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Just bragging about my old clock:

@almurray Happy birthday! Come for a pint at the Poachers Inn at Bollington!

Have had a fantastic weekend and thanks for all the birthday wishes today.

@_laurennn92 Please God no...

Absolutely disgusting

@theAliceRoberts angin’ on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic an’ social differences in our society! If there’s ever going to be any progress–

I’m not sure why we still have a monarch. It seems like a medieval anachronism to me; a demonstration of inherited status and the the pinnacle of an entrenched aristocracy. And I’m really not sure why our monarch has gone to the US to stand next to another man with too much power, land and money.

@clark_aviation I wish I could persuade @almurray to pop in for a drink at my sons pub

Wish I was famous enough to see inside there. 😕

@Ringtons Send supplies! Fond memories of the Ringtons van coming round Westerhope and Newbiggin Hall back in the seventies @northumbriana part of the culture!

@Cpn_slow Nothing better ❤️

Someone is either generous or has no taste at work. Free Ringtons tea! A little taste of home... @Ringtons #ringtonstea #northeast #geordie

@ArfurSmith Ah, the traffic lights of Balham...

When a man is tired of Balham he is tired of life. When a man is tired of Clapham he’s been there about 20 minutes

@davidjmcarson1 Yes, lots of fun - the Germans took to the kilts with a great deal of carry on up the khyber

@Cpn_slow You can see me in the photo with my back to the camera with the ‘Napoleonic’ troops👍🏻

End of an era for me today after owning this Hetzer for 46 years it was time to say goodbye as it’s off to its new owner. Delighted it’s staying in the UK after lots of enquiries from the USA, Germany, Holland, it found a British buyer, who will care for it now.

@davidjmcarson1 The one of Dickie, Phil and Gary was at Stoneleigh. There might be one in an old BRA Despatches.

@Cpn_slow 👍🏻great photo. You haven’t got one with the smoke pouring out of the hatches😉

@davidjmcarson1 The forces of the WWII BRA (as it was then) switched sides for a Napoleonic battle before the WW2 battle - Allies were French, Germans (memorably) as Highland troops. You can glimpse the Hetzer at the bottom of the hill

@Cpn_slow 👍🏻that would be great😁

@davidjmcarson1 Will try to find photos

@Cpn_slow 😬I was driving, when the order to fire was given a spare battery detonated blank charge in the shell basket went off rather than the one on the breech!! It was the closest I have been to being in combat . I remember being pulled out exhaling smoke as though I was a chain smoker.

@davidjmcarson1 That's right 😁

@Cpn_slow Was that at Brands Hatch?

@northumbriana @theiaincameron Chev-iots or Cheev-iots? My north eastern dialect was the former but have heard others elongate the first half

Day 2. They’re out there … 🐟 And @theiaincameron might be interested to see that snow up on the Cheviots in the distance

@northumbriana @ArtisanBakingNE Had to cross ower the river when I was up in Jarrow to make sure I got one before they were all gone! Had to make do with a mini stottie (with ham and pease puddin') and a chat with the founder

I tend to agree with @ArtisanBakingNE that they helped to save the stottie from extinction - so I I’ve been over to their bakery in Shieldfield to buy some. Happy to confirm that they’re absolutely delicious 👌

@northumbriana No it doesn't. What's latin for 'Roman'? Come on...

Ordered a coffee and a cannoli from the peerless Di Meo’s in Whitley Bay and the way the lady in charge confirmed my order made me realise that the singular of these famous Italian pastries is actually cannolo (just like panino/panini) 🤦🏻‍♂️

To whom it may concern - it's not a mission TO the moon it's a mission around the moon. The last moon mission was one man and his dog. Hope they've packed the crackers... @JacobsSnacks