Old pic

[Penda 3,341]

21 hours ago, Moocher71 said:

He won it at the goose fair in Notts,he had it for yrs ,it would bite  at my gran but tame for him ,he took it pub every day .

Ha ha ha ace that pic squirrel monkey if I'm right like rocking horse shit now 

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21 minutes ago, Penda said:

Ha ha ha ace that pic squirrel monkey if I'm right like rocking horse shit now 

Yes squirrel monkey ,it's strange as lots of travelers think monkeys bad luck like some think tale boys "rats" are ,he used to take it out on a lead and little collar and take it pub , think he won it on a shooting stall at goose fair in Notts .

[two crows 3,342]

I think charlies was the same sort it was called casius I think lol, don't know how I remembered that, one of my bitches used to jump out its pen on bonfire night run up the lane and go in theirs lol, funny things dogs, and memories.

[Loton Moocher 1,254]

Monkeys bad luck ? It is for them if they go to hartlepool ? Lol

[Moocher71 4,049]

A few more of my uncul s and a family pic around the wagon ,not many women smoke pipes today ,my ol gran she loved a pipe .

Edited June 21, 2020 by Moocher71
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16 hours ago, two crows said:

I think charlies was the same sort it was called casius I think lol, don't know how I remembered that, one of my bitches used to jump out its pen on bonfire night run up the lane and go in theirs lol, funny things dogs, and memories.

are you from melton mulberry area two crows ?

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47 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

are you from melton mulberry area two crows ?

no mate top of notts on the Derbyshire border in lincs now

Edited June 21, 2020 by two crows

[chartpolski 23,479]

Here's  pic of my old granda in the 1800's with his "Lemington Lurchers "

Cheers.

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great photos one again  moocher71, and even better stories i suspect 

[Loton Moocher 1,254]

5 hours ago, Moocher71 said:

A few more of my uncul s and a family pic around the wagon ,not many women smoke pipes today ,my ol gran she loved a pipe .

Jay old dolly locke was rarely seen without her pipe ? Lol

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18 hours ago, Loton Moocher said:

Jay old dolly locke was rarely seen without her pipe ? Lol

A lot of the old folk smoked pipes back then made from a walnut shell with hole drilled and a straw pushed in and the old fairy "clay "pipes .used to find the old clay ones across the fields after it plough but not found one in years .

 

[two crows 3,342]

here is one of a pipe smoker, my granddad on dads side he was a boar war veteran and horse man.

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Proper pipe that is

[Moocher71 4,049]

22 hours ago, two crows said:

here is one of a pipe smoker, my granddad on dads side he was a boar war veteran and horse man.

Good ol pic 

imagine the things he witnessed and apart of , 

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24 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

Good ol pic 

imagine the things he witnessed and apart of , 

he had 13 kids the kings medal with four bars ( boar war ) and when he died the duke of Portland was at his funeral don't know why.