Norman Ingram:
I would never shoot a friend,
Always fascinated me Norm,seeing those sharps rifles in western films. They must have been a good rifle. I could hit most things with a rifle years ago.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
I would never shoot a friend,Always fascinated me Norm,seeing those sharps rifles in western films. They must have been a good rifle. I could hit most things with a rifle years ago.
Cheers Dave.
Hiya,
Iâd do more damage gripping the barrel and swinging the thing round like a club.
thanks harry, long retired.
TUFTY:
Hey there Sandman Norman,
Youâre mighty hard to get hold ofâŚ
Got an invite for you for Friday if you get in touch.:!!
Dave TuffieldSorry to everyone else: for hijacking your thread, itâs just like the old days in the traffic office trying to find himâŚ
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Dave tried to send you a private message. But it came back you was not on the net, I have noways of contacting you.I am in the phone book. Norman
Harry you being a ex-seaman, what about you using a Boffa Gun! 
Norman Ingram:
Harry you being a ex-seaman,
hiya,
Norm, nowt less than a 5.5 Howitzer I have pulled the lanyard on one of them,
arenât the Bofers only used as anti aircraft guns on ships and land, I was a lad
who drove motors that pulled the things about, I didnât know how they worked.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Harry you being a ex-seaman,hiya,
Norm, nowt less than a 5.5 Howitzer I have pulled the lanyard on one of them,
arenât the Bofers only used as anti aircraft guns on ships and land, I was a lad
who drove motors that pulled the things about, I didnât know how they worked.
thanks harry, long retired.
The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers. The cannon remains in service (as the main armament in the CV 90) making it both one of the longest-serving and most widespread artillery pieces of all time. Bofors itself has been part of BAE Systems AB since March 2005.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Harry you being a ex-seaman,hiya,
Norm, nowt less than a 5.5 Howitzer I have pulled the lanyard on one of them,
arenât the Bofers only used as anti aircraft guns on ships and land, I was a lad
who drove motors that pulled the things about, I didnât know how they worked.
thanks harry, long retired.The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers. The cannon remains in service (as the main armament in the CV 90) making it both one of the longest-serving and most widespread artillery pieces of all time. Bofors itself has been part of BAE Systems AB since March 2005.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.
hiya,
Thanks for that Dave although I was in the Royal Artillery apart from pulling
the lanyard on a couple of occasions (a chimp could do it) my experience
began and ended with hanging the things on the back of an AEC Matador and
taking them to the next gun position or back to camp.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
Harry you being a ex-seaman,hiya,
Norm, nowt less than a 5.5 Howitzer I have pulled the lanyard on one of them,
arenât the Bofers only used as anti aircraft guns on ships and land, I was a lad
who drove motors that pulled the things about, I didnât know how they worked.
thanks harry, long retired.The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors. It was one of the most popular medium-weight anti-aircraft systems during World War II, used by most of the western Allies as well as by the Axis powers. The cannon remains in service (as the main armament in the CV 90) making it both one of the longest-serving and most widespread artillery pieces of all time. Bofors itself has been part of BAE Systems AB since March 2005.
Courtesy of Wikipedia.hiya,
Thanks for that Dave although I was in the Royal Artillery apart from pulling
the lanyard on a couple of occasions (a chimp could do it) my experience
began and ended with hanging the things on the back of an AEC Matador and
taking them to the next gun position or back to camp.
thanks harry, long retired.
I drove a AEC Matador Harry,but never had anything to do with a Bofor gun. Did see a film called The Bofor Gun starring Nicol Williams many years ago.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Iâm not sure about the Bofors gun Dave me being field Artillery but I always thought
they was a fixed gun surely there must be some Ack Ack (Anti Aircraft) guys who
will know whether there was a transportable version possibly fixed on the body of a
flat bed lorry or something like that, I know they wasnât very big,
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Iâm not sure about the Bofors gun Dave me being field Artillery but I always thought
they was a fixed gun surely there must be some Ack Ack (Anti Aircraft) guys who
will know whether there was a transportable version possibly fixed on the body of a
flat bed lorry or something like that, I know they wasnât very big,
thanks harry, long retired.
The main self-propelled version of the Bofors used the gun set on the chassis of a Morris Commercial four-wheel drive lorry. Such guns were used in support of Army divisions to provide swift protection against air attack without the need to unlimber. this was known as the âCarrier, SP, 4x4 40mm, AA (Bofors) 30cwtâ. They saw service in North West Europe, where six SP Bofors of 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, landed with the British 3rd Infantry Division on Sword Beach on D-Day to protect the vital bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River (Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge), shooting down 17 German planes. Later in the campaign, SP Bofors were used extensively for ground shoots as well as in an anti-aircraft role. In British army service the Bofors found a highly specialised role: during the North Africa Campaign at the Battle of El Alamein, they were used to fire tracer horizontally to mark safe paths for units through the German minefields. This practice was further developed during operations in North-West Europe, where bursts of colour-coded tracer were used to define the axis of advance of the different formations in large-scale night attacks.
