Bewick:
From the days after Bewick got to know his bank manager better- note the Swedish vehicle and the new (proper sized) sheets. And the Brolac Brilliant White for splashing on the hubs.
I had a number of great Nat West Bank managers over the years ROF ! right from the time I wanted a 6 month O/D for £600 from my then bankers Lloyds when I put my 2nd motor on the road and they refused me ! I was advised by the old lad who I had got my 2nd “A” Licence from to go to the District Bank (predecessors of Nat West) they welcomed me with open arms and gave me the £600 O/D which they quickly upped to £1000 ! I never looked back from then on, and if I tell you the Nat West area Director did all he could to dissuade me from joining WRM, he was nearly crying when he finally realised I was serious , I sometimes wonder if I should have listened to him and, of course, extracted a better deal from him to remain independent ! Ah! well it’s all water under the bridge now ! Cheers Bewick.
I had a similar experience with Lloyds. I joined their enterprise simply because my old chap had been with them all his life. When I was about 18 the local branch manager sent me a snotty letter (for which he charged me) warning me that he was considering withdrawing banking facilities to me. I had run into the red to the tune of 3 old pence so I wrote him a very polite note (for which I enclosed an invoice) informing him that I would be taking my business, including my 3d unauthorised overdraft, to his competitor across the road. I stayed with them (Barclays) until they closed my local branch then transferred my account to the Co-op, where I have been ever since.
Retired Old ■■■■:
I had a similar experience with Lloyds. I joined their enterprise simply because my old chap had been with them all his life. When I was about 18 the local branch manager sent me a snotty letter (for which he charged me) warning me that he was considering withdrawing banking facilities to me. I had run into the red to the tune of 3 old pence so I wrote him a very polite note (for which I enclosed an invoice) informing him that I would be taking my business, including my 3d unauthorised overdraft, to his competitor across the road. I stayed with them (Barclays) until they closed my local branch then transferred my account to the Co-op, where I have been ever since.
In my case ROF it wasn’t just a straight “knock back” at Lloyds it was a bit “political” as both sides of my family had banked with Lloyds for many years and there was no question of lack of security if I’d gone down owing them £600 .Apparently my Father told me later on that the Lloyds Manager at the branch had a Son my age (21) who was a “brick short of a ton” and he bagged coal at the Co-op coal depot ! However at this time in 1968 there was some sort of clamp by the Exchequer on Banks who were prevented from poaching customers from one another but they could take you on with the same terms you had at another Bank. So after my meeting with the District Bank Manager he told me to go back to Lloyds and demand they give me the £600 O/D, he assured me they couldn’t refuse, and to ask for it to be confirmed in writing ! Then bring that letter to him and he would do the rest. I tell you I was ■■■■■■■■ myself over at Lloyds and the Manager said he couldn’t see me but his Chief Clerk could, a right dry ■■■■ with a winged collar ! I did what the District Manager told me to do and this “dry dusty ■■■■■ did not like it one bit and snapped at me “The bank will grant you the £600 O/D for 6 months” so I then says “Can I have that in writing please” the ■■■■ was fit to be tied down with this cheeky young ■■■■ in a boiler suit daring to make demands of a fine institution such as Lloyds. He probably knew exactly what I was on with and he ■■■■■■■ well found out about a week later when the account was closed ! Cheers Bewick.
Like it! It’s amazing how they managed to carry on for so long when they treated their customers so badly.
Straps are for truckers, ropes are for drivers. Les.
Now Dennis mentioning the District Bank who had a branch in a market town some 8 miles from Ireby, I joined this bank as a teenager when a spinster lady from a farming family the Meelsyat district worked there, I cannot remember if she used a quil pen but she never made a mistake, how she would manage with the banking system and computers today I have my doubts. Although the various managers looked at my business in different ways I have always found them helpful except one who tried hard to dissuade me from starting my coaching business but had to eat his words after a couple of years and was man enough to say he had been wrong in judging my proposal initially. The District Bank was more of a family bank.
