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Graham

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  1. Graham

    Fountains

    No idea at the moment.
  2. Graham

    Fountains

    Afraid it is true. Just spoken to the administrators regarding outstanding money. Evidently Office Cleaning Services are taking on some of their contracts. PS I wouldn't have posted originally if there was the slightest hint of it being a rumour
  3. Graham

    Fountains

    Just heard that Fountains have gone into receivership as of 1pm today.
  4. Sounds like a man I worked with many years ago. Gone now. A beautiful tribute to one of the real timber men. Condolences to you.
  5. Forget spades. Man up and use a mattock:001_smile: Seriously they are far quicker than a spade once you get into a rythym.
  6. I reckon you'll have a job to beat the NFU. I've never had a problem with them. Pick up the phone and it's sorted. Haggled with them this year on a renewal....up £20 over last year to £520 and then got it down to £285!
  7. Pleased to bits with it. Always keep an eye open for bits and pieces in and on the ground but this beats all the other pieces I've found.
  8. It's sickening and, unfortunately, not just a modern occurence. My dad often told me of these happenings in Staffordshire. The perpetrators were never caught. Great Wyrley is also known for the Wyrley Outrages which took place in the vicinity between 1903 and 1915. These were cases of mutilations of animals, especially horses, which were perpetrated by the ‘Great Wyrley Gang’. The case of the arrest, conviction and imprisonment of George Edalji in 1903 as the alleged gang leader attracted considerable interest and still does today. Edalji was a Birmingham lawyer and the son of the local vicar, Shapurji Edalji, a Parsee convert to Christianity. The family had been subject to anonymous letters and hoaxes for some time before. Eventually the conviction attracted the attention of Arthur Conan Doyle and a press campaign was launched to free Edalji. Edalji was granted a free pardon in 1907.
  9. From what I've been told these axes and other tools were made in a Welsh stoneage 'factory' from suitable stone found there. They were then traded across the UK.
  10. Very highly polished. The workmanship is awesome.
  11. During my mooching round the fields I came across this axe embedded in the bank of a stream. Beautiful Neolithic axe and the first person to pick it up for 10,000 years.
  12. I think the major stumbling block for veggie chainsaw boots would be getting them CE marked. Cost a lot of money to do so and the market size wouldn't warrant it.
  13. There used to be really good fences about at one time. Called them hedges and if well maintained they kept anything in/out.
  14. I agree but was just going with Loler guidelines on the 5 years use.
  15. A harness in regular use typically has a life of five years. They can be repaired, stitched etc by the manufacturer and recorded as such. New parts will have a service life of five years from when they came into service.
  16. It's beyond my understanding of capabilities. Awesome. As for Ms Destiville
  17. Cool:thumbup1: A Complete Wee Home in a Douglas Fir Log
  18. Unfortunately I wasn't able to reach them so no smell available. Had a look at your suggestions and they all look possible. The tree is ninety miles from home and will be able to get a closer look when we're back to do some work there. Thanks to both of you for your replies.
  19. Must be sprayed automatically by the harvester head,
  20. Prevention of infection by Heterobasidion annosum
  21. Couldn't reach these on a day quoting so the pic was taken on tiptoes at arm's length. They are on an old pruning wound ...weeping willow. Are they D. confragosa?
  22. 55cc, heavy, top-handled monstrosity that was shunned by cutters but went into every hire shop in the country. Pretty sure that you could buy a range of attachments for it. Handy with a hedge trimming head:001_smile:
  23. In the bike world they said similar things about the Japanese when they started to appear. The likes of Yam, suzuki etc took what was best from European machines and made them better. Then they annihalated the competition at the Isle of Man.

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