That's what I call a pocket-battleship! 

A proper naval battle, fought twice a week in Scarborough for decades with, ships, aircraft, shore bombardment, organ music...

British on one side and an un-named emeny (but with Gernamic sounding names).  I believe it was suspended during WW2




If the link doesn't work google "ships peasholm park"

Lee

Wow!

Quote from: Hertsblue on 29 June 2012, 08:12:21 AM
Very nice, Fred - but not quite six feet, surely? 

Not even 6cm!

I remember these battles at Scarborough when I was a lad on Holiday there. I think it was advertised as the Battle of the River Plate. Wonderful experience for a youngster!

Chad (now somewhat older)

Who gets the job of dredging up all the broken models when it's over? 

Quote from: Hertsblue on 30 June 2012, 10:11:27 AM
Who gets the job of dredging up all the broken models when it's over? 

Visitin sferners......

IanS

Quote from: Chad on 30 June 2012, 07:24:19 AM
I remember these battles at Scarborough when I was a lad on Holiday there. I think it was advertised as the Battle of the River Plate. Wonderful experience for a youngster!

We used to go to Scarborough on holiday as well, and visited this a few times.

How Wierd is this?    I am following this thread and the same thing comes up on BBC 2!!!??   

Mollinary

Quote from: mollinary on 30 June 2012, 07:24:06 PM
How Wierd is this?    I am following this thread and the same thing comes up on BBC 2!!!??   

Mollinary

You mean there's somthing on BBC other than BLOODY TENNIS.

IanS 

Why do you think I was watching BBC2 in the first place!   

Mollinary

But dont they normally put the "impotant" sporting events simultaneously on 1,2,3,4, CBBC, and CBEEBIES, so you cant miss them.

IanS

True, but last night they had only scheduled three hours of tennis on BBC2, allowing BBC1 viewers to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark (one of my favourite films) and, if really brain dead, casualty.  Obviously at the last minute someone realised this pathetic allocation of time to the tennis was not enough, and so BBC1 was taken over for the whole evening.  But that was not enough. What to do on BBC2 prime time on Saturday night?  Who cares, thought the BBC scheduler, and lumbered us with some antique pop programme repeat and an episode of "coast"??  At least that's what I thought it was, between periods of catatonic torpor!   

Mollinary

Quote from: ianrs54 on 01 July 2012, 08:19:15 AM
You mean there's somthing on BBC other than BLOODY TENNIS.

IanS 

It's a welcome relief after weeks of boring BLOODY football!

Each to their own I guess.

Cheers,

Kev

No the football gets you suicidal, WEimbeldon and you comit it.....

Sell the bloody thing to Murdoch.


IanS