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Four years later there was another problem off Devon as described here, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5055549 ... aking-oil/ , I think I got my detergent ideas from that one!! :)
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Wow, quite an arsenal they threw at it, probably caused as much pollution as the oil!

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I had forgotten the ginormous plume of smoke which tended to introduce the news at the time, and of course the smell which lingered for ages! :)
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mickthemaverick wrote: 02 Sep 2020, 22:31 I think I got my detergent ideas from that one!! :)
You were bang on with that Mick, That was the initial response
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 02 Sep 2020, 21:49 Top of the head stuff please with no lookies up. Tonights question springs from a Citrojim Quote.
Another random link from a Citrojim quote about the head gasket on an AX
I had to have the job done on my AX around 1996 because oil was pouring out but as I say, if it's not looking like the Torrey Canyon then leave it be...
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TOH.......What Can you remember about the Torrey Canyon :?:
Look it up afterwards and see how accurate your TOH was. :-D Mine wont be that accurate!

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Bit late to join in, but I remembered a bit more clearly than some of the others.

My family was on holiday in Cornwall, so a bit nearer, and as well as seeing it on the news, a couple of times we saw Buccaneers flying over to bomb it.

One day we visited a place on the west side of the Lizard, Mullion, which had oil all over the beach, some people trying to scrape it up with rakes or something like.

We went to the same place in two Easter holidays, but my guess at the first in '67 was correct.

Another thing from one of those holidays - on April Fool's Day morning my dad called out come on you lot get up, it's snowing. So we stayed in bed a bit longer, not wanting to be April Fools. But it was.
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I recall that the efforts of the RAF were rather ignominious. Failed repeatedly to hit it with their bombs.
Surprised they didn't use missiles.
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myglaren wrote: 03 Sep 2020, 07:43 I recall that the efforts of the RAF were rather ignominious. Failed repeatedly to hit it with their bombs.
Surprised they didn't use missiles.
Surely hittiles would have been better :oops: :-D
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How hard is it to create a "groan" emoticon, just for those little gems from Mick :?: :-D

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"Hittiles"!
Love it :)

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I like a villag-ey scene, I have no idea where it is, but "on your bike" today has a link which may help.

I think its too blurry to get it straight away, although there may be some who just know :-D
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 04 Sep 2020, 11:21 I like a villag-ey scene, I have no idea where it is, but "on your bike" today has a link which may help.

I think its too blurry to get it straight away, although there may be some who just know :-D

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Well I'm looking in Berkshire....the hipped roofs....and also our Motorcyclist is from Thatchem I think.

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NewcastleFalcon wrote: 04 Sep 2020, 21:35 Image

Well I'm looking in Berkshire....the hipped roofs....and also our Motorcyclist is from Thatchem I think.
If that helps anyone great. I dont know the area at all, dont think its Thatcham itself.

Can't give any clues because I dont know myself...yet :-D

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I now know exactly where that is so if anyone cares to guess, I can release clues.
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How about if I identify the rider, cameraman and the bike, can I have a few points? :-D
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mickthemaverick wrote: 04 Sep 2020, 22:01 How about if I identify the rider, cameraman and the bike, can I have a few points? :-D
Of course..fire away

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Its Allen Millyard riding his V10 Viper engined motorcycle filmed by his son Stephen, somewhere within about 10 miles of his house!! :-D
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