Milsurp After Hours

Michael,

the petals show how in touch I am with my feminine side.

With such grace and beauty bestowed on the lady how can one not be anything but romantic in her presenece.

Lovely Adam Im not jealous honest.

The gun runners have come up trumps again.

Adam, my old bilge plumber and dumpster diver, please do not be offended, but this thread and its related one over in Handloading is p*$$&%g me off.

I have had a long longing for a MH and was looking at one in a magazine recently. As luck would have it, the CinC caught me. I was informed that unless 50% of my current stockpile disappeared first, that certain body parts would vanish should anything resembling a MH enter the premises.

The fact that this statement was made while the CinC was holding a meat clever suggests that she meant what she said.

Also, please note that the current postal/internet match has a category for this new blunderbluss of yours. I fully expect you to demonstrate your prowess with your new found love.

It Ain't A Wallhanger, Maggot!

Sgt Jethro

That lubrisizer is pretty appropriate eh what? me old five fingered widget waggler.

We shall endeavour to punch some paper together for the match, just need a mould, see what I can get at Bisley this weekend.

From Bailey and Nie's "English Gunmakers": George William Bales

Colchester. 150 High St. 1850-1870.

Ipswich. Tavern St. 1838; 15 Cornhill 1845-1870. Also archery warehouse.



Also I have found some more 'padding' to flesh out the family as follows.....



George William Bales was born in London c.1809. He married Lucretia (born c.1814 at Gosport, Hants.). They had at least five children:



Charles George (c1839-1879)

Jessie (c1844-)

Alice M. (c1847-)

John (c1850-)

William (c1851-)

Frank Alfred (c1854-)



All were born in Ipswich, Suffolk.



In 1861 George William was resident at 15 Cornhill, Ipswich and according to census returns was a gunmaker employing 4 men, 2 apprentices & 1 boy. His son Charles George was also a gunmaker. At 17, in 1871, Frank was a gunmaker at the same address.



Lucretia died in 1878, followed in 1879 by Charles (aged only 40). George William died in 1881.



Frank was still a gunmaker and at the 15 Cornhill address in 1881.





David

Thank you again David for that addittional information, I do appreciate you looking it out.

Those sort of details really help these pieces live in your imagination.

The first to have one of those animated subject icons. I want to get Jason to change it to somthing more ....appropriate for a gun site.