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Post by firebobby » Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:41 pm

Don't forget, he's on C4 at 8pm building a tank
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Post by Rally » Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:44 pm

Thanks for the reminder Fred :thumbsup:
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Post by srhutch » Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:49 pm

I’m going to have to wait until tomorrow to watch :cry:
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Post by firebobby » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:57 pm

What a fantastic effort, pity the H&S brigade got involved. That would have been so fitting for the tank to roll along the streets of Lincoln :|
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Post by Tricky Dicky » Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:07 pm

Unfortunately the over zealous health and safety mob are never far away ,just watched guy and his Tank on TV , brilliant, we are lucky not every body is a PC and health and safety addict , seems our friends on the continent were not concerned by this fantastic achievement being put through its paces, Nice one Guy and the Team :thumbsup:
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Post by jamesditchy » Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:46 pm

firebobby wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:57 pm What a fantastic effort, pity the H&S brigade got involved. That would have been so fitting for the tank to roll along the streets of Lincoln :|
+1 What a farce to not let that event take place. The home if the tank and a fitting tribute. How hard could it be to allow that machine to travel that short distance in a remembrance day parade for all those lost in conflict. Bad show Lincoln BC
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Post by Adam D » Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:29 am

Great program, I wonder if the difficulty with the skid steering made the careful manoeuvring down the high street no longer wise?
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Post by maxman » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:11 pm

While Guy Martin headlines the program ,the real stars were the men from J.C.B who did a fantastic engineering job.You have to give great credit to the engineers a 100yrs ago who built the original tanks. :thumbsup:

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Post by patriot66 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:37 pm

To Guy Martin, JCB and all the other engineers and enthusiasts involved a huge well done and congratulations on your achievement :thumbsup:
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Post by markeg » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:50 pm

Actually, the Council, Police and "H&S brigade" have received a lot of undeserved bad press here. They needed to operate under strict guidelines for public events, and were looking into how the tank could be accommodated within the Remembrance Parade. At no stage did they reject the application - however, the producers of the program decided to go for using the tank in France as an easier option.

Despite not getting to see it "live", it was a fantastic achievement by all concerned.
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Post by Paulr » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:51 pm

weeell, you can kinda see where the council are coming from:

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Post by Paulr » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:51 pm

Nope, still not got that hang of imbedding videos!
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Post by markeg » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:56 pm

Paulr wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:51 pm weeell, you can kinda see where the council are coming from:

Here you go....
And link to the Police statement: here
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Post by Paulr » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:00 pm

Thanks. Good Police statement too.
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Post by firebobby » Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:33 pm

Still bloody spoil sports :P
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