seth 70:
Wooden beaded seat covers ,
Aye I can remember those bloody things, They were OK when new but suddenly they flew to bits & the beads were all over the place Eh , Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Curtains with frilly tassels.
NOVE:
Curtains with frilly tassels.
Ah yes but they were for the Wendy House Gang IMO, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
NOVE:
Curtains with frilly tassels.Ah yes but they were for the Wendy House Gang IMO, Regards Larry.
Surprised they don’t do 1980s wall lights with tassels to match in the All Ride catalogue. 
Lawrence Dunbar:
seth 70:
Wooden beaded seat covers ,Aye I can remember those bloody things, They were OK when new but suddenly they flew to bits & the beads were all over the place Eh , Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Yea they were a must ,but like you say but when they fell to bits it was a nightmare with beads all over and bits of plastic wire up your arse,i once tried them with shorts on ,they should have had a health warning saying not to do it ,oooooooooffffffft 
I can remember when a lot of drivers that smoked ready made ciggies used to take all of the silver paper out of a full packet so when they opened it up when driving in the dark it made it easier to get a one out of the packet, Plus they used to save the silver paper in case they blew a fuse, The good old days Eh, Defo for me anyway, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
I can remember when a lot of drivers that smoked ready made ciggies used to take all of the silver paper out of a full packet so when they opened it up when driving in the dark it made it easier to get a one out of the packet, Plus they used to save the silver paper in case they blew a fuse, The good old days Eh, Defo for me anyway, Regards Larry.
Aye Larry,all you needed to get back home in the old days was a bit of wire,a hammer and a screwdriver eh!Nowadays you need a “technician” in a service van with a bloody big computer and then you have no guarantee that that bugger will get you home either,well not that night anyway!!Sorry to say our trusty “tool kit” is redundant Larry Cheers Dennis.
Well can any of you oldies remember the red road side paraffin lamps with a hook on the top for hanging them up, Well I most certainly do I used to have one for the winter & lit it & placed it on the passenger side floor & it stopped the windows from freezing over on the inside, It did cause a little bit condensation but that was quickly removed with an old newspaper, Plus the cab wasn’t too cold either, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well can any of you oldies remember the red road side paraffin lamps with a hook on the top for hanging them up, Well I most certainly do I used to have one for the winter & lit it & placed it on the passenger side floor & it stopped the windows from freezing over on the inside, It did cause a little bit condensation but that was quickly removed with an old newspaper, Plus the cab wasn’t too cold either, Regards Larry.
No wonder i used to fall down so many holes on way back from pub Larry!
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well can any of you oldies remember the red road side paraffin lamps with a hook on the top for hanging them up, Well I most certainly do I used to have one for the winter & lit it & placed it on the passenger side floor & it stopped the windows from freezing over on the inside, It did cause a little bit condensation but that was quickly removed with an old newspaper, Plus the cab wasn’t too cold either, Regards Larry.No wonder i used to fall down so many holes on way back from pub Larry!
Aye I know what you mean, But I bet you have been in better holes sometime just like me Eh, Ha Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well can any of you oldies remember the red road side paraffin lamps with a hook on the top for hanging them up, Well I most certainly do I used to have one for the winter & lit it & placed it on the passenger side floor & it stopped the windows from freezing over on the inside, It did cause a little bit condensation but that was quickly removed with an old newspaper, Plus the cab wasn’t too cold either, Regards Larry.No wonder i used to fall down so many holes on way back from pub Larry!
Aye I know what you mean, But I bet you have been in better holes sometime just like me Eh, Ha Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Both the red lamps and what you are referring to Larry would make your eye’s water. Paraffin and you know what. 
Cheers Dave.
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well can any of you oldies remember the red road side paraffin lamps with a hook on the top for hanging them up, Well I most certainly do I used to have one for the winter & lit it & placed it on the passenger side floor & it stopped the windows from freezing over on the inside, It did cause a little bit condensation but that was quickly removed with an old newspaper, Plus the cab wasn’t too cold either, Regards Larry.No wonder i used to fall down so many holes on way back from pub Larry!
Aye I know what you mean, But I bet you have been in better holes sometime just like me Eh, Ha Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Used to be weekly,then weakly,now beer is best Larry
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
pete smith:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Well can any of you oldies remember the red road side paraffin lamps with a hook on the top for hanging them up, Well I most certainly do I used to have one for the winter & lit it & placed it on the passenger side floor & it stopped the windows from freezing over on the inside, It did cause a little bit condensation but that was quickly removed with an old newspaper, Plus the cab wasn’t too cold either, Regards Larry.No wonder i used to fall down so many holes on way back from pub Larry!
Aye I know what you mean, But I bet you have been in better holes sometime just like me Eh, Ha Ha Ha, Regards Larry.
Used to be weekly,then weakly,now beer is best Larry
Snap, But im case its barley sqeezings from Bonny Scotland, Allthough I do get the urge now & again to go wild , But by the time I work out how to do It Im ■■■■■■ anyway, Regards Larry.
I can remember donkies years ago being told from a older driver, Now Larry when you go to Liverpool Docks & a scouse docker asks you if you are in a hurry to get unloaded, You just tell him Oh no I get paid all the hours I stand here at Double time so just wake me up when you want me to unload PAL,the Scouse gits didn’t like to think that you were earning more dosh than them the lazy ■■■■■■■■■ Who tried to mess all the drivers about apart from their scouse mates , It worked most of the time Im pleased to say, Regards Larry.
A bad idea that disappeared was the poxy dockers.
Them thick white twin trucker cb twigs with red ends
My old man used to have a pair of transparent orange discs with suckers in the middle, stuck them on the headlights, supposed to help to see in the fog. The only reason they worked was because they stopped most of the light passing through especially when they were scuffed from kicking around in the cab for a while, so no dazzle! A paper bag over the lights would probably have been as good!
Bernard
albion1938:
My old man used to have a pair of transparent orange discs with suckers in the middle, stuck them on the headlights, supposed to help to see in the fog. The only reason they worked was because they stopped most of the light passing through especially when they were scuffed from kicking around in the cab for a while, so no dazzle! A paper bag over the lights would probably have been as good!
Bernard
I’d forgotten about those (and the workmens’ parafin lamps mentioned earlier)! My dad had a pair too: they were made of polythene and were curved to follow the contours of a headlamp lens. The vibration would only have to shake them off once and they’d be gone forever; which is probably another reason why they did! robert
Can you remember the little V shaped deflector that were quite often seen on Morris Minors they were fitted on the front of the bonnet to deflect flies etc, Also the gadget that was fitted on the car roof with a bit sticking down the middle of the windscreen It acted like a periscope for drivers pulling caravans with front & rear windows, They never caught on did they ?, Regards Larry.
toowise:
How about the purpose built sink and cooker unit fitted to the early Globetrotters,
Like this one you mean,although the original paraffin one was taken out and
replaced with gas one.
Apologies for crap picture quality.
