Nottingham bus firm( middle east work

[dessert_driver]

Norman Ingram:
Cheers Keith, have you looked at the Budapest to Iran thread, quite interesting, wished I could have done it as quick.

dessert driver:
Hi boys
Norm as Dave says I hope every thing goes well for him, It cannot be easy for any of you .Please send our regards.

Keith.

Hi boys
Norm I’ve seen those videos before and they are still worth another look. They bring back so many memories. Ian is proberly right you wouldn’t want to go now but when we went in the seventies it was so much different and most people were glad to see you. I’ve read on here how things had changed in the 80s and 90s with all the new roads and bypasses changed for the better is debatable.

Regards Keith

[norman_ingram]

Yes Keith I must admitt my heart skipped a beat when I saw certain places, I must say I never saw one of those drivers in a cafe, but they was only on just over £20 a week like the Bulgarians, but they always seem to travel in three’s, I think I already told you three travelled to Bagdad, while passing through Kurd region one knocked over a child, they was chasted them, one got strung up, one went missing and the other got to Bagdad and flew home, I was stuck in Londra camping when one of the hungarian drivers was passenger and because I knew him, he told me this story and he was going to drive the vehicle back, he ask me where my wagon was, I showed him, he laughed not even you Norman can drive that Leyland Marathon again!

dessert driver:

Norman Ingram:
Cheers Keith, have you looked at the Budapest to Iran thread, quite interesting, wished I could have done it as quick.

dessert driver:
Hi boys
Norm as Dave says I hope every thing goes well for him, It cannot be easy for any of you .Please send our regards.

Keith.

Hi boys
Norm I’ve seen those videos before and they are still worth another look. They bring back so many memories. Ian is proberly right you wouldn’t want to go now but when we went in the seventies it was so much different and most people were glad to see you. I’ve read on here how things had changed in the 80s and 90s with all the new roads and bypasses changed for the better is debatable.

Regards Keith

[norman_ingram]

Well Lads my mate Bill Thomas ( Bagdad Bill ) is 79 years old, on the 3rd Sept I will be 74 and its 36 years since we started to go to the middle east,Keith Shirley has M/S, John Bland & Terry Taylor are deceased, Colin Wright I was told he had passed on, but Bill thinks not, but I have not seen hide or hare of him for the last four years. Joe 90 who was Joe baker, Mr TIR Dave Stroud was working in traffic office, and Bob Howes they are still around, but those three was in their twentie’s when they started, Geoff Lovell who we called Shovel is in Spain, the rest I do not Know.still it was good while it lasted, I write the names while I can still remember them. Still I missed my old mate Wink, Tony Botterill , Ahhhhhhhh my brain is turning to jelly.

[dessert_driver]

Hi boys
Norm you sound as if your getting sentimental in your old age It’s our memories that keep us going. The best about this forum is that someone always comes up with the information to fill in the gaps of your mind. There are some good names in your list and hopefully someone will be able to help you get in touch with the ones you have lost contact with. I’m glad I was very young when I went out there and hope I’m around for a good while yet

Regards Keith.

[norman_ingram]

Keith & lads I am, I am a soft old sod. In our local paper was a whole page about the judo club in the 1960’s and my mate Bill Thomas was grinning at me when he was 29 years old, fifty years ago.

[harry_gill]

Norman Ingram:
Keith & lads I am, I am a soft old sod. In our local paper was a whole page about the judo club in the 1960’s and my mate Bill Thomas was grinning at me when he was 29 years old, fifty years ago.

hiya,
Norm I went to a judo club once tried a few of the moves fell on my arse got dressed and went on the pop , saying to myself “I do talk to myself Norm I’m the most intelligent person I know” that if i wanted to spend my time sitting on the deck i was determined it was going to be booze induced.
thanks harry long retired.

[norman_ingram]

Harry you know I believe everything you say and write, but a man who loves children and whisky cannot be all bad news on my brother he was sitting in a chair and eating a spoonful of yogurt, and he walked four steps.

[norman_ingram]

More good news on my brother, today he got up and dressed himself.

[dessert_driver]

HI boys
Norm that’s good news, one step at a time, please send my regards

Keith

[harry_gill]

dessert driver:
HI boys
Norm that’s good news, one step at a time, please send my regards

Keith

hiya,
Add my best wishes to your brother Norm tell him I’ll pop down with a football when he’s walking a bit further and we’ll have a kickabout Norm you’ll have to sit on the subs bench you’re well knackered, half time Keith “get em’ in”.
thanks harry long retired.

[dessert_driver]

Hi boys
Harry do you want oranges or lemons?

Regards Keith

[norman_ingram]

Keith ,whats Harry waffling on about football, we couldn’t even play blow football we have not got a good puff between us! Have passed on your messages, he seems to be on the road of recovery very quick after a long operation only less than a week.

[harry_gill]

Norman Ingram:
Keith ,whats Harry waffling on about football, we couldn’t even play blow football we have not got a good puff between us! Have passed on your messages, he seems to be on the road of recovery very quick after a long operation only less than a week.

hiya,
Howay Norm I want nowt to do with puffs, and I’ll have you know I once had a trial as a teenager for the world famous Accrington Stanley, but it was a case of "don’t ring us we’ll ring you, bring on the oranges Keith, half time.
thanks harry long retired.

[dessert_driver]

Hi boys
You don’t like lemons then Harry

Regards Keith

[harry_gill]

dessert driver:
Hi boys
You don’t like lemons then Harry

Regards Keith

hiya,
Don’t like sour grapes either Keith.
thanks harry long retired.

[dessert_driver]

Hi boys
Harry I like cherries but that’s a different story

Regards Keith

[harry_gill]

dessert driver:
Hi boys
Harry I like cherries but that’s a different story

Regards Keith

hiya,
Come to think of it Keith I think I’ve plucked a few cherries in my time, if only I could turn the clock back eh’.
thanks harry long retired.

[norman_ingram]

You lorrydrivers are all the same, a fruity lot? My brother is back in his home last night, very tired but glad to be in his own place, he just needs to build up his strength, but I think he has done very well after such a short time.

[dave_the_renegade]

Hi Norm,
Glad to hear that your brother is making good progress.He must be made of stern stuff.
Cheers Dave.

[norman_ingram]

Yes Dave, after a 14 hour brain operation, he is back in his own bungalow in under two weeks, and he is cheeky with it, I will have to give my younger brother a slap for I said if he behaves himself, on wednesday, I would buy him 6p of chips, he said he hopes he won’t have to give me the 6p again I said I would like it for the first time ever!