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Title: other hobbies Post by: Kev on March 11, 2009, 05:41:50 PM hi guys and gals . do you have any other hobbies than metal detecting , i did use to like to go bird watching ( ones with feathers ) still like to look when im out detecting ( at the ones with feathers) :)
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 11, 2009, 05:43:27 PM Fishing and mountain biking .
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 11, 2009, 05:48:24 PM Fishing was my hobby. See the 33 pound cod in my prifile pic. Also collect postcards of Pontypool and surrounding area. Family history research (Interested in anyone with the surnames Wyatt, Kinnersley, Horlor and Nash mainly). I have a nasty habit of asking people their surname early on in a converstaion which makes them think I am the police! I also have a vast collection of books dealing with the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. You've all see the film!
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 11, 2009, 05:50:30 PM Jonola , apparently one of my relatives fought in the Rourkes Drift battle, The guy walking around with the boxes of ammo. (Langley Dawson) I believe.
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: DIG IT! (ADIE) on March 11, 2009, 05:53:54 PM Riding hard and fast on my kawasaki zx9r ninja usually down through the wye valley! 8) ;) no time for anything else always working :'(
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Kev on March 11, 2009, 05:59:14 PM ;D tafflaff dont get jonola talking about the zulu war you wont stop him honestly ;D. think he was there really coz he is up on that subject big time . by the way joking jon. ;D
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: KANE (DES) on March 11, 2009, 06:00:43 PM fishing and reading
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 11, 2009, 06:14:16 PM Jonola , apparently one of my relatives fought in the Rourkes Drift battle, The guy walking around with the boxes of ammo. (Langley Dawson) I believe. I think you mean James Langley Dalton. Dalton was the real hero of the battle as most people agree that he was the man who really organised the defences. The character on film really doesn't do him justice. He was a real macho man in real life. Not the rather wimpish character portrayed. Died 7th. January 1887 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He is buried in the Russell Road Roman Catholic Cemetery with a memorial, Plot E. Any more you want to know ? I am a bit of a walking encyclopedia on the subject. Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Tafflaff (Rob) on March 11, 2009, 06:17:41 PM Bloody hell , do you know what his she size was by any chance? ;D
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Mark on March 11, 2009, 06:21:57 PM I play music (guitar) when I’m not detecting or in uni. I also teach guitar and write songs. I used to play in several bands but I haven’t really got the time anymore.
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Kev on March 11, 2009, 06:22:40 PM ;D ;D told you taff m8 .i know jonola to well . he is the encyclopedia honestly :D
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 11, 2009, 06:23:08 PM Daltons VC medal used to be on display at The Royal Logistics Corps Museum in Camberley, Surrey. Whether it still is I am not sure.
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: mickycoin "mick" on March 11, 2009, 06:44:39 PM hi there sea fishing and stud poker, the first is the cheapest
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: waltonbasinman on March 11, 2009, 06:48:25 PM Jonola, when i lived in Herefordshire i lived next door to a parish called Kinnersley and now live next to a parish called Nash. My other hobbies are motocross and football and am a supporter of a club on the English banks of the Severn, opposite side from Cardiff. Enough said about them i think. I also research for local history groups and archaeologists and have a fascination for old Mercedes campers. Life don,t get boring round here. :) :) :)
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 11, 2009, 06:51:03 PM My grandfathers family orginated in that very Parish of Kinnersley. Hence his family name. Small world isn't it?
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: waltonbasinman on March 11, 2009, 07:01:41 PM My family are from Almeley and when pubs became magnetic the Kinnersley Arms was my local for 15 years. I am doing some work on the hamlet of Ailey in the parish and its pre Norman Conquest "Domus Defensiblus" recorded in doomsday but whereabouts unknown until now, a very interesting parish as i keep finding lots of Roman pottery but no Roman site is known and two years ago found a DMV in the parish. :)
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 11, 2009, 07:10:23 PM Sounds like there should be something Roman about. At least you have hope. I don't think anyone got to my locale till 1983 if my finds are owt to go by! Find any Samian ware?
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: waltonbasinman on March 11, 2009, 07:20:11 PM One nice piece of Gaulish 2nd century no t sure of the form, Lazoux i think, but loads of Severn Valley and Grey Ware and some Oxford ware Mortaria. Nothing metal at all. :)
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: Jonola (Jon) on March 11, 2009, 07:28:27 PM Sounds very promising! Bound to turn something up. The mortaria is 2nd century at earliest as well I think? I wish you luck.
Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: zorro on March 11, 2009, 09:28:10 PM the scuba diving and football days have gone now alas :'( (knackered ears and knees) however i do collect space memorabilia, from 60's and 70's mainly, astronaut & cosmonaut signatures, signed first day covers etc. big F1 fan.
learning to play guitar, i can strum along to a few songs but not REALLY play, need to PM mike here i think, do a bit of fishing and kayaking mainly in summer. Title: Re: other hobbies Post by: bymatt666 (byron) on March 11, 2009, 10:31:41 PM my other main hobby is marshalling at motor racing...i've been doing it for 22 years..i get around lots of the circuits in our country and have marshalled at 22 british grand prix....and besides formula one i have done many touring car,formula three + sports car championships too...it's another outdoor hobby so it tops up my weather beaten look !!!..byron
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