Nottingham bus firm( middle east work

[harry_gill]

Norman Ingram:
Harry did you ever get a Rock around the Clock, or even a " BRICK".

hiya,
Once got threatened by a university student who was “helping” on a picket
line in aid of a small portion of the workforce of a factory where the main
production workers weren’t striking and awaiting my load of steel to be able
carry on working, anyway this nugget brandishing a brick threatened to put
it through my windscreen, I was out of the cab grabbed him by the scruff of
the neck and kicked his arse out of the factory gates asked the other half a
dozen strikers if they “wanted some” no resistance drove in tipped in quick
time and left with a tenner off their gaffer for the hassle as a thank you,
the prick who’d had a go at me was nowhere to be seen when leaving.
thanks harry, long retired.

[norman_ingram]

Myself, if it was a union backed strike on the breweries, I would and all the Carlsberg drivers would not cross the line. But if it was a wild cat, I would tell them to get union help, and carry on as normal. We had less problems from where we delivered to, and no one caused us trouble.

[norman_ingram]

On BBC4 last week was a program about the forces of the B.A.O.R. and their family’s as they served in Germany, and how our tanks destroyed cobble stone villages and crops, I have told of when I was on a recovery tank near a bridge at Hoy and waiting in case a tank broke down on the bridge, I wish I had a camera, the damage a hundred conquerors did to the cobble road on the edge of the village. While there a VW came wizzing around the bend and hit the track of our Centurian recovery tank, the German Police ask if we wanted to press charges against the driver, I jumped down and looked, not a scratch, I said no, he will just have to pay for hiis own repairs.

[harry_gill]

Norman Ingram:
On BBC4 last week was a program about the forces of the B.A.O.R. and their family’s as they served in Germany, and how our tanks destroyed cobble stone villages and crops, I have told of when I was on a recovery tank near a bridge at Hoy and waiting in case a tank broke down on the bridge, I wish I had a camera, the damage a hundred conquerors did to the cobble road on the edge of the village. While there a VW came wizzing around the bend and hit the track of our Centurian recovery tank, the German Police ask if we wanted to press charges against the driver, I jumped down and looked, not a scratch, I said no, he will just have to pay for hiis own repairs.

hiya,
You should have driven the Centurion over the bleedin’ VW revenge
for the Luftwaffe bombing our houses “yes two” in Bootle during
WW2 and making me and my family sleep in an air-raid shelter.
thanks harry, long retired.

[norman_ingram]

Now I have finally got to why you don’t like sleeping in the cabs, It is because in your childhood, you was forced to sleep in a air raid shelter. And you got a phobia of being closed in! I suppose you mum laced your milk with whisky, that is why you are partial to single malt. It all comes out in the wash.

[dave_the_renegade]

Sounds as if Harry hasn’t forgiven the Germans yet,so there’s no point in trying to sell him a Mercedes or a VW.
Cheer’s Dave.

[harry_gill]

Dave the Renegade:
Sounds as if Harry hasn’t forgiven the Germans yet,so there’s no point in trying to sell him a Mercedes or a VW.
Cheer’s Dave.

hiya,
Dave all is forgiven, even I am too young to know or care what it was
all about, we have friends in Dusseldorf and when my health was a lot
better we visited them sometimes, and they came to our place quite
a few times all very amicable, my youngest daughter drives a VW I’ve
used it occasionally (usually when It’s low on petrol) it is a nice drive it
performs well and I’ve had a couple of “Herbies” when a young fellah’
although I wasn’t impressed with them, my Brother in Law has a new
“Kompressor” would love that but I have never driven it he changes it
every three years, he’s a lot better “heeled” than me and can afford
it, but so long as my old two pedal Toyota Corolla (2005) lasts a bit
longer that’ll do for me I mainly use the bus nowadays and if the boss
wasn’t a driver I’d do without a motor I’ve been at the wheel for long
enough, come May this year I’ve held a licence firstly motorcycle for
sixty one years I think I’m entitled to hang the keys up.
thanks harry, long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:
Sounds as if Harry hasn’t forgiven the Germans yet,so there’s no point in trying to sell him a Mercedes or a VW.
Cheer’s Dave.

