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Jon. Hinchliffe and some Family History – A brief summary till Christmas 2017.

Born at home 56 Kyrle Road near Clapham common May 1961 Brother Owen 2.5 years older Mum Margaret – Dad Arnold – sort of Uncle Ron Crossland . Moved Henderson Rd – Beartrix Potter Primary school 5-11 Emanuel School 11 till A levels . Met oldest friends , . South Thames College for a year to improve grades . Brunel University degree – scraped through .( 2.2 ) Mentor didn't like me living in a converted van ( the OX ) Joined the OAP “ Hiking “ club , Started shooting as a hobby Started doing paid building work and “ homesteading “ - Living in a house whilst modernizing it Met , fell in love and Married Julie Coker . Had Adam and Emma Moved to the Isle of Wight after kids old enough for school about 1991 , Paintball and shooting then Diving – made friends through these . Developed property there and started residential lettings business . Built a Tank Museum ( with some help lol ) . Brought up kids . Adam worked for Safeway then Morrisons Emma Po...

The Unofficial Robin Koerner Quotes Database

Robin Koerner Huffington Post Quotes in reverse date order . Some abridged and combined  by the man from the Clapham Omnibus . https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-voice-from-americas-fut_b_856937.html If an American wants to go anywhere and feel welcomed and appreciated, he could do little better than go to Poland . America, as proven by its history, does have something exceptional to offer the world - the primacy of the individual and a philosophy of the restrained exercise of power, which acknowledges the robust ethical position that a man is entirely free up until the point his freedom bears on someone else’s https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/first-do-no-harm-constitu_b_858300.html Left and right are not the two paradigms of American politics. They are the two flavors of only one. America has been brought to its knees by a Left that has empowered the state and a Right that has subsidized big business. The rest of us have paid for it in liber...

From the IOWMHM through CHARM to the Isle of Wight Military and Heritage Museum part1

 I wrote this for the members of the Central Whidbey Sportsmans Association so bear with me .    Hi all . I am as far as I know the only English member of the CWSA . I also own the biggest privately owned gun in the club ( if not the county or the State ) The 120mm high velocity rifled tank main armament on a Conqueror Tank   ( all be it I have no ammo for it ) I also own four other tanks .Picture of me in my Centurion . Lots of other members have asked me what I have been doing on my trips to the UK . I thought I would put this in the newsletter for those interested . Firstly some background . I moved to the USA and obtained a green card for myself and my family by investing lots of ( borrowed ) money in Urban Storage - This partnership built a storage building on the site of the old Ranier Brewery in SODO Seattle . I came in search of Liberty and freedom ( but I am a bit late it seems ) I was disturbed at the loss of the traditional liberties i...

The Wisdom of Malcolm X

Here are some of my favourite quotes from this American hero .     here's the " preloaded   content "