Bewick:
Well bearing in mind that as an organisation BRS was riddled with incompetence from top to bottom with the mind set that “we can’t be closed down as we are owned by the Government and kept afloat by the British Tax payer” so I would call that “excellent” S & R effort about par for the course at BRS ! I wonder what happened to the general haulage side of BRS ? Cheers Bewick.
Well apart from the fact that it is an awkward lumpy load, it looks to me as if he started at the back and ran out of sheet before dropping it over that, windowed, headboard. So yes, very bad. If the sheet isn’t long enough better be deficient at the rear not the front.
Well I reckon that my previous post well and truly vindicates my opinion of the mighty BRS !
Bewick:
Well bearing in mind that as an organisation BRS was riddled with incompetence from top to bottom with the mind set that “we can’t be closed down as we are owned by the Government and kept afloat by the British Tax payer” so I would call that “excellent” S & R effort about par for the course at BRS ! I wonder what happened to the general haulage side of BRS ? Cheers Bewick.
Well apart from the fact that it is an awkward lumpy load, it looks to me as if he started at the back and ran out of sheet before dropping it over that, windowed, headboard. So yes, very bad. If the sheet isn’t long enough better be deficient at the rear not the front.
Well I reckon that my previous post well and truly vindicates my opinion of the mighty BRS !
Dennis, S&R like that was essential if you wanted to be able lift your hap up and steal a few boxes of whisky without too much hassle.
Bewick:
Well bearing in mind that as an organisation BRS was riddled with incompetence from top to bottom with the mind set that “we can’t be closed down as we are owned by the Government and kept afloat by the British Tax payer” so I would call that “excellent” S & R effort about par for the course at BRS ! I wonder what happened to the general haulage side of BRS ? Cheers Bewick.
Well apart from the fact that it is an awkward lumpy load, it looks to me as if he started at the back and ran out of sheet before dropping it over that, windowed, headboard. So yes, very bad. If the sheet isn’t long enough better be deficient at the rear not the front.
Well I reckon that my previous post well and truly vindicates my opinion of the mighty BRS !
Dennis, S&R like that was essential if you wanted to be able lift your hap up and steal a few boxes of whisky without too much hassle.
Sounds about right DJ the thieving Scroats ! Cheers Dennis.
Dennis, S&R like that was essential if you wanted to be able lift your hap up and steal a few boxes of whisky without too much hassle.
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Sounds about right DJ the thieving Scroats ! Cheers Dennis.
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In the late 70’s, although most of it went in CLV’s, we were still taking whisky to Liverpool docks on 40’ flats. We got a visit from our local plod who were investigating a pub that was selling export only whisky but every delivery had been signed for complete so nothing could be proved against the driver. It was a very special whisky that wasn’t sent that often so we knew who had delivered it but there was nothing we could do about it. Plod then discovered that the drivers wife worked in this pub so they got back on the case and told him that if he didn’t confess his wife would be charged with handling stolen goods. I don’t know if the case would have stood up in court but it spooked him enough to fess up. Sacked of course, which was a pity as he was one of our better drivers.
I’ll tell you about an incident that happened at the Bewick Transport Euro fleet in about 1990 well we had an unaccompanied trailer shipping back to Ramsgate on Sally Line and it was on the deck with a few others. So apparently the Skipper set sail in the teeth of a serious gale which transpired that in no way should he have attempted to sail until the storm had abated. So the ferry gets over the channel but the sea was too rough for it to dock so IIRC it had to stand off for two days waiting. So what happened was three of the trailers on deck fell over ours being one of them !! So finally when it did dock in Ramsgate it was in a right F— mess. Our trailer had been loaded with 80 45 gal drums of Unichem and topped out with either boxes of Nike or Reebok trainers. I had alerted our GIT Insurers and they got a Loss Adjuster down to Ramsgate PDQ and it was a right mess but the funny bit was the Loss Adjuster spoke to me directly and told me that all over Ramsgate ant in two or three boozers he visited everywhere he looked ( down !) there was brand new trainers been worn but obviously nothing could be done as the damage had been done by the Sally Line Captain who had set sail when he should have waited for the weather to improve ! Our Lawrence David trailer was knackered and IIRC we returned it to LD and they did a cracking job of returning it to as new condition . Our Insurance adjuster couldn’t keep a straight face when he related the tale of all the new trainers walking about Ramsgate ooh er ! Cheers Dennis.
Dennis Javelin:
In the late 70’s, although most of it went in CLV’s, we were still taking whisky to Liverpool docks on 40’ flats.
And not only at Liverpool was it dodgie, Ilkeston Haulage had a house in Glasgow with a bit of spare ground opposite. After we had loaded at Dumbarton bond we called in there to take advantage of a couple of hours stretched out on the couch in the front room because, as has been said before, at Ilkeston we never saw a bed from one weekend to the next. But there always had to be 2 of us and there was an upright chair (impossible to sleep in) in the window facing the wagons. Especially sharp eyes had to be concentrated on the space under each trailer to watch out for little legs. If any were seen the alarm went up and we had to run out and catch the little buggers before they could get the knife though the sheet to take home a couple of bottles to Dad.
I never lost a bottle, but I never got much sleep either.
Edit: For the first time in almost 60 years I have just re-visited that house on Corunna Street, Glasgow, with the help of Mr. Google. Blow me the ‘parking space’ is still there though now fenced off and covered with trees.
Dennis Javelin:
In the late 70’s, although most of it went in CLV’s, we were still taking whisky to Liverpool docks on 40’ flats.
And not only at Liverpool was it dodgie, Ilkeston Haulage had a house in Glasgow with a bit of spare ground opposite. After we had loaded at Dumbarton bond we called in there to take advantage of a couple of hours stretched out on the couch in the front room because, as has been said before, at Ilkeston we never saw a bed from one weekend to the next. But there always had to be 2 of us and there was an upright chair (impossible to sleep in) in the window facing the wagons. Especially sharp eyes had to be concentrated on the space under each trailer to watch out for little legs. If any were seen the alarm went up and we had to run out and catch the little buggers before they could get the knife though the sheet to take home a couple of bottles to Dad.
I never lost a bottle, but I never got much sleep either.
Edit: For the first time in almost 60 years I have just re-visited that house on Corunna Street, Glasgow, with the help of Mr. Google. Blow me the ‘parking space’ is still there though now fenced off and covered with trees.
Cheers Bewick.
