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  1. On 25/07/2022 at 17:07, pesky1972 said:

    I read A Kestrel For A Knave a couple of weeks ago, probably nearly 40 years after I first read it. I remember like it was yesterday getting it from the library, after watching Kes for the first time. Still a good wee read, and this time round brought loads of nostalgia from reading it a a kid, but also remembering my misspent youth, walking through woods and along hedgerows nesting, and scanning the skies for Kestrels (realistically the only raptor I was likely to see local). 

    I was brought  up in the  same  village  where it's  based  and  filmed  ,the  author  Barry  Hines  lived there  I went to school  with  his 2 children  ,my  mam still lives there ,next street  to the chip shop  and  club that were  in the  film ,I've climbed  that wall more times for a young  kes or a little  owl ,still there but in a bit of a  state now

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  2. Mates mum asked 

    us one  day if we could  have  a look at her washing  machine  that was  playing  up while  she went to  work  ,as we were  always  tinkering  about  in his garage  with old motorbikes . Took  top of started it up noticed  two concrete  blocks  shakin  about  so we drilled  a hole in the  side  and  put  a good  screw into it  . We she got home  she said  did  ya  get  to  fix my machine  loads, ya no probs  so she put a wash in started it up and it walked  across  the kitchen  ,still ribs  us to this day 

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  3. This happened  two streets away from where  I've just moved from seen the dogs in question  never  stopped  barking   there is a guy on next street he,s got 14 lurchers  walks em all at same time if you happen  to  be  out  at the  same  time  you don't stand a chance  they drag him to whatever  is across  road n kill  it he s the scourge off the village ,retarded  brother of that other  dick head Dave slight 

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  4. Kes, the gamekeeper both by Barry Hines                                                                                                                                    king of the Gypsy's ,bartly gormon,s life story.                                                                                                                             Hunters all   plummer.                                                                                                                                                                     No way but gentlenesse  the story of kes, by Richard Hines 

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  5. Used to find em regular under the roof slates of the houses that we were demoliting , roosting til dusk .my mate ( big hard c**t ) wes scared shitless off em ,did,not dare tell no,one at the time ,would have got the job shut down .protected see

  6. Thinking  of  starting  back  up  ,was  wondering  what's  best place to  buy new  equipment  ,glove,bow perch  ,scales that sort of stuff ,been out of game for 20 year  and dogs due to retire soon gonna get another  hawk  to keep  landowners  happy  cheers 

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