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That Bampton Packaging Ian? Used to do a fair bit for them when I was on Mayday; they'd moved down Lenton Lane by then. Might even have driven that D Series Ford, they had one of those and a Cargo when I was there.
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On 4/19/2018 at 9:30 PM, BilboroughShirley said:
I have come across these two on my travels.
A solicitor's called Wright Hassll
An estate agent called Swindells
There is a long-established estate agency in Newport, Gwent called Crook and Blight!
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The end result is that roads are now littered with broken ratchet straps, the hooks and tensioners of which are lethal to motorcycles.
Everything now has to be secured to the loadbed; internal straps on curtainsider trailers are pretty much banned. VOSA, or DVSA as rhey're now called, are self-financing and much depends if you get pulled on how well you pass the attitude test.
I got my first lessons at BRS Langley Mill about 1984; I was FLT driving there for Mayday.Liverpool trunk used to roll in 20 ton of John West tinned goods all stacked on pallets. Driver used to reload with Hammonds sauce and after I'd watched him sheet up in awe a few times he started letting me help him. That bloke was an absolute master, at the back of the trailer two fins went down to the corners inch-perfect and you could swear he'd ironed it.
Trust me you'll be glad you don't drive HGV these days.As we both know there was no finer sight to an experienced driver than to stand back from roping and sheeting a load and seeing every fold, crease and dolly perfectly positioned. Horrible job on a cold wet day I admit but it certainly separated the drivers from the steering wheel attendants.
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On 4/2/2018 at 9:39 PM, NewBasfordlad said:
Lost art these days Ian I would take a bet not many of todays drivers could rope and sheet a load.
They're not damn well allowed to!
Some great genius a few years ago decreed that roping and sheeting was no longer suitable for securing flatbed loads because (you're not going to believe this) the ropes haven't been individually strength tested.
Anyoner who's done it (I could but would not claim to have ever mastered the art) knows that if it's done properly, you can tip the damn lorry upside down and shake it and nowt will move!
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Dale was every bit as pleasant in person as his screen/radio persona suggested.
During his Radio Trent days he was a regular for lunch at the Red Lion, Thurgarton where my mum was a waitress. She adored him for his charm and exquisite manners.
It would be easy to dismiss him as just a nice guy but he knew his music too.
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On 2/19/2018 at 2:05 PM, IAN123. said:
Cleanest units in Nottm were Stirlands.
Smiths of Eccles wagons were popular at one time.
Legend has it that when Jack Stirland was in charge, any driver whom he saw leaving the yard with a dirty lorry was for the high jump when he got back.
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On 1/19/2018 at 7:58 PM, IAN123. said:
Hoveringham Leyland for Scriv
Were they underpowered?
The Clydesdale I occasionally drove for Clearways didn't have a lot of grunt in it, specially loaded to the gunwales with Glow-worm boiler parts!
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2 hours ago, trophydave said:
Ah,good point about the schools.I had forgotten that Edward Cludd and the Minster were seperate back then.Jack is my uncle,they live down south nowdays.
As for Southwell pubs,I used to spend a fair bit of time in the White Lion in the mid to late 90s.
I knew Jack and Margaret. He actually introduced my Mum and Dad to each other at a village dance not long after the war, they were long-time friends; our house was always Jack's last point of call on the milk round before he went back to Lowdham, as he usually had a cuppa with mum, and it was inevitably where anyone in the village who'd missed him would phone and ask for him to leave their order there for collection. Your father used to help him out sometimes during the school holidays. The tradition continued with Don Baldwin and later the Northern Dairies drivers Bill and Chuck for many years after Jack retired.
If you'd pass on my best regards to Jack and Margaret next time you speak to them I'd be grateful. i've suddenly realised, we've had this conversation before, on the "Milkmen" thread!
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11 minutes ago, trophydave said:
Scriv,If you were at the Minster in the 70s you might remember my dad,Gordon Pearson.
Wrong school mate but i certainly knew "Pedro"; he taught maths at the Edward cludd school. Am i right in thinking your aunt married Jack Paling, who owned the dairy in Lowdham?
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3 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
Not got a Caterham now Scriv. I had to sell my Lotus Elise last year as I was struggling to get in and out of it. I think a Caterham might be even more difficult. I might just give it one more chance though now you've mentioned it!
it always puzzled me how Fred managed it! He's not the lightest built of blokes is he?
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22 minutes ago, philmayfield said:
Some years ago, when I built a Caterham 7, he was approved by the Caterham factory to check the quality of the build and sign it off. He lived just over the railway crossing at Fiskerton - I think he lived with an uncle. I’ve not seen him for a long time.
