The Naming of Knickerbrook

Sir Tim

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Jan 8, 2010, 6:55:05 AM1/8/10

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In a previous thread I mentioned the famous (notorious?) Knickerbrook
corner at Oulton Park.
This led me to wonder how the corner got its name and I am now able to
reveal to you the following:

Apparently Blaster Bates, a British explosives and demolition
specialist, was once removing tree stumps with dynamite close to the
corner. Upon the first detonation, a courting couple were seen to run
at speed and in some disarray from the cover of a bush or bank nearby.
Closer investigation followed after a safe interval and Bates and his
colleague discovered an item of lady's underwear in the brook. This
resulted in the name of the corner.

Sir Tim

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Jan 8, 2010, 11:45:36 AM1/8/10

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Just found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1TW5WKWLnA

The accent is Cheshire.

~misfit~

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Jan 8, 2010, 6:27:11 PM1/8/10

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Love it! Thanks for that. I'm in the process of trying to find more of his
stuff. There's an MGEP video available on TheBox that I'm downloading but
wouldn't mind some audio tracks. I'm one of 15 leechers on a torrent of an
audio album at Demoniod where everyone has 0% and I guess is just hoping a
seeder will come along.

I guess I could delve into the dark arts of capturing youtube stuff,
although last time I tried that it didn't work, even after 4 hours messing
with it. Perhaps it's different now? I don't like just using youtube much,
it's too ephemeral (not to mention data is expensive here in NZ, you get
charged by the MB/GB). Hence I like the 'download once, use many' methods of
getting content.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.

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Dave Emerson

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Jan 9, 2010, 7:08:13 PM1/9/10

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"~misfit~" <sore_n...@yahoo-nospam.com.au> wrote in message
news:hi8f0k$dv5$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Sir Tim wrote:
>> Just found this:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1TW5WKWLnA
>>
>> The accent is Cheshire.

Saw Blaster live about 20 years ago, still makes me LOL.

>
> Love it! Thanks for that. I'm in the process of trying to find more of his
> stuff. There's an MGEP video available on TheBox that I'm downloading but
> wouldn't mind some audio tracks. I'm one of 15 leechers on a torrent of an
> audio album at Demoniod where everyone has 0% and I guess is just hoping a
> seeder will come along.
>
> I guess I could delve into the dark arts of capturing youtube stuff,
> although last time I tried that it didn't work, even after 4 hours messing
> with it. Perhaps it's different now? I don't like just using youtube much,
> it's too ephemeral (not to mention data is expensive here in NZ, you get
> charged by the MB/GB). Hence I like the 'download once, use many' methods
> of getting content.

I can recommend http://www.downloadhelper.net

--
Dave
ex Motorcycle Maintenance Workshop
http://tinyurl.com/4mhaw

bulldo...@googlemail.com

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https://archive.org/details/Vol.0.StandWellBackLiveOnStage for those wanting some mp3 of blaster great laugh at these few hours worth of the albums he made during his talks on explosives well worth the download