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While I am not comfortable with capital punishment because it reduces the state to the same level as the culprit and the fact that in the 1950's Britian we managed to execute quite a few people who were either innocent or should have received lesser sentences, the Manuel case is an exception, althou...

As child growing up in Brachinnie in late 1950s-and 60s Peter Manuel was the devil incarnate who struck fear throughout the East End and adjacent areas of Lanarkshire. Although only six years old I can remember the lifting of a feeling of tension when Manuel was convicted and sentenced to death. The...

A few years back durring my time living on Cumbrae the RN ordinance disposal team used to be pretty frequent visitors, I think a lot of the stuff they were called out for was harmless modern stuff sonobouys, marker floats and the like but the odd bit of WW2 ordinance turned up. They used to sometime...

Come friendly bombs ---

More links re Hyndland bombs

http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA00659
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 0323.shtml

Meadowside Granary UXB
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2520469.stm

Update re Lauderdale Gardens Hyndland bomb March 13th 1941 found this

http://www.hyndl.demon.co.uk/hyndland/d ... ctator.htm

http://www.hyndl.demon.co.uk/hyndland/d ... ndmine.htm

Hate to dig up such an old thread, but as any regular follower of F1 will tell you, what Max Mosley is saying is very true. For example, the defence Jackie Stewart provided for Maclaren and team boss Ross Dennis during the F1 spy scandal, before any investigation had taken place. Maclaren were of c...

Off Clarence drive istr Lauder Dale Gardens also a bomb site (reputedly a "landmine") -- post war the site near the tenis courts was occupied for many years by a branch of Melvin Motors as a show room and adjacent stock compound.. Colonel Melvin founder of Melvin Motors (which was in fact ...

Long dead thread but rather than start a new one --- I am looking for info on WW2 PoW Camps in Scotland in particular Camp 19 Happendon Camp near Douglas Castle, Lanarkshire ? My father was stationed at the camp guarding (!) Italians who didn't take too much guarding prior to his unit being trained ...

Having been up close and personal with it during my days as a facilities engineer with (BAA) Glasgow Airport Ltd I can say the roof structure in the original Glasgow Airport main terminal block is a brilliant bit of engineering, I don't want to say too much about the building because of security iss...

Nearly 40 years ago I was at Uddingston Grammar school and a select bunch of us had the habit of going dailly to Tunnocks Tea Rooms for "Pie Chips & Beans" until one day early in December "Canny serve ya doing Christmas dinners" --- I have never been back or bought any Tunnoc...

Anybody got any local Bedford coach pictures OB & SB with Duple bodies ?

They wouldn't mess with us -- this is Smeato toon we have a super hero to protect us.

For years I listened to Clyde1 every morning, then they brought in Des Maclean. :cry: I just don't find him funny, I find boring, wearing and in very bad taste as a result I tried Smooth Radio -- Boring :twisted: These day I listen to Real Radio which is just about OK :? Am I the only rat to desert ...

His brother is one of the leading lights in the save foxing hunt shower. Read Wikipedia article on his mother ---- barking for more read the bottom of this PDF URL http://www.historytalk.org/Tom%20Vague%20Pop%20History/Chp%201.pdf also BBCi url http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/3...