Old Cafe's

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Chris Webb:
:lol: :laughing: :laughing:

Aye,and if you still weren’t warm enough you could always use the BOCM (British Oil and Cake Mills) sacking off yer engine cover and wrap it round yer legs.
Ee,them were t’days weren’t they lads? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Gobsil brown sacks were good Chris, the Farmers used them over their shoulders and knees on tractors ,before cabs and waterproofs came along.

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Dave the Renegade:

Chris Webb:
:lol: :laughing: :laughing:

Aye,and if you still weren’t warm enough you could always use the BOCM (British Oil and Cake Mills) sacking off yer engine cover and wrap it round yer legs.
Ee,them were t’days weren’t they lads? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Gobsil brown sacks were good Chris, the Farmers used them over their shoulders and knees on tractors ,before cabs and waterproofs came along.

Yes Dave I used Silcocks Cattle Feed sacking when I was driving my little grey Fergie diesel.No cab,no watterproofs and one and a tanner an hour or summat like that,can’t remember,1958 was a long time ago. :laughing:

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hi lads
this really is an old tpt cafe,opened in 1938 closed for a few years but now open again, used to go in there with my dad when i was about 12 this would be late 50s, it was always rammed with hells angels who i thought were going to knock 7 colours out of us, well i was only little,anyway the bikers still go there have you guessed it yet, ACE CAFE north circ rd nr park royal not far from hanger lane.
joe

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charlie one:

Chris Webb:

charlie one:

Dave the Renegade:
You are quite right Big Leggy, I am in my sixties and remember that. Also as a kid in the fifties going in a lorry with my Dad, remember it then,drivers in old army coats to keep warm,and blokes chatting in Brs caps.

The better overcoats were the bus drivers.Usually green and with leather cuffs.They used to double up as eiderdowns in some of the colder digs. :laughing: :laughing:

I had an old “Yorkshire Traction” overcoat like that Charlie.Slept in it one night in some digs in Kings Lynn with overalls underneath.Got up at 0200 and walked to my wagon and away to Scunthorpe on the saturday morning.It was warmer in a MK5 AEC than in those bloody digs. :laughing:

Mine was an Aldershot and District Traction Company coat won by a game of darts one Saturday morning in 1962.Who cares you ask.Its just to prove Ive got total recall Chris. :laughing: :laughing:

Playing darts on a saturday morning Charlie,not in t’pub I hope :laughing: :laughing:
And I remember Aldershot and District buses and Hants and Dorset as well. :slight_smile:

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Chris Webb:

Dave the Renegade:

Chris Webb:
:lol: :laughing: :laughing:

Aye,and if you still weren’t warm enough you could always use the BOCM (British Oil and Cake Mills) sacking off yer engine cover and wrap it round yer legs.
Ee,them were t’days weren’t they lads? :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Gobsil brown sacks were good Chris, the Farmers used them over their shoulders and knees on tractors ,before cabs and waterproofs came along.

Yes Dave I used Silcocks Cattle Feed sacking when I was driving my little grey Fergie diesel.No cab,no watterproofs and one and a tanner an hour or summat like that,can’t remember,1958 was a long time ago. :laughing:

And the West of England catchweight sacks They were designed to carry two and a quarter hundredweight of grain but the greedy farmers used to fill them right up which made them three hundredweight.Get them coming up the elevator at you !! Sorry about this.It’s nothing to do with Old Cafes,but it was my chance to put this in.No more I promise.Are we still longing for the good old days? :laughing: :laughing:

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yes the windrush was a 24 hour cafe in the late 50s my dad worked for a welsh haulier called Ross Transportation at barkingside depot, they ran dark green AEC 8 leggers he used to night trunk to the windrush do a change over with a welsh lad then back to london tip it then go home to sleep and do it all over again that night what a nights work,
i remember one night in the cafe lorry park a driver had a bird in the cab and her two feet were hanging out of the passenger door window and my dad made me sit in his cab he thought i shouldnt see things like that,he just ruined my night, well i was only 12.
joe

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Chris Webb:

charlie one:

Chris Webb:

charlie one:

Dave the Renegade:
You are quite right Big Leggy, I am in my sixties and remember that. Also as a kid in the fifties going in a lorry with my Dad, remember it then,drivers in old army coats to keep warm,and blokes chatting in Brs caps.

The better overcoats were the bus drivers.Usually green and with leather cuffs.They used to double up as eiderdowns in some of the colder digs. :laughing: :laughing:

I had an old “Yorkshire Traction” overcoat like that Charlie.Slept in it one night in some digs in Kings Lynn with overalls underneath.Got up at 0200 and walked to my wagon and away to Scunthorpe on the saturday morning.It was warmer in a MK5 AEC than in those bloody digs. :laughing:

Mine was an Aldershot and District Traction Company coat won by a game of darts one Saturday morning in 1962.Who cares you ask.Its just to prove Ive got total recall Chris. :laughing: :laughing:

Playing darts on a saturday morning Charlie,not in t’pub I hope :laughing: :laughing:
And I remember Aldershot and District buses and Hants and Dorset as well. :slight_smile:

And the Hants and Sussex Chris.Are we going back or what? Nostalgia is something to be remembered :unamused: :Not in t’pub.We used to go to the local Baptist Hall and drink tea. :laughing: :laughing:

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Hants and Sussex as well as Hants and Dorset,how many buses did you want down there? On a serious note :laughing: :laughing: I used the Wesleyan Chapel when I wasn’t working on a saturday,for tea and buns and a bit of spiritual help :smiley:
You needed all the help you could get with the tackle you had to operate in them days. :unamused: :laughing:
Best get back to the subject of cafes Charlie before t’moderator shouts at us. :smiley:

You have a PM.

