An Albion and three Fodens
Guesty44:
Gardner 120:
oiltreader:
Gardner 120:
Hi OilyYes a lot of good Scots (big Jim Holton) who tragically died of a heart attack in his early 50s. Maurice Setters (Irish) signed from Man U in the twilight of his career but he was still a hard bar steward. George Curtis at centre half for over 500 games - hewn from granite - not a bad start this season either, 2 out of 2 without conceding - weâre top, close the season now!
Woodbine story; my great uncle Fred used to leave his by the open fire to dry out - they would crackle when he lit them (ouch!) When he went on his holidays to Blackpool, he strapped them to a naked light bulb!
The Dodge is working on Weddington Bridge (Nuneaton) - the lads are laying material to protect the road before the bridge is blown - 1972
Yes Gardner 120 it was Jim Holton not Joe, back to the woodbines, as a youngster probably 12/13teenish, thinking my dad wouldnât miss a half woodbine, my first try at smoking, no half measures, man sized intake, cough, splutter, cough, bloody hell I can still feel the heat in my throat, what a lesson that was, never touched them again, looking back thereâs no doubt my dad had been aware, but never a word.
OilyOily - weâve all been there - my grandad smoked Players Navy Cut (non tipped) down to about a quarter of an inch - if my Nan called him in for his tea, he nubbed it out and put it behind his ear (under his flat cap) - romance wasnât dead at the Standard Triumph I can tell you!
One day I stole down to the bottom of the garden with a nubbed out Players - Jeeze Louise it tasted bad HA HA!
Sadly he was gone at 66 - great old stick, loved him dearly but the coffin nails did for him
Hiya that smoking lark brings back some mems.Started on 5 woodbines of my sister when leaving school at 15yrs
Starting work on Queens square mkt.Went on to Capstan full strenghth.(Not good) then went to the Old Holburn
duty free couldnât get full on the boat.Packed up over 25yr ago now without a problem.Kojak lollipops is the
answer get shut of the habit addiction will go.
GUESTY44. (sorry for butting in)
GUESTY I also smoked Capstan for over 30 years and the only place you could get them duty free was the channel islands I now smoke old holburn and as I started in 58 it is a bit late to pack in now as the damage is already done. My wife used to fetch me 140 every week when she did the shopping and I used to bring her the duty free, I used to get some strange looks in places like I.S.R at Hythe as you had to hand all smoking materials in at the gate house and if it was Monday I would be handing 140 in
cheers Johnnie
P S I was fine when the Amaco Caditz broke up off of the Channel Isles as I was running detergent over so got stocked up every trip
Thanks to rastone, adr and pete smith and servo88 for the pics
⌠and to Pete youâll get a closer look at the castle in the Albion pic next month eh
A few more from Inverness.
Oily
Hi Oily is that Inverness Castle? regards servo
Bit oâ a contrast at the Met. pushbikes and an Actros.
Oily
servo88:
Hi Oily is that Inverness Castle? regards servo![]()
It is, presently used for justice in the form of The Sheriff Court, but plans for a new Court building with the castle becoming a museum.
Oily
Been past it a good few times Oily, but never in it thank God Lol
Electric jobbie in the Netherlands.
Oily
oiltreader:
Electric jobbie in the Netherlands.
Oily
Oh dear. Doesnât jobbie have more than one meaning in Scotland Oily?
John
I am sure that it has several meanings but it has to be said that that thing does look a bit of a jobbie
David
John West:
oiltreader:
Electric jobbie in the Netherlands.
OilyOh dear. Doesnât jobbie have more than one meaning in Scotland Oily?
John
Absolutely John and to be fair itâs certainly not a load oâ keich
Oily
Oily
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Oily - weâve all been there - my grandad smoked Players Navy Cut (non tipped) down to about a quarter of an inch - if my Nan called him in for his tea, he nubbed it out and put it behind his ear (under his flat cap) - romance wasnât dead at the Standard Triumph I can tell you!
One day I stole down to the bottom of the garden with a nubbed out Players - Jeeze Louise it tasted bad HA HA!
Sadly he was gone at 66 - great old stick, loved him dearly but the coffin nails did for him
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Hiya that smoking lark brings back some mems.Started on 5 woodbines of my sister when leaving school at 15yrs
Starting work on Queens square mkt.Went on to Capstan full strenghth.(Not good) then went to the Old Holburn
duty free couldnât get full on the boat.Packed up over 25yr ago now without a problem.Kojak lollipops is the
answer get shut of the habit addiction will go.
