harry_gill:
hiya,
Remember when working for Bowkers in the 60s got “volunteered” to help
move Billy Smarts circus from Rochdale to Blackburn I think the pay was a
tenner and free tickets good money for a couple of hours work in those days
here’s the thing that got me wondering was when alighting from the mini bus
at the collection point the instruction was to find “Norman” (our clown and also
transport manager), there was two of us with wag and drag experience so were
allocated old octopus’s pulling two trailers, often wonder what would have happened
had I had to reverse it at the new site Ewood Park, most likely would have finished
up in a knot my trailer boy was an Arab tightrope walker who ladeled copious amounts
of old engine oil into what had been a Leyland 600 engine at one time, it was the
longest, dirtiest and smokiest trip I’ve ever done, could have strangled that bleedin
Norman but never saw him again after the job was done, and George a coloured guy
who arranged the drivers for B S and was yard foreman at Bowkers seemed never to
be around when I was for weeks after I think someone had put it round I was gunning
for him, could easily have been up for two murders in those days.
PS this job was done in our own time one Saturday evening, nothing to do with Bowkers.
thanks harry,long retired.
Harry I helped put up a circus tent, when I was a young lad down at Midsummer meadow on the Bedford road, it must have been 1952/3.
hiya,
Ah’ yes 52/53 I too was capable of making tents in those days,
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Remember when working for Bowkers in the 60s got “volunteered” to help
move Billy Smarts circus from Rochdale to Blackburn I think the pay was a
tenner and free tickets good money for a couple of hours work in those days
here’s the thing that got me wondering was when alighting from the mini bus
at the collection point the instruction was to find “Norman” (our clown and also
transport manager), there was two of us with wag and drag experience so were
allocated old octopus’s pulling two trailers, often wonder what would have happened
had I had to reverse it at the new site Ewood Park, most likely would have finished
up in a knot my trailer boy was an Arab tightrope walker who ladeled copious amounts
of old engine oil into what had been a Leyland 600 engine at one time, it was the
longest, dirtiest and smokiest trip I’ve ever done, could have strangled that bleedin
Norman but never saw him again after the job was done, and George a coloured guy
who arranged the drivers for B S and was yard foreman at Bowkers seemed never to
be around when I was for weeks after I think someone had put it round I was gunning
for him, could easily have been up for two murders in those days.
PS this job was done in our own time one Saturday evening, nothing to do with Bowkers.
thanks harry,long retired.
Harry I helped put up a circus tent, when I was a young lad down at Midsummer meadow on the Bedford road, it must have been 1952/3.
hiya,
Ah’ yes 52/53 I too was capable of making tents in those days,
thanks harry, long retired.
Marquees in your case Harry,so a little bird told me.
hiya,
Yep vultures, buzzards, hawks and the odd gannet have shown up in
my life but I’ve also been associated with love birds and birds of paradise,
now that’s a bit of variety, and variety is the spice of life, or that’s what
I’m led to believe, and yes I’d do it all over again.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yep vultures, buzzards, hawks and the odd gannet have shown up in
my life but I’ve also been associated with love birds and birds of paradise,
now that’s a bit of variety, and variety is the spice of life, or that’s what
I’m led to believe, and yes I’d do it all over again.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yes Harry, I’d consider you have feathered your nest many times many places in you life time, have you ever had a Secretary bird!
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yep vultures, buzzards, hawks and the odd gannet have shown up in
my life but I’ve also been associated with love birds and birds of paradise,
now that’s a bit of variety, and variety is the spice of life, or that’s what
I’m led to believe, and yes I’d do it all over again.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yes Harry, I’d consider you have feathered your nest many times many places in you life time, have you ever had a Secretary bird!
hiya,
About three secretaries I think Norm, and they was all pretty birds.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yep vultures, buzzards, hawks and the odd gannet have shown up in
my life but I’ve also been associated with love birds and birds of paradise,
now that’s a bit of variety, and variety is the spice of life, or that’s what
I’m led to believe, and yes I’d do it all over again.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yes Harry, I’d consider you have feathered your nest many times many places in you life time, have you ever had a Secretary bird!
hiya,
About three secretaries I think Norm, and they was all pretty birds.
thanks harry, long retired.
Now do you wonder why BRS had a high turnover in female office staff !!! A bloody good job there was no DNA in them days as those to Old Billy Goats probably have offspring in every town that had a BRS in it!!! Anon1.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yep vultures, buzzards, hawks and the odd gannet have shown up in
my life but I’ve also been associated with love birds and birds of paradise,
now that’s a bit of variety, and variety is the spice of life, or that’s what
I’m led to believe, and yes I’d do it all over again.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yes Harry, I’d consider you have feathered your nest many times many places in you life time, have you ever had a Secretary bird!
hiya,
About three secretaries I think Norm, and they was all pretty birds.
thanks harry, long retired.
