If
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:32:59 +0100
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave yo ...
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Unphycopedia! *sp*
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:42:52 +0100
snigger
Sunderland
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sunderland
Scum
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sunderland
Comments below please!!
Funny lol ...
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On this day...in 1974
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:59:35 +0100
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
1 April 1974
Reorganisation of local government created "Tyne and Wear" and
"Cleveland". Durham lost Gateshead, Jaarow, Whickham, Blaydon, South
Shields and Sunderland. Northumberland lost Wallsend, Whitley Bay, and
Tynemouth.
Brought to you by Michael ...
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Crane skills
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:51 +0100
Today I cycled past Burns Closes bridge. The temporary pedestrian
bridge parallel to Burns Closes bridge was being lifted out by a
Mamoet crane http://www.mammoet.com/ . It was a very impressive bit of
kit. I stopped on Burns Closes bridge to have a look. A chap of about
30 stood next to me and we talked about ...
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Red cranes...
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:06:52 GMT
...have finally gone.
Pretty sure I saw them yesterday. They weren't there by about 2pm today
though.
All that's left is the two temporary ones, which I assume they will be
packing up and returning to where ever these cranes go when not in use.
(Sheffield maybe)
--
DaveG
The above post is ROT13 e ...
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Smith's Dock regeneration
Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:03:31 GMT
Work on the regeneration of Smith's Docks at North Shields appears to have
stopped as the site is deserted this morning.
--
Jim S
Tyneside UK
http://jimsown.blogspot.com/
www.jimscott.co.uk ...
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On this day...in 1925
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:53:23 +0100
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
30 March 1925.
The Montague pit disaster. The View Pit, Low Monty, was flooded when
the miners accidentally broke into the drowned workings of the Old
Paradise Pit, Benwell. Thirty-eight men and boys, were drowned or
suffocated. It took nine months for the ...
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On this day.... in 1945
Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:59:34 +0100
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
29 March 1945
Death of Eileen Blair, n¨¦e O'Shaughnessy, wife of George Orwell (Real
name: Eric Blair, but he changed it to someting more English because
"Eric Blair" sounded too Scots), at Clayton Rd, Jesmond, after a
failed operation. Eileen was born in S ...
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The Charter: Suggested modification.
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:15:41 +0000
Well! Here we are again folks.
It is now general knowledge that this newsgroup was set up
by the government to plug the gaps created by the abysmal
failure of their Psychiatric Care in the Community Policy.
The uk.local hierarchy was devised to provide an outlet for
individuals who would otherwise spending thei ...
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On this day...in 1942
Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:04:08 GMT
From "Northumbria on this day" by Chris Kilkenny.
27 March 1942
Dame Sybil Thorndyke, the actress, opened the first wartime nursery
for children whose parents were engaged in war work. It was housed,
appropriately at Ashfield House, Elswick - near Vickers Armstrong
works.
Brought to you by Michael Bel ...
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