went in the cafe and asked for a shower, she told me there was someone in it so would have to weight 10-15 mins presuming I was next (fair enough) so I said I will pay you now any way
weighted 1/2 hr, heard her talking about the shower key to someone so I asked her if it was available
She said there is someone weighting before you so you will have to weight in the queue
Said I would just like my money back please, she cringed and handed the money over with out question, then I left never to return again
We can all complain about bad service and being ripped off but to be treat like a second class citazen coz one of her friends is there or someone who is paying for parking should be given priority
If the shower is that full then she should have another one fitted
I know I have complained about truck stops before on hear but to be honest 95% of them are not worth ■■■■■■■ on if they where on fire
I thought about opening one myself
Find an old abandoned pub (that belongs to the brewary) next to an industrial estate with wagons parked on it
Lease it off them, scrub it up with a lick of paint fit a couple of showers and a washing machine; do an all day breakfast menu open from 6am ect. and hire some strippers twice a week
Well I would not have much compertision would I now
Good point about the strippers. They used to be at the truckstop in Thurrock.
The place was packed when they were on.
She would have a pint glass that you put your cash in.
Why no more strippers anymore ?
tango boy:
My mate asked her for well done beans the other day, her face was priceless and i had a smile for the rest of the day
I’m glad you enjoyed your supper
will that place go donw hill as well
BTW who owns it, the cafe or do they rent it off off the key fuels or whoevers the fuel supplier
Thetaff2:
toby1234abc:
Why no more strippers anymore ?
They all bought web cams to go on ■■■■ sites.
Welcome to the snooty age of the new ago goody two shew socialist brittan (from Blairisum)
The top truck stops have all gone upmarket and now catering for family meals (families in a truckstop hummm )
The goverment dont want anyone having any enjoyment in life (welcome to forcing the world into slavery 21th century style) they would rather we sat at home watching internet LOL rather then us meeting up as a group and contergressing forming an alliance ( and poss protests ) and thus the term ‘us driver stick together’ and overturning them
Why do you thing they brought out the smoking ban! Shut the pubs down, silence us and make us week
Drift:
Sounds like the Dock Road in Bootle in the 80’s
lol … i remember it well
Strangely enough, the curious place with the black painted front door is still there
What happened like…
Though Merseyside would be the venue for a truckstop
Dose not seam to be many truckstops in that area at all and with it right on the ireland main trunk road in and out I cant see why there is not a good truckstop there or why one had to shut down
But after all ‘the future is knowsley’ so they tell us
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
mc thackeray:
you find me a pub somewhere and I’ll open it
There’s plenty shut down all over the country and being turned into tesco express or curry holes.
Yes but it finding one in the right place thats the problem
guaranteed if it opened the doors again,there would be treble yellows for 5 square miles around it within a week. plod wouldn’t let you park there as the queue of tealeafs waiting in line to rob you would stretch to lymm. to be fair,its got a brown door now,and it looks more suited to being a truckers delight knocking shop with all the rooms upstairs. full fryup and a rubdown please
toby1234abc:
Good point about the strippers. They used to be at the truckstop in Thurrock.
The place was packed when they were on.
She would have a pint glass that you put your cash in.
Why no more strippers anymore ?
How many here can remember the strippers (and beer in plastic glasses) in the Red Lion at Aldgate?
toby1234abc:
Good point about the strippers. They used to be at the truckstop in Thurrock.
The place was packed when they were on.
She would have a pint glass that you put your cash in.
Why no more strippers anymore ?
How many here can remember the strippers (and beer in plastic glasses) in the Red Lion at Aldgate?
(Ye gods, I must be getting old!)
Steve
Jesus, I remember that LOLOL Twas in the late seventies early eighties as I recall. I used to use it between 79-81 approx.
dieseldog999:
guaranteed if it opened the doors again,there would be treble yellows for 5 square miles around it within a week. plod wouldn’t let you park there as the queue of tealeafs waiting in line to rob you would stretch to lymm. to be fair,its got a brown door now,and it looks more suited to being a truckers delight knocking shop with all the rooms upstairs. full fryup and a rubdown please
Im glad you had some good times there in days gone by
But I dont ever think it will open its doors again Coz I had a look on google earth/ map
And this is from one angle
And this is from another
Looks like they have only recently knocked it down
That place was right next to the port as well
But since your from Ireland they tell me that there is the place where you just cant find a truck stop anywhere apart from the M1 (never been myself though)
waynedl:
Latique:
the flouch inn would make a good truck stop no neighbors to complain about the noise smelly trucks
I think it’s just changed owners again, went in last year for a meal, was very good, but - as you said - it’s in the middle of nowhere
rather then us meeting up as a group and contergressing forming an alliance ( and poss protests 
) and thus the term ‘us driver stick together’ and overturning them
