im worcestershire based... in the small town known as Malvern to the tourist's.... the VERN to the locals..... the home of the magical 'Malvern Water' as drunk by the Queen of England no less .... the home of the Over rated Over priced 'Morgan Motor Co.'.............. And now the home of my 850 black beast....... Anyone local to this area?
:welcome: The club that has members in some very interesting places. We are from all over the place, there are members in Australia, France, Germany and Weston-super-Mare, sorry about the last one but someone had to say it. We do have a lot of members in Yorkshire, but don't hold that against them they're a really nice bunch of peeps. Then there's Scotland where there seem to be a few and well as Ireland both north and south. I think there are a few in Wales as well, and then there's the Isle of Wight or is that just the home of the old joke "What's brown and comes steaming out of Cowes? The Isle of Wight Ferry". Which was funny when they were steam driven. I have an enduring memory of Malvern, many years ago I drove the Wrestler/Actor Pat Roach in his Bentley to an match there. As we had set off early and Pat didn't like hanging around in the dressing room, I suggested that we stop at a pick your own farm to get some Strawberries. There were quite a few people there and it was really funny watching their reactions as we walked up and down the rows picking strawberries. They knew who he was, but unlike today, no one said anything, they just stood and stared. The funny thing was Pat had never been to a pick your own before and he really enjoyed himself.
This forum has members(as said by PA)from all over and that's just why i love it so much,we all got our differences but we all share the same love/passion. I myself am a dutchie who lives in Belgium(to make it simpler:nut:) When i drive about 6 kms i'm back in Holland,where as you may or may not know is a strong volvo following:band:and also a very active forum with about 700 members,so when i'm not here i'm on there. gr,walter
[quote=jt850turbo;251124]im worcestershire based... in the small town known as Malvern to the tourist's.... the VERN to the locals..... the home of the magical 'Malvern Water' as drunk by the Queen of England no less .... the home of the Over rated Over priced 'Morgan Motor Co.'.............. And now the home of my 850 black beast....... Anyone local to this area?[/quote] I know the area well. I lived in Hereford for a couple of years. I was only down there a fortnight ago, via Bishops Frome. Beautiful corner of this land. I'm from Middlesbrough/Boro which, despite much negative critique, isn't such a bad place. Our claims to fame I would have to include: Birthplace of Captain James Cook, Brian Clough, Chubby Brown, Bob Mortimer, gravelly crooner Chris Rea, Paul Rodgers (Free) and rather dubious conjurer Paul Daniels. We also have the famous Transporter bridge which has made appearences in Billy Elliot, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, The Fast Show. For sport we have the mighty (ahem, Championship side :( ) Middlesbrough AFC, and our culinary coup has to be our very own Parmo. There. That's my reply and application for the Middlesbrough Tourist Board all sewn up. Any questions?!
Belgium that's where my 850 was built. So the only good thing to come out of Belgium is not just chocolate. OK Walter you can now throw bricks at me, but only rubber ones please :duck::hilarious :wavey:
[quote=Porcine_Aviator;251146]Belgium that's where my 850 was built. So the only good thing to come out of Belgium is not just chocolate. OK Walter you can now throw bricks at me, but only rubber ones please :duck::hilarious :wavey:[/quote] No offence taken matey,as said i'm a Dutchie:ices_rofl And yes they're built in Gent,the largest volvo factory outside sweden. Oh and btw you forgot about those waffles:dgrin:
i'm from picturesque warwick home of the beautiful castle on the avon and the volvo truck and bus hq is here to lol
sunny norfolk where theres nothing but flat straight roads
[quote=jonno12;251187]sunny norfolk where theres nothing but flat straight roads[/quote] When is the Norfolk road system getting hills and corners?:) South London by the way, we have roads that go up and down, corners, traffic jams and everything round here.
:welcome: Buddy :D Nice car there with a few nice mods as well, was watching it on Ebay last week ;)
welcome mate from humberside
Wecome my man...I'm a newbee from Basingstoke Hampshire..Its a brill site.:wave23d:
A wee village called Lochwinnoch,20 miles west of Glasgow,Scotland. No crime,no baseball hats,no litter........idyllic. No rozzers either due to the aforementioned. It's a beautiful place surrounded by loch,rivers and forrests. As close to paradise as you will ever see in this sh*thole that's called the UK..
the uk's not a **** hole alang, its just being run and run over by **** heads,( and im not directing that towards you)........
