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5th May 2022, 08:04 AM
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Re: Bisco
i remember the bobby shaftoe running out the tyne down to her marks plus with bovril .....also i believe the bessy surtees both smart looking little vessels steaming down the tyne out to the big netty ......where the fishing was very good then having an extremely large dump ...no smellee no wellee old chinese proverb ....jeez the folk on tyneside must have been VERREE WELLEE.......R683532
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5th May 2022, 08:27 AM
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Re: Bisco
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cappy
i remember the bobby shaftoe running out the tyne down to her marks plus with bovril .....also i believe the bessy surtees both smart looking little vessels steaming down the tyne out to the big netty ......where the fishing was very good then having an extremely large dump ...no smellee no wellee old chinese proverb ....jeez the folk on tyneside must have been VERREE WELLEE.......R683532
They carried ash from the two Stella power stations at Newburn and Ryton
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5th May 2022, 08:37 AM
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Tony Taylor
They carried ash from the two Stella power stations at Newburn and Ryton
well tony egg on my face but i can only plead old age and show my blue badge car parking permit ......lol cappy R683532
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