GUESTY44. (sorry for butting in)
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GUESTY I also smoked Capstan for over 30 years and the only place you could get them duty free was the channel islands I now smoke old holburn and as I started in 58 it is a bit late to pack in now as the damage is already done. My wife used to fetch me 140 every week when she did the shopping and I used to bring her the duty free, I used to get some strange looks in places like I.S.R at Hythe as you had to hand all smoking materials in at the gate house and if it was Monday I would be handing 140 in
cheers Johnnie
P S I was fine when the Amaco Caditz broke up off of the Channel Isles as I was running detergent over so got stocked up every trip
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My old grandad used to buy 200 Dunhill or Rothmans duty free when he went to Spain for a week (posh holiday â â â â ) - 2 days in he was ripping the filters off as he couldnât taste them. He went to a pipe for a change once - front room was layered in House of Holland aromatic - I couldnât see the telly!
My great grandad smoked twist - Jeeze that stuff was like tear gas - he lived to 99
Once, when rattling around in an old Haydonsâ Commer at Beeston cattle market, my cousin and I (both about 12) found some Players No 10 in the cab; short little things so we were puffing away and never caught. Not a particularly quality smoke though âŚ
What an education this site is!
First I find out what âwouldnât pull your granny off the nettyâ means
Now itâs â Keichâ
As in âahâm awaâ fur a Keich!â
Being called âjohnâ and working for an American firm in Saudi was occasionally amusing, but I usually managed a âsquelchâ - âso Rick, is the P silent?â
As a truck driver in âthe magic kingdomâ public lavatories were few and far between. We usually relieved ourselves with a âspread axleâ - as the name suggests, between the rear trailer axles.
Parked outside Crescent / Sealand, near Dammam port, awaiting a load, I had a prolonged spread axle, then went back to my bunk to try and sleep in the 100 degree heat. Sometime later, Ginger McNeil opened the door and said âow, John, come and look at this, what a beauty! It only needs a Union Jack on it!â
He blamed Joe, the traffic manager, but I knew the truth!
A proper âjobbieâ
John.
My, my weâve lowered the tone now but while on the subject please allow me to re-tell two alimentary, factory stories;
My uncle was an apprentice at The Standard Motor Company (1957 to 1962). In one shop floor toilet the cleaner (Len) had a double trap (right in the middle of a row) which was his store cupboard / office. He would sit in there with a mug of tea and a cheese roll etc while all around him were straining. One day somebody said âtell me Len, do you ever experience flavour blur?â
Len replied, âEh?â
Years later I was an apprentice at Jaguar Cars working in Material Control. One day my mate rushed into the office and excitedly shouted âquick everyone, câmon have a look at this!â
We all trooped off to the bog to find, in trap 4 a jobbie and a half - as a cable it wouldnât have looked out of place in the North Sea - it was round the u-bend and still protruding 6 inches above the water line. One of my mates grabbed a red flag (used for urgent jobs) wrote âover to you Wallyâ (the bog cleaner) and stuck it in the top âŚ
oiltreader:
servo88:
Hi Oily is that Inverness Castle? regards servo![]()
It is, presently used for justice in the form of The Sheriff Court, but plans for a new Court building with the castle becoming a museum.
Oily
Hi Oily, Yes I will mate, that is the castle on the Dores road side of the river? Going to catch the train from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh went on the Fort William to Malaig train last time and there was too much lineside vegetation to see anything, Cheerâs Pete
A (now rare) 1969/1970 reg. B.M.C. Laird tractor unit , photographed at
the recent Truckfest Scotland , Edinburgh.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Past Present etc the convenience thread thank you CWM (Laird pic) for restoring sanitary, I mean sanity, s**t canât get away from it
I started school 1939 aged 4(unofficially), my mother was the cook so I was strapped on the carrier of her Elswick for the mile trundle to school (rural Aberdeenshire) and sat with the other kids. This was my introduction to the school lavvies, they were the dry sit on a bench type(we had a flush at home) natures call was a bloody dreaded ordeal, sat on the draughty seat the business was supposed to hit a slope and slide into a pit, this did not happen and a pyramid built up very quickly, needing a dislodging poke with a stick. Now the pit was also the for tipping ash from the school fires, so with a wind in the wrong direction, funnelling around inside the pit and blowing up into the thunderbox, it was not a place to linger, not forgetting to avail oneself of the newsprint paper squares, through which a piece of string was pierced and hung on a nail. Before the good old days Larry, if your reading this, they happened a year or two after
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Oily
PS another couple of words from childhood were chanty and guzunder.
oiltreader:
Bit oâ a contrast at the Met. pushbikes and an Actros.
Oily
Just waiting for the âNairn Bros. Haulageâ logo to be applied above the windscreen!