Clubs and Dances, Pubs, were truckers delight

[jmc_jnr]

100 pages! Well done all. Jim.

[harry_gill]

Hiya,
Ton up Eh’ Nosser well done mate and here’s to the next ton.
thanks harry, long retired.

[retired_old_fart]

100 not out. Congratulations!

[dave_the_renegade]

Well done Norm, 100 pages, keep it going
Cheers Dave.

[norman_ingram]

We will try Dave, When you think of it, the number of night clubs, workingman clubs, british legion, pubs, that had dances and music have gone! I say we had a cracking time in our period of driving, bringing hope and joy to young maidens every time we walked into the dance hall. Are you dancing, are you asking, yes I am, well I am certainly dancing with you. Once stopped at Hull and found a Mecca, I was supping my drink, watching and enjoying the music, and two ladies who danced past me from a group of eight, said don’t you dance, I said yes, from that moment I never was still, I was passed on all through the evening, what a way to go used and casted aside.

[jmc_jnr]

Sorry to let the side down here. I’ve been likened to a Cat D9 on the dance floor. I love watching my brother do his moves though when he’s had a couple. A Thunderbirds puppet comes to mind. Where we come from you only dance when the swords are on the floor. Skirts optional. Jim.

[harry_gill]

jmc jnr:
Sorry to let the side down here. I’ve been likened to a Cat D9 on the dance floor. I love watching my brother do his moves though when he’s had a couple. A Thunderbirds puppet comes to mind. Where we come from you only dance when the swords are on the floor. Skirts optional. Jim.

Hiya,
I’ve never set foot on a dancefloor, to see men dancing does make me smile it just
doesn’t look masculine to me, my Granddad used to say only women should be
allowed to dance, said it was entertainment for us men and I’ve always taken my
elders advice to heart so dancing will never be part of my repertoire.
thanks harry, long retired.

[windrush]

I am no dancer either Harry, I did have a few lessons years ago as I fancied a girl at the Dancing School but, after a couple of weeks, I was asked to leave as I was wasting their time and my money! ! Don’t mind watching it though, apart from Morris Dancers, when I was having my hernia operation the nurse asked me for any allergies and I replied “Morris Dancers” but she assured me that there were none hiding in the operating theatre! Made the lad in the next bed chuckle at least.

Pete.

[dave_the_renegade]

The quaker dance was always popular in most dance halls.
Cheers Dave.

[harry_gill]

Hiya,
Where’s Our Norman ■■, Methinks a search party is needed.
thanks harry, long retired.

[norman_ingram]

Don’t think I could dance now too long, The last time I had a long session was when I went to Weston Supermare for 4 nights. a thirty year old girl was with her parents and in the evening she said do you dance, I said yes why are you not dancing, well my wife has had a hip operation, she got arithus in her back and knee. She asked my wife if she could dance with me, at the end she said how old are you, replied 76, bloody hell ten years older than my father, and he willn’t get up and dance. My wife stated in my sixties I was dancing with a friends 16 year old daughter and she said you will not last the night out, but the girl cried uncle before the end of the party. The girl from Wales said amazing, wait till I tell my parents, they said to me thank you very much for making our daughter happy, we thought she might be bored, but she said every night, hope Norman is fit enough to keep dancing with me.

[norman_ingram]

When looking for a hotel near Portsmouth I was scanning the map and I see they still have a lorry park near the centre.

[harry_gill]

Norman Ingram:
When looking for a hotel near Portsmouth I was scanning the map and I see they still have a lorry park near the centre.

Hiya,
There you go Norm, get yourself a nice tractor unit with a double bunk sleeper
and your accommodation will be sorted at least in Portsmouth and nice and
central for you, what more could you ask for don’t say I don’t come up with the
most brilliant ideas my friend and if ever you bring your transport up my way I
can put you onto a nice town centre pub car park with live entertainment.
thanks harry, long retired.

[norman_ingram]

Harry my old friend thanks for keeping my threads going, I have been in the garden last two weeks. 1999 I took volentary reduntancy, built my large conservancy and decking, well the decking and railings I have painted every year but the last two years, the wife said are you painting the decking, I said no, I am knocking down the railings and having new boards put down, four new post chrome fitting ropes and I will oil it, new wall with three pillars around two sides of the decking built to the level of the decking. it was started last week and completed in three days with the help of three sturdy guys, I got the ropes and fittings today from Gateshead I fitted them in a hour, the Ronseal oil came with a pad and a handle, it was a delight to do it in half a hour, but best of all ( No more Painting).

[harry_gill]

Hiya,
Everything OK Norm we’ve heard nowt for a while.
thanks harry, long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

Norm seems to go AWOL a lot these recent times Harry. Perhaps he’s back on the bowls.
Cheers Dave.

[norman_ingram]

I have to pay my respect to Dave so I found this thread I started a few years ago. Dave was great fellow, and with Harry Gill we brought tears to the eyes to people all over the world with the banter and wit we exchanged. Angy, Johnny, Pete, whisky drinkers I hope you are keeping well. All the best Sandman Norman

[lespullan]

We have mentioned Cannons Marsh Bristol on here many times, most of us remember the Lochiel, here’s a few photos of her and one of her bad days when she grounded in West Loch Tarbert and sank in 1960, recovered and worked, then finished up in Bristol and scraped in 1995.Les.

[david_miller]

Cannons Marsh. Now there are a whole lot of memories right there.

What was that Pub called? The Hatchet was it?

David

[mushroomman]

One of the best nights that I had on Cannons Marsh circa 1973 was when I met up with a Park Cake Bakeries driver from Oldham and a Prescotts driver from Failsworth. We staggered back to the lorry park after midnight where the Park Cakes driver gave us all a packet of six jam tarts or mini Swiss Rolls each. Not to be out done, the Prescotts driver climbed up on top of his load, rummaged underneath his fly sheet and produced about six small bottles of Babycham which he had loaded in Shepton Mallet.

Happy days and some very happy nights out.