Some more info courtesy of Wikipedia Harry.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Iâm not sure about the Bofors gun Dave me being field Artillery but I always thought
they was a fixed gun surely there must be some Ack Ack (Anti Aircraft) guys who
will know whether there was a transportable version possibly fixed on the body of a
flat bed lorry or something like that, I know they wasnât very big,
thanks harry, long retired.The main self-propelled version of the Bofors used the gun set on the chassis of a Morris Commercial four-wheel drive lorry. Such guns were used in support of Army divisions to provide swift protection against air attack without the need to unlimber. this was known as the âCarrier, SP, 4x4 40mm, AA (Bofors) 30cwtâ. They saw service in North West Europe, where six SP Bofors of 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, landed with the British 3rd Infantry Division on Sword Beach on D-Day to protect the vital bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River (Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge), shooting down 17 German planes. Later in the campaign, SP Bofors were used extensively for ground shoots as well as in an anti-aircraft role. In British army service the Bofors found a highly specialised role: during the North Africa Campaign at the Battle of El Alamein, they were used to fire tracer horizontally to mark safe paths for units through the German minefields. This practice was further developed during operations in North-West Europe, where bursts of colour-coded tracer were used to define the axis of advance of the different formations in large-scale night attacks.
Some more info courtesy of Wikipedia Harry.
Cheers Dave.
I think there is a gun there somewhere 
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Iâm not sure about the Bofors gun Dave me being field Artillery but I always thought
they was a fixed gun surely there must be some Ack Ack (Anti Aircraft) guys who
will know whether there was a transportable version possibly fixed on the body of a
flat bed lorry or something like that, I know they wasnât very big,
thanks harry, long retired.The main self-propelled version of the Bofors used the gun set on the chassis of a Morris Commercial four-wheel drive lorry. Such guns were used in support of Army divisions to provide swift protection against air attack without the need to unlimber. this was known as the âCarrier, SP, 4x4 40mm, AA (Bofors) 30cwtâ. They saw service in North West Europe, where six SP Bofors of 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, landed with the British 3rd Infantry Division on Sword Beach on D-Day to protect the vital bridges over the Caen Canal and Orne River (Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge), shooting down 17 German planes. Later in the campaign, SP Bofors were used extensively for ground shoots as well as in an anti-aircraft role. In British army service the Bofors found a highly specialised role: during the North Africa Campaign at the Battle of El Alamein, they were used to fire tracer horizontally to mark safe paths for units through the German minefields. This practice was further developed during operations in North-West Europe, where bursts of colour-coded tracer were used to define the axis of advance of the different formations in large-scale night attacks.
Some more info courtesy of Wikipedia Harry.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
All too technical for me Dave, I was just happy to drag the things about, at least
having done that it held me in good stead to get a job as a driver when I reached
21 and could wave bye bye to the mines I wouldnât think there would be much call
for a former gun number in civvie street no matter how well they could do the job
in the field, the odd one might get a job firing the 25 pounder thatâs mounted on
the battlements on Edinburgh Castle but thatâs only a one man job and only takes
a few seconds at one oâclock on a daily basis, one or two lads got work after their
military service and after additional training with the Mercantile Marine as ships
radio officers if signaller had been their job when serving in the forces, other than
that there was little call for Artillery tradesmen, but for the most part these lads
were like me National Servicemen whoâs job was kept open while serving.
thanks harry, long retired.
I have found the gun for you Harry, " Big Bertha", you could hit the white cliffâs of Dover from France with that! 
hiya,
Norm if I was on the beach pointing the thing inland with nothing but the White Cliffs
in my sights you could safely back your last half dollar that Iâd miss.
thanks harry, long retired.
Wheel Nut:
altitude:
The Dominion was good a few years back used it a lot. There was one a little further down the dock road that was OK canât remember itâs name.I remember a driver who was on with us, he walked in the Dominion, he bought a âregular ladyâ a drink and she asked him what he wanted for Breakfast
Yes there was the dominion and around the back there was the Norseman club,very entertaining,and then ther was Ninaâs nearly opposite block,very dangerous on a Thursday night,especially if you were tipping in beoco in the morning
Canât say I ever went into those places, can you Harry or Dave.
Going back to Clubs, Dance halls etc, up in Scotland, Aberdeen, Stirling, and Inverness were three of the best nights out for dances, two of them was in hotels, But had some goodnights in Gretna Green Hotel and they always had dances on for the coaches that stopped their, and the same at the Queens hotel at Ecclefechan, and Annan had hotels that dances attracted people from around the area.
Norman Ingram:
Going back to Clubs, Dance halls etc, up in Scotland, Aberdeen, Stirling, and Inverness were three of the best nights out for dances, two of them was in hotels, But had some goodnights in Gretna Green Hotel and they always had dances on for the coaches that stopped their, and the same at the Queens hotel at Ecclefechan, and Annan had hotels that dances attracted people from around the area.
hiya,
Never danced a step in my life unless the few funny steps I once did when
the police â â â â â â driver who was taking me through Chester one Sunday
morning, parked his patrol car on my toes I jumped about a bit that day.
thanks harry, long retired.
There you are Harry, you can dance. Itâs called the âCop Hopâ.
Harry you let my joke go by with out a murmour, I do hope you have not got to old to chuckle.