Water Well Drilling, Sapper, History enthusiast, Military Vehicle collector, Suffolk

Suffolk
Joined June 2012
Just to wish everyone on here a Happy New Year for 2026. Have a great one all 🍾😁
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Another Borehole Project. This time near Saffron Walden Essex 🙂
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Repairing runway bomb damage with a dynamic compactor
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Something about old British Aircraft Carriers. Always looked so Purposeful 🇬🇧
taken from flight deck of HMS Eagle (R05) (with Sea Vixen jets in foreground). In line astern (from nearest to furthest Commonwealth carriers underway: HMS Bulwark (R08) (RN commando carrier), HMAS Melbourne (R21) (RAN aircraft carrier), HMS Victorious (R38) RN fleet carrier)
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Coastal Motor Boats (torpedo boats) HMS Osea, Osea Island, Essex WW1
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Killed in action on this Day, 1854 17th Lancers. Charge of the Light Brigade
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Short Sunderlands in Storage and awaiting Disposal, post war. RAF Wig Bay.
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Today mainly trying out my recently purchased Swiss Army petrol cooker. At the moment it is sounding like a V1 pulse jet. I am expecting Significant hair loss 😂
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Cooker, spare burners, tools and sturdy box, all for £85 Remarkably cheap way to blow yourself up 😁
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What might have been. The proposed 1950s Avro 730 Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance/Strike Aircraft 🇬🇧
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River Deben, Suffolk
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1/2 Visit to St. Georges, Grenada today. Southernmost of the Windward Islands, with a picturesque horse-shoe shaped harbour, dominated by Fort George Known for its spices - nutmeg particularly - the island was British from 1763 until 1974 independence The Royal Grenada Police Force Sergeant on duty showed me his swagger stick - brown shaft for Sergeant, black for Inspector and above At independence, the GRPF chose to retain the colonial badge: 🔹shows Christopher Columbus's Santa Maria ship 🔹Latin banner text reads 'Clarior E Tenebris' - Light (shining) out of Darkness 🔹colonial heraldry retained at independence to represent long-standing tradition of the force (similar to other Caribbean nations) 🔹St. Edward's crown (the British royal crown) Contd...
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The Death of HMS Implacable in 1949. She was captured from the French in 1805 and served with the Royal Navy for 144 years 🇬🇧 youtu.be/xTl7tphyvJY?is=cKzQ…
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I like the way that they sank her with British and French Flags flying side by side
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UK 1950s civil defence - Civil Defence Corps (main volunteer force – rescue, first aid, welfare) - Auxiliary Fire Service - National Hospital Service Reserve - Industrial Civil Defence Service (workplace units) - Plus Royal Observer Corps (fallout monitoring) & Special Constabulary Hundreds of thousands of volunteers Today a National Risk Register and 3 days reserve of Toilet Rolls
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Today mainly pump testing an 80m deep borehole that we have just drilled to supply a new build that is going to be totally off grid, near Long Melford, Suffolk
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Just went through the village of Long Melford and the Circus is on the Green. Nice to see their great collection of Bedfords, Scammells and Fodens @ClubEnthusiasts (Pics from website)
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