How about Becchio is crap. Much more enlightening and riveting. Waddington's is in Leeds. To piss you off I look up Barmbow. Also in Leeds. Found this
An extremely large work force was required so an employment agency was set up at *Wellesley Barracks* in Leeds. A third of the staff was recruited from Leeds itself, and other workers came from York<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York> , Castleford <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castleford>, Wakefield<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakefield> , Harrogate <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrogate> and many of the small villages nearby. For six days a week, a 24 hour three-shift system was set up, and by October 1916 there were 16,000 people working at Barnbow (over 130,000 people had applied). As the war progressed, the number of men on the site dwindled (due to the death rate on the war front), and the workforce ended up with around 93 per cent women and girls (affectionately known as "The Barnbow Lasses"). Workers earnings averaged £3 per week, though through a bonus scheme women handling the explosives could take home between £10-£12 per week. Thirty-eight trains per day were run, transporting the workers to and from work.[1]<http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/BarnbowLasses.htm> One of the managers at the factory was Leeds City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_City_F.C.> manager Herbert Chapman <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Chapman>, who went on to manage Huddersfield Town<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huddersfield_Town_F.C.> and Arsenal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_F.C.>. Dr Michael Benjamin, Community Psychiatrist ------------------------------- myRay: On-line Self-Help CBT http://www.myRay.com ------------------------------ Mental Health: http//www.MyDoctorExplains.com -------------------------------- Auditing || Quality Control http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com/alamo/ -------------------------------- Blog: http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com Sent from Ramat Gan, Israel On 5 February 2010 15:25, Robert Heath <[email protected]> wrote: > Please please PLEASE let's not start circulating all these sugary American > "Life is good and god is great" stories on this list. > > I know there is a delete button, but........... > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Brendan Osborne [mailto:[email protected]] > *To:* [email protected], [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:31:51 +0100 > *Subject:* Re: [LU] [nonLU] Waddington's and another WW2 story (long, > sorry) > > > > > >> > > http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/m/monopoly-game.htm > > > > > > > > INTERESTING STORY ABOUT WW II and monopoly game > > > > > > > > Two stories worth a read. > > > > > STORY > > > NUMBER > > > ONE > > > > > > Many years ago, Al Capone virtually > > > owned Chicago . Capone wasn't famous for anything heroic. He was > > > notorious for enmeshing the windy city in everything from bootlegged > > > booze and prostitution to murder. > > > > > > Capone had a > > > lawyer nicknamed 'Easy Eddie.' He > > > was Capone's lawyer for a good > > > reason. Eddie was very good! In fact, Eddie's skill at legal > > > manoeuvring kept Big Al out of jail for a long > > > time. > > > > > > To show his appreciation, Capone paid him very well. > > > Not only was the money > > > big, but Eddie got special > > > dividends, as well. For instance, he and his family > > > occupied a fenced-in mansion with live-in help and all of > > > > > > the > > > conveniences of the day. The estate was so > > > large that it filled an > > > entire Chicago City > > > block. > > > > > > Eddie lived the high life of the Chicago mob and > > > gave little consideration to the atrocity that went on around > > > him. > > > > > > Eddie did have one soft spot, however. He had > > > a son that he loved dearly. Eddie saw to it that his young son > > > had clothes, cars, and a good education. Nothing was > > > withheld. > > > Price was no object. > > > > > > And, despite > > > his involvement with organized crime, Eddie even tried to teach > > > him right from wrong. Eddie wanted his son to be a better > > > man than he was. > > > > > > Yet, with all his > > > wealth and influence, there were two things he couldn't give > > > his son; he couldn't pass on a good name or a good > > > example. > > > > > > One day, Easy Eddie reached