Bedford RL with bargrip tyres in the Army then on to TK , during one leave offered a job on the newspapers shown to the Bedford ready and loaded , handed a route map and to to be back asap . Fired her up, bleeding heck its got a petrol motor so I drove it like I stole it, I did the London locals and back , the van boy was a bit gobby about my driving style having been thrown around in the back ! Gaffer was happy and gave me a run out west no one cared about MPG , very little night time traffic and van boy* rode in the front for the trip out and back .
- about a year later my ■■■■■■ got nicked and ended up in Iver ( remember the Iver Diver ? ) Old bill called me 2 days later and I went up to get it , on the sun visor a fiver and the words Cheers mate in very familiar hand writing , on my next leave went back on the papers , first night " See, I didnt trash your ■■■■■■ " Oh How me and the gobby little ■■■■■ laughed.