Hendon Today

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They’ll only need enough room to get the JCB in and the scrap out. :dev2:

the h&s bull**** of cutting torches, and getting a JCB in there could for once, make H&s a good thing 🙂

disposing of the Vulcan prevail there will be hell of a job getting the components out, it would involve moving all of the other exhibits.

They’ll only need enough room to get the JCB in and the scrap out. :dev2:

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Back to the subject of Hendon, about ten years ago they had an English Civil War event on the grass. Whose bright idea was that?

The Motor launch would look great with a dock built on it, so you can see the thing.

And if the rumours of them disposing of the Vulcan prevail there will be hell of a job getting the components out, it would involve moving all of the other exhibits.

Whenever I hear any more H&S nonsense, I’m reminded of a quote by someone (I can’t remember who) on Room 101 recently. “That’s why we have danger, to get rid of idiots!”

But life used to be such FUN before we all became enveloped by petty fogging restrictions.

Agreed, it seems as though everyone in authority these days is determined to take the fun out of life.

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Steady – my father was in ROC!!;) But life used to be such FUN before we all became enveloped by petty fogging restrictions.

By the way I think a stranger German would have been more insulted by being addressed as Du than being called a homo!!;)

So was my late Dad hence I am an honoury member of the ROC association. Super bunch of guys who ate an entire sponge cake, and got through a catering size box of tea bags in an afternoon! We had a few drinks and chat with them after the public had gone.

Agree about the German – our chairman was German, and pictures went online of me against the blackboard with all the rude words on it 🙂 He cracked up when I asked one lad “wo die ficke auf du?” over the phone… 😉

I wanted the Gurkhas down as a load of rascist yobs have taken over our local boozer… could have been interesting 😉

Steady – my father was in ROC!!;) But life used to be such FUN before we all became enveloped by petty fogging restrictions.

By the way I think a stranger German would have been more insulted by being addressed as Du than being called a homo!!;)

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No it’s a sad reflection on the way the country has gone over the years.
As some of you have said it’s amazing what you can get with politeness. When all’s said and done manners cost nowt, though judging by some people today you’d think it cost an arm and a leg.

I worked in a museum for four years and completely ignored the bull**** that the council expected us to comply with. Subsequently visitor numbers soared, kids learned something and word got round that our place was worth visiting.

Including; WW2 how to insult a German (had the kids in stitches) “du ist ein Grob homo” being very popular

No alcohol rule (er we had the ROC guys on site. Say no more. God knows what would have happened if it was the Paras) Besides the boss was Irish! He drank with us.

Total disregard for PC. Teach history as it was, without crudity.

Allowing kids to handle a toy revolver (it got me fired no pun intended)

Allowing the kids to stir soup over the fire

Sharing home made bread with the older folk

Cooking a Sunday roast (I kid you not!!!)

Bulling my shoes with a candle.

Allowing traditional bawdy ball games and human pyramids – the teachers had never seen them! Sending gobby little sods round the yard on the double!

the list goes on…

Is it rose-tinted spectacles or was life a great deal easier and pleasanter when common sense ruled? Today, insignificant men (and women) with badges, pea brains and “hi-viz” apparel rule the roost – and revel in it!! 😡

No it’s a sad reflection on the way the country has gone over the years.
As some of you have said it’s amazing what you can get with politeness. When all’s said and done manners cost nowt, though judging by some people today you’d think it cost an arm and a leg.

At Norwich a lovely old chap invited me to have a look in the Vulcan then showed me round the new former Coltishall collection which wasnt open to the public. Its remarkable what you get with manners 🙂

I had the same experience when I visited. I can’t praise them highly enough.

Oh yes! a size 9 bootprint on his bonce was not a souvenir he intended to take from Elvington with him!

Exactly. We will happily show polite, interested people around our jet. Especially if they offer a donation towards her upkeep! 😎

Legend has it that some fool decided to look under a lavatory door at Uxbridge, and grin inanley. Mistake – the subtle chaps at QCS stamped on his face… from what I am told the rock apes are not guys to mess with!

