Fattyowls Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 Well I never knew that, Who'd ave thought it? Yer educational that's what you lot are. I honestly can't remember the technical status of the song coming up as a topic of conversation when I were a nipper down pit. The verbal by play tended to centre around the availability of pit props and the angle of main seam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 Every day a skool day here on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 13 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: the availability of pit props and the angle of main seam. What no reference to the Weisbach triangle 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 3 minutes ago, Knotty said: What no reference to the Weisbach triangle 😁 That's just a miner detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 7 minutes ago, neverforget said: That's just a miner detail. Several years since I last used one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 4 minutes ago, Knotty said: Several years since I last used one 1 year 10 months 3 weeks and 2 days for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 Late early 90’s was the last tunnel I physically had to go underground to set out. (not a tunnel in the true sense but a 2.5m interceptor sewer, just over 5km in length, 2 curves under several roads and housing estates, finally under a canal and into a pumping station, had to drive from both ends and missed by 64mm. the tunnelling Co. had allowed a 200mm error, good bonuses all round and a decent session to celebrate) Sorry but a happy ( see music thread) reminiscence of mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 Wow. Interesting stuff John. Didn't mean to be flippant; had no idea. Sounds like some serious calculations went on there. I can appreciate that, being all my life used to working to extremely fine tolerances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 17 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2023 If I may join this page I have a candidate for you all. Who is this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 5 minutes ago, Bob Davies said: If I may join this page I have a candidate for you all. Who is this??? Of course. Welcome to the fray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 17 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2023 1 minute ago, neverforget said: Of course. Welcome to the fray Thank you This Gentleman spent some time before his death, in the Tower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 6 minutes ago, Bob Davies said: This Gentleman spent some time before his death, in the Tower! Welcome Bob, your man was not detained but was administrative I think. Did he also have a connection to the Menin Road? Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 17 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2023 1 minute ago, Fattyowls said: Welcome Bob, your man was not detained but was administrative I think. Did he also have a connection to the Menin Road? Pete. Thank you Pete, yes and he did live in a hole near the Menin Road for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 1 minute ago, Bob Davies said: he did live in a hole near the Menin Road for some time From where he oversaw a terrible and thankless task. I knew his name but had never seen a photograph, so this is really interesting. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 17 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2023 2 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: From where he oversaw a terrible and thankless task. I knew his name but had never seen a photograph, so this is really interesting. Pete. There is a connection to Byng but it is not him.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 17 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2023 So from fighting the Boers to 1st Ypres and onward. Though his men really belonged outside Buck' House, they followed him willingly....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 17 March , 2023 Share Posted 17 March , 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Bob Davies said: So from fighting the Boers to 1st Ypres and onward. Though his men really belonged outside Buck' House, they followed him willingly....... Now that’s given the game away, Grenadier Guards, and I believe a possible shoe in when Haig fell out of favour in spring 1918, before Amiens success. Edited 17 March , 2023 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 17 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Knotty said: Now that’s given the game away, Grenadier Guards, and I believe a possible shoe in when Haig fell out of favour in spring 1918, before Amiens. Edit here, Cause I am smiling from your comment 'Now that’s given the game away' You have him Knotty! And then off for a pizza.. Edited 17 March , 2023 by Bob Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 18 March , 2023 So when this man went off for a pizza with the British, he also had the French as company.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 18 March , 2023 Share Posted 18 March , 2023 13 hours ago, Bob Davies said: You have him Knotty! Well done Mr K. I by contrast find it necessary to quote the legendary Murray Walker - "Unless I am very much mistaken, YES, I AM, VERY MUCH MISTAKEN". Good clues too Bob, but I am now officially clueless. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 18 March , 2023 (edited) Just now, Fattyowls said: Well done Mr K. I by contrast find it necessary to quote the legendary Murray Walker - "Unless I am very much mistaken, YES, I AM, VERY MUCH MISTAKEN". Good clues too Bob, but I am now officially clueless. Pete. His title comes from an island and they even named his bunker after him on the maps though that was not about golfing....south of the Menin road digging out rather than bunking....and in tradition with military humor, a name such as he has, he should have a red nose....Here he is chatting to a French Officer while they wait for a pizza... Edited 18 March , 2023 by Bob Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 18 March , 2023 Share Posted 18 March , 2023 Much of this has gone over my head. But, Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 18 March , 2023 Just now, Uncle George said: Much of this has gone over my head. But, Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan? Spot on Uncle George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 18 March , 2023 Share Posted 18 March , 2023 I was completely in the dark there. Got as far as Rudolph..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 18 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 18 March , 2023 Just now, neverforget said: I was completely in the dark there. Got as far as Rudolph..... Apologies to all if my clues were a bit cryptic! Yup, red nose = Rudolph He was commander of the guards brigade earlier in the war and had a 'dugout' (which got blown to bits) it was located between Maple copse and Armagh wood= south of Menin road. He ended up as commander of the British forces in Italy = went for a pizza. He was married to someone who was the niece of Byng, I think he had at least 2 wives. After the war he had a job at the Tower of London, which is about the time of the first picture I posted of him. Mr. Knotty I think guessed him, 'Now that’s given the game away, Grenadier Guards, and I believe a possible shoe in when Haig fell out of favour in spring 1918, before Amiens success' The powers that were, wanted to have him take over from Haig. Best Wishes, Bob. I will find another and use less cryptic clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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