@RobLooseCannon@martinmcnally53 All the cast iron stampings ended up in the Passage West dockyard for scrapping, they made a great boat moorings in the harbour...ours included !
@NatureNymph just keep on keeping on, do the small stuff, the big stuff will look after itself, I feed the birds, look after the wee hedgehog in my shed(fecker!) and keep my wild flowers growing for next spring, if we all did the same, shur wed be grand !
@_quincey @IveaghGael My granda and his brother reckoned that the Essex were worse than the tans or auxies, but they fought them all anyway, a gardener and a farm labourer from West Cork, both survived but lost another brother in the W.O.I.
@TommyCummings67 I've just finished my last rotation Norwegian Sea...finished with offshore now, I'm 62 and just going to work at home for the last few years, piping workshop in Cork...stay safe Tommy.