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  1. Has anyone know the pros & cons of using seafoam in their carbs & engines ?? I have been told that it is great stuff to use ,so just wondered if anyone had ant experiences with the solution ? .
  2. I have ten more 1. Having to weld that little bit of soap that was left of the bar of coal tar soap to a new bar of soap . 2. Having single glazed wooden windows or those metal Crittle windows . 3. pink parrafin heaters that used to stink the house out . 4. The great big news of the world newspapers that you had to fold into four pieces & were almost 3 ft high & 3 ft wide when you opened them . 5. Watching the FA cup final all day on the saturday on a black & white TV , with all English Players & the goal mouth having 6 inches of water or the pitch frozen solid . 6. Watching Top of the pops on Christmas day to see who was Number 1 followed by Morecomb & wise christmas show . 7. Being able to buy a Dodgy Bent MOT for my dads car because it was a heap & wouldnt pass a proper MOT ., because the chassis was sooo rotten that we had to fill the holes with cement . 8. Corona fizzy pop lorry that used to call round on a saturday & used to give us sixpence for the empty bottles that we had stolen from the sweet shop at the top of the road. 9. Party seven , Watneys red barrel, double diamond , Mackesons stout, Tankard bitter , cream soda, all from the off license at the local pub 10 . Mobile phones that had a battery the size of a car battery
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    Ransomes crawler MG5 maintenance manual
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    Bolens Husky 900 Parts manual
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    Bolens Husky 800 parts manual
  6. While i was at work the other day a few of us older guys got into a fascinating conversation about what things we remembered as a child that were in everyday use & things that we did that you dont see kids doing today The younger kids couldnt believe what we had to cope with when growing up . Here are some of the things that i remember as a child 1. Vim , Ajax , persil ,Omo , Daz 2. Jubblies ice lollies 3. Cadburys smash 4. Building Hand made go karts out of old pram wheels & bits of wood . 5. Playing Cowboys & Indians 6 Climbing trees 7. Having to polish my Nans Brass for 2 bob 8 Penny for the Guy 9. Sugar sandwiches , because we were too poor to have anything else in the cupboard . 10. Waking up in the morning & the curtains were frozen & frost was glistening on the window , this was inside the house . I could name loads more Can you name ten things that you rember as a child that the kids of today would laugh at you in disbeleif
  7. I used cresote on my fences last year , the amount of complaints from the youngsters i got about the smell , but older people said how nice it was to smell as it took them back to their childhood . I personally like the smell The workshop is coming along nicelt Mark , What are you going to use as roof covering ?
  8. Is Multigardner 3 is running order Paul ?
  9. Looks a strong machine , but then the Germans do make some good stuff
  10. Looking forward to seeing that at Tractorworld Paul.
  11. Loving the sepia toned pic at the top . The pic looks ageless
  12. Never done any ploughing even though i have two ploughs , would love to have ago .
  13. Wow Matt , that looks in amazing condition , the paintwork looks like it has not long been restored , no fade in the colour
  14. Her are a couple of Gravely machine ads
  15. Fair play Mark , nice job ,
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    Dixon ZTR 424

    Did you ever find out how the fire in your Workshop started Mark?
  17. Phew...... that was a stroke of luck finding your keys
  18. Thats absolutely wonderful news . Chris Sutton is STILL Grumpy , oh & also great news that Pam is outa Hospital . Get well soon Pam .
  19. great pics Nigel thanx for sharing these
  20. Neat ,handy tool Steve , have you got it running ?
  21. Nice collection of Brochures Steve. its good to flick through those. Thanx for sharing
 
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