Ray Smyth:
I think that I have put the 1st picture of Water Street, Liverpool on here before, not too sure.
The 2nd picture, from Bootle History Forum is the same location, taken quite recently.
Ray Smyth.
I think the large building on the left in the first picture is the passport office, some years ago they were having a dispute/industrial action, passport renewals were by personal application. I queued round that b loody building for 8 hours and when I got to the front of the queue, presented my completed forms for myself and Mrs GOM the fed up young lady said âI can issue yours but not Mrs GOM, sheâll have to come and apply in personâ
There was no point in kicking off (it would have achieved nothing) so I went back to Lime St. and the train back to Dewsbury . 8 b loody hours wasted.
Ray Smyth:
I think that I have put the 1st picture of Water Street, Liverpool on here before, not too sure.
The 2nd picture, from Bootle History Forum is the same location, taken quite recently.
Ray Smyth.
I think the large building on the left in the first picture is the passport office, some years ago they were having a dispute/industrial action, passport renewals were by personal application. I queued round that b loody building for 8 hours and when I got to the front of the queue, presented my completed forms for myself and Mrs GOM the fed up young lady said âI can issue yours but not Mrs GOM, sheâll have to come and apply in personâ
There was no point in kicking off (it would have achieved nothing) so I went back to Lime St. and the train back to Dewsbury . 8 b loody hours wasted.
Ey-up Grumps, Sorry to spoil your weekend with the pictures of the passport office. Yes, it was, and perhaps still is the passport office.
It is India Buildings which contains many companies. Up and until 2003, If I needed a passport, I would get a 1 year passport from the main
Post Office in Wigan. However, at that time, we decided to go âUpmarketâ and get 10 year passports, but at the time, all of the passport
offices in the UK were on strike or on a go slow, apart from the Belfast office, so I phoned Belfast to see what the situation was over there,
and a very helpful lady said âPost your forms and cheque to us, and we will sort it straight awayâ, five days later, our passports arrived.
Best Regards, Ray.
whisperingsmith: > Buzzer: > Merc rig ready to roll, not sure what country Buzzer.
Somewhere with no hills?? Unless itâs a V10
These old Mercs were (indeed are in many parts of the world) amazing. I have seen them working hard in South America, Middle East and Africa. As for hills I can recall seeing them pulling (slowly!) from the port of Aqaba in Jordan in very high temperatures and ploughing (literally) up steep muddy hills in Brazil.
When I read the âWere Mercs always this badâ thread I can only think that, no,they were not.
whisperingsmith: > Buzzer: > Merc rig ready to roll, not sure what country Buzzer.
Somewhere with no hills?? Unless itâs a V10
These old Mercs were (indeed are in many parts of the world) amazing. I have seen them working hard in South America, Middle East and Africa. As for hills I can recall seeing them pulling (slowly!) from the port of Aqaba in Jordan in very high temperatures and ploughing (literally) up steep muddy hills in Brazil.
When I read the âWere Mercs always this badâ thread I can only think that, no,they were not.
peterm:
Is it me or the photo? I canât make out whatâs going on with it. It looks as though itâs got wheels in all the wrong places.
B double i reckon. B trailer coupled to a 5th wheel on the back of the A(front) trailer. Looks like the front axle of each trailer has single wheels, and rear axle of each trailer on twin wheels.
peterm:
Is it me or the photo? I canât make out whatâs going on with it. It looks as though itâs got wheels in all the wrong places.
B double i reckon. B trailer coupled to a 5th wheel on the back of the A(front) trailer. Looks like the front axle of each trailer has single wheels, and rear axle of each trailer on twin wheels.
Absolutely right but for one thing Colin, the B-trailer is coupled to a 5th wheel on the semi-trailer. That one isnât an A-frame.
Has anyone sussed out what country/region yet. Looks a bit South American to me.
Perhaps we need some younger eyes to read the number plate.
peterm:
Is it me or the photo? I canât make out whatâs going on with it. It looks as though itâs got wheels in all the wrong places.
B double i reckon. B trailer coupled to a 5th wheel on the back of the A(front) trailer. Looks like the front axle of each trailer has single wheels, and rear axle of each trailer on twin wheels.
Absolutely right but for one thing Colin, the B-trailer is coupled to a 5th wheel on the semi-trailer. That one isnât an A-frame.
Has anyone sussed out what country/region yet. Looks a bit South American to me.
Perhaps we need some younger eyes to read the number plate.
peterm:
Is it me or the photo? I canât make out whatâs going on with it. It looks as though itâs got wheels in all the wrong places.
B double i reckon. B trailer coupled to a 5th wheel on the back of the A(front) trailer. Looks like the front axle of each trailer has single wheels, and rear axle of each trailer on twin wheels.
Absolutely right but for one thing Colin, the B-trailer is coupled to a 5th wheel on the semi-trailer. That one isnât an A-frame.
Has anyone sussed out what country/region yet. Looks a bit South American to me.
Perhaps we need some younger eyes to read the number plate.
Yep, didnât mention an âA frameâ Spardo. I said a 5th wheel on the back of the A trailer.
Yes, it was, and perhaps still is the passport office.
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