all quiet on the eastern front

[tony.codling]

where are the cod fished for 4 hours today in perfect conditions
5 anglers fishing north row ends nowt between us
not even a report from north or south
going to the north arm tomorrow hope i get a cod for my new camera
then its off to the asha ( ocean road ) for a vindaloo
happy new year everyone

 

[alan]

Happy New Year Tony

 

[tony.codling]

thanks al same to you
do you think t.c took the hint about the camera

 

[BriH]

hope i get a cod for my new camera

Thats a canny swap

 

[TC]

Hint?........wot hint?..........lol

Speaking of the North Arm.............

Can anybody remember when the North Arm was a bit longer and had an arch in it? You had to clamber over something akin to the Khumbu icefall to get to the arch but once you were through it, you were in Frenchmans Bay.

I\'ve spoken to a few people at work about it recently, but nobody can recall the arch.

 

[tony.codling]

sorry t.c im only 42
maybe the old school from hebburn might enlighten us sandies

 

[TC]

\"sorry t.c im only 42\"

Cheeky whipersnapper :exclam:

 

[BriH]

My Old man has told me there was an arch he is 59 - still cant see where it might have been though - he also told me about the two white rocks on the roadside at the bottom of the lees , going down the the watersedge pub (mangoes or whatever) they were about 20 ft cliffs- now about 4ft ,and the landfill tip opposite was a stinking tip - which is now coming back to haunt us - ask Peter Collins - its full of nasty stuff that wants to come back \"Alive\"

 

[tony.codling]

nasty stuff my back garden is a mini version of the north arm
id show you all the pictures if i knew how to post the pictures

 

[TC]

Bri,

It looked something like this:-

It couldn\'t have been all THAT long ago when it collapsed......I remember scrambling through the arch as a teenager.......hmmm.....perhaps it WAS all that long ago, then.....lol

 

[BriH]

Ha Ha - they were still laying the foundations of Wor pier when you were a teenager - and how the Fook do you \"scamble\" on a penny farthing eh LOL

 

[TC]

Oi !.....I\'m only a young lad, me, man.......hahahaha

 

[tony.codling]

anyone looking at t.c photo 70m/m from the end of the arm looking left
is the famous leep miss to the left maybe just a bust leg or lung
miss to the right certain death
sorted many a man out mind you its a bit dodgy jumping full
of snow and ice
never saw any hebburn lads up there though

 

[TC]

view from the left side:

The leap itself, with the view down the right side:-

Definitely NOT for the faint hearted.......nor NESA administators !!

 

[sless]

i remember the arch very well
i used to go shooting pigeons when i was a young lad with my
relum tornado

 

[TC]

Thank god for that.......lol......I was starting to think it must\'ve collapsed during the last Century or something
Cheers Sless, you\'ve made my night....hahaha

Any idea as to how long ago it collpased ?

 

[sless]

25-26 year ago i would say

 

[TC]

Aye - I was thinking around 20-25 yrs............and it WAS during the last Century......lol

 

[sless]

im 41 now and my dad bought me a rifle when i was 15
he took it off me when i was 17 so it was definaltly
between then

 

[tony.codling]

class photos t.c will be doing the jump about 1 o clock
if i get owt will e mail the photos