I kid you not Steve 
Didnāt realise you had such a posh home, John.
We must have been middle class ( we looked down on you ) "cos mum worked in a factory making army kit and we had real itchy , hairy army blankets on our beds . Dave
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ā¦and in the real world some of us were cracking on with working .
What is this real world of which you speak dan , Our real world is enjoying the fruits of past labours having done our share . btw the letters w,o,r,k, shouldnāt be put together , the word gives me nightmares .
Windrush will be saying next that once he found top gear
I wouldnāt have bothered going for that load, Dan. I had more than that on my wheelbarrow at tāplot today!
Retired Old ā ā ā ā :
I wouldnāt have bothered going for that load, Dan. I had more than that on my wheelbarrow at tāplot today!
Sounds about your barrow
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Retired Old ā ā ā ā :
I wouldnāt have bothered going for that load, Dan. I had more than that on my wheelbarrow at tāplot today!
Well I think why not.Might have got a good rate or it might be for your own use Dan.
Iām sure Dan knows what heās doing.He works like the Punchardās. Isnāt that right Bruce ?
rastone:
Retired Old ā ā ā ā :
I wouldnāt have bothered going for that load, Dan. I had more than that on my wheelbarrow at tāplot today!Well I think why not.Might have got a good rate or it might be for your own use Dan.
Iām sure Dan knows what heās doing.He works like the Punchardās. Isnāt that right Bruce ?
Your right Tony ,11 tonnes tipped in the right place looks better than 30 in the gate way .
flickr.com/photos/95435477@N08/ click the link for info on the route being taken.
Brand new just out the box 2004. Craig (Peter) Barkers new ride.
He had it just over 3yrs.,then Lucas, Formans Rd.,shut so no more lead slugs required.
I think a chap from Leics. way bought it.
Mike.
Now then you Derbryshire an Staffordshire lads there are other folk you might remember. I.E. Harry Askew,Josh Swindle ( Died fately in a crash at Cubley) and Selwyne Martin who worked for Harry and took over the business and now Peak Waste.And didnāt Don Loundes run one of the drinking establishments round the Brassington district.
Thought of this while having a little tipple.
Tony
I remember Askews at Longcliffe and also Josh Swindle. Didnāt he live in a property on the āpropshaft breaker hillā out of Hognaston at one time which Darrell Mansfield (Lamb and Mansfield, the Mansfield Group) later lived in? Don Loundes was involved with horses I believe but I didnāt know him in person, only his reputation! 
Pete.
rastone:
Now then you Derbryshire an Staffordshire lads there are other folk you might remember. I.E. Harry Askew,Josh Swindle ( Died fately in a crash at Cubley) and Selwyne Martin who worked for Harry and took over the business and now Peak Waste.And didnāt Don Loundes run one of the drinking establishments round the Brassington district.Thought of this while having a little tipple.
Tony
Josh swindle would of been 'Big Daddies ā ( Frank Dale ) brother inlaw ,Sadly Frank passed away last night ,he would of been 86 in November.
Punchy Dan:
rastone:
Now then you Derbryshire an Staffordshire lads there are other folk you might remember. I.E. Harry Askew,Josh Swindle ( Died fately in a crash at Cubley) and Selwyne Martin who worked for Harry and took over the business and now Peak Waste.And didnāt Don Loundes run one of the drinking establishments round the Brassington district.Thought of this while having a little tipple.
Tony
Josh swindle would of been 'Big Daddies ā ( Frank Dale ) brother inlaw ,Sadly Frank passed away last night ,he would of been 86 in November.
Very sorry to hear about Frank.Good Blokeā¦Hadnāt seen him for a few years.Always had time for a chat.I think he spread a few lbs of lime when he lived at Birtch Cross
Tony
rastone:
Now then you Derbryshire an Staffordshire lads there are other folk you might remember. I.E. Harry Askew,Josh Swindle ( Died fately in a crash at Cubley) and Selwyne Martin who worked for Harry and took over the business and now Peak Waste.And didnāt Don Loundes run one of the drinking establishments round the Brassington district.Thought of this while having a little tipple.
Tony
Didnāt Don Loundes - or was it Lowndes - have a blue Lambourgini once?
Steve
Mention of Cubley reminded me of the time i passed the Howard Arms heading south, must have been at the end of the 60s
The road between the pub and Springfield garage was still little more than a lane, or so it seemed.
We used to call it the Cubley Snake.
A short distance in and i came across a Barlow and Hodgekinson Foden 8 legger on the brow of a rise with the front modified.
Sat on top of the hedge in front of it was a ,i believe, a Austin Maxi, remember them.? and another rep mobile parked behind it.
In fact i think the Maxi was new and the first one i had seen. The Maxi driver had taken a hefty smack in the teeth and was bleeding down his shirt.
Now, it just so happened that this very same pair of cars had overtaken me on a blind bend at the top of Clifton Hill, the old twisty hill before it was bypassed, both where driving like idiots.
The Barlow driver told me that the pair where trying to blame him for the accident, each backing the other up of course.
Well my arrival on the scene and my description of the pairs antics the other side of the old airfield put a different take on things.
I dont remember the Barlow drivers name, though we passed each other countless times afterwards. I do remember that he always seemed to wear distinctive check shirts.
I have a vague notion that someone told me he was actually German and his name may have been Dave.
That could be a senior moment though.
Ring any bells with anyone ā ā