President Jimmy Carter. Still a class act.



Butcher's Coat said:
He did.
I was there at Washington when he visited.
It was May 1977 - we were 1st Year apprentices at the Sunderland Engineering Training Centre on Hartburn Industrial Estate - and we got time off to go and watch him at the Old Hall/ Village.
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Hello Mr President - memories of Jimmy Carter’s visit to Wearside

It’s not often that one of the world’s most powerful people visits your neighbourhood.
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I was but a pup when Carter visited but remember it well.

SETA was my first taste of manufacturing in 1983 but I haven't worked in the sector since 2001

I'd go back tomorrow if I could find somebody who would pay me anything but washers!
 
Opened his own shopping centre ower Doxy anarl.
Wilfy said:
Yep, I priced a job using tulipwood last month.
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Half way between pine and a hard wood in that it doesn’t twist or warp to the extent that pine does. Supposed to smell of tulips when freshly cut, dunno if that means in a saw mill or on site because I can’t smell it.
 
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riffraff said:
Opened his own shopping centre ower Doxy anarl.

Half way between pine and a hard wood in that it doesn’t twist or warp to the extent that pine does. Supposed to smell of tulips when freshly cut, dunno if that means in a saw mill or on site because I can’t smell it.
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Aye, was a kitchen island unit that I priced. Frame made of that with duraply carcasses. Got a couple of big jobsto start soon using a load of accoya, everywhere seems to be pushing that atm, machinists love it.
 
He visited Savacentre. My Mam took me to see him but I was only a toddler so I can't remember.
 
redandwhiterob said:
Reports saying he's at end of live care. Don't know much about his presidency. Was he considered a good one?
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Like you I don't know a lot about his presidency but seen a few documentaries about the Iranian hostage crisis which seem to suggest that situation pretty much sunk any chance he had of winning re-election.
 
becs said:
He visited Savacentre. My Mam took me to see him but I was only a toddler so I can't remember.
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Did he? I was at the village to see him, sitting on the graveyard wall next to the old blacksmiths toilets(the forge's kitchen now).I was only two, but all i can remember was all of the cameras going off. The flashes were so bright, it was blinding. One of my first memories
 
Skylon said:
Did he? I was at the village to see him, sitting on the graveyard wall next to the old blacksmiths toilets(the forge's kitchen now).I was only two, but all i can remember was all of the cameras going off. The flashes were so bright, it was blinding. One of my first memories
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I'm sure my Mam said we saw him at the Galleries. I'll check that with her next time I speak to her.
 
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A good altruistic president, apparently had solar panels installed on the White House roof because he was concerned about the environment. Reagan had them removed when he took over
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Building affordable housing into his 90's
I think the Iranian hostage business & refusing to let the US compete in Olympics probably did for his second term.
Instead the US elected another fraud & conman
 

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