[quote=jt850turbo;251238]the uk's not a **** hole alang, its just being run and run over by **** heads,( and im not directing that towards you)........[/quote] No offence taken mate. I consider myself very lucky to be here. Have lived in many different places and seen a lot of unpleasant goings on. Britain is the bowels of Europe in my opinion. Lawless. Let's not get into that though.Enjoy the forum...
There are very,very few parts (and I'm talking about the bits outside of town/city centres) that aren't Sh*tholes, this place is looking more and more like a communist state with each passing day. As I've said before, if I could find the work I'd emegrate tomorrow. I live in a small part of Wigan that only slightly resembles the Westbank during yet another bombing sortie by the yanks,,
[quote=Tomcat;251242]There are very,very few parts (and I'm talking about the bits outside of town/city centres) that aren't Sh*tholes, this place is looking more and more like a communist state with each passing day. As I've said before, if I could find the work I'd emegrate tomorrow. I live in a small part of Wigan that only slightly resembles the Westbank during yet another bombing sortie by the yanks,,[/quote] Suppose i should be glad then living in Belgium,no way near west bank.:thewave: But i've got to be honest years ago we went on holliday to England,didn't came through big cities though and went to Cornwall(i loved it there,Lands end)but i've got to say whenever we were driving the locals(englander:firedevil,signalled whenever ther was an opportunaty to take over and were very polight)Mind you we came through small places like Saltash. And i've got family living in the UK(strattford),so it can't be all bad.
[quote=Tomcat;251242]There are very,very few parts (and I'm talking about the bits outside of town/city centres) that aren't Sh*tholes, this place is looking more and more like a communist state with each passing day. As I've said before, if I could find the work I'd emegrate tomorrow. I live in a small part of Wigan that only slightly resembles the Westbank during yet another bombing sortie by the yanks,,[/quote] From experience I would suggest that the only escape is to separate yourself and family from this dump is by water. We have many islands off the coast up here and the one thing they all have in common is that people don't lock their doors,their cars and in fact leave their keys in their cars. Their children play unsupervised and in complete safety. Nuff said,I think....
[quote=AlanG;251250]From experience I would suggest that the only escape is to separate yourself and family from this dump is by water. We have many islands off the coast up here and the one thing they all have in common is that people don't lock their doors,their cars and in fact leave their keys in their cars. Their children play unsupervised and in complete safety. Nuff said,I think....[/quote] By islands you mean the continent?:hilarious
[quote=walter leever;251253]By islands you mean the continent?:hilarious[/quote] Haw haw!! No,I mean Arran,Mull,Jura,Tiree,Coll to name but a few. Nice try Walt........:B_thumb:
[quote=AlanG;251256]Haw haw!! No,I mean Arran,Mull,Jura,Tiree,Coll to name but a few. Nice try Walt........:B_thumb:[/quote] OK,I'll try again later:santawave
[quote=walter leever;251257]OK,I'll try again later:santawave[/quote] Lines are open 24hrs........:uglyhamme
Middle of the known world... Coventry... :)
[quote=TheFlyingFridgeMover;251276]Middle of the known world... Coventry... :)[/quote] Does that mean you're there 'cause noone is speakin' to you?
Welcome mate, a little townland called Killaloo just outside Londonderry Northern Ireland.
Here's a thought, when I lived in Northern Ireland at the time when bombs were going off and people were being shot on a regular basis, I felt safer there than in Weston on the Mud. There are people in the UK who are ruining it for us all, and the people in power are the ones who are letting it happen.
[quote=Porcine_Aviator;251347]Here's a thought, when I lived in Northern Ireland at the time when bombs were going off and people were being shot on a regular basis, I felt safer there than in Weston on the Mud. There are people in the UK who are ruining it for us all, and the people in power are the ones who are letting it happen.[/quote] They're commonly known as the government..or lyin',thievin',treasonous bast*rds..........depends who you're speakin' to..
I'm from Port Sunlight in the wirral on Merseyside. A nice quiet area over the river mersey from Liverpool. When I used to go all the away games following Lfc I went to most of the citys and big towns in England and they all have there good parts and bad parts ive found..... The grass in allways greener on the other side !!!!!!!!! Me thinks.........
