my grandfarther worked for bartons at the melton mowbray depot and my nan was canteen cook at brs melton depot on the leicester road
steveig:
my grandfarther worked for bartons at the melton mowbray depot and my nan was canteen cook at brs melton depot on the leicester road
hiya,
A bit like one led them and one fed them eh, had a brekkie or two in Meton depot back in the 60s maybe should partly blame your Nan for me being a fat git, one of the few depots where you got a palletised load but you did have to wait a bit,
thanks harry long retired.
Steve did your grandfather know ■■■■ who used to do middle east, there is a photo on here near the beginng of this thread, he was a character, but I have met a better one in out Harry. 
Steve did your grandfather know ■■■■ who used to do middle east, there is a photo on here near the beginng of this thread, he was a character, but I have met a better one in out Harry.
Norman Ingram:
Steve did your grandfather know ■■■■ who used to do middle east, there is a photo on here near the beginng of this thread, he was a character, but I have met a better one in out Harry.
hiya,
Norm have you given that birdbath a coat of paint yet??, i know your a busy lad what with balling the jack and knocking at the domino club but you can’t make that an excuse for neglecting the garden what will the neighbours think, but you could do like i’ve done and befriend a concrete mixer driver and get the front and rear gardens concreted the only trouble now is the recycling bin never gets used thinking of planting a few dandelions in pots just to keep up with the Jones’s and be able to put the bin out occasionally.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry I know your memory is a little shakey, I told you my daughter got me a new stone bird bath, which you can google, but I have still got the old concrete one, which I moved nearer to my window, the little house sparrows use that, the new one at the moment is used by the starlings, and crows, every day one of the half a dozen who use it, brings a piece of stale bread and dunks it into the water, and they all have a bath in it. 
I think I am at the Hammers House Of Horrors when they come swooping down.
Hi boys
Norm it sounds more like that film “The Birds” wasn’t it by Alfred Hitchcock I remember it from a lad only watched it once still scares me thinking about it now. 
Anyway what are you doing leaving out out of date bread, you cheapskate, a man of your means could afford to put out fresh
Regards Keith
Keith I did not put any bread out, I think they fly up to Harry’s house and pinch the bread that Harry has got for this weekend booze up with the geordy gang, then put it in my birdbath to make it edible, when they take off, their wingspan must be nearly three feet. By now old Harry must be pie eyed, most likely they wheeled him home in a wheel barrow. 
Norman Ingram:
Keith I did not put any bread out, I think they fly up to Harry’s house and pinch the bread that Harry has got for this weekend booze up with the geordy gang, then put it in my birdbath to make it edible, when they take off, their wingspan must be nearly three feet. By now old Harry must be pie eyed, most likely they wheeled him home in a wheel barrow.
hiya.
Got home under my own steam Norm and did’nt get thrown off the bus either i think i’m becoming immune to the effects of the amber nectar in my old age, i’ve been told they won’t be able to cremate me when i croak i’ll blow the place up too much alcohol in my system but i’m not planning to go just yet so if i become tee-total i might be OK when the time comes, some hope.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry & lads I suppose you will be sitting glued to your TV’s on friday watching the royal wedding, my self I will be on my way to the bowls club. Harry I think you will be toasting the royal couple, still you do not need any excuse to drink your whisky. Delay your departure from this world as long as possible harry, but please get buried, or else we will feel the heat from here
Hi Norm,
Here’s one that won’t be watching no wedding,can’t think of anything more boring.Its going to cost a lot of employers a lot of money to pay for an extra bank holiday,especially the way things are at the moment.
Good luck to the couple,but I shall be doing something else on Friday,maybe a trip to the coast,where it will possibly be quieter .
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Norm,
Here’s one that won’t be watching no wedding,can’t think of anything more boring.Its going to cost a lot of employers a lot of money to pay for an extra bank holiday,especially the way things are at the moment.
Good luck to the couple,but I shall be doing something else on Friday,maybe a trip to the coast,where it will possibly be quieter
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Tomorrow for me will be a no TV day weather permitting it will be fill the hip flask, few sarnies in a bag fill a thermos down to Tesco’s a couple of loaves and down to the river ( not far ) park bench and spend the day feeding the ducks and swans and most likely spend a bit of time talking to myself because i’ll most likely be there by myself, bliss, my old lady will be glued to the box and i would’nt dare breathe in the house, i’ll take my mobile so’s i can phone home to make sure it’s safe to return, I know my place.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Norm,
Here’s one that won’t be watching no wedding,can’t think of anything more boring.Its going to cost a lot of employers a lot of money to pay for an extra bank holiday,especially the way things are at the moment.
