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    I found this in the spare room today. Not to everyone's taste and obviously an English north east bias but some genuinely funny people on this DVD. Bobby Thompson was one of best IMO. My favourite local comedian was Brendan Healy. I used to help out in a small way putting on fund raising events for a certain charity. Brendan became our go to guy, not just as an act but sometimes comparing. If he had a window in his schedule he would do a gig for nowt, only asking for his expenses to be covered. A true gent and a genuinely funny man.
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    Living next door to Indians? That reminds me of one of his jokes ?
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    I can understand why people would not want enter terriers in "rock earths" but, paradoxically, the most popular types of working terrier around today were developed, originally, to work in those places.
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    No idea about Manning, only met him once. But he was funny. Caroline Aherne, Mrs Merton, perfect example of a clever and funny person. That's all a comedian should be. Some are just clever. Some are just funny. The best of them are both. These days, IMO, they tend to be neither.
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    Bernard Manning appeared at our local CIU club mid '90s. The whole PC thing was in full swing. I went along and stood at the bar. Shortly after the main act starting the only black man in the area walked in and took a seat at the back. He also happened to be the biggest and most dangerous man in there that night. A purveyor of rare herbs and prescribed chemicals. Cliché but true. I watched everyone squirm in their seats. Manning started his act, told a few jokes and people laughed, and then came the one. A proper racist joke. No one reacted other than turning their heads to look at the on
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    I grew up watching the old school comedians who severed their time and plied their trade in working men clubs. And loved them. The "alternative comedy" was also of my era, a cross generation sort of thing. The Young Ones was a revelation. Alexei Sayle was in it and I loved his single Hello John Got a New Motor. I identified with it, young lads grafting their stones off and making a bit cash and trying to be a bit flash. At the time I thought it was a gentle piss take of people like me. I was wrong. Sayle wrote that song because he despised people like me. He is on record on a TV programm
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    The dust jacket on Nathan book by Plummer is different to the one seen advertised now. May increase the value a little? No idea how many were printed though. I borrowed it from the library when it came out. An enjoyable read, maybe the author should have stuck to honest fictional novels? Some nice books for sale here though.
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    If I remember correctly ‘are you now or have ever been a practicing homosexual?’ ’what...with these feet?’
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    A strange mix of breeds. Not knocking it as I have no knowledge or experience or the inclination to own or mess with a dog bred this way. But how do you know what they will end up like type wise, and more importantly temperament?
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    Earlier in this thread mention was made of people's sexual orientation. I have never had a problem with what others get up to as long as it is in private and takes place between consenting adults. Years ago I carried out some research on the practices and habits of the lesbian. I had no problem with the things that I discovered but my girlfriend at the time found it all rather distasteful. Since that time the lesbians that I have met in life seem to be of a different physical stamp to the bonny lasses in those early videos. An example of poor lifestyle choices in modern Britain? Lack of exerci
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    Had not seen them before. A great watch. Thank you for putting them up.
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    I watched 1st time when it was broadcast with my man and dad and the rest of the family. An education it was. I believe it to be a true document of those times. If it was not, someone would have commented. No adults cried, some of us kids did. Every Sunday night I think it was.
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    There were some very steep slag heaps at one place surrounded by arable fields with a fair population of hares. Good hares that really were the product of survival of the fittest. They were given no respite or closed season by most who ran them. It was unusual to lift one on the pit workings and most were found lower down in the fields. Soon as they knew they had something other than a mongrel or terrier behind them they would put their ears back and headed for the heaps. Took a very good dog keep it up once leaving the easy running ground. And an exceptional (or lucky) dog to catch one.
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    I can particularly relate to the last few posts regarding pit yards and railway embankments. These pics were taken earlier this year after a little snow fall. Regularly hunted this place , line went for miles and would never see another living soul. Can't even walk a terrier here now because of cyclists and pet dog walkers. I am not begrudging them the use of the land and of course fully accept that times change and it would be unacceptable to hunt these places now but their self centred ignorant attitudes prevent others enjoying it for recreational walks. Almost makes me want to get somethin
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    Beautiful dogs and superb photographs.
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    Airedales were used by the police and military early/mid 20th century. Quite ironic that were replaced by the German breeds after WW2.
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    Somewhat ironically the house that I live in is almost on the exact spot where I first seen a rabbit hunted. Within about a 200m radius. I would love to be able to say that I built a house is some rural idyll. No, my house is on a modern estate. At the time the estate that I grew up on bordered farm land on it's south edge. The land was poor quality boggy rough pasture with cattle and some cereal production. One day I tagged along with lads who went "rabbiting". They had two unimpressive looking black street mongrels and begged or borrowed anything that looked like a hunting dog. Jack R
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    To be honest I’m being a hypocrite here as I work in construction. New build office developments have always been a mainstay of the industry. The constant hunger for these always amazes and puzzles me. Many times we start on a new one when I know for a fact that previous finished projects in the same area are not fully occupied and sometimes still empty.
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    Basic common sense never seems to get in the way of developer’s greed
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    it was just a daft thing that popped into my head. I still in live here and know what is available to hunt and what is not. What is still country and what is covered in concrete. All the best, merry Christmas.
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    I still walk that land. Would question regarding hares. There was never Roe there but most defiantly are now.
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    Something came into work today that briefly dropped me out. The Nissan plant in Sunderland. I ran hares and tried to catch woodcock on the land that Nissan now stands. Ran the hares with mongrels so did not catch many and was not trying to shoot the woodcock, relying on my mongrels so never caught any. And of course did not strictly speaking have permission. But for some reason the dogs found woodcock scent irresistible. But that is a testament to the quality of that land as it was then. Rough boggy pasture. If the land holds hares and woodcock then it is clean and healthy. Anyway, anyo
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    A bit of a long shot in my opinion but you never know, they may have got one.
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    Having Jagd in the breeding it probably won’t be a small terrier. Heavy is good, heavy is reliable.
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    What a cracking looking pup!
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