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[geordie bill]

OI OI,
im new to this fourum but looking through sounds like good craic & good fishing i live in montagu not far from kenton, only been at it a couple of years but looking foward to the winter, most of my fishing has been at wallsend A.P.APPLEDOORS yard & just off tynemouth beach,caught no monsters but im still learning hope to meet up with a few of you soon.

cheer's BILL

[KeithB]

Welcome to NESA Bill.

[Falcone]

Welcome to NESA mate, there is plenty of good advice and some canny lads knocking about so you come to the right place...

[pottsy]

Hi Bill and welcome to NESA

Ali

[fishfinder]

welcome to nesa mate

[The Great Wallsendo]

OI OI Bill - Welcome to NESA

[alan]

Welcome to NESA mate

[eddie t]

welcome to nesa bill you have come to the right place for advice

[geordie bill]

OI OI,
Thank you one & all for the welcom, happy to be be here.

[sless]

welcome to our wonderful world

[codnot]

oi oi

oi oi m8 welcome 2 the nut house u will find that nesa is mint & the lads & lasses r very helpful

[CHOPPER]

Welcome matey, you'll enjoy this site, loads of good crack and helpful advice!

[greggthe1]

Welcome to NESA mate Look foward to reading your catch reports

[Charlie_Thompson]

Hello Bill and welcome

Oi Oi

Whenever I here the Oi Oi it makes me a bit sad though m8. It was one of Malcolm Hardee's catch phrases and the name of a small boat he had. He drowned in the Thames a few years ago rowing back to his new houseboat. He was a nice fella and pretty funny as well.

MALCOLM HARDEE, FATHER OF BRITISH ALTERNATIVE COMEDY

A few quotes

Hardee died with £500 in his pocket when his boat capsized during the short journey from his floating pub, the Wibbley Wobbley, to his houseboat.

After the funeral Hardee's coffin was driven to Hither Green crematorium in a hearse decorated with flowers spelling out the words 'knob out' - referring to his habit of whipping out his genitalia on stage.

Comedian Jerry Sadowitz said: "As the coffin went down the song Hallelujah as sung by Jeff Buckley was playing and at the end came Malcolm's trademark 'oy, oy'. It brought a tear to the eye. It was just like him and we won't see his like again."

Broadcaster and writer Arthur Smith said: "Every time you saw him some extraordinary happened.
"In many ways he was a shyster but he had an extraordinary ability to pull women, given his scant regard for personal hygiene. He always got away with it. He was never angry and he never judged people."

See the relevance, I'd forgotten why I was posting this quote then remembered the Oi Oi bit.

Can't help it sorry Bill

the coffin, which had a lifeboat ring on top

Someone asked me to restore part of the original Oi Oi boat - a job I took on with not knowing I whether I was up to the demands of a client who's family were Thames Lightermen from generations ago.

It involved Emulsioning over the dirty bits and going over the original design in black marker pen and drawing a skull and cross bones next to it.

Happy Days

And welcome to NESA Bill sorry