mushroomman:
backsplice:
How about "“Grab a Granny” …sorry the devil made me write that ■■?Brilliant Backsplice,
how all our attitudes have changed over the last 40 years.
I was thinking of adding The Wagon And Drag or The Lorry Drivers Mate but if you said “that you were slipping into the lorry drivers mate for a quick one” some people on the Professional Drivers Forum might take it the wrong way.
That’s why I didn’t add The Trailer Boy! Robert
backsplice:
How about "“Grab a Granny” …sorry the devil made me write that ■■?
That happened to me in Yate’s Wine Lodge Nottingham one night, the difference was she was doing the grabbing, she must of had thicker beer googles than I had , embarrassment took me away to find a takeaway and while sitting on a bench in the Market Sq., bugger me she joined me again, she wanted to take me home, she was no old crone either, well dressed, obviously not short of a bob or two.Youth was on my side so made a rapid departure for the digs.
Oily
Haha Oily you could have had a pick of the ladies in Nottingham as the story goes there’s 3 women to every man in Nottingham
I’ve made a mistake of marrying 2 of them and I still haven’t found the right one yet !!!
In the early seventies Nottingham on a Thursday night was the place to be. 
We used the lorry park next to the station and after using a café nearby we would meet up in a pub called The Bentink. Then it was off to a place called The Sherwood Rooms which might of been owned by Top Rank or Mecca. In drivers speak it was referred to as “wall to wall crumpet”.
I don,t think we should go there lads …thin ice!!! we all seemed tpo know where the good “dance” halls were and on what nights too?? I never of course… the Mecca in Preston on a Monday night you could see Mc Kelvies formation dancers in action that,s what I was told I also heard that Bolton Palais was good for dancing I heard lots of tales about other places …never having tried them though■■? I think the Mecca in Bristol was oh !! and Southhampton too so I was told
cheers
Twinkle toes I mean Backsplice
On the old A34 going through Abingdon and on Stert St (main north/south road then) was a pub called the The Beehive, could be a bit of a bottleneck trafficwise, so plenty time to read the sign:-
Within this hive we are all alive
Good liquor makes us funny
If you are dry
Come in and try
The flavour of our honey.
and leaving Abingdon along Ock St (remember Walters Café) there was a pub called Happy ■■■■, yeh they knew how to enjoy themselves in Abingdon in days gone by .
Oily
‘Mailman’ posted this fabulous clip on the UK driver’s forum. I’d completely forgotten about it. It’s even more refreshing today, as it drives a lorry (rather than a coach and horses), through the toxic cloud of political correctness that now suffocates the industry! Robert
This Bedford Bar is for real! And while we are down the pub; how about a sing-song. Who knows the words to these lorry-drivers classics?
My Guy - Mary Wells.
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin.
White a Shade of Pale - Procol Harem.
When a MAN Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge.
Purple Hayes - Jimi Hendrix.
Seddon on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding.
Atkinson Clearly Now - Johnny Nash.
Every ERF You Take - Police.
Livin’ Iveco Loca - Ricky Martin.
Leyland - Derek and the Dominos.
And do you still remember that old Kenny Rodgers lorry drivers song that we used to sing along to while listening to the Jimmy Young Show.
“You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me Loose Wheel”. 
The Dirty Diesel
The Blue Anchor
The Ad-blue Anker
Robert
mushroomman:
And do you still remember that old Kenny Rodgers lorry drivers song that we used to sing along to while listening to the Jimmy Young Show.
“You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me Loose Wheel”.
Shame about the 4 hungry children, but I’ve had more than one cr*p in the field!
John.
Once the beer goggles were on, The Old Red Lion in Aldgate Roundabout was a fantasy Pub. Good job the Whitechapel hospital was close. Jim.
Hey Robert,
In Belgium we had the fantasy café “In de Natte Ketel” In the Wet Airtank.
It was in the days without airdryers, you had to drain the airtanks daily.
Eric,
not bothered about the name…but must have a ■■■■■ barmaid
jmc jnr:
Once the beer goggles were on, The Old Red Lion in Aldgate Roundabout was a fantasy Pub. Good job the Whitechapel hospital was close. Jim.
Ye Gods - how many today can remember that place - strippers and plastic glasses - aah, the old days!!
Steve
do any pubs [not clubs] have ■■■■■■■ barmaids still? the van damme in leicester used to have them and there was a pub in loughborough…but i can’t remember which one 
Splitter box inn 
ooh err missus
carryfast-yeti:
do any pubs [not clubs] have ■■■■■■■ barmaids still? the van damme in leicester used to have them
Jeez the van damme! Wasn’t that on north gate under the old railway bridge ?
always plenty going on in the one hit club
