THINGS YOU DON'T SEE ANYMORE (Part 2)

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 2:41 pm

Please supply the missing name,"My name is ----- -----, I don't know why, but there it is". A cloth dog for the first correct answer.Not very hard.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 3:41 pm

Johnny39 wrote: Please supply the missing name,"My name is ----- -----, I don't know why, but there it is". A cloth dog for the first correct answer.Not very hard. That would be (looking at the label inside his jacket) 'Harris Tweed'.Always worth a laugh seeing his reflection in a window of his stretched out arm and leg.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 6:43 pm

Harry?

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 7:24 pm

Any boy or girl in the class who said "Harry Worth", can go home ten minutes early.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 7:44 pm

Ah Scarboro'...As a kid, being told it was a "sea fret" gave a magical excitement to fog/drizzle etc -duff weather on Holidays.Going there still excites me, but Whitby, Brid, Bob Hoods Bay and Brid + Scarboro are things I don't see anymore

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 7:46 pm

As there have been no comments on my 'Harris Tweed' answer I'm wondering if it may be that people think that really was the name I thought he was called. Unless I've mistaken another comedy actor's sketches, when asked for his name he would look inside a jacket and say 'Harris Tweed'. Oh, I did give a cryptic answer in my "Always worth a laugh". Harry's comedy was innocent and fun.

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 7:55 pm

Jogon wrote: Ah Scarboro'...As a kid, being told it was a "sea fret" gave a magical excitement to fog/drizzle etc -[edited for content] weather on Holidays.Going there still excites me, but Whitby, Brid, Bob Hoods Bay and Brid + Scarboro are things I don't see anymore For the first time last year I took the bus from Scarborough and back to Whitby that goes regularly during the day, via very near to Robin Hood's Bay. Much of this route is very scenic (particularly the view across RHB to Ravenscar) and I certainly intend to use it again. The double decker bus did struggle going up out of RHB!!

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 11:44 pm

Leodian wrote: As there have been no comments on my 'Harris Tweed' answer I'm wondering if it may be that people think that really was the name I thought he was called. Unless I've mistaken another comedy actor's sketches, when asked for his name he would look inside a jacket and say 'Harris Tweed'. Oh, I did give a cryptic answer in my "Always worth a laugh". Harry's comedy was innocent and fun. Sorry if I appeared to ignore you Leo, it was completely unintentional. You were, of course, correct in your answer "Harry Worth". A very funny man all those years ago. As kids we used to do the arm and leg thing long before Harry made it famous on TV. I think he came from Rotherham way and was at one time a miner. I can remember seeing him at Leeds Empire doing, if I'm not mistaken, a vent act. On the same bill was Harry Secombe and Norman Vaughn of Sunday Night at the London Palladium fame, they did a marching routine that was hilarious. The corduroy dog is yours.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Sun 30 Mar, 2014 11:56 pm

Jogon wrote: Ah Scarboro'...As a kid, being told it was a "sea fret" gave a magical excitement to fog/drizzle etc -[edited for content] weather on Holidays.Going there still excites me, but Whitby, Brid, Bob Hoods Bay and Brid + Scarboro are things I don't see anymore We've had the sea fret for about three days now Jogon and it's been bl---y cold with it. It's really annoying to see football matches and race meetings taking place inland on the TV with spectators walking around in shirtsleeves and you're asking the wife if the central heating is still on. Just watched the weather forecast and we appear to be stuck with it for a day or two more yet before it clears. They were also talking about dust from the Sahara settling in some parts of the country - Egyptian snow, that's all we need.

Bugblatter · Post by **Bugblatter** » Mon 31 Mar, 2014 12:08 am

Anyone remember the three wheeled tractor units? I think I used to see them in the 1960s around Cardigan Road where there was a railway goods yard. Maroon in colour if I remember correctly. Also, I always wondered as a kid why some vans had a small wheely thing rotating on the roof. I spotted a van recently which had one. Ventilation or something?Vending machines outside shops which sold Beech Nut chewing gum or Bazooka Joe. Every fourth turn of the knob you would get two for the price of one. No doubt scummy thieves and vandals put an end to them. Likewise weighing machines outside the chemist. P.S. Just googled three wheeled tractor units and discovered they were Scammell Scarabs.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammell_Scarab