Fattyowls Posted 12 February , 2020 Share Posted 12 February , 2020 5 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Oh please.I can't even make out the cap badge! And your point is? Look at what he's doing with his hand - his left hand that is......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 If only our statistician had not withdrawn to his very own Colombey-les-Deux-Églises: he would be the first to note that the number of views on this thread is approaching something of a milestone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 He could be doing everything from trying to bowl a chinaman to riding a bike. However, something struck me in the wee small hours - It's not Billy Butlin, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 4 hours ago, Uncle George said: If only our statistician had not withdrawn to his very own Colombey-les-Deux-Églises: he would be the first to note that the number of views on this thread is approaching something of a milestone. So it is; I will appraise statto of this fact.......... 4 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: He could be doing everything from trying to bowl a chinaman to riding a bike. However, something struck me in the wee small hours - It's not Billy Butlin, is it? A good suggestion GH; wrong but good. I'd posted a clue before posting the photo....... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 8 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: So it is; I will appraise statto of this fact.......... Pete. Please pass on my best regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: A good suggestion GH; wrong but good. I'd posted a clue before posting the photo....... Pete. Ah, so you did! I could say, but I can't bear to unveil it so quickly. I don't think I could live with myself. Edited 13 February , 2020 by neverforget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 NF - re your first recent post - I sure will, he's snowed under with work at the moment, and re the second - I see what you did there. Cue sniggering at the back. I'm also impressed with your scrupulous forbearance; I wouldn't recognise a scruple if it bit me in the nether regions..... Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 Maybe too easy but.... author of Winnie the pooh?? Alexander Milne?? Greetz from San Antonio, Texas... still waiting for our bags... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 7 minutes ago, Marilyne said: Maybe too easy but.... author of Winnie the pooh?? Alexander Milne?? Greetz from San Antonio, Texas... still waiting for our bags... M. Good guess Marilyne, but not 2nd Lt Milne (Royal Warwickshires). You've got the right connection however and are on the right lines - bear with it. Pete. P.S. Impressed by your international jet setting, I doubt if many of the close to 200,000 views of this thread have been from the Lone Star state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 10 minutes ago, Marilyne said: Greetz from San Antonio, Texas... still waiting for our bags... Probably gone to Canada🙄 there’s a clue there I believe Pete😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 (edited) BEAR with it??? Got it... I' knew the pic was familiar it's part of a bigger picture... the guy is feeding a BEAR cub ... called "Winnipeg" ... short Winni that was a mascot for a Canadian unit. The guy is Captain Harold Colbourne M. Edited 13 February , 2020 by Marilyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 2 minutes ago, Marilyne said: BEAR with it??? there a clue in there??? M. Definitely - I think the famous Belgian marching bear will have got this one already......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 5 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Definitely - I think the famous Belgian marching bear will have got this one already......... edited my previous post instead of making a new one... Bear is with me of course... we're going marching!! LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 1 minute ago, Marilyne said: edited my previous post instead of making a new one... Bear is with me of course... we're going marching!! LOL. I knew that would be the case. Sorry given that you are waiting for your luggage case isn't necessarily the right word to use. As Knotty said I hope the bags aren't in Canada.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: edited my previous post instead of making a new one... But you are of course correct with your edit - Harry Colebourn, the well known Canadian vetinarian veteran of WW1 and the man who smuggled the inspiration for A A Milne's bear of very little brain into England. Colebourn was a Brummie born and bred before emigrating to Canada at 18. Image from Wikipedia, public domain, held in the Manitoba provincial archives. Pete. Edited 13 February , 2020 by Fattyowls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 10 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: I knew that would be the case. Sorry given that you are waiting for your luggage case isn't necessarily the right word to use. As Knotty said I hope the bags aren't in Canada.... nopes, they are on their way to our address as I write... Bear was in my hand luggage ... as were the other marching animals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 Isn’t there a statue to Colebourn & Winnipeg in London Zoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 4 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Colebourn was a Brummie born and bred before emigrating to Canada at 18. Pete. Nobody's perfect.🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 7 minutes ago, Marilyne said: Bear was in my hand luggage ... as were the other marching animals... Very cool, good to see bear and buddies, but are they looking a bit jet lagged? 1 minute ago, Knotty said: Isn’t there a statue to Colebourn & Winnipeg in London Zoo? Dunno John, if there isn't there should be.... Pete. 1 minute ago, neverforget said: Nobody's perfect.🙂 A harsh judgement NF, I for one am very fond of the West Midlands conurbation, at least once I'm through the car park that is the M6/M5 junction...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Very cool, good to see bear and buddies, but are they looking a bit jet lagged? They are good. Presenting: Steven "Opa" 's Minion... as grumpy as his master and Baby Marsupilami, apprentice to Thierry's big one, and actually responsible for the good weather. But let's get back on topic... M. Edited 13 February , 2020 by Marilyne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 2 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: A harsh judgement NF, I for one am very fond of the West Midlands conurbation, at least once I'm through the car park that is the M6/M5 junction...... Jolly decent of you me ole mucker, but I was referring of course to his having emigrated 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 Just now, Marilyne said: They are good. Presenting: Steven "Opa" 's Minion... as grumpy as his master and Baby Marsupilami, apprentice to Thierry's big one, and actually responsible for the good weather. M. Nice to meet the new additions to the marching menagerie. Hopefully I can meet them all in person sometime soon. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 1 minute ago, neverforget said: Jolly decent of you me ole mucker, but I was referring of course to his having emigrated 😁 Gotcha NF, swapping Birmingham for the wide open spaces of Manitoba, what could he have been thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 6 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Gotcha NF, swapping Birmingham for the wide open spaces of Manitoba, what could he have been thinking? Exactly. Imagine missing out on all that glorious footie too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 13 February , 2020 Share Posted 13 February , 2020 As we are on a roll who is this then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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