hiya,
Dave all is forgiven, even I am too young to know or care what it was
all about, we have friends in Dusseldorf and when my health was a lot
better we visited them sometimes, and they came to our place quite
a few times all very amicable, my youngest daughter drives a VW I’ve
used it occasionally (usually when It’s low on petrol) it is a nice drive it
performs well and I’ve had a couple of “Herbies” when a young fellah’
although I wasn’t impressed with them, my Brother in Law has a new
“Kompressor” would love that but I have never driven it he changes it
every three years, he’s a lot better “heeled” than me and can afford
it, but so long as my old two pedal Toyota Corolla (2005) lasts a bit
longer that’ll do for me I mainly use the bus nowadays and if the boss
wasn’t a driver I’d do without a motor I’ve been at the wheel for long
enough, come May this year I’ve held a licence firstly motorcycle for
sixty one years I think I’m entitled to hang the keys up.
thanks harry, long retired.

Got to be honest Harry,a few years back I wouldn’t have dreamt of buying a foreign vehicle.Now there aren’t any British vehicles,we haven’t a choice. I have been very pleased with my Mercedes sprinter which I will have had for seven years in April.Both of my brother-in-laws have had Volkswagen’s at different times.One had a Beetle a few years back, One of my Uncles who fought in WW2 and was at the concentration camps clearing up at the end of the war had three new VW polo estates and said they were the best cars he ever had.
Bit behind you with the motorcycle licence Harry,49 years last December was the first one I held.
Cheers Dave.

[harry_gill]

hiya,
Dave you could always dig into the mattress and buy totally British, not too
far from you either (Malvern) a nice Morgan would go down quite a treat
I’m sure, I used to deliver a part load usually a couple of 8x12 foot plates
from the old Consett Iron Company, I believe these were to make engine
mountings,I was honoured with guided tour of the factory one trip, very
interesting it was too, proper craftsmen doing a proper job, it did make
the rest of the trip usually 20 tons of wide plates to Appledore a bit more
pleasureable.
thanks harry, long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave you could always dig into the mattress and buy totally British, not too
far from you either (Malvern) a nice Morgan would go down quite a treat
I’m sure, I used to deliver a part load usually a couple of 8x12 foot plates
from the old Consett Iron Company, I believe these were to make engine
mountings,I was honoured with guided tour of the factory one trip, very
interesting it was too, proper craftsmen doing a proper job, it did make
the rest of the trip usually 20 tons of wide plates to Appledore a bit more
pleasureable.
thanks harry, long retired.

I think there is a five year waiting list for a Morgan Harry.Would be a bit low for me,one of those.I have never hankered after a sports car.Sat to near the road for me,even when I was fit. A nice big saloon car is more to my liking.When I bought cars I had Cortina’s and Cavalier’s and lastly a Vectra,medium sized cars,didn’t like small cars much.I’m quite happy with my vans.I can look down on the 4X4 drivers and see some leg.
Cheers Dave.

[harry_gill]

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave you could always dig into the mattress and buy totally British, not too
far from you either (Malvern) a nice Morgan would go down quite a treat
I’m sure, I used to deliver a part load usually a couple of 8x12 foot plates
from the old Consett Iron Company, I believe these were to make engine
mountings,I was honoured with guided tour of the factory one trip, very
interesting it was too, proper craftsmen doing a proper job, it did make
the rest of the trip usually 20 tons of wide plates to Appledore a bit more
pleasureable.
thanks harry, long retired.

I think there is a five year waiting list for a Morgan Harry.Would be a bit low for me,one of those.I have never hankered after a sports car.Sat to near the road for me,even when I was fit. A nice big saloon car is more to my liking.When I bought cars I had Cortina’s and Cavalier’s and lastly a Vectra,medium sized cars,didn’t like small cars much.I’m quite happy with my vans.I can look down on the 4X4 drivers and see some leg.
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
A pal of mine bought a seven year old Lada in his local pub to get him to and
fro’ a new job, he parted with it after thirteen years service due to a timing
failure (poor maintainence-blown engine) and prior to this only braking, bulbs,
tyres and the odd battery it sailed through the annual MOT without any fuss,
just goes to show the old Lada had lots of knockers, me included but they did
obviously put at least one decent one together.
thanks harry, long retired.

