I just remember being very excited about going to watch it

didn't they move it about 1/4inch a day or something?
But I still think about it when I drive past - obviously unforgettable to locals of a certain age!

The next moment of such high drama in my life was when we went to see that boat got stuck turning round at Sutton Bridge.

Posted By: camcan on March 31st 2010 at 11:17:20

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what would you do if you saw someone shoplifting? eh? (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 10:46:19
- I'd do the Mary option (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 31, 11:00:43
- I would wait till he gets outside & mug him, he could hardly go running to the Fuzz could (General Chat) - lovely old job, Mar 31, 10:58:04
  - Has Mrs loj ever been picked up by the fuzz? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 10:58:47
    - LOL. Once had a colleague who, one drunken night, told me she had (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 31, 11:00:09
      - Strike! (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Mar 31, 11:02:48
      - did you skittle erect? (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Mar 31, 11:00:54
        
        I was gobsmacked. What a thing ! I couldn't help but imagine it. Eww. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 31, 11:01:38
        
        you're (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Mar 31, 11:01:24
        
        your (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 31, 11:06:26
        
        ur (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Mar 31, 11:16:43
      - Didn't realise you used to work at St Dunstan's. (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:00:49
    - haha, that brought quite an image into my head. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Mar 31, 10:59:58
- Put some bleach near his lapel. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 10:55:11
  - FFS! (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 10:56:53
  - or finger. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 10:56:21
    - Good (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 10:56:51
      - he was though (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 10:57:33
        
        at which point in your original post (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 10:59:06
        
        I didn't want to cloud the issue with irrelavancies (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 11:03:17
        
        Why aren't you overseeing GC's quoting procedures? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 10:58:19
        
        he's done one (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 11:05:29
        
        Make sure he doesn't find your diaries (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 11:13:00
        
        almost word for word (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 11:17:56
        
        Ellery Queen! (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 31, 11:14:37
- Depends if it was a little privately owned shop or a big old chain. (General Chat) - lurd, Mar 31, 10:53:16
- ignore it (General Chat) - pants, Mar 31, 10:50:33
  - Like a car? (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 31, 10:52:48
    - no... (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 10:55:19
      - I'm going to try it - I'll be famous (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 31, 10:58:57
        
        When I lived in Long Melford in the 70's, they moved a really old house from near Sudbury (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 11:01:39
        
        I went to watch that (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:08:10
        
        Ballingdon Hall. (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:08:53
        
        picture (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:13:15
        
        they moved their house away from the spreading estate! (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 31, 11:19:40
        
        Were they moving it up the hill to get away from the estate? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Mar 31, 11:18:29
        
        I think that was the reason (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:19:28
        
        although some comments suggest it was because of the road widening (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:20:43
        
        That really is NIMBYism taken to extremes... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Mar 31, 11:22:05
        
        That's it! Brill. Also the year of my first Nodge game. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 11:15:07
        
        I just remember being very excited about going to watch it (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:17:20
        
        Stuart Jarrold with a bunch of twats (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 31, 11:05:31
        
        That's brilliant. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Mar 31, 11:10:49
        
        mullet! (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Mar 31, 11:07:07
        
        I like the scarf tied around the wrist (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 31, 11:12:31
        
        you can't even lay 3 paving slabs (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 11:00:21
        
        I probably could lay three paving slabs (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 31, 11:02:59
- My brother was in Tesco's (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 31, 10:50:02
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 31, 10:51:56
- rugby tackle him, (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 31, 10:49:38
- grab hold of him and tell the staff to sort it out/call OB (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 31, 10:49:22
  - Not worth the risk of finding out he/she's a gypsy (General Chat) - pants, Mar 31, 10:52:28
    - always worth the risk. Once society decides it will ignore any and all transgressions (General Chat) - megson, Mar 31, 10:57:07
      - I guess I'm just a big old cynic at heart (General Chat) - pants, Mar 31, 10:59:02
        
        chortle. (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Mar 31, 11:03:36
        
        I know what you're saying though (General Chat) - pants, Mar 31, 11:06:01
    - they wont know you from adam. (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 31, 10:56:50
      - they're* (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Mar 31, 10:57:10

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