Hmm, depends on the definition of "from". From as in "born" - Woolwich Army General Hospital, (Laaandan) From as in "living in" - Salford (or "Solfud" in a local accent) In between lived in: Grantham Digby (Lincs) Singapore Georgetown (Penang Island, Malaysia) RAF Valley (Anglesey) West Malling (Kent) Valetta and San Juan (Malta) RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) RAF Waddington (Lincs) Branston (near Lincoln) Farndon (near Newark, Notts) Newark (Notts) Manchester (Polytechnic halls of residence off Oxford Road) Levenshulme, Fallowfield, Withington (Manchester) Oldham (Lancs) Lived "oop norf" now since 1988 so although born a "saverner" now an honourary "norverner".
i live in a little village near Helmsley, North Yorkshire...not many from Yorkshire on here ! The bikers on here might of heard of Helmsley for the popular meets on Sundays and the famous ''mag do'' at duncombe park
Hi i live in driffeild on east coast,my buisness is based in market weighton [between york and hull]
from brighton..............the gay capital.........but im not gay or owt :nono:
[quote=yorkshire R;251392]i live in a little village near Helmsley, North Yorkshire...not many from Yorkshire on here ! The bikers on here might of heard of Helmsley for the popular meets on Sundays and the famous ''mag do'' at duncombe park[/quote] Just a spit away from me then. There actually are quite a few from this neck of the woods ie Boro (me!), Redcar, Staithes. More than you think. Would I know your village?
[quote=RobbieH;251388]Hmm, depends on the definition of "from". From as in "born" - Woolwich Army General Hospital, (Laaandan) From as in "living in" - Salford (or "Solfud" in a local accent) In between lived in: Grantham Digby (Lincs) Singapore Georgetown (Penang Island, Malaysia) RAF Valley (Anglesey) West Malling (Kent) Valetta and San Juan (Malta) RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) RAF Waddington (Lincs) Branston (near Lincoln) Farndon (near Newark, Notts) Newark (Notts) Manchester (Polytechnic halls of residence off Oxford Road) Levenshulme, Fallowfield, Withington (Manchester) Oldham (Lancs) Lived "oop norf" now since 1988 so although born a "saverner" now an honourary "norverner".[/quote] You weren't by chance in the RAF where you?,lol.
its called Ampleforth,nothing exciting here tho!
[quote=Tomcat;251475]You weren't by chance in the RAF where you?,lol.[/quote] Not me matey. Wouldn't let me fly and that was all I was interested in. Crap eyesight, meant only "trash haulers" for me at best. Dad was in for 22 year stint. Saw sense at the end and said no when they tried to sign him for another session - "Honest, you'll be staying in the UK in one place". Yup that's what they said just after posting him out to the Maldives for several months (unaccompanied) when they shut down RAF Gan and moved us around from Waddington to Newton just afterwards when we'd bought the first house. Enough was enough. Time to settle and put roots down somewhere.
[quote=AlanG;251250]From experience I would suggest that the only escape is to separate yourself and family from this dump is by water. We have many islands off the coast up here and the one thing they all have in common is that people don't lock their doors,their cars and in fact leave their keys in their cars. Their children play unsupervised and in complete safety. Nuff said,I think....[/quote] I take it you have been to the Isle of Lewis then,you have described where i live to a Tee.Paul..
[quote=RobbieH;251479]Not me matey. Wouldn't let me fly and that was all I was interested in. Crap eyesight, meant only "trash haulers" for me at best. Dad was in for 22 year stint. Saw sense at the end and said no when they tried to sign him for another session - "Honest, you'll be staying in the UK in one place". Yup that's what they said just after posting him out to the Maldives for several months (unaccompanied) when they shut down RAF Gan and moved us around from Waddington to Newton just afterwards when we'd bought the first house. Enough was enough. Time to settle and put roots down somewhere.[/quote] was your dad in the marine craft branch?
[quote=polredt5;251495]I take it you have been to the Isle of Lewis then,you have described where i live to a Tee.Paul..[/quote] No mate...not yet but on the list of things to do before I die. God,I envy you..
