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John
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I've learnt to take everything life throws at me!!
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Post your January picture here.
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and he swallowed it whole
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Meg
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Here are the candle holders with beadwork on the stems that our friends Ona and Moses from Tiger Mountain Ranch gave us-they are really beautiful:-
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Meg...
Here you go...I straightened it up a bit for you...
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Meg
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Thanks Paul now you can see the feather attached to the bottom of each holder.
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This dead Father Christmas has been abandoned on the flat roof for the last three years. R.I.P.
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Two dogs enjoying a patch of sun.
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Freelance...
That's terrible...I wonder who done him in..
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To many mince pies and glasses of whisky
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Men at work ,they started to cut the sick trees this morning .The third photo is one of the trees to be cut down .
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I've got lots more photos to resize but do n't have time to do them now .
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Those are extremely clear, sharp photos, kerch.
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kerch
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Thank-you Freelance
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Some more "tree "photos
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JollyJapes
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Good image, shame about the botox!
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I was just going to say the same JJ
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Interesting photos Kerch, the trees going by the bark pattern, look like London Plane, there are a few of those in Lowestoft, mainly along Katwijk Way. Much smaller though!
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Yes they are Plane trees no idea if they are the same type ..
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Yarmouth's Unloved Landmarks.
This one looks pretty derelict but it likely to be renovated at huge expense (Lottery money involved).
Built about 1852. Only remaining box girder bridge of its kind in UK.
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This is all that remained of "Nelson's" Jetty yesterday. Demolished amid great controversy.
Demolition costing £90,000
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Who can tell me what was the name of the company operating this place at Yarmouth?
It's obviously grain silos. I am sure it was a flour millers.
I can remember small coasters delivering grain there many years ago. It's at the confluence of the river Bure and the Yare. (near Asda).
Rear of Kiki's fish restaurant, South Quay.
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The Prunier Trophy. Herring drifters prestige award.
Used to be awarded for the biggest landing of herrings from one night's fishing.
I was there --- but didn't win.
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This is all that remained of "Nelson's" Jetty yesterday. Demolished amid great controversy.
Demolition costing £90,000
Why did it cost so much?
In fact why demolish it at all? Aside from losing the historical connection what was actually gained from demolishing it to justify spending ninety thousand pounds?
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More of the tree felling ,working on the other side of the canal now with the cherry picker no room for the crane it had to stay where it was.
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Just to add to Kerch's photos...there are some 250000 trees along the canal between Bordeau and Sete. The Midi canal area is an Unesco World Heritage site and sadly this disease spreads through the root system and is very contagious. It requires eradication on site and all equipment being carefully disinfected before moving to the next tree. Any other plane tree , even if apparently healthy, within a radius of 50 meters have to be destroyed.
It is estimated some 2000 are targeted for destruction in a bid to stop the fungus.
Apparently the disease arrived with the US troops in Marseilles in 1944. They brought amunition boxes made from infected sycamore wood.
Back in May Kerch posted a photo in the darkroom #87 Ships and Boats when she saw us on our little cruiser with Lowestoft on the stern. We have spent the past 4 years chugging about on the canals including the 2010 on the Midi canal.
Kerch's other photo in ships and boats, ~177 was originally fitted out on Oulton Broad and I went alongas a crew member to take her to France and that's how we ended us getting a small boat and doing the canals.
Back in Lowestoft now!
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Kerch's other photo in ships and boats, ~177 was originally fitted out on Oulton Broad and I went alongas a crew member to take her to France and that's how we ended us getting a small boat and doing the canals.
Was that "Captain's Lady" ?
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Yes that was captains lady and (if I am correct) you did a write up and photo in the journal when she left.
Captain's Lady changed hands about a year or more ago.
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There,s a video on you tube showing the trees being cut but as I'm useless at setting up a link won't try to send it .
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Kerch - it isn’t difficult to post a link to a “YouTube” page - it must be easy ‘cos I can do it!
Go to the relevant page on Youtube - click on the “address” and copy it, then go to the page on here where you want to post it. After you’ve written your comments, go to the next line and “paste” your link. When you post your comment the “address” will become a “live link” - e.g. www.lowestoftonline.com
I look forward to viewing the video! 
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Kerch - thank you so much for the email and "youtube" link - much appreciated. However, could I point out that my previous message was a guide how to post it on here - not how to email it to me!
John
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I KNOW but got in a right old muddle I gave up ,will have to get some assistance from a friend who very good at this technical stuff. 
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Meg
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Barbara,it was a chance meeting between you and George & Celia last year when they were on their boat on the canal.I have "known" George since we both joined Lowestoftonline in 2002!I just got in touch with him again.Small world isn't it!
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Yes it was ,the last thing I expected to see on the canal du midi was a cruiser with Lowestoft on it's stern ,never dreamed he knew of lowestoft on line as well .Nice to hear from him .
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Thank-you very much Trigger. 
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Yes that was captains lady and (if I am correct) you did a write up and photo in the journal when she left.
Captain's Lady changed hands about a year or more ago.
Thanks for your reply, George.
Yes, it was a satisfactory centre double-page spread.
I am still in touch with Ken, the previous owner (Builder of the vessel, in fact, starting with a bare hull from Russia).
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Remember the herd of elephants that invaded Norwich in 2008 ?
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Yes I have a whole album full of my grandkids and the elephants It was great fun hunting for them
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When Annie & martin were here years ago we had Buffalo all over the city.In Shawnee,Oklahoma they have horses and I think in New York it was apples (as in the Big Apple).
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One turned up at Yarmouth's Maritime Festival shortly after they had been auctioned off.
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When Annie & martin were here years ago we had Buffalo all over the city.
Can remember you posting the pictures of the buffaloes Meg, think it was the first time I had ever come across the idea of situating animals around a town/city. I remember the elephants in Norwich and Beccles on a smaller scale used ducks.
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Old photo of Somerleyton Post Office
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I've just got a couple of hours DIY to do.
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I have always liked that house and have sadly watched its decline over the years and when Badger started to build new houses at the back of it I thought its days were numbered; but it looks like it may be being restored...although I think a couple of hours DIY maybe wishful thinking Freelance 
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I don't think that house in Cotmer Road is/was as bad as a house near to The Old Feathers on the A146 near Norwich, which was revealed for all to see when the trees were cut down around it some six months or so ago. They completely gutted that house and it now looks like it will be a beautiful house when they finish renovating it.
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We had painted cows all over Burlington vt. One was vandalized and a vet actually mended the leg with plaster cast material!
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Here's one of the elephants that are displayed in Bolton town centre.
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Had a lovely day out in Southport last week it was flipping cold but we were well wrapped up.
Southport is a beautiful place and i love the shops here.
I caught this cormorant enjoying the view too.
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It is freezing out this morning. Last night we had sleet, hail and snow and this is the view from my kitchen window.
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Was it you that used to go to the Lido at Grange BB? I should look back and check but I think it was you - just heard on the news that a bid to rebuild the lido has fallen by the wayside and there are now plans to turn it into a medical centre.
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This little monument in Great Yarmouth marks the beginning (or the end) of three important Norfolk walks. Angles Way, Weaver's Way and Wherryman's Way.
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