Cheers. Leyland 600
Well Gerald your post about the Spinster at the District bank in Wigton started me thinking about the years I dealt with the District which changed into Nat West about 1970,I had 4 decent managers at Kendal during the years the best one of which was the 2nd one called Bob Morgan who was cruelly snatched away to be promoted to the then Premier Nat West branch in ■■■■■■■■ Whitehaven 
, which was the branch that held the WCF account ! He told me over lunch prior to him moving that he didn’t want the promotion but he was more or less told he had to even though he was only 2 or 3 years from retirement. However, as he had a beautiful detached house located in a prestigious road in Kendal he was loath to move “lock stock” so he rented a bungalow in St. Bees IIRC then he returned to Kendal permanently on his retirement. I used to come across him occasionally in town after he retired and we used to have a “bit craic” about this and that as you do 
Cheers Dennis.
In the days when you could actually talk to your bank manager, eh? Seems a long time ago now. To be fair, I don’t have a lot of reason to contact my bank at all these days- the basic state pension doesn’t often result in a “courtesy call” inviting me to take out yet another copper-bottomed investment opportunity!
geepir:
A load of electrical cable conduits. 0
And very nicely sheeted & roped if I may say so, A credit to the driver who obviously takes great pride at what he does for a living, Regards Larry.
lespullan:
Straps are for truckers, ropes are for drivers. Les.
I remember an incident at Ripley St Les when a certain Belgian had just taken over the reins at Solaglass Bradford . We never had the best sheets at Colemans ,in fact they were a joke ,we used strapping for ties big rips all over them they were totally useless but to be fair most of the glass was stored outside so i never saw the point of sheeting in the first place . Anyway i got a brand new set of sheets and the first load was a full shoot of the tall a frames on longish legs. I loaded them 3 across then roped and sheeted them . The sheets were approximately 1 cm short of the chock rail , but the load was quite impressive for us . Enter the Belgian (Guy pronounced Gee i think) "driver your tarpaulins too short " i looked at him thinking is he for real and replied “it only rains downwards in england” he walked away shaking his head ,Mr Coleman was none too pleased until he saw the load then changed his opinion
ramone:
lespullan:
Straps are for truckers, ropes are for drivers. Les.I remember an incident at Ripley St Les when a certain Belgian had just taken over the reins at Solaglass Bradford . We never had the best sheets at Colemans ,in fact they were a joke ,we used strapping for ties big rips all over them they were totally useless but to be fair most of the glass was stored outside so i never saw the point of sheeting in the first place . Anyway i got a brand new set of sheets and the first load was a full shoot of the tall a frames on longish legs. I loaded them 3 across then roped and sheeted them . The sheets were approximately 1 cm short of the chock rail , but the load was quite impressive for us . Enter the Belgian (Guy pronounced Gee i think) "driver your tarpaulins too short " i looked at him thinking is he for real and replied “it only rains downwards in england” he walked away shaking his head ,Mr Coleman was none too pleased until he saw the load then changed his opinion
Hi Ramone, did he come after we had been made redundant, can’t remember him but then again I’m old now, them frames ripped the sheets to shreds anyway ours were like rags, remember when we had a load of large bags made one bag per stillage, took ages to sheet the load, up and down trying to tie in the loose bits, and a couple of miles down the road it was like a tramps washing line, happy days. Les.
lespullan:
ramone:
lespullan:
Straps are for truckers, ropes are for drivers. Les.I remember an incident at Ripley St Les when a certain Belgian had just taken over the reins at Solaglass Bradford . We never had the best sheets at Colemans ,in fact they were a joke ,we used strapping for ties big rips all over them they were totally useless but to be fair most of the glass was stored outside so i never saw the point of sheeting in the first place . Anyway i got a brand new set of sheets and the first load was a full shoot of the tall a frames on longish legs. I loaded them 3 across then roped and sheeted them . The sheets were approximately 1 cm short of the chock rail , but the load was quite impressive for us . Enter the Belgian (Guy pronounced Gee i think) "driver your tarpaulins too short " i looked at him thinking is he for real and replied “it only rains downwards in england” he walked away shaking his head ,Mr Coleman was none too pleased until he saw the load then changed his opinion
Hi Ramone, did he come after we had been made redundant, can’t remember him but then again I’m old now, them frames ripped the sheets to shreds anyway ours were like rags, remember when we had a load of large bags made one bag per stillage, took ages to sheet the load, up and down trying to tie in the loose bits, and a couple of miles down the road it was like a tramps washing line, happy days. Les.
