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There seems to be a huge divide in society now as more people strive to reduce waste while at the same time some people seem to be trying their hardest to create as much as possible. I like to think of them as the Greta Thunbergs and the Utter Scumbags. A local school group has put signs up in...

I've been involved in a few rather stupid ROW arguements. One involved a right of way that seemed to be incorrectly mapped. The ROW officer insisted it had to be as per the map as that was how it would have been historically but caved in when we pointed out the ancient dry stone wall and very...

My first SAK, bought for me by my dad while on holiday on Jersey, went overboard while we were fishing a few years later. It's the only knife I've ever lost.

I saw a large black dog in the woods when I was out shooting about 20 years ago. No owner around and in a private woods where people don't go to walk dogs. I was tucked up under a fallen tree and it padded along an animal trail not far away without apparently seeing or smelling me. It was...

Well I didn't buy any new trousers last winter but since we're having a heatwave now is the obvious time to buy thermal trousers right? :bucktooth: I found a pair for £21 though so patience has paid off.

I really like this. Funds are tight here at the moment but I'm going to have to have a serious think about this one :nailbiting:

A bit of a sad story on the BBC website this morning. "Thousands of knives and sharp objects are being confiscated annually at London family courts, with campaigners saying it showed how "desensitised" some people were to carrying weapons." "The figures for shorter blades include items of...

A bit of an odd one but if you're after a Buff neck tube in baby/young kid's size then this polar one is a great price at £4.52. It's an add-on item so you need to be spending £20 to qualify for the discount...

I've seen tons of bees and butterflies around here this year. I've never known the garden so full of bees and of so many different species too. The bee hotels are almost full now and the leaf cutter bees are only just starting so I need to make some rooms for them. I took a walk around the local...

I bet there's plenty of people in the UK who would eat a turtle if they could get hold of them. We're very diverse these days. Same with fresh water fish. It's quite a problem now stopping some cultures from emptying our fishing lakes. The culture of eating freshwater fish here probably died off...

How do you go about removing the old asbestos out of interest?

I had that thought when I took it apart but it was a bit late by then. :doctor:

To save hijacking the other thread too much I'll move this to a new one. I emailed details of my lamp to the manufacturer who replied "That is a Type No.1 but as you say it doesn’t have the normal label attached. Im curious myself as I have not seen one like this before. It could have been...

My dad caught a terrapin while fishing in the Forest of Dean a few years ago. He had it in a net in case the baliffs came around but gave it to some passing family who took it home with them in the end.

I didn't know we had pumpkinseeds established here, that's one to look into. I'm sure I remember a Daily Mail article from a few years ago scaremongering that piranhas were loose in lakes in the UK though.

I found this website that seems to stock spare parts if that's any help. http://www.thewandofscience.net/

I don't know about that. According to the website link above: "The company continues to operate from a factory in Robertstown, having moved there after their Aberdare premises were destroyed by fire in 1978." I'm sure it wasn't connected to their lamps... :angelic2:

Air rifle?

I saw that one. Most of their lamps seem to have the large oval plaque like the one shown there but I can't find any that match this one. Big Pit national coal museum is only a mile or so from my house as the raven flies actually so that's a good idea. Sadly I'm not a raven and there's a big...

I don't suppose you happen to be a leading authority on lamps do you? I've got one that I found in my gran's house after she died and would like to know where it came from. It's got a plaque saying E. Thomas & Williams Ltd but no model number or anything helpful like that. It looks different to...