He owns our great-uncle Bert's house which has been in the family for over a century. Really glad you mentioned hin because, purely on the offchance, after I saw your post I phoned him just now, caught him at home for once and we've just had a good natter and catch-up. He did ask if you owned a Caterham.
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1 minute ago, philmayfield said:
Scriv, The Wheatsheaf in Southwell is still active. I met up with Mike Peters and his brother Steve in The Waggon last summer. It’s a small world. Is Richard Scrivener at Fiskerton related to you? There were lots of Scriveners in the area
Yes, Richard (or Fred as we both know him) is my second cousin. Still in the motorsports business as far as I know; haven't spoken to him for a couple of years as like me he's rarely home.
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Just now, IAN123. said:
Sometimes the grey matter don't work Scriv....rather be gassing about Eaton 2 speed back axles etc..
Same era mate.As an aside, did you know that the old Hoveringham Gravels wrecker has been found? It's currently sitting in a field near Telford; it's available for sale, it does run but naturally requires a complete rebuild.I was rather tempted myself but, depsite naving a yard big enough to take it and the asking price being reasonable, I couldn't fit it in my barn and it would be a money pit too far.
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2 hours ago, philmayfield said:
Southwell has lost The Grapes and The Nelson (more recently called The Dumbles) at Westhorpe and the Shoulder of Mutton, facing Nottingham Road. I’ve never heard of The Portfield during my time. The Newcastle is now The Last Whistle and the White Lion on the Fiskerton Rd. corner is now The Old Coach House. I’ve fond memories of the Shoulder of Mutton. They used to serve beer drawn from the cask out of enamel jugs. I used to go in there with Mike Peters from Orchard Close. You may have known him. He married (second marriage) the daughter of the postmistress at Thurgarton. I’ve been in all of the Southwell pubs. Very occasionally all of them on the same night when there used to be twelve or thirteen. Couldn’t do that now! You probably did the same!
The Grapes, that was the one I couldn't remember, thank you. Yes, I heard from Mike a few years ago, he and Judith (nee Reeves) live out in Norfolk. Her mother, Margaret, was my sister's godmother.
The George and Dragon , as it then was, was the first pub I actually got served in back in 1976, just before it was taken over and re-named. I was at that time a fifth year at the Minster Grammar, would certainly have struggled to pass for 18 but the landlord was an old boy and despite needing a bit of persuasion i got my half of Magnet, all i could afford but it won me 50 pence off one of my schoolmates cos he'd wagered me i';d be refused!
Ian, as far as i'm aware (Phil will probably confirm) the Wheatsheaf is still going, unless the one you mention is an earlier version. It's just topside of the market place on King Street. Yes it was the Portland not the Portfield.
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3 hours ago, philmayfield said:
I forgot to mention that one and my wife’s uncle used to be the landlord!
Understandable Phil; it was pretty much the "forgotten pub" of Southwell, not meaning that it was a dump or anything but it was about the only one that wasn't really on a main road.
Southwell hasn't actually fared too badly for losing pubs compared to similar towns of comparable size; happy to be corrected but only the Shoulder of Mutton and one other further down Westgate (whose name escapes me) have closed permanently in my memory. There was the Portfield on King street but I think that closed before my drinking years started; for a few years I lived near there in the flat above the Co-op.
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That would've been the Newcastle Arms when you visited. If my memory serves me correctly, originally a Shippo's pub; I only ever went in there a few times when i lived in Southwell, preferred the Rodney.
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11 hours ago, philmayfield said:
Your Aunt, Dot, is remarkable for her age and gets around pretty well - assisted by her large family.
She is indeed, I get updates from friends in Thurgarton. I'm in touch with Richard but haven't heard from the rest since just after my Dad died.
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14 hours ago, philmayfield said:
I’ve lived in the area for over 55 years but have only been into the, now closed, Red Lion a very few times. It was not really a “drinker’s” pub; that was the Coach and Horses on the other side of the road. A select bunch of us used to meet there early doors for a few beers on the way from home from work, but that was over 20 years ago. Very sad to see it gone though as we had some good times there as we “wound down” after a day’s work. Our other option was The Waggon at Bleasby, which still exists, or the Star and Garter at Hazleford which is now a care home. As for later evening pubs it was The Moon at Morton or the Crown at Rolleston from where I was carried after my stag night; having to face my wedding the following day! The Crown is now an Indian Restaurant God help us! Now it’s just a Diet Coke at the Old Coach House in Southwell on a Monday night. Beer gives me gout!
