Wirlinmerlin:
Morning Zodian and welcome to the site.
A wild guess but are you Anthony Massey’s son?
If so, he used to give us rides in his side valve ford, terrifying us whilst trying to do a Ken Cleaver!! Lol!
Hi Wirlinmerlin. You are right. Anthony Massey is my Dad. And I remember well the old Ford Pop, in fact my Dad is forever going on about how simple and uncomplicated it was compared to motors of today.
I also remember Stan Baines in his blue overalls in the maintenance shop in the yard at the rear, and the distinct smell of the detergent they used in the spinners. Funny the things that stick with you. Wonder what happened to ‘Aunty’ Pauline who worked the then state of the art switchboard. Used to love playing with that on Saturday mornings when hardly anyone was around.