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Anyone had a go? I thought I might try out the class in Plymouth next week.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My mates love them (go to one on Clapham Common) and apparently they're punishing!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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do the navy one.. that way if you dont fancy it you can 'give up'
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We have some corporate deal with them - the classes look awesome but none in Southampton otherwise i'd go!
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| nightshift wrote: |
| My mates love them (go to one on Clapham Common) and apparently they're punishing! |
"punishing" and "love" in the same sentance... 
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abc, might try it meself then 
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| abc wrote: |
| nightshift wrote: |
| My mates love them (go to one on Clapham Common) and apparently they're punishing! |
"punishing" and "love" in the same sentance... |
Because this forum is decidedly lacking in onomatopoeia:
OOOO AAAH
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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No classes near me - shame, I would haved liked this, it looks good.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Sounds intresting, I need to get fit(er) before Canada in Dec
When I've moved home from Uni I think i may have to take the free class in Plymouth...
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A far simpler regime is that adopted by Britain's greatest athlete Alf Tupper, 'the tough of the track'.
No specialist training required, just hard work - lifting, welding etc.
Diet:- Fish and chips, wrapped in newspaper.
If Alf had taken up skiing, he would have showed those toffs in the Ski Club of Great Britain a thing or two. He would have probably come back from the Winter Olympics with an armful of gold medals too !
http://www.toughofthetrack.net/index.htm
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You know it makes sense.
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Latchigo, Alf Tupper!! Brilliant !! Who was the young lad who used to do all the climbing in the 'Victor'? Anyone?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Guvnor, I do not recall him but he might have been this kid - Joe Bones the human fly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Bones_the_Human_Fly
As for 'British military' there was also a big soldier, a gentle giant type who the Germans always managed to wind up in every weekly episode, with the consequence that he knocked them all out and won the day.
There was always a true Second World War tale every week as well, how someone won a VC or suchlike - and the Germans wonder why the Second World War is still fresh in popular culture.
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Poster: A snowHead
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i preffered battle/action myself.. charlies war, jonny red
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Latchigo, That's the fella....ahhh, memories.....and not only Victor, what about the 'Commando' series of comics, those small booklets, cost about 5p from what I remember.....had hundreds of those too....probably worth a few quid on ebay now, but alas they fell foul of an over enthusiastic cleaning spree by my Mother
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hi chaps
Good to see that someone has linked to my Alf Tupper website.
It would be great if some of you could contribute to the new page..."How I met Alf Tupper"
A page( or two ), a paragraph or a sentence even, outlining how you first encountered the great man - mostly it seems from elder brothers comics - or simply do what others have done & create a fictional meeting with him !
Send contributions to shawfields_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Cheers
Alf
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shawfield, I am at home working and resting a broken leg. I was listening to Robert Elms on Radio London.
Elms does lots of London trivia - favourite bus routes etc. He raised the question of whether Alf Tupper was a Londoner. It gradually dawned on Elms that, despite Alf running at White City on a regular basis, the cobbled streets of Alf's fictional home suggested he was more likely to be from somewhere Up North.
It reminded me of those old 'Victor' comics. Of course 'Victor' was your bread and butter kids comic for older kids. Glossy Superman comics were a serious amount of money in comparison.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yes, I'd heard that Elms was talking about that.
I might send him an excerpt from the mini interview I did with the old editor of the Victor, who said that it was never stated where Alf came from. It allowed readers imaginations to make the associations that made most sense for them.
Cheers
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In my loft I have got every Victor Annual from 1962 to 1978 (from memory).
Also a box with every Victor comic between 1969 and 1976 (again from memory).
My son is now 16, but they came out of the loft when he was about 10 and wereput back there a couple of years later.
It was a real treat for me when he was readingthem...there was always a few on the loo for research purposes!!
I gues I could get a few quid on ebay...but they will give so much more pleasure when one day I can (hopefully) introduce my grandsons to Alf and his friends.
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It might be time for the tale of when Dave Goldsmith met Alf Tupper on Hampstead Heath, during the heavy snowfalls of 1963. Running events had been severely disrupted, so Alf had knocked up some wooden skis in the workshop. It all took off from there...
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Sounds like a tale...
Submit it immediately please !
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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shawfield, I emailed it that same day.
I will forward it on again.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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shawfield, I did not get a receipt for the email I sent you, OR the PM.
I know the other email address on your site does NOT work because I got an error message from that one.
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