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Northerners All this talk about the Three G's - googling babies, gallstones and gaboon vipers ..... Here's another picture of a gaboon viper which I have scanned from the March 1955 edition of Roan Antelope magazine. The caption reads 'Colin Forrester, with the gaboon viper which was killed at the corner of C. Avenue and 11th Street just before Christmas. It measured over four feet in length. Heather Chalcraft (née Bender) — Click here to contact me Lusaka, Zambia Monday, July 29, 2002 at 15:53:07 (UTC)

Brasso So you have been busy wagging your shambok about? I hope you have not also been squishing yourself up against windscreens, no wonder so many women are queuing up to attend Banbury. Perhaps you meant a shamrock, which would explain your luck in getting a large Irish contingency to the Banbury bash. Interesting too, a cunning plan that has worked wonders. You may even have been wagging your jumbuck about, hence all the Australian interest, but be careful you may attract the wrong sort. But I think possibly you mean a sjambok, on which you have just tripped up. Report to the Headmasters office a week on Saturday with 50000 lines of "I must get to know my sjamboks from my shamboks". Alternatively a list of 150 people who will be attending the Banbury Bash will do fine. You can also ask Ms Chalcraft to report in at the same time with 50000 lines of "It is Rhokana, sometimes even Rokana, but never, ever, ever, Rhokhana" Heather Nice photo of a stony dam wall, some dead flat water and bits of dry shrubbery - thank you. I imagined a sunset there and it reminded me of - well anywhere - I must have a serious talk with you at Banbury. I see the spirit level I gave you for your camera is being put to good use now, or have you learnt how to use the auto-crop and straighten facility in your image programme suite? - better than a pair of scissors hey, at least you will have some image left to show now. Paudie As long as you play with your guitars and not your shamboks. The last rendition of Danny Boy I heard was by Marianne Faithful some time ago. It also sounded awful but she had an excuse. If you and Brasso both pull it off it will be a fantastic show. (And I mean by that getting all these NR/Zam muso’s together). Some good arm-bending hey! We need to get you both doing something like this instead Sue I thought you were buying my silence? The little secret you both have is still safe with me - your promise of couple of beers is still keeping me quiet. Remember I know Fiona Gayther, (who is very good at keeping a secret), I can always let her in on your little plan. Hey Graham Any longer and you’ll have to name your babe after Elias. Both seem reluctant to "come out". Mebbe we should try Johnny’s method on both Debs and Elias and give them both a thrashing with leaves. Marianne Couldn't find any pics of the people you mentioned just now but I will have a look - I'm sure I have one or two. In the meantime I notice you worked in the drawing office at Nkana. Take a look at this from Peter Hills collection of mining photos. If I were you I would take a holiday next month, I have a very revealing article and photo about you from a Rhokana Review that I will be posting. And I was right - you are posh. Kris Here's some doctors on a photo, do you recognise any of these? I am looking for something on you too so don't get too relaxed. This is because both you and Maz have cried off from going to the bash. Did you live in Nkana-East babe ? Marion Try one of these - a REAL snake Anyone remember a Mrs Ryans farm out on the Ndola Road? She had a pit with one of those in and fed it pork on the hoof. David Gray I see you lived in this dorp once. An aerial view of part of Bancroft township. In the immediate foreground are the new mine mess and one of the single quarter blocks. The European school is in the centre background and past it runs the East-West road. Remember this road? I forgot to mention that Ian Singer has a brilliant COLOUR photo of slag being poured over the edge of the dump. Ken Miller I have tried to email you three times but it seems without success - please contact me regarding the newspaper scans you sent in. Thanks. Hi Arthur, Heather's picture of the sign for Grasmere Farm made me think of the people who carved that farm out of the velt during the first world war. The photo shows my mother Peggy Hornby with her parents alongside grandfather George's Model A Ford taken at Chambeshi around 1928,29? This must have been just before she met my father Bill Garlick, of "Mr. Copperbelt" fame. Sorry to brag, but he forgot more about copper than most Geologist would learn in a life time. Certainly a million times more than his retarded son Gordon. Cheers Gordon Gordon Thanks for the photo - it is brilliantly clear and sharp considering how old it must be. I am intreagued by the method of inflating the car tyres. You notice that person on the ground on the right with a tube leading to the tyre? He must have had very big lungs. Arthur Arthur Steevens — Click here to contact me Romiley, Stockport, Cheshire, United Kingdom Thursday, July 25, 2002 at 19:30:00 (UTC)

Doug Grewar Undoubtedly old timers disease, although I don't suffer from it yet!! They were in jpeg format so don't know what happened. Politicians!!! The Pedicle Road is still not tarred and there is still no bridge at Chembe! But I do agree with you about the Pedicle being incorporated into Zambia - it would make a lot more sense. Gordon Garlick I took these photos of Grasmere Farm for you when I was on my way to the Kafue Game Park. Arthur This photo of Itezhi Tezhi Dam is specially for you - no sunset in sight. And these are for those farming and transport types: Mumbwa is an important cotton growing area and this was taken outside the ginnery at Mumbwa. From time to time, the cotton gets wet and spontaneous combustion occurs and the driver only realises what is happening when the cab of the truck is engulfed in smoke. And a multi-purpose vehicle Heather Chalcraft (née Bender) — Click here to contact me Lusaka, Zambia Tuesday, July 23, 2002 at 20:05:03 (UTC)