My most treasured possessionWhat's your most treasured possession? What would you rescue from a fire (be it for sentimental or purely financial reasons)?
My Great-Uncle left me his visitors book which along with boring people like the Queen and Harold Wilson has Spike Milligan's signature in it. It's all loopy.
Either that or my Grandfather's swords.
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chthonic, Thu 8 May 2008, 12:38)
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I survived a house fire, actuallyIt was back in 1986 when I was living with my granddad. We woke to the smell of smoke and the sharp crack of burning timber, and it was immediately obvious that we had to save granddads priceless collection of fire extinguishers, sand buckets and hoses.
We drenched our clothes in water to protect us from the flames and we took it in turns to rush through the conflagration with fire extinguishers under each arm. He had the whole lot: foam, gas, powder... we could have put out an oil refinery fire with that lot. Then there were the buckets of sand, collected over a lifetime from hotels and public buildings - 149 of those we carried through the fire to safety in the back garden.
Long story short, we saved the whole collection. The house was a heap of cinders by the end, and granddad died of smoke inhalation and third-degree burns, but his collection can be seen today at the Hull Museum of Extinguishers.
(, Fri 9 May 2008, 12:39, 2 replies)
Idont think thats true. If it is, how much does it cost to get into the Hull Museum of Extinguishers?. Which probably doesnt exist you just made it up. Ha. Plus, in 1986 I would have been 13 and I dont remember this ever happening.
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I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 9 May 2008, 13:37,
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Bravo sirThat's rather good.
(, Fri 9 May 2008, 16:10, closed)
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