Theres always stories and photos out there somewhere waiting to be told and seen and courtesy of Bob Anderson we have some new stuff not seen for many a year.
In the Autumn of 81 Dave Stagg, our then transport manager, took on four or five extra drivers to help with the transportation of exhibits to that years Baghdad International Trade Fair. Most of them were employed to drive Coles Cranes but Bob was given one of our lorries to drive. It seems odd somehow that one of our regular drivers, Ramsey Patterson, drove one of the cranes. Perhaps it was one of the heavier cranes and Ramsey had driven it before. Bob, Ramsey and another crane driver Paul set off together.
I remember working at the fair in 81 together with Chic Steadman and Peter Calderwood, the boss. It was a huge event with so much gear being shipped in, not just from the UK, that the adjacent football stadium was commandeered as an overflow storage area. Bob and the rest of the lads ended up there. I don’t know how the lads got home but certainly some of them, including Bob stayed on for a couple of weeks helping out.
Bob appears in many of the photos wearing mainly red shorts or/and a white hat. Ramsey is shown driving a crane. They were all left hookers. There is one photo of Paul standing with Bob and Ramsey.
