This Metperson spent many a happy wednesday evening May to October under the trees and a great big brake chute in Portadown Way, JHQ.
1800 hours, the trundle of Webers being dragged to the middle. One of my legs [the Weber] always fell off during the trundle.
Those without time for a light-up shared with others.
Virtually no army joined in, almost all RAF and civvies.
Fellow incendiarists included Clive Loader, Jenks Jenkins, Samuels "eat this egg, shell and all" the engineer, the Singletons, the Yarrows ............
Nostalgia .......... not what it used to be.
And Christmas Eve as well, and off to the midnight communion at St Boniface. Wazzed of course, and me a churchwarden
AND DO YOUR OWN 5 DAY FORECASTS, USE THE MET OFFICE WEBSITE, AND ALSO THE RADAR AND RAIN PREDICT FACILITY. BETTER THAN EVER, EVEN BETTER THAN ME AT MY PEAK OF PROWESS whenever that was.
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I still have and use the big red one, and I still have and use the massive 3hp lawnmower from the PX ....... started like a dream this morning, after 23 years service.