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That's quite enough of that.

You have been busy, you have the same thread running on another forum. Actually Bill is a good mate of mine we had a good laugh over this. Strange how you joined this forum at 2.10am on Sunday 30 July 2017 and your 'very good friend Bill Thorburn' joined the other forum at 1.20am on Sunday 30 July ...

Is what you 'heard' simply urban myth, or do you have hard supporting evidence to present? And what does your theory have to do with Windrush, may I ask? :? Its true 1400 girls who were abused by packs of Asians in Rotherham are going to claim compensation. You have been busy, you have the same thr...

I heard 1400 girls in Rotherham are going to sue the government for what happened to them. Is what you 'heard' simply urban myth, or do you have hard supporting evidence to present? And what does your theory have to do with Windrush, may I ask? :? Its true 1400 girls who were abused by packs of Asi...

I heard 1400 girls in Rotherham are going to sue the government for what happened to them.

The Banks we used in Turkey were 'Garanti' and also 'HSBC Turkey', don't know if HSBC Turkey have a branch in Nicosia, could be worth a trip. Every month I would send a fax to Turkey asking them to transfer several Billion Lira into my deposit account. I was then able to use my card in the UK with n...

I agree

They like the Poles etc fought for world freedom, had the UK gone under the world would have followed. The PC tripe that they fought for us is pure fantasy. Sorry wasn't Poland invaded? Did I miss the bit where Hitler just nipped over to invade Jamaica too? Next you will be telling us that you were...

WHL wrote: ↑Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:05 pm

Loxely Man wrote: ↑Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:36 pm They came over for a better life, none of them wanted to return to their indigenous roots, Africa, where they were forcibly taken from by rich slave owners not working class British people.

I think we all get were your coming from.

Is that the royal 'We'?

[Several reasons, the Germans build better cars, the Japanese build cars people needed, better and cheaper, and the UK Unions led by Red Robbo, might of had played a part also. Good job Red Robbo didn't mess up our Spitfire and Lancaster production as they were obviously inferior to German, Italian...

Here is a list of cars Made in Britain....... Made in Britain MINI – MINI, MINI Clubman and MINI Countryman, in Cowley, Oxford Honda – Civic and CR-V in Swindon Toyota – Auris, Auris hybrid and Avensis in Burnaston, Derbyshire Nissan – Juke, Qashqai, Note and Leaf and Infiniti Q30 in Sunderland, Ty...

Also worth remembering that many of those that did come had fought for the country during the war! If they were good enough to fight and perhaps be killed for the country then I am damn sure they were good enough to work in it! Cheers Steve They like the Poles etc fought for world freedom, had the ...

All the above is just a diversion though as regardless of the reasons they were invited and that's what matters.Cheers Steve The claim is that they came to help rebuild Britain, which is what some on here claim "I rebuilt Britain as a bus conductor whilst my mate worked on the underground"...

Devil wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 4:27 pm

Loxely Man wrote: ↑Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:57 pm owners who made massive profits during the war years with their factories running 24hrs per day re invested

I knew a number of factory-owners who often had trouble making ends meet.

They told you that did they, it was a common whinge when workers asked for a decent wage.

I really do not think that Loxley will ever agree with the reply that West Indies immigration in the 50s and industry reinvestment in the 70s are totally unrelated. Once again off the mark. I said that very little reinvestment took place ion the years following WWII, not just the 40s or the 60 or t...

You didn't work in a factory at the time though! You've already established that you were eating boiled sweets at the time, and just starting school. I never said I worked in a factory at that time. The point that I'm making is that if our factories had been brought up to date we would not have nee...

out of interest LM how much (%) are the annual management charges/fees? My money was invested in the Legal & General FTSE 100 tracker ISAS accounts. I checked their prices daily and brought my spreadsheet up to date. I got what was shown regarding how many units I had. I posted the latest price...

I think the argument about under funded factories is well and truly lost. Did you work in any of those factories as me and my late father did? Only reply if you did and know what you're talking about from personal experience and not blathering on just to be one of the in crowd. The truth is the Emp...

So you remember nothing of the war, nor the immediate post-war years, so why pretend? I remember bring in Hospital for a hernia operation in 1946 (an immediate post war year) when I was 3 years old my brother was in the next bed he was 4 years old, one of the things that still sticks in my mind was...