Ixle of Wight Railways in the 1930′s

Pork Scratchings on the Web!

Check it out T: http://www.porkscratchingworld.com/

The Sheer Stupidity of the Twenty First Century

 

Just some examples of sheesr stupidity gleaned from the press and media.See examples at: http://stupidity.buggerall.org.uk/

Cherie Blair has a New Career

A new role for Cherie Blair

Meanwhile back at the bar

David Willetts enjoys his lunch in the Coal Exchange

David Willets in the Coal Exchang, Emsworth

David Willets enjoys his lunch in the Coal Exchange, Emsworth Unperturbed by the BBC swingometer’s prediction that it would only require an 8% swing to labour for him to loose his seat Tory candidate, David Willets, concentrated on his lunch after a morning canvassing in Emsworth. Happy to enjoy his seafood salad in which “the crayfish did not die in vain” in a “real pub” with “real people”, David was confident that he would be re-elected on May 6th to continue to serve the people of Havant.

Election Posters

Food Festival to Return in 2011? Rumour Sweeps Village!

 Food Festival to Return in 2011? Rumour Sweeps Village!
 
 The hot gossip around the village is that the Emsworth Food Festival will return in 
 
   It has been reported that the controversial chairman of the festival, Ms Lulu Bowerman, who was responsible for the divisive scrapping of the festival in 2008 is now seeking the views of local businesses and residents as to the possibility of reviving the festival in 2011.
  
 After the 2007 festival Ms Bowerman announced that the festival would not take place in 2008 but promised that it would return in 2009. By August 2008 she announced that it would be scrapped all together and would never return but be replaced by quarterly “Sunday Markets” in the South Street car park organised by the Business Association which, having been only partially successful, have now been reduced to just two a year.
  
 In 2008,ignoring the overwhelming substantive evidence of the festival’s popularity and success, Ms Bowerman insisted that her decision to scrap it  was correct citing complaints from residents and businesses, lack of financial viability and the hard work involved in its organisation and running.  Perhaps she has had a change of heart or is this all just gossip?

Southern Electric – The 4-COR Units

Maunsell’s ‘other Nelsons’ (the first all corridor units for the Southern earned this epithet on account of their distinctly one eyed appearance, sharing it with the Class LN 4-6-0 steam locomotives) were built for the Portsmouth electrification scheme and introduced in 1937 and lasted in service until September 1972

GLOBAL THREAT LEVEL RAISED

 

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved..” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from “Tiresome” to a “Bloody Nuisance.” The last time the British issued a “Bloody Nuisance” warning level was during the great fire of 1666.

The Scots raised their threat level from “Pissed Off” to “Let’s get the Bastards”. They don’t have any other levels.. This is the reason they have been used on the front line in the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from “Run” to “Hide”. The only two higher levels in France are “Collaborate” and “Surrender.” The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France’s white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country’s military capability.
It’s not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert.

Italy has increased the alert level from “Shout loudly and excitedly” to “Elaborate Military Posturing.” Two more levels remain: “Ineffective Combat Operations” and “Change Sides.
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy
can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
And in the southern hemisphere…

New Zealand has also raised its security levels – from “baaa” to “BAAAA!”. Due to continuing defense cutbacks (the air force being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper airplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister’s bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is “Shit, I hope Australia will come and rescue us”.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from “No worries” to “She’ll be right, mate”. Three more escalation levels remain: “Crikey!’, “I think we’ll need to cancel the barbie this weekend” and “The barbie is canceled”. So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.

And in America

Americans meanwhile and as usual are carrying out pre-emptive strikes, on all of their allies, just in case.