Dave, the last time I drove a small one like that, was when we done the Harwich boat job in the 80’s, I think that one had only one rubber band to drive it, when the wind hit it it was down to 30/40 mph, it must have been hell to follow 
Hi Norman,
Different days,now they have bags of power,but got limiters,not that stops some of them going like hell.
Cheers Dave.
Tell me about it Dave, I was on the A34 when comming from my break, and I had to do over 70 to past this lorry, he was going faster than he should on the motorway.
Chris Webb:
flishflunk:
Hi all,
here’s an advert for sausages from the 80s.
Ray
I missed out on these sausage places,were they special Northampton sausages or summat,like that lighthouse was special? Never got into Northampton in the 80s,always trunking north or Liverpool/Ellesmere Port on nights regular then full-time shunting.No sausage places in Merseyside,only entertainment was watching the “goings on” on the Pier Head at night or sheep-bashing on Woodhead,no sausage cafes up there either.
So have missed something special Ray?
There is still hope for you yet Chris if you get back over the sea from your tax haven.
It is still open too, not changed much but still serving edible meals unlike many old cafe’s.
The road that is to the left of that picture, is where you turn down to go to a big carboot sale which is right behind the cafe in a field at Potters pury.
hiya,
Have you got a stall at the boot sale Norm??, i should have had one the other week i threw a load of hand and power tools in the council skip a couple of weeks ago, could’nt get in the garden shed for the amount of stuff in there, i’ll never be a businessman unlike some people who can sell snow to Eskimo’s.
thanks harry long retired.
Just going off sausages i was in the salt box a couple of weeks ago and its still going strong.Remember the chap who would’nt do toast after ten in a morning,
well he left as the bypass was been built(dumpedthe cafe on someone else) This guy who has got it now seems to be doing well, its all one room now drivers side and coaches on the other but no real divide and the staff chatty and friendly.Gosh had some grub in that place i used to do Coffee grounds from Nestles and brewers grains out of Burton.
John.
Here you are John,a Salt Box breakfast.I haven’t been in there since the 70s so it’s nice to know it’s one of the few old cafes still going 
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3300John:
Just going off sausages i was in the salt box a couple of weeks ago and its still going strong.Remember the chap who would’nt do toast after ten in a morning,
well he left as the bypass was been built(dumpedthe cafe on someone else) This guy who has got it now seems to be doing well, its all one room now drivers side and coaches on the other but no real divide and the staff chatty and friendly.Gosh had some grub in that place i used to do Coffee grounds from Nestles and brewers grains out of Burton.
John.
It is a good business 3300John, used by many locals and bikers as well as truckers who know it. I find now that everyone is treated equally so if you are a bit pushed for time when they are busy, you can be waiting for your food.
Doesn’t matter though because it is fresh and wholesome food.
Chris, I used the salt box cafe in the 90’s, when you parked there, you got a free breakfast.
Going back in the 70’s I can remember going to a dance at a big hotel in Stirling, but the name escapes me , it was a posh affair, you had to wear a tie, I lent one to this other driver, and he said it was well worth going to, and would pack a tie next time, for he was up that way on a regular basis.
Norman Ingram:
Going back in the 70’s I can remember going to a dance at a big hotel in Stirling, but the name escapes me , it was a posh affair, you had to wear a tie, I lent one to this other driver, and he said it was well worth going to, and would pack a tie next time, for he was up that way on a regular basis.
Hi Norm did you put a clean boiler suit on and polish your boots ? and I bet your tie was one of them with a ready made knot on a piece of elastic ! cheers Bewick.
hiya,
Norm and Bewick i was never geared up for the highlife a boiler suit for day work and a clean boiler suit for evening wear combined with nice cleaned brown shoes, my driving footwear was the good old Lancashire clogs, boy was i a babe magnet.
thanks harry long retired.
Bewick Ben, I was dressed like a regular English Gentleman, with a sober tie with a winsor knot with curly permed hair, for it is so fine, hence “Curlytop” on the C B, and armed with chat up lines like am I in heaven, I must be with angels like you around,
hiya,
I can see you was a bit of a Dago Norm, at least i dressed like a proper driver, my chat up line was “get em’ off you’ve been selected”, got to admit it did’nt usually work though, I used to add on the odd occasion “you look a lot like my grandma” i know how to address the ladies.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
I can see you was a bit of a Dago Norm, at least i dressed like a proper driver, my chat up line was “get em’ off you’ve been selected”, got to admit it did’nt usually work though, I used to add on the odd occasion “you look a lot like my grandma” i know how to address the ladies.
thanks harry long retired.
“Lend us yer face,I want to go ratting” used to getb them going as well Harry.
hiya,
Chris another one was “how much do you charge to haunt houses”, it never cut much ice either.
thanks harry long retired.
Another one was if you met a mate, with a lady friend or wife with him was, “she’s better looking than that miserable one, you had with you last week”.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Or “hello there hows your Cinderella”, that always guaranteed a clip round the ear.
thanks harry long retired.
Lads how could you be like that to the fairest ■■■, you could have said I am the fastest lover in the world, they say are you?, you reply, didn’t you feel me?