We may have met then Phil, I was about then. Do you remember Ernie who used to be the landlord at the Coach, notorious for having to be surgically removed from his stool behind the bar if you wanted serving? If you went in the Waggon you may well have met my late uncle, Ron Winn, who contributed quite generously over the years towards the pub's upkeep!
You're right about Geoff Sale. It was never the same after he knocked the place about, ruined what atmosphere it ever had; which quite frankly wasn't much.
The Moon was always a good pub; being a real ale man I preferred the Marquis at Hoveringham, worked there for a while too both for Barbara and her successor Barry.
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On 10/2/2017 at 0:11 PM, philmayfield said:
The Coach and the Red Lion at Thurgarton are no more.
The Coach has been gone for a few years; it's now been re-developed into housing. I'm saddened but not really surprised to hear that the Red Lion has closed, it was part of my life for many years. My mother and father both worked there part-time, mum as cleaner and dad as gardener and Saturday night glass collector and pot washer. I too earned a few bob there, both casual as a scholl kid and later as a full time barman after I came out of the Army. I can truthfully say that I've been going in there since 1963, as Mum used to take me with her before I went to school, we only lived across the road.
The Lion never was the "village" pub in my day, that was the Coach and Horses; Haydn Brownson was the landlord of the Lion from the early 1960's until about 1984, and was one of the pioneers of the pub/restaurant which we take for granted today. Most of his clientele were the better off working class folk and small businessmen of Nottingham, "Friday night nillionaires " we used to call them, I particularly remember a Mr. Taylor and his wife as regular diners, they ran a shoe shop in West Bridgford. The restaurant could accommodate about 40 people, it was quite cramped by modern standards and the menu was basically what you'd expect at a Berni inn; prawn cocktail, steak and black forest gateau. It was usually booked solid Friday and Saturday nights though, as this sort of thing was still a novelty, but as tastes became more sophisticated and other pubs got into the eating trade, it slacked off a bit and Haydn wisely got out whilst the going was good. He was always a bit of a rogue, I regularly caught him topping up the Bells and Grouse bottles with cheap house whisky, and the old-fashioned "Jewish piano" till never had a roll in it! I also recall the staff's amusement when Haydn's mother-in-law, a formidable old girl known to us all as "Nan", pulled him up in front of a bar-ful of customers because her gin and tonic didn't taste right; Haydn could fool his less sohisticated customers by topping up with cheap crap but he didn't fool her!
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On 09/01/2018 at 0:29 AM, Rob.L said:
And yet, for many car, a full-sized spare wheel is now deemed an optional extra.
As indeed is a fag lighter and an ashtray!
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Slightly off-topic; but one of the big selling points of early 1970's Japanese cars was that they came fully equpped with stuff like radio, fag lighter, heated rear window and all the stuff that buyers of British cars had to fork out extra for.
The most ridiculous fad was during the mid 1970's when there was a "race to the bottom" amongst the likes of Ford and vauxhall for the "economy" models, some of which even lacked a passenger sun visor. I say ridiculous because they actually cost more to make.
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By the time I got into driving, heaters were pretty much standard though their efficiency was often suspect. Mention of the draught created by a perished gear lever gaiter, though, brought back memories of a minor disaster when I was working for Rainbows of Southwell.
In those days (late 1980's) I was an occasional pipe smoker; Rainbow's fleet was exclusively Bedford, and as anyone who's ever driven a TK will know, there is nowhere on the dashboard to rest a pipe once it's gone out; not unless you want it on the cab floor within seconds. My pipe died on me one day whilst trundling along the A46 towards Lincoln, refused to re-ignite, so I stuffed it in the left pocket of my donkey jacket and cadged a cigarette off my mate Dennis instead. As we were slowing down for North Hykeham, I noticed a distinct burning smell which gradually got worse; on pulling up at a set of lights, I discovered that the blast of air through the perished gaiter had re-ignited my pipe and burned a hole in my jacket pocket.
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Thank you very much for that gents. I had feared that my memory was playing tricks with me!
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I don't look in here very often these days but would like to add my condolences. Firbeck and I were politically diametrically opposed but shared interests in the military, trains and cricket would almost certainly have overcome that had we ever met in person. RIP.
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Nottingham Hauliers
in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum
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Weren't a bad little job that; used to do a lot of crates up to East Mids Airport for the exporters.
Another one I remember well from my days at Mayday was Randalls, the plumbers' merchants on George Street. And Fords, just round the corner; once you got in with them and could remember where all the shops were, they'd always ask for you to come back. Only downside was the crap hours, never any overtime; but it was a doddle of a job.