I suppose, Blue, there will always be a, hopefully, very small number of total dimwits in any group of people…….:rolleyes:

Another one which caused us much joy, Daddy put small child over the rope then encouraged her to dangle from the Victor’s port pitot while he took photos! This was stopped with some choice shouted words, his response was ‘what’s the problem? It’s not like it flies or anything’… I won’t darken the forum with the response he recieved… :rolleyes:

serves him right… did you have sturdy boots on?

Oh yes! a size 9 bootprint on his bonce was not a souvenir he intended to take from Elvington with him!

At Norwich a lovely old chap invited me to have a look in the Vulcan then showed me round the new former Coltishall collection which wasnt open to the public. Its remarkable what you get with manners 🙂

Exactly. We will happily show polite, interested people around our jet. Especially if they offer a donation towards her upkeep! 😎

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To give the view from the other side of the rope so to speak, you do get some museum visitors who seem to think the ropes and barriers are there to be ignored, and that paying their entry fee gives them carte blanche to wander wherever takes their fancy. Several times I’ve had to stop people climbing around places they shouldn’t have been at YAM, indeed imagine my surprise when climbing down the Victor’s crew ladder one day, only to stand on the head of a visitor attempting to ascend the ladder who’d chosen to climb over the rope barrier around the jet and invite himself into the cockpit! Another time I came into the hangar to find a visitor had crossed the barrier and was vigorously wobbling the rudder of one of the aircraft, accompanied by loud banging noises from the cockpit as the poor rudder pedals travelled violently from ‘lock to lock’, so to speak.

serves him right… did you have sturdy boots on?

At Norwich a lovely old chap invited me to have a look in the Vulcan then showed me round the new former Coltishall collection which wasnt open to the public. Its remarkable what you get with manners 🙂

I suppose, Blue, there will always be a, hopefully, very small number of total dimwits in any group of people…….:rolleyes:

And, Mike, perhaps you are right……:(

To give the view from the other side of the rope so to speak, you do get some museum visitors who seem to think the ropes and barriers are there to be ignored, and that paying their entry fee gives them carte blanche to wander wherever takes their fancy. Several times I’ve had to stop people climbing around places they shouldn’t have been at YAM, indeed imagine my surprise when climbing down the Victor’s crew ladder one day, only to stand on the head of a visitor attempting to ascend the ladder who’d chosen to climb over the rope barrier around the jet and invite himself into the cockpit! Another time I came into the hangar to find a visitor had crossed the barrier and was vigorously wobbling the rudder of one of the aircraft, accompanied by loud banging noises from the cockpit as the poor rudder pedals travelled violently from ‘lock to lock’, so to speak.

Of course there are rules, but there is no excuse for being rude.

An idiot recently posted pictures of himself behind the barriers at Duxford, posing with the exhibits.

Reminds me many years ago, a lovely old veteran politely asked these yobs to stop chucking stones at the crowd. They ignored him so yours truly bowled one in the head, that taught him that well aimed shots hurt… (I excelled at cricket)

’twas always thus Charlie, there have been plenty of ‘jobsworths’ around as long as I can remember.

Is it rose-tinted spectacles or was life a great deal easier and pleasanter when common sense ruled? Today, insignificant men (and women) with badges, pea brains and “hi-viz” apparel rule the roost – and revel in it!! 😡

I can be worse. I worked at a museum where the security staff filled it’s days with harassing the volunteers. Just to show their power. You would be working on an aircraft, security badges worn and all, security would come and demand you stopped “touching the aircraft”. Kinda got fed up with loosing 15/20 minutes until we or them got hold of the big chief who told them to back off. Each and everytime again.

It certainly does and not only in museums. Universally applied it eases the conduct of business and social intercourse!:)

That is very true. I am beginning to think politeness is a lost art.