The Fifty and Above Club....if you're any younger don't even think about posting.

[openspaceman]

26 minutes ago, TIMON said:

 

You had some stiff opposition with Olly Read drinking in the same boozers... fair play.

 

He was drinking a long way from Broomehall then, I recovered his car from woods below  the landslip when his brother found it but never met the man himself, though I did work in the adjacent woodlands.

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Earlier in the eighties he lived at Pinkhurst Place, near Rowhook/Oakwood Hill area, he frequented the local pubs, truth be told he didn’t endear himself to many people, charmless bully accompanied by a minder who sorted out issues when it got out of hand.

 

Edit. Not Pinkhurst, I’ll Google earth it and get the real name.

 

https://www.housebeautiful.com/uk/lifestyle/property/news/a3108/16th-century-surrey-country-house-for-sale-oliver-reed/

 

This is it, sure it was called something different back then, I’ll check with my brother.

Edited January 5, 2019 by Mick Dempsey

[TIMON]

Anyway, it’s good to hear you doing so well, for those interested Timon knocked about with a crew a little younger than me so our paths crossed a bit, but not habitually.

Likewise Mick, you seem to have done well for yourself. [emoji106]

[TIMON]

Earlier in the eighties he lived at Pinkhurst Place, near Rowhook/Oakwood Hill area, he frequented the local pubs, truth be told he didn’t endear himself to many people, charmless bully accompanied by a minder who sorted out issues when it got out of hand.
 
Edit. Not Pinkhurst, I’ll Google earth it and get the real name.

I seem to remember one of the drivers at the Ag supplies yard telling me he decked him once, due to him harassing his Mrs.
Sounds about par for the course.

[openspaceman]

34 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Earlier in the eighties he lived at Pinkhurst Place, near Rowhook/Oakwood Hill area,

I worked at Broomehall in 1974,  They brought a tree surgeon in who was a fan of "Old Gravel guts" of Maggie May fame and he was raving about his latest album. I was his groundie on some oaks and it was the first time I'd been involved professionally with tree surgery. Although I had clambered around with a Danarm DDA110 at my girlfriends father's garden this was the first I saw of DDRT.

 

Anyway it looks like he sold in  the early 80s and I pulled his car out of Franks wood around 1983.

[Mick Dempsey]

I think that’s when he bought the place near Rowhook.

 

As it goes I watched him recently in Oliver! (For the hundredth time)

 

A great performance in a great film, marvelous actor.

[westphalian]

19 days dry now. lost one stone, stone and a half to go, although come feb first i'm DRINKING. will have to lose weight more slowly, 1 day a week until target then no more than x 3 a week.

say this every year, but this time i mean it ( i say that every year as well)

[spudulike]

Good going on the weight loss, I lost nearly two stone when I got out of the desk job and am on my feet most of the day. Feel better for it, less out of breath on a fast walk and generally more healthy. I guess much depends on where you started and where you end - me, 6'1" and 12 stone 10lb now so pretty much right.

[westphalian]

Bloody hell you are fit. I’m 6-0 and will be chuffed to bits to get sub 14. I retire in 2 years my lifestyle will change for the better, ie more time outdoors,felling,milling and general exercise

[Stubby]

66 years young today !