Bloody Health & Safety - Page 2

briggie · 02-05-2010, 18:53

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Originally Posted by sidsid06

all i can say about the matter is, i feel that all the good guys and girls who fort in all the wars for what!

for this country to allow the little shits every ware distroy and unset people... their is just no respect in this country any more

i do wonder why all thos people who have died for this country for what reason!!!

to die and fight for great britian.... hmmm not any more,
not even half of the country are british any more!!!

my grandad was in the r a f and fort of this country sure he turn in his grave if he could see what it has got to!!

i dont think its vandalisim , its the council who laid them down so they dont fall over ...... still highly disrepectfull though

lacroupade · 02-05-2010, 19:43

It was indeed the council.....which why I thought it a bit of a cheek to ask for an additional charge to put an extra tablet on it.

This has been very widespread apparently; I'm surprised that people haven't made more of a fuss, but I suppose thats very British isn't it

I guess since we don't all spend every waking hour in the local cemetery its not so noticeable.

Because of his history, I'm planning to chat up the local RAFA in Brecon and see if they would do some kind of low-key commemoration when the stone goes back up.

He wasn't a hero of any kind but he was one of the original members of the Royal Flying Corps and went to France at the very outbreak of war with the BEF...served there for three years as a Serjeant engineer (MoD spelling, very odd, no idea why)...then returned in 1917 to do his pilot training.....during his first solo at Rendcombe aerodrome in Glos, he stalled the aircraft and crashed....burst into flames but inquest determined that he had broken his neck on impact and died instantly thank god.

His mother (my great-grandmother) must never have got over it because she had herself buried in the same grave some 15 years later when she died. No idea where her hubby is to this day, searched all over South Wales!!

You have to just hope the kids of today grow up to realise what some people did for them don't you......

lacroupade · 30-05-2010, 23:37

Well its back up....I'm £240 worse off but its up just in time for the anniversary of his death on 3rd June.

paulp · 30-05-2010, 23:50

looks good.

greatest respect

paulp

clivvy · 31-05-2010, 12:57

great to see it back up!

ocelot · 31-05-2010, 13:04

Reading this thread has got my blood boiling............... I've just returned from Dunkirk after having taken one of the small ships over...... there were more than 50 damned old boats, leaky old tubs some, across the channel just like they did in 1940. The one I took still has her original Ailsa Craig engines made in 1902........ and they worked well after years of neglect and lack of use.
The french and english who turned out to see us arrive and take part in the memorial totally humbled me with their respect for the sacrifice of those involved in the second world war and Operation Dynamo in particular.

H&S be damned..... this country is paranoid to the extreme, bloody security cameras everywhere, I counted 4 in Dunkirk, more than 20 in Dover port alone.... 2 in calais..... for councils simply to dump gravestones on their backs in the name of safety is ludicrous and totally disrespectful to both the dead and the living.
Sue the B'stards for desecration of a grave.........

Deleted account DD · 31-05-2010, 14:47

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Originally Posted by lacroupade

Well its back up....I'm £240 worse off but its up just in time for the anniversary of his death on 3rd June.

A good job well done

lacroupade · 31-05-2010, 18:24

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Originally Posted by ocelot

Reading this thread has got my blood boiling............... I've just returned from Dunkirk after having taken one of the small ships over...... there were more than 50 damned old boats, leaky old tubs some, across the channel just like they did in 1940. The one I took still has her original Ailsa Craig engines made in 1902........ and they worked well after years of neglect and lack of use.
The french and english who turned out to see us arrive and take part in the memorial totally humbled me with their respect for the sacrifice of those involved in the second world war and Operation Dynamo in particular.

H&S be damned..... this country is paranoid to the extreme, bloody security cameras everywhere, I counted 4 in Dunkirk, more than 20 in Dover port alone.... 2 in calais..... for councils simply to dump gravestones on their backs in the name of safety is ludicrous and totally disrespectful to both the dead and the living.
Sue the B'stards for desecration of a grave.........

That must have been quite a trip....envious.

But I thought Ailsa Craig was a type of onion???!

lacroupade · 02-06-2010, 21:47

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Originally Posted by paulp

looks good.

greatest respect

paulp

Paul I joined this forum recently....loads of really interesting stuff on there if you weren't already aware of it?

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/fo...ex.php?act=idx

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02-05-2010, 19:43	#17
lacroupade Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: All hail to the Glove of Love... Posts: 9,212	It was indeed the council.....which why I thought it a bit of a cheek to ask for an additional charge to put an extra tablet on it. This has been very widespread apparently; I'm surprised that people haven't made more of a fuss, but I suppose thats very British isn't it I guess since we don't all spend every waking hour in the local cemetery its not so noticeable. Because of his history, I'm planning to chat up the local RAFA in Brecon and see if they would do some kind of low-key commemoration when the stone goes back up. He wasn't a hero of any kind but he was one of the original members of the Royal Flying Corps and went to France at the very outbreak of war with the BEF...served there for three years as a Serjeant engineer (MoD spelling, very odd, no idea why)...then returned in 1917 to do his pilot training.....during his first solo at Rendcombe aerodrome in Glos, he stalled the aircraft and crashed....burst into flames but inquest determined that he had broken his neck on impact and died instantly thank god. His mother (my great-grandmother) must never have got over it because she had herself buried in the same grave some 15 years later when she died. No idea where her hubby is to this day, searched all over South Wales!! You have to just hope the kids of today grow up to realise what some people did for them don't you......

31-05-2010, 12:57	#20
clivvy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Huddersfield Vehicle: Terrano 03 LWB Posts: 6,947	great to see it back up!

31-05-2010, 13:04	#21
ocelot Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: merseyside Vehicle: Nissan Terrano 2.7 Posts: 242	Reading this thread has got my blood boiling............... I've just returned from Dunkirk after having taken one of the small ships over...... there were more than 50 damned old boats, leaky old tubs some, across the channel just like they did in 1940. The one I took still has her original Ailsa Craig engines made in 1902........ and they worked well after years of neglect and lack of use. The french and english who turned out to see us arrive and take part in the memorial totally humbled me with their respect for the sacrifice of those involved in the second world war and Operation Dynamo in particular. H&S be damned..... this country is paranoid to the extreme, bloody security cameras everywhere, I counted 4 in Dunkirk, more than 20 in Dover port alone.... 2 in calais..... for councils simply to dump gravestones on their backs in the name of safety is ludicrous and totally disrespectful to both the dead and the living. Sue the B'stards for desecration of a grave.........