Yeah he came after you left , no sense of humor , he went on a cost saving spree and decided the end caps were too robust (expensive) so he had a less robust ( cheaper and much thinner ) end cap made . My first load with the new end caps was to John Carrs at Corby , if you can remember them they were the big wide ones, you could only get 3 across , when i arrived at Corby every single end cap bottom corner had collapsed and they were leaning at an alarming angle , i cant remember the fork truck drivers name there but he was a scotchman and a “proper” lad , he said they can`t stay on there so he took the lot off no messing about and never smashed a single sheet . They had to send Steve ( Carter ? )down from Bradford on my next trip to re end cap them … not sure how long Guy lasted
ramone:
lespullan:
ramone:
lespullan:
Straps are for truckers, ropes are for drivers. Les.I remember an incident at Ripley St Les when a certain Belgian had just taken over the reins at Solaglass Bradford . We never had the best sheets at Colemans ,in fact they were a joke ,we used strapping for ties big rips all over them they were totally useless but to be fair most of the glass was stored outside so i never saw the point of sheeting in the first place . Anyway i got a brand new set of sheets and the first load was a full shoot of the tall a frames on longish legs. I loaded them 3 across then roped and sheeted them . The sheets were approximately 1 cm short of the chock rail , but the load was quite impressive for us . Enter the Belgian (Guy pronounced Gee i think) "driver your tarpaulins too short " i looked at him thinking is he for real and replied “it only rains downwards in england” he walked away shaking his head ,Mr Coleman was none too pleased until he saw the load then changed his opinion
Hi Ramone, did he come after we had been made redundant, can’t remember him but then again I’m old now, them frames ripped the sheets to shreds anyway ours were like rags, remember when we had a load of large bags made one bag per stillage, took ages to sheet the load, up and down trying to tie in the loose bits, and a couple of miles down the road it was like a tramps washing line, happy days. Les.
Yeah he came after you left , no sense of humor , he went on a cost saving spree and decided the end caps were too robust (expensive) so he had a less robust ( cheaper and much thinner ) end cap made . My first load with the new end caps was to John Carrs at Corby , if you can remember them they were the big wide ones, you could only get 3 across , when i arrived at Corby every single end cap bottom corner had collapsed and they were leaning at an alarming angle , i cant remember the fork truck drivers name there but he was a scotchman and a “proper” lad , he said they can`t stay on there so he took the lot off no messing about and never smashed a single sheet . They had to send Steve ( Carter ? )down from Bradford on my next trip to re end cap them … not sure how long Guy lasted
Probably not long they never liked timewasters, good job the load got there or he wouldn’t have seen the day out, at least Steve got a trip out. Les.
Is it just me, or is everyone else experiencing impossible time-lags when switching pages or threads. It’s as if the ad-server has taken over and forgotten to move us on. I’m finding it very frustrating indeed! Robert
robert1952:
Is it just me, or is everyone else experiencing impossible time-lags when switching pages or threads. It’s as if the ad-server has taken over and forgotten to move us on. I’m finding it very frustrating indeed! Robert
it is a common hing i think robert , i’ve just had an iPad air 2 , very quick system and it does it on that as well . i find that you have to wait for the adverts to load especially the ones that scroll . gets me going , there are times when i could crush a grape . dave
rigsby:
robert1952:
Is it just me, or is everyone else experiencing impossible time-lags when switching pages or threads. It’s as if the ad-server has taken over and forgotten to move us on. I’m finding it very frustrating indeed! Robertit is a common hing i think robert , i’ve just had an iPad air 2 , very quick system and it does it on that as well . i find that you have to wait for the adverts to load especially the ones that scroll . gets me going , there are times when i could crush a grape . dave
Hiya,
Ah’ but “Riggers” it doesn’t matter when your retired you’ve got nowt to do
and you’ve got all day to do it in, relax good buddy.
thanks harry, long retired.