Good luck to the couple,but I shall be doing something else on Friday,maybe a trip to the coast,where it will possibly be quieter
Cheers Dave.hiya,
Tomorrow for me will be a no TV day weather permitting it will be fill the hip flask, few sarnies in a bag fill a thermos down to Tesco’s a couple of loaves and down to the river ( not far ) park bench and spend the day feeding the ducks and swans and most likely spend a bit of time talking to myself because i’ll most likely be there by myself, bliss, my old lady will be glued to the box and i would’nt dare breathe in the house, i’ll take my mobile so’s i can phone home to make sure it’s safe to return, I know my place.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry the wedding is on Friday,don’t feed the ducks tomorrow,otherwise you will have to buy more bread .
It sounds a ■■■■ good idea that you have .
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Norm,
Here’s one that won’t be watching no wedding,can’t think of anything more boring.Its going to cost a lot of employers a lot of money to pay for an extra bank holiday,especially the way things are at the moment.
Good luck to the couple,but I shall be doing something else on Friday,maybe a trip to the coast,where it will possibly be quieter
Cheers Dave.hiya,
Tomorrow for me will be a no TV day weather permitting it will be fill the hip flask, few sarnies in a bag fill a thermos down to Tesco’s a couple of loaves and down to the river ( not far ) park bench and spend the day feeding the ducks and swans and most likely spend a bit of time talking to myself because i’ll most likely be there by myself, bliss, my old lady will be glued to the box and i would’nt dare breathe in the house, i’ll take my mobile so’s i can phone home to make sure it’s safe to return, I know my place.
thanks harry long retired.Harry the wedding is on Friday,don’t feed the ducks tomorrow,otherwise you will have to buy more bread
It sounds a ■■■■ good idea that you have
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Can’t tell the difference between Stork and butter either Dave, it’s just that the wedding has been rammed down your throat for ages that i’ve lost track of time, so i’ll just do a bit more in the bathroom tomorrow and have my peaceful day on Friday but better buy the bread tomorrow just in case the shops are closed for the wedding and the birds won’t know it’s past it’s sell-by date, but thanks for keeping me right Dave i should at my time of life really have a full time carer or not be allowed out on my own.
thanks harry long retired
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Hi Norm,
Here’s one that won’t be watching no wedding,can’t think of anything more boring.Its going to cost a lot of employers a lot of money to pay for an extra bank holiday,especially the way things are at the moment.
Good luck to the couple,but I shall be doing something else on Friday,maybe a trip to the coast,where it will possibly be quieter
Cheers Dave.hiya,
Tomorrow for me will be a no TV day weather permitting it will be fill the hip flask, few sarnies in a bag fill a thermos down to Tesco’s a couple of loaves and down to the river ( not far ) park bench and spend the day feeding the ducks and swans and most likely spend a bit of time talking to myself because i’ll most likely be there by myself, bliss, my old lady will be glued to the box and i would’nt dare breathe in the house, i’ll take my mobile so’s i can phone home to make sure it’s safe to return, I know my place.
thanks harry long retired.Harry the wedding is on Friday,don’t feed the ducks tomorrow,otherwise you will have to buy more bread
It sounds a ■■■■ good idea that you have
Cheers Dave.hiya,
Can’t tell the difference between Stork and butter either Dave, it’s just that the wedding has been rammed down your throat for ages that i’ve lost track of time, so i’ll just do a bit more in the bathroom tomorrow and have my peaceful day on Friday but better buy the bread tomorrow just in case the shops are closed for the wedding and the birds won’t know it’s past it’s sell-by date, but thanks for keeping me right Dave i should at my time of life really have a full time carer or not be allowed out on my own.
thanks harry long retired
I think you are more than capable of being on your own Harry,after being a lorry driver for many years,you have had plenty of practice.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
When i venture out these days my missus puts a luggage label on my lapel "bit like a wartime evacuee"in case i forget where/who i am so if anybody finds me wandering about lost they can return me to my home, but as you say Dave i can still cope by myself i suppose it’s a leftover of being a “loner” for all those years.
thanks harry long retired.
Norm i think he may of known ■■■■ but not 100% 
would ask me nan but at 90 she is back in the 1940,s awaiting the invasion of britain bless her i have asked my mum to find some photos for me i do have my grandads bus badge etc, i know my grandad did spain a few times and i belive italy, greece and down to malta too,
I can just imagine you with a label tied to you Harry,it would probably say if found,please return to the BRS parcel office.
Chees Dave.
Dave I hope he don’t get treated as a dangerous parcel, or they might bring in the bomb squad and blow the poor old sod up!
Dave the Renegade:
I can just imagine you with a label tied to you Harry,it would probably say if found,please return to the BRS parcel office.
Chees Dave.
Thanks for your reply, steve, I just was trying to find if ■■■■ was still a live and kicking, or if and when he passed on, he must be in his 90’s. all the best Norman
steveig:
Norm i think he may of known ■■■■ but not 100%