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joe tank man:
hi lads
this really is an old tpt cafe,opened in 1938 closed for a few years but now open again, used to go in there with my dad when i was about 12 this would be late 50s, it was always rammed with hells angels who i thought were going to knock 7 colours out of us, well i was only little,anyway the bikers still go there have you guessed it yet, ACE CAFE north circ rd nr park royal not far from hanger lane.
joe

Can beat that Joe, the Lazy Trout on the A49 near Church Stretton Shropshire opened in 1937, still going, not as busy as the ACE maybe. But an oldie, never the less.

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joe tank man:
yes the windrush was a 24 hour cafe in the late 50s my dad worked for a welsh haulier called Ross Transportation at barkingside depot, they ran dark green AEC 8 leggers he used to night trunk to the windrush do a change over with a welsh lad then back to london tip it then go home to sleep and do it all over again that night what a nights work,
i remember one night in the cafe lorry park a driver had a bird in the cab and her two feet were hanging out of the passenger door window and my dad made me sit in his cab he thought i shouldnt see things like that,he just ruined my night, well i was only 12.
joe

Joe,would that Ross Transportation be the same firm as Ross Garages who had a depot on Barrow Road Sheffield? They ran dark green AECs and were one of the first to have well trailers for steel coil.They ran a South Wales trunk up to the mid 70s.

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hiya ,
little cafe on london rd glasgow just before you got to mount vernon best cup of tea and sausage sandwich in britain , sorry should have said when going south , you could park on the main road then , never went past without my “fix” always a warm welcome, thanks harry long retired ,

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yeah good one dave
joe

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Do the bikers still meet at the ACE Joe ?

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Dave
Yes Bikers still meet at the ACE ! In fact there is one night a week when the road is virtually closed & Royal Mail drivers going into Princess Royal Depot have to detour ! It also has its fair share of “car rallies” as well !
The last thing you’d call the ACE now is a transport cafe simply because you couldn’t get a truck on the forecourt !!

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yeah dave bikers still use the Ace cafe they hold events there aswell, not sure if the wagons still go there i would think todays trucks are too big to fit,
joe

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Dave the Renegade:
Do the bikers still meet at the ACE Joe ?

One of my old workmates is a biker.He goes up to the Ace regularly,but only if its dry(Too much cleaning)

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charlie one:

Dave the Renegade:
Do the bikers still meet at the ACE Joe ?

One of my old workmates is a biker.He goes up to the Ace regularly,but only if its dry(Too much cleaning)

I wonder if Moses goes in the Ace,he came down a mountain on his Triumph.
Sorry,I’ll get me coat… :laughing:

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Terry Moses from New Radnor had a Matchless, no relation to the one from Sinau Chris. :smiley:

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The mention of the Windrush Cafe on the A40 brought back a lot of memories for me but can anybody remember in the 80s seeing some thing that I saw quite often on the A40 near Oxford.
On a stretch of duel carrigeway near a pub called The Frier Bacon a young lad maybe in his teens used to sit in a wheel chair with a Union Jack flying from it. He also had a T.I.R. plate attached to his chair and a G.B. sticker on it. He had a C.B. aerial but I dont know if he was on channel, As the trucks went past he used to move his right arm like he was pulling down on a air horn and when ever some body gave him a blast he used to look really excited.
I always felt sorry for the poor kid, did anybody else ever see him?. :confused:

charlie one:

Dave the Renegade:
You are quite right Big Leggy, I am in my sixties and remember that. Also as a kid in the fifties going in a lorry with my Dad, remember it then,drivers in old army coats to keep warm,and blokes chatting in Brs caps.

The better overcoats were the bus drivers.Usually green and with leather cuffs.They used to double up as eiderdowns in some of the colder digs. :laughing: :laughing:

Back in the 70s when Volvo, M.A.N. and Scania brought out their lorry drivers jacket’s you could still see the British equivalent around.
They were Donkey jacket’s with leatherette patches on the elbows and shoulders often displaying the logo N.C.B. or W.I.M.P.E.Y. and we all knew what that stood for. :laughing:

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mushroomman:
The mention of the Windrush Cafe on the A40 brought back a lot of memories for me but can anybody remember in the 80s seeing some thing that I saw quite often on the A40 near Oxford.
On a stretch of duel carrigeway near a pub called The Frier Bacon a young lad maybe in his teens used to sit in a wheel chair with a Union Jack flying from it. He also had a T.I.R. plate attached to his chair and a G.B. sticker on it. He had a C.B. aerial but I dont know if he was on channel, As the trucks went past he used to move his right arm like he was pulling down on a air horn and when ever some body gave him a blast he used to look really excited.
I always felt sorry for the poor kid, did anybody else ever see him?. :confused:

charlie one:

Dave the Renegade:
You are quite right Big Leggy, I am in my sixties and remember that. Also as a kid in the fifties going in a lorry with my Dad, remember it then,drivers in old army coats to keep warm,and blokes chatting in Brs caps.

The better overcoats were the bus drivers.Usually green and with leather cuffs.They used to double up as eiderdowns in some of the colder digs. :laughing: :laughing:

Back in the 70s when Volvo, M.A.N. and Scania brought out their lorry drivers jacket’s you could still see the British equivalent around.
They were Donkey jacket’s with leatherette patches on the elbows and shoulders often displaying the logo N.C.B. or W.I.M.P.E.Y. and we all knew what that stood for. :laughing:

I always thought WIMPEY meant “We Improve Production Every Year” Later I was told “We Import More Paddys Every Year” (No offence Intended) Which is correct? :laughing: :laughing: