I live in South Windsor, NSW, Australia. I am married with a single teenage son.
I have started my own freelance indexing/editing/proofreading business called “WordClass Indexing & Editing”, after being made redundant from my full-time indexing job of 21 years in September 2011. I enjoy not having to drive to work each day!
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History and Hardware of Warfare
wwii equipment used after the war
The Premier Online Military History Magazine
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The cars we loved.
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Thanks for the follow and the comment on my recent article! I look forward to sharing ideas with you!
Rhetorically Urs,
Stacey
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Hi Graham.
Nice of you to create a blog about us.
Just a couple of points…… your first picture shows the car with a Morand Chevrolet engine in the back and was taken in 1973, not 1971. Also, the strange German Grand Prix picture was from the paddock not the pits – they never let us get anywhere near the pits!
As far as Tony Trimmer damaging the chassis beyond repair…. that can’t be right because I have recently repaired the dent so that we can rebuild the car to show at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this summer.
I hope you aren’t offended by my comments. They are not meant to belittle your efforts.
If you would like any more info please feel free to contact me.
All the best,
Barry J. Boor. brucebook48@hotmail.com
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Graham,
Hi. I have written a book on Australian military history and have included a section on the Australian Volunteer Car Corps. I would like to use one of the photos that you have used in your blog but need to get the attribution correct. Could you please contact me ASP on phil_rutherford@ozemail.com.au to discuss.
Thanks
Phil Rutherford
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Hello Graham. For the past several years I have been researching the Whirlpool VC story. The resultant book, ‘Frederick Whirlpool VC – Australia’s Hidden Victoria Cross’, Big Sky Publishing, Sydney (2018) has just been published. It will be launched at the Hawkesbury Regional Museum at 2pm Sunday October 7, 2018 by Susan Templeman MP. I will be giving a talk there, taking questions and signing books.
In the meantime, I have summarised my findings (very briefly) in a Wikipedia update, which you might find helpful for your own site – I hope so. And – one day we might see a proper memorial to Whirlpool in the South Windsor cemetery. Link: http://www.bigskypublishing.com.au Best regards . Alan Leek
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Hi Alan,
Congratulations – I’ll have to come along to your talk!
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Yes, it’ll be good to meet. Sorry about the Mr. in my first message – automatic gap filler I think. I can understand your interest in Whirlpool as you live so near to his resting place – mystery that it is. Talk then, Alan
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Graham. My update of the Wikipedia site I mentioned took me half a day at 3,000 words, then they took it down and scolded me for not doing it properly. Who reads the instructions? As a result their entry remains erroneous – their problem. Regards . Alan Leek
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As a wife of Ellis Forster #98 Stock Rod, ex Westmead Stock Rod member and Windsor driver.
This information is great he is wrapped to find such information..
Colene
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Hi Colene in trying to get in contact with your husband Ellis. Can you email me at barrymiller@skymesh.com.au
Thank you
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Hi Colene, My wife has just directed me to ‘1st Toongabbie Scout’ WEB sight, where Ellis, I and several others appear in the history of the scout troop. In respect to Ellis’s #98 ‘Terraplane’ stock rod racing at Westmead Speedway, we as a group of friends became his and Ray Goodchild’s support team. What a time to be alive!!. Cheers John Burnett Phone No 0428 988 047. Email: meandher176@gmail.com
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Gday .I have almost finished rebuilding Doug rogers #12 ,39 ford v8 . I live on the south coast at Nowra , my mobile is 0401835795 . contact me if it suits . cheers , Mike
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Hi Mike,
Is the Doug Rogers car an ex-Windsor stock car?
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Hi Graham,
I just read your article about Patanela. It’s funny that they never figured it out. I’m pretty sure she sailed back to the Southern Ocean the night she disappeared. Probably with just John and Calvin (Dick) aboard. I knew these two very well when Kennedy Miller made Dead Calm in the Whitsundays.
Alan Nicol learnt the truth about them when it was too late. I had many lunches together with Alan in Freemantle. I don’t know if their parents are still alive as it’s best that they are remembered fondly.
Rgds John
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Hi Graham,
I’m an English teacher and proofreader, also called Graham.
The name of the schooner is Patanela. You’ve misspelled it a dozen times in your text, mostly as Panatela, which is a type of cigar, with two “l”s.
Hope this helps.
K. Graham Hinton, M.A., Grad.Dip.Adult Ed. (TESOL)
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Graham,
Thank you – what’s the old axiom – get another pair of eyes to look at your work, as they pick up things you don’t “see”. Have corrected the spelling in the post.
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