I thought all the views were taken more recently than they obviously were as the Threshers shops in Amesbury and Bognor Regis are both open, company closed in early November ’09.

I’ve just had an e mail from my Mum with an attachment showing my uncle standing in front of the school he is a caretaker at with a fuzzy face on Street View!

Sorry if this question has already been answered somewhere in the previous 2961 pages but did XH558 have an eventful service life? Was she involved in any (or ‘the’) raids, did she fly any important sorties or was she just a regular ol’ bomber?

This all makes the whole incident sound even better than the film made out! I did have a strong feeling that some of what is shown in the film whilst maybe not being complete bull**** certainly wasn’t 100% truth but I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for any recommended books.

What is the Soviets problem with the MiG 29? During the 80’s and 90’s I was of the understanding as a fighter it was very well respected by the west but according to this it is unpopular with the Soviets.

The two Hips at Boscombe Down with the ETPS will be leaving the UK at the end of this month being gifted to the Afghan Air Force. 🙁

The pair of Hips were photographed on 24th Feb, see post 24/2.

For what it’s worth, in graduate school we studied the studies concerning violence on TV and in films.

After a couple of decades, dozens of studies and Lord knows how much time and money, the conclusions were….get ready for it….

It effects some of the people some of the time.
No direct correlation.

What is experts fascination with finding reasons to explain everything? 2 ten year old boys brutally and horrifically murder a 2 year old and nobody has said the reason they did it was because they were pure evil.
Their upbringing was blamed, their parents, the movies they saw etc etc but you didn’t hear (m)any experts saying the reason they did this was because they were born evil.

re Venables new identity being revealed, I only hope it really is his new identity and that a totally innocent person in their late 20’s isn’t going to be on the receiving end of the most serious abuse imaginable!

Personally I’m for the locked up for LIFE, in solitary, no comforts, only occasional contact with relatives, and spending 23 hours out of every 24 locked in a spartan, basic cell option.

This point for all murderers can’t be made enough. I don’t agree with the death sentence because once they are dead where is the punishment? A life of complete suffering with the knowledge that it will never end is a much more severe punishment than death.

Could almost be said to make the death penalty seem lenient, the only people who suffer when a murderer is hanged would be his or her loved ones. The parents, immediate family and some friends may mourn his/her loss but everyone else will mourn the fact they have escaped a lifetime of punishment!