[quote=claymore;251499]was your dad in the marine craft branch?[/quote] Nope. Ground radar and radios. Also well known at the time as "the guy with the camera". Photography was his hobby at the time and he took loads of pictures during his time there (1975-6). Unofficially he was the last man off the base and island (RAF Gan, Addu Attol) when they shut down. Photographed the official leaving and then had a chopper come back and pick him up. Came home on RFA Sir Percival iirc.
from brighton..............the gay capital.........but im not gay or owt
[quote=bsr295;251441]Hi i live in driffeild on east coast,my buisness is based in market weighton [between york and hull][/quote] bsr stage 2 chip [295bhp] iridium plugs manual boost controler [1 bar].....Hi m8. Didn't think the BSR tune would work properly with a mbc fitted?? Are you sure your car would not run better without it? Afterall, BSR developed the remap for your car with standard everything in mind, therefore having a mbc would surely interfere with the running and mapping of the setup (if you get my meaning).
West Malling, Nr Maidstone, Kent. Google it.....lovely part of the Kent 'clundyside'!
[quote=Johnny5;251519]from brighton..............the gay capital.........but im not gay or owt[/quote] ...that's what they all say m8! The mere fact you anounced it means your already halfway there :shhh:
sunny suffolk:D
Hi mate I'm from central scotland, just get a map look at scotland find the middle (there's not a lot here) and that's me!!:D:D:D:D
hi cubes, nice to see another smoggy on here.
[quote=danny-R;252304]hi cubes, nice to see another smoggy on here.[/quote] Hiya Dan. Yeah, we tend to creep in here and there, don't we?! bit like smog really! Would it be yourself I have seen a few times on Acklam and Marton Roads? Moose badge below indicator/side trim in your olive 855?
Hi Mr Aviator Sir. Methinks theres about 800 different beers as well. Pretty good show for the bit that fell off France! LoL Cheers Dan I'm From Belfast, which has two international airports and a population of about 500k. The two airports tell you something!
:rolling_eIsle of Skye
Metz, France. 40km from Belgium/ Luxembourg and the German autobahns ;) Before that (in chronological order...) Gloucester Cheltenham Southampton Lyndhurst and then Hythe in the New Forest London Various parts of Africa- Kenya, Tanzania, Rhodesia (as it was then) and RSA
[quote=Johnny5;251519]from brighton..............the gay capital.........but im not gay or owt[/quote] Ye wotever.............
yip that'll be me :) i live in saltergill so it's inevitable i must use one of them roads to get home, friggin nighmare at rush hour.
[quote=Johnny5;251519]from brighton..............the gay capital.........but im not gay or owt[/quote] Course you're not........:whatever:
Hi all I live in a little village called Alrewas in Staffordshire but have lived in Scotland and Jamaica.I am going to try and make the notts meet next weekend so will hopefuly see some of you there Paul
Central Scotland but up in North East Scotland for work mostly now
I'm from a tiny little village just north of Dundee called Kirkton of Tealing (consisting of about 10 houses, a church and a farm......thats it!). This is what it is most famous for: During the Second World War, the Ministry of Defence built an aerodrome at Tealing (just down the lane from me, it is now a chicken farm) and No.56 Officer Training Unit opened in March 1942, equipped with Hurricane, Master and Lysander aircraft. The number of pilots training at the unit varied from about 35 to 40 in 1942, reaching a peak of 150 on 1943. It was at the aerodrome that Tealing's most famous visitor arrived. On 20 May 1942, a strange four-engined aircraft appeared in the circuit at Tealing, piloted by Endel Puusepp. It was one of the first Russian TB7s to visit Britain and it brought Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister and Deputy Chairman of the State Committee of Defence, on a military mission to meet with Sir Winston Churchill at Chequers. Tealing airfield was probably chosen to attract as little attention as possible and, for security reasons, there was a local news blackout at the time.
No sheep?:sheep:
[quote=AlanG;253183]No sheep?:sheep:[/quote] No there ain't no sheep ya cheeky barsteward! :talktohan
[quote=DuncVolvoTurbo;253219]No there ain't no sheep ya cheeky barsteward! :talktohan[/quote] Haw haw!!
[quote=yorkshire R;251392]i live in a little village near Helmsley, North Yorkshire...not many from Yorkshire on here ! The bikers on here might of heard of Helmsley for the popular meets on Sundays and the famous ''mag do'' at duncombe park[/quote] Make that 2 from yorkshire then, leeds for me!
Currently in Smoking Beagle Village of the Damned but as of this weekend we are moving to the Valley of Death (Both small villages in the south of Leicestershire lol)
I am from the future
[quote=Vikingxc;255821]I am from the future[/quote] A future without mash and lavender?
Exactly Mummy Mopp