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17 hours ago, JockWatt said:

Yes, Charles, but you haven't answered the question !

Front row second left.

The delegates are very enthusiastic at Kezia Dugdales speech at the Scottish party conference!

Too much drink at the ceilidh IHE or was thar going up them?  I had no problems with the stairs after many a good night.

7 hours ago, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Must be from an paper out of your loft IHE no chance of CB spotting Betty Munro  The cars Morris Marina, Hillman Avenger & Volvo 245 estate.  The lorry is a Volvo F86 which became very popular and led to the demise of the British truck industry.  I think the van is a Austin JU250, the photo was taken when the old magic roundabout was in place in the town.

On 2/23/2017 at 2:53 PM, IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER said:

Wimpy Ford Transit minibus, from the left Toyota van? .......? Sunbeam Talbot, Datsun Blubird Hachback?  Ford Fiesta, Datsun Blubird saloon? Ford Escort RS2000, Mk3 Escort and ?????

The demolition has started on the old huts at the rear this week.

4 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Which was the one where the landlord was refusing to serve Campbells*?  Was that the Haugh as well, or somewhere else?

* ie refusing to serve drink to people called Campbell.  Nothing to do with tins of condensed soup...

That might have been grumpy Bob!

4 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Haugh Road runs from the Ness Bank Church out towards Bellfield Park.  NOT the riverside road - that's Ness Bank - but the main, two-way road on the other side of the church. I always thought of "the Haugh" as being the area on the left if you are going out of town. 

I don't think I was ever in the Haugh Bar, though I do remember an off-licence somewhere along Haugh Road!

My parents used to be members of Clachnacuddin Small Bore Rifle Club. Back in the 60s or early 70s - before the Club moved to its current range at Kinmylies - they used to shoot in an attic somewhere down the Haugh. I'm not sure exactly where - I'd have to wander round and see if any memories came back. The club's website says "apparently shooting in an attic above a pub", but I'm not sure about that.

 

The off-licence is Chalkys and it is still there.  The 25m range was part of the same building upstairs right behind the Haugh Bar where I fired my first real bullets .22, it was freezing cold and poor lights but it was a great introduction to shooting.

Just brilliant well done to the team tonight  a lot of happy fans tonight going out of the park and up the road after such a long time without a win, sets us up well to take another point of Celtic on Wednesday night 

2 hours ago, Second Row said:

I stand corrected.......it also had, sort of..... "fin tails"?

At that time there was there was the Vanden Plas, Riley, Wolseley, MG, Morris and Austin all shared the Cambridge body but in these days you could easy tell them by the different grille and badges, there was also a range of engines.  In 1967 while working in Skye my father bought a Riley 4/72 which was in that range, reg. 479FS Black and White, it was smashed and an insurance write off and it was a left hand drive!  He not only repaired it but converted it to right hand drive using spares from a MG Magnette including the wooden dashboard from the MG which was different from the Riley but all fitted and run it for a couple of years.  I was always helping him when he was working on cars so picked up a lot which now with modern cars is of no use at all 

The Rover is an MG Magnette MK3, the MK4 had a wider wheelbase which might have been better for this race.  The other 2 are Mk5 Hilman Minx I think.

Mcdermotts although I did not work there I worked onsite many times where it was mud and gutters or dry and sand blowing everywhere.  I am sure some posters made a fortune working there  

I was a regular customer there from about 1973-76 when the hosts were Alex and Marion from Denmark and grumpy Bob the barman!

Not working for me either.

A Young Scot Attends English University

Donald MacDonald from the Scottish Highlands went to study Law at a renowned and austere English university and was living in the hall of residence with all the other students there.

After he had been there a month, his elderly mother came to visit him.

"And how do you find the English students, Donald?" she asked.

"Mother," he replied, "they're such terrible, noisy people...

...The one on that side keeps banging his head on the wall and won't stop...

...The one on the other side screams and screams all night."

"Oh Donald! How do you manage to put up with these awful noisy English neighbours?" She asked her son.

Donald replied enthusiastically:

"Mother, I keep calm, I do nothing. I simply ignore them. I just stay here quietly, playing my bagpipes."

No chance of identifying any of these cars, 007 has a lot of safety gear!  i am sure he must have got a knocks and bumps during the racing.

Receiving loud and clear, great work you are doing CaleyD 

16 minutes ago, Second Row said:

I haven't looked at these photos since I took them over forty years ago and just noticed the irony of the advert for Michelin tyres in the second pic!

The Consul could do with a set!

About 1970 my next door neighbour had just passed his driving test and he borrowed his fathers Consul to visit his sister who had just moved to Avoch.  His younger brother sat in the front passenger side with me in the middle on the bench seat as it was a 3 speed with column gear change.  We went over on the ferry but to save money on the way home we were heading round by Muir of Ord and near Tore there was a huge pool of water across the road and Malcolm put his foot down to speed through it only to rip the exhaust clean off the car!  What a racket all the way home and needless to say there were a few choice words from his father.   

15 minutes ago, Second Row said:

Might "K16" be a mini? It looks smaller than the others.

Is that a transverse engine I'm seeing?

I missed your post before replying to snorbens!

1 minute ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Wow - thank you!  I was only hoping that someone else would say "Aye, I remember".  Never expected anyone to tell me exactly where it was!

I thought K16 was a Mini - partly because of its height relative to the Minx and Consul, but also because of the line of the windscreen and its general profile, ignoring the bumper and roll bar..

I thought the roofline looked like that but the wheels looked to big but I see now the engine is transverse mounted which would confirm your thoughts.

1 minute ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

Wow - thank you!  I was only hoping that someone else would say "Aye, I remember".  Never expected anyone to tell me exactly where it was!

I thought K16 was a Mini - partly because of its height relative to the Minx and Consul, but also because of the line of the windscreen and its general profile, ignoring the bumper and roll bar..

I thought the roofline looked like that but the wheels looked to big but I see now the engine is transverse mounted which would confirm your thoughts.

I went to the stock car racing at the Longman which was on the old dump which would be where the New Century House and east towards the approach to the bridge.  Picture 1 K16 ?????, Hillman Minx Series 3, Ford Consul Mk2, behind the Minx is Wolseley 4/44, MG Magnette or Riley 2.6 which all shared the same body and the one behing the Consul is a Morris Oxford MO.  Second picture I haven't a clue thought it was a SWB Landrover by the steering wheel but there are only 4 studs on the wheels! 

Not that old but are they used now?  Its even an IBM 

A well deserved point yesterday from the team  I noticed in Richies interview he was talking about Old Inverness..................

1 hour ago, 12th Man said:

Never mind the 2 points dropped they're gone now. Good to come back from Tynecastle with a point and a penalty save too. Now hoping  for a point against the Gers as we build momentum to take on the smaller clubs.

Come on we are wanting 3 points from The Rangers on Friday