Bombs on Grannies Chipshop 11.

[Ginger.]

In the industrial part of Sheffield,on a factory wall is a plaque.This remembers workers killed in a Zeppalin raid,I am photographing it soon for a mate.Problem is I don't have a scanner,would it be of interest to anybody if I posted the dedication on the memorial?
Just up the road is the first Bailey bridge, remember Bridge Too Far,"make sure your Bailey crap is at the front of the column"- Eliot Gould to MicheAl Caine.The inventor lived locally I've lived here all my life,studied military history for 30 years and just found this out from the local binman!!!

[MikeW]

Hey Ginger, I'm sure we'd like to see the dedication.

Getting off subject, but if Bailey lived local to you - he designed the bridge itself locally to me. It was designed at the MOD experimental establishment at Christchurch, there is still a small branch of DERA on the site, and a pub nearby named the "Bailey Bridge".

[Ginger.]

Bailey was a Rotheram lad and his first bridge is over the River Don.

[Ginger.]

Mike
"We'd all like to see the dedication"
Sounds like a piss take,I can see it tomorrow I thought somebody else might won't to know that in Sheffield WWW1 happened.

[PeterL]

Hey! I can spit into Sheffield from here. PTOOOWEE! There,I just did

Peter L

Be carefull spitting into Sheffield they might retaliate with a bit of cold steel, and as we know they don't like it up 'em.

andy

[Ginger.]

Don't panick! don't panick! Captain Mainwaring!

[mike_baram]

When I was drafted into the IDF, I was assigned to the Combat Engineers...ahh, the Bailey Bridge.
Talk about a heavy Tinkertoy! It puts added emphasis on the word "shlep".