Now do you wonder why BRS had a high turnover in female office staff !!! A bloody good job there was no DNA in them days as those to Old Billy Goats probably have offspring in every town that had a BRS in it!!! Anon1.
Stones, glasshouses and Aldgate Dennis, Ps Tubby Isaacs jellied eels really turned me off!!! regards Kev
harry_gill:
hiya,
Yep vultures, buzzards, hawks and the odd gannet have shown up in
my life but I’ve also been associated with love birds and birds of paradise,
now that’s a bit of variety, and variety is the spice of life, or that’s what
I’m led to believe, and yes I’d do it all over again.
thanks harry, long retired.
Yes Harry, I’d consider you have feathered your nest many times many places in you life time, have you ever had a Secretary bird!
hiya,
About three secretaries I think Norm, and they was all pretty birds.
thanks harry, long retired.
Now do you wonder why BRS had a high turnover in female office staff !!! A bloody good job there was no DNA in them days as those to Old Billy Goats probably have offspring in every town that had a BRS in it!!! Anon1.
Stones, glasshouses and Aldgate Dennis, Ps Tubby Isaacs jellied eels really turned me off!!! regards Kev
No comment Kev,on your first statement!!! However,Jellied eel’s !!! you don’t know whats good for you,I could just fancy a dishfull now,Luvvly Jubbly my Son!! Cheers Dennis.
Aye me to Dennis, Ive got to be content with a few Oysters, & Mussels, no body where I live sells owt like that now, I suppose they are still availble down the smoke, Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Aye me to Dennis, Ive got to be content with a few Oysters, & Mussels, no body where I live sells owt like that now, I suppose they are still availble down the smoke, Regards Larry
I think you can still get the “eels” in the East end Larry,years ago when I was on the Octopus at Brady’s we used to go into a boozer,called the Smiths Arms,when we digged in Llansamlet near Swansea and they always had a “washing up” sized bowl of local cockles on the bar,I can’t recall how much a dessert dishful was but I always had some.Well one night there wasn’t two dishes left so the landlord say’s here Lad have all thats left in the big dish!!! There must have been a bad one in among them,ye buggers,was I ill next day,I could ■■■■■ through the eye of a needle at 100 paces!! My mate on the motor thought it was hilarious,words like “you greedy ■■■■■■■■ serves you right!!! I gave them a miss for a week or two,but I soon relented and carried on enjoying them,they sure were tasty!! I believe the term is “cockled” if you get a bad one !! Cheers Dennis.
Aye I remember quite some years ago eating some Green Lippers, & enjoyed them at the time, but the next day I was ill, so I stayed off them for a while, I have them once a week now as a starter & still enjoy them, Regards Larry.
Aye up lad, what the hell is green lippers I love and eaten most sea food Larry, I still give it a hammering if I see a stall, Lobsters, king prawns & shrimps, mussels, cockles,clams, scallops, razor fish, and of course winkles, I keep asking for them, for there is nothing better than a winkle sandwich, but they don’t seem to be around these days, they have them in Ireland, I have collected them by the bucket full, but they never bother with them. Now on to Dennis delight, I do not like them, I have tried a few times, but give me stewed eels and gravey and a dollop of mash potato, I was in heaven as a young boy.
Norman Ingram:
Aye up lad, what the hell is green lippers I love and eaten most sea food Larry, I still give it a hammering if I see a stall, Lobsters, king prawns & shrimps, mussels, cockles,clams, scallops, razor fish, and of course winkles, I keep asking for them, for there is nothing better than a winkle sandwich, but they don’t seem to be around these days, they have them in Ireland, I have collected them by the bucket full, but they never bother with them. Now on to Dennis delight, I do not like them, I have tried a few times, but give me stewed eels and gravey and a dollop of mash potato, I was in heaven as a young boy.
hiya,
Norman, I’m going to put my sensible hat on, now where did I put it,
green lippers are mussels a delicacy in New Zealand an extract from
them is said to be an aid in the cure of cancer, now go on Nosser fill
yer boots they’re very tasty but quite expensive, and with you’re dosh
only a drop in the Ocean, only a drop in the ocean now that’s
funny, OK it’s not but I did try.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry you are such a trier, I think I heard a rumour that a selector for the rugby union wants you to play for the Old Etonians, they have heard about your drinking, so you position is left inside the bar. Also I have had some of those New Zealand mussels, they was very large, and a slightly different colour, but they tasted ok and went down well, I had a couple of boxes from Morrison’s, but not seen any more for a couple of years, wife said have them at christmas time, when we used our stamps up.
I love and eaten most sea food Larry, I still give it a hammering if I see a stall, Lobsters, king prawns & shrimps, mussels, cockles,clams, scallops, razor fish, and of course winkles, I keep asking for them, for there is nothing better than a winkle sandwich, 