yes Alistair your memory of the timber is probably right - 'coachwood' is a species of Australian rainforest timber Leith Davis On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Alistair Cameron <acameron@hinet.net.au> wrote: > On 11/05/2012 7:33 AM, Caroline Gaden wrote: > >> I do believe Alistair that you were the one who told me about school >> boys making the needles in woodwork classes... > > YES it was in Woodwork class Eastwood NSW Superprimary. At > Eastwood we had an active large anti-aircraft gun beside the > rail station, WW2. > > You have PC gremlins, such gremlins roam my Grey Matter.  I > do remember the occasional scheduled mock attack by US dive > bombers to 'surprise' the gun crew. > > > can't check because the >> gremlins have played havoc with my inbox folders and the one relating to >> that book has disappeared into the ether.... very frustrating! > > Alistair > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message