[dave_the_renegade]

harry_gill:

Dave the Renegade:

harry_gill:
hiya,
Dave you could always dig into the mattress and buy totally British, not too
far from you either (Malvern) a nice Morgan would go down quite a treat
I’m sure, I used to deliver a part load usually a couple of 8x12 foot plates
from the old Consett Iron Company, I believe these were to make engine
mountings,I was honoured with guided tour of the factory one trip, very
interesting it was too, proper craftsmen doing a proper job, it did make
the rest of the trip usually 20 tons of wide plates to Appledore a bit more
pleasureable.
thanks harry, long retired.

I think there is a five year waiting list for a Morgan Harry.Would be a bit low for me,one of those.I have never hankered after a sports car.Sat to near the road for me,even when I was fit. A nice big saloon car is more to my liking.When I bought cars I had Cortina’s and Cavalier’s and lastly a Vectra,medium sized cars,didn’t like small cars much.I’m quite happy with my vans.I can look down on the 4X4 drivers and see some leg.
Cheers Dave.

hiya,
A pal of mine bought a seven year old Lada in his local pub to get him to and
fro’ a new job, he parted with it after thirteen years service due to a timing
failure (poor maintainence-blown engine) and prior to this only braking, bulbs,
tyres and the odd battery it sailed through the annual MOT without any fuss,
just goes to show the old Lada had lots of knockers, me included but they did
obviously put at least one decent one together.
thanks harry, long retired.

A neighbour of mine had Lada Riva 4X4 back in the early 1990’s it would go anywhere.It was heavy on petrol and didn’t have much storage space,but offroad it was good.It had a 1600cc Fiat engine.
Cheers Dave.

[mark_one56]

hi all ex b r s overland drivers i saw a program on t v a long time ago a film crew went with a driver on a middle east run do any of you remember it that is the reason i became a truck driver but the furthest i have been is to romania for charity to hospitals with a wincanton leyland daf and later with a dawsons milton.keynes volvo i have the greatest respect for you guys i do not drive trucks any more after a accedent at work in 99 but had done 30years and retired good health and happyness yours mark neill

[norman_ingram]

Yes Mark, they done one trip with Astran, also the one with Blue Peter, and BRS Overland, but as I have said before they had trouble with the Turkish customs, when they went through and returned, they opened up the film canisters and spoiled the films, they had to fake a desert scene at a sandpit outside Northampton. If they had all the filming they done, they could have done a series like Ice truckers.

[mark_one56]

hi norman thanks for the reply thats funney i used to live in northamtonshire in wollaston do you remember where the sand pit was no i wont go and visit to far as i now live in france in dordone some other ex b r s drivers live here as well i belive might start an ex truck drivers club over hear soon and look for old trucks to take photos of a french mate of mine has a old truck that i think runs on wood i will try to get photos of it soon as he told me its the only one left in running order how about an ex truck drivers boules team over hear what do you think health and happyness to you all mark neill

[norman_ingram]

Yes Mark we have a grand bunch of lads on several threads on here, I have met a few, and when it’s a lot warmer, I might meet a few more, I give out a lot of stick with my wicked humour, as one told me I had,if I keep my stories up, I am sure I will convince them , I am eloping to Gretna Green with our Ang.

[dave_the_renegade]

Norman Ingram:
Yes Mark we have a grand bunch of lads on several threads on here, I have met a few, and when it’s a lot warmer, I might meet a few more, I give out a lot of stick with my wicked humour, as one told me I had,if I keep my stories up, I am sure I will convince them , I am eloping to Gretna Green with our Ang.

Don’t forget to take a shovel Norm,could be a bit of snow up that way.
Cheers Dave.

[mark_one56]

we have had snow hear in dordone to will have to find my shovel tooooooooo

[norman_ingram]

The snow has melted, ony the paths with ice on to go, if it rains tonight, it should all dis-appear. 6 degree’s today.

[norman_ingram]

Don’t you northern lot get jealous of us getting better weather.