous, and not very financially rewarding I might add.
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 18th 2014, 6:05 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I remember the ice on the inside of the windows too. Steel frames with a thin pane of glass. Council house estates were everywhere. Coal fire, downstairs only, and you'd freeze your rear end off...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 18th 2014, 5:57 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

My dad was a miner at Houghton Main Colliery. I think my grandfather may have worked there at some point but don't recall if they ever worked together at the same pit. What a horrible and dangerous...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 17th 2014, 12:55 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Fish and chips. Hmmmmm. It's terrible. I haven't found any place around here who can actually make good fish and chips. Wow, I miss that more than just about anything else ( or maybe a good...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 17th 2014, 12:50 am
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

Hiya,

I was born in Wombwell (near Barnsley) and lived there until I joined the WRAF after leaving school. Having been gone for so long, my memories of my old 'stomping grounds' have faded...
Forum: Meet-ups
Oct 14th 2014, 8:33 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I'm from South Yorkshire and I've been here for 40 years. Still enjoy talking with my fellow countrymen/women and look forward to hearing from anyone out there who comes from the U.K.

Look...
Forum: Meet-ups
Mar 9th 2014, 9:34 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 93,122
Posted By expat93021

Re: Who is from Yorkshire?

I'm from South Yorkshire originally - and was there until I joined the Air Force at the age of 18. After that lived in other parts of England and eventually left for the U.S. ending up initially in...
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