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27th November 2017, 08:57 AM
#21
Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
t'was in the grounds of Buckingham palace
that Christopher Robin went down on Alice
There she said , that wasn't so tough
as Christopher Robin noshed on her muff
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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27th November 2017, 09:08 AM
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Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
##shock horror this is beyond the pale ....off to the naughty step now ......and bring alice with you ...i shall be along in a moment .....you you nasty merchant seaman
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27th November 2017, 09:44 AM
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Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
Re.. changing the guard. Anyone remember the nursery Rhyme “ Their changing the guard at Buckingham Palace, Christopher Robin went down with Alice”. Bet Marian knows all the words. JS
Here you go Lovely, I know it well. My father was in the Scots Guards and my mother's name is Alice don't you listen to Rob!
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is marrying one of the guard.
"A soldier's life is terrible hard,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We saw a guard in a sentry-box.
"One of the sergeants looks after their socks,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
We looked for the King, but he never came.
"Well, God take care of him, all the same,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
They've great big parties inside the grounds.
"I wouldn't be King for a hundred pounds,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
A face looked out, but it wasn't the King's.
"He's much too busy a-signing things,"
Says Alice.
They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
"Do you think the King knows all about me?"
"Sure to, dear, but it's time for tea,"
Says Alice.
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27th November 2017, 12:31 PM
#24
Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
Gulliver you don’t have to proof (prove to anyone) that you can read. Now if you had missed the r out of the first one we could have gone back to poof the magic dragon. The magic greenie. A lot of that Wikipedia is incorrect, have found things with wrong dates on and times etc etc. They would have trouble keeping the old movement book going into or out of port. Cheers JS.
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27th November 2017, 03:17 PM
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Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
Nevermind the movement book gone I've had trouble Keeping Up With The Telegraph with one particular captain who used to reverse up to the linkspan ramp in Guernsey you could get five movement on the Telegraph before you could do one engine movement . When we went to bridge control ships nobody told him that the little Stick was not like a Telegraph to rattle it was actually connected to the engine and the prop
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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27th November 2017, 04:04 PM
#26
Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
I bet the Royal Navy will do a superb job at the trooping
of the colour,but I will miss all the pomp and colours that
the army provides.
Dave Williams
Last edited by David Williams; 27th November 2017 at 04:06 PM.
Reason: Spelling error
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28th November 2017, 05:37 AM
#27
Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
Originally Posted by
robpage
are you sure it was down with Alice , I remember a slightly different version
Rob, you of course refer to the UCL version of that one.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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28th November 2017, 05:53 AM
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Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
I think in UCL Alice was called Albert in her discharge book
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1st December 2017, 02:13 PM
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Re: change the guard at buckingham palace
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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