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Old 17th Jan 2017, 16:09
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Danny42C
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Box Brownie (#10041),

The Ladies (and they were every inch "Ladies") of that generation were made of sterner stuff. They knew (as Kipling put it:

"Single men in barricks
Don't grow into plaster saints"

Grandmas delivered Lancasters (in ATA), and thought nothing of it. What Col Coogan said would not faze them.

Danny.

Edit:...(#10042)
A truly remarkable man...
They don't make 'em like that any more.....but maybe they do.

D.

Last edited by Danny42C; 17th Jan 2017 at 16:20. Reason: Addn