Agreed,it seems much of the very important messaging that needed the best of security was conveyed in Welsh in both world wars
one of the most important messages of ww2 was stuck in a homeless guys pocket after they dressed him up in british officer clothes, dumped the body at sea and eventually it found its way into german intel, the note in the pocket was part of the decoy plan for d-day
 
remember that. the film was "the man that never was" if i remember.
 
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one of the most important messages of ww2 was stuck in a homeless guys pocket after they dressed him up in british officer clothes, dumped the body at sea and eventually it found its way into german intel, the note in the pocket was part of the decoy plan for d-day
Nothing to do with D-Day. It was the invasion of Sicily.
 
think the deception was to fool the krauts that it would be greece.
 
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His name was Glyndwr Michael born in Commercial street Aberbargoed,where he lived until he was 13

In the film that was on TV recently it shows his father giving permission to use his body, however,both his parents died by time he was 13, he left to live in London where he eventually deid living rough on the streets a few years later

There is a memorial to him at the war cenotaph in Aberbargoed
The house he lived at was was owned by my brother before this story of who this "man who never was" was made

It was a weird historical event,one where the hero of the event never knew of his part
 
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His name was Glyndwr Michael born in Commercial street Aberbargoed,where he lived until he was 13

In the film that was on TV recently it shows his father giving permission to use his body, however,both his parents died by time he was 13, he left to live in London where he eventually deid living rough on the streets a few years later

There is a memorial to him at the war cenotaph in Aberbargoed
The house he lived at was was owned by my brother before this story of who this "man who never was" was made

It was a weird historical event,one where the hero of the event never knew of his part
from what i remember being told the british spies wanted to find an an adult who had once been an orphan and was found dead of causes that they could fashion his corpse to look like he had drowned if the germans did an autopsy on him

they also invented a whole backstory for him didnt they? alot of effort went into it anyway

hitler could have done everyone a favour and put the bullet in his nut in 1939 though
 
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So they had an electrical survey done Friday and we now have the report. It has noted that there has been electrical work done in the last 5 years but has stopped short of mentioning the consumer unit. The seller is pretty much demanding we sign over on Monday, but I'm still unsure as to the legal status of the CU.

I'll post the survey here if I'm allowed (will obviously remove the surveyors name etc)
 
If the survey was done by an electrician that he picked I would say no. You have no idea what kind of deal went on!
 
The seller is pretty much demanding we sign over on Monday,

Let them demand all they want... This is a big purchase and you should not sign anything until you are 100% happy
 
It looks quite a tidy job, on the outside, to be honest, maybe done as a result of a cash only job with no certificate, not sure of the date, but if you are worried insist on an Electrical Installation Condition Report, (EICR) could be around £250:00 but who pays is unsure, as I have no information as to the state of the purchase.

It has always been up to the the buyer to pay for surveys etc.
 

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