a difficult decision. > > > Easy Eddie wanted to rectify wrongs he had done. > > > > > > He > > > decided he would go to the authorities and tell the truth about > > > Al 'Scarface' Capone, clean up his tarnished name, and > > > offer his son some semblance of integrity. To do this, > > > he would have to testify against The Mob, and he knew > > > that the cost would be great. So, he > > > testified. > > > > > > Within the year, Easy Eddie's life ended > > > in a blaze of gunfire on a lonely Chicago Street. But > > > in his eyes, he had given his son the greatest gift he had > > > to offer, at the greatest price he could ever pay. > > > Police removed from his > > > pockets a rosary, a crucifix, a > > > religious medallion, and a poem clipped > > > from a magazine. > > > > > > The poem read: > > > > > > 'The clock of life > > > is wound > > > but once, and no man has the power > > > to tell just > > > when the hands will stop, > > > at late or early hour. > > > > > > Now is the only time you own. > > > Live, love, toil with a > > > will. > > > Place no faith in time, for > > > the clock may soon be > > > still.' > > > > > > > > > STORY > > > NUMBER > > > TWO > > > > > > > > > World War II produced many > > > heroes. One such man was Lieutenant Commander Butch > > > O'Hare. > > > > > > He was a fighter pilot assigned to the > > > aircraft carrier Lexington in the South Pacific. > > > > > > One day > > > his entire squadron was sent on a mission. > > > After he was airborne, > > > he looked at > > > his fuel gauge and realized that > > > someone had forgotten to top off his fuel tank. > > > > > > He > > > would not have enough fuel to complete his mission and get back to > > > his ship. > > > > > > His flight leader told him to > > > return to the carrier. Reluctantly, he dropped out of formation and > > > headed back to the fleet. > > > > > > As he was returning to > > > the mother ship, he saw something that turned his blood > > > cold; a squadron of Japanese aircraft was speeding its way > > > toward > > > the American fleet. > > > > > > The American fighters > > > were gone on a sortie, and the fleet was all but defenceless. He > > > couldn't reach his squadron and bring them back in time to save > > > the fleet. Nor could he > > > warn the fleet of the > > > approaching danger. There was only one thing to do. > > > He must > > > somehow divert them from the fleet. > > > > > > Laying aside all thoughts > > > of personal safety, he dove into the formation of Japanese > > > planes. Wing-mounted 50 calibres’ blazed as he charged in, > > > attacking one surprised > > > enemy plane and then another. > > > Butch wove in and out of the now > > > broken > > > formation and > > > fired at as many planes as possible until all his > > > ammunition > > > was finally spent. > > > > > > Undaunted, he > > > continued the assault.. He dove at the planes, trying to > > > clip a wing or tail in hopes of > > > damaging as many enemy > > > planes as possible, rendering them > > > unfit to fly. > > > > > > Finally, the exasperated Japanese squadron took off > > > in another direction. > > > > > > Deeply relieved, Butch O'Hare > > > and his tattered fighter limped back to the carrier. > > > > > > Upon > > > arrival, he reported in and related the event surrounding his > > > return. The film from the > > > gun-camera mounted on his > > > plane told the tale. It showed the extent of Butch's daring > > > attempt to protect his fleet. He had, in fact, destroyed > > > five enemy aircraft. > > > > > > This took place > > > on February 20, 1942 , and for that action Butch became the > > > Navy's first Ace of W.W.II, and the > > > first Naval Aviator to win > > > the Congressional Medal of > > > Honor. > > > > > > A > > > year later Butch was killed in aerial combat at the age of 29. His > > > home > > > town would not allow the memory of this WW II > > > hero to fade, and > > > today, O'Hare Airport in Chicago is > > > named in tribute to the courage of > > > this great > > > man. > > > > > > So, the next time you find yourself at O'Hare > > > International, give some thought to visiting Butch's memorial > > > displaying his statue and his Medal of Honor. It's > > > located between Terminals 1 and 2. > > > > > > > > > SO WHAT DO THESE TWO STORIES HAVE TO DO WITH > > > EACH > > > OTHER? > > > > > > > > > Butch O'Hare was > > > 'Easy Eddie's' son. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > www.leedslist.net > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. 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