Lawrence Dunbar:
harry_gill:
Bewick:
harry_gill:
Bewick:
Norman Ingram:
Old Dennis can keep his good idea’s, 
and we will politely say no way jose,at our age we have no yearning or desire to climb in the cabs. and as for your fiver 
I have to give my granddaughter more than that! 
And here’s us thinking your a “tight wad” Norm 
Dennis.
hiya,
Dennis I reckon “Old Nosser” is past his sell by date, but it must be nice to be
wealthy enough to turn down your offer of gainful employment, by the way I
need another sub the £5 you left under the bonnet cover wasn’t there I reckon
someone has had it away, Now wasn’t Norm handing his grandbairns money as if
it was going out of fashion, I did manage to score half a bed out of the Brown
Bear, never did “cab it” as a young fellah aint’ starting now.
thanks harry, long retired.
OK “H” this time I’ve left you £5 worth of Silvertown Motel vouchers as I have a sneaking suspicion that if I left you another £5 note in the same place some “light fingered scroat” would be in the cab before you and have it away in his “sky rocket” or Boiler suit Cheers Dennis.
hiya,
Ah’ yes Dennis the Silvertown Transmotel hasn’t every driver who was around
in those far off days stayed one night in the “dump” yes one night was plenty.
thanks harry, long retired.
Well Harry I stayed there one night when it first opened It was canny,But I went back three months after & It was [zb], & I never went back, Its a pity because it could have been good as It was ahead of its time in those days, Shaver plugs etc, But it didn’t last very long, I wonder what is there now, Happy Dappy Days , Regards Larry.
hiya,
Yes Larry Silvertown lost it’s lustre very quickly it hadn’t been opened very long
the time I stayed there and was hailed highly in the drivers mag the Headlight I
only stayed on their recommendation but never again should have known better
as I once overnighted at Brays on the Headlight say so that was another dump, I
was in digs just a couple of hundred yards from Brays the night it burned down a
good thing came out of it, it was never rebuilt as transport digs thankfully.
thanks harry, long retired.
You wanted one to hook a drag to Harry. Here’s one from your old outfit to try.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Dennis if I had as much mony as you, I might vote Tory as they look after people with money! Just see how much the cabinet have made since in power. But I would only do it if I had brain damage, my blood is red when I bleed, so is my vote when I place it. 
Religion politics smoking and drinking is up to the individual Norm, but for what its worth, my political views are the same as yours.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
I’m thinking of not bothering to vote at the next General Election, it sticks in my
craw at every new parliament the first thing they do (and this is always) a wallet
bursting rise and total security for life for themselves, me not voting won’t make
a ha’porth of difference but at least I won’t have wasted shoe leather walking to
the polling station.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Dennis if I had as much mony as you, I might vote Tory as they look after people with money! Just see how much the cabinet have made since in power. But I would only do it if I had brain damage, my blood is red when I bleed, so is my vote when I place it.
Religion politics smoking and drinking is up to the individual Norm, but for what its worth, my political views are the same as yours.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
I’m thinking of not bothering to vote at the next General Election, it sticks in my
craw at every new parliament the first thing they do (and this is always) a wallet
bursting rise and total security for life for themselves, me not voting won’t make
a ha’porth of difference but at least I won’t have wasted shoe leather walking to
the polling station.
thanks harry, long retired.
When I was a kid the polling station was the local school in this village,and if people from the neighbouring village couldn’t get to the polling station,some of the local gentry and big wigs used to have a shuttle service to fetch voters to the polling station.
A few years before I was born the local squire remarked to the people in his car " I hope you are going to put your cross in the right place " 
One old lady said yes I’m voting labour. The squire got in a temper and ordered her out of his car, and then reversed over a cockerel.
So there you are Harry, they will fetch you to vote, but make sure yo don’t tell them who you are voting for.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Dennis if I had as much mony as you, I might vote Tory as they look after people with money! Just see how much the cabinet have made since in power. But I would only do it if I had brain damage, my blood is red when I bleed, so is my vote when I place it.
Religion politics smoking and drinking is up to the individual Norm, but for what its worth, my political views are the same as yours.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
I’m thinking of not bothering to vote at the next General Election, it sticks in my
craw at every new parliament the first thing they do (and this is always) a wallet
bursting rise and total security for life for themselves, me not voting won’t make
a ha’porth of difference but at least I won’t have wasted shoe leather walking to
the polling station.
thanks harry, long retired.
When I was a kid the polling station was the local school in this village,and if people from the neighbouring village couldn’t get to the polling station,some of the local gentry and big wigs used to have a shuttle service to fetch voters to the polling station.
A few years before I was born the local squire remarked to the people in his car " I hope you are going to put your cross in the right place "
One old lady said yes I’m voting labour. The squire got in a temper and ordered her out of his car, and then reversed over a cockerel.
So there you are Harry, they will fetch you to vote, but make sure yo don’t tell them who you are voting for.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Our local polling station is my grandaughters school, a very short walk
from my home two hundred yards maybe, so the school is closed on
polling day so I’m usually child minding on that day as well, it’s just an
excuse for the teachers to have another day off and another worn out
grandad by the time her parents come for her after they finish work.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
Norman Ingram:
Dennis if I had as much mony as you, I might vote Tory as they look after people with money! Just see how much the cabinet have made since in power. But I would only do it if I had brain damage, my blood is red when I bleed, so is my vote when I place it.
Religion politics smoking and drinking is up to the individual Norm, but for what its worth, my political views are the same as yours.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
I’m thinking of not bothering to vote at the next General Election, it sticks in my
craw at every new parliament the first thing they do (and this is always) a wallet
bursting rise and total security for life for themselves, me not voting won’t make
a ha’porth of difference but at least I won’t have wasted shoe leather walking to
the polling station.
thanks harry, long retired.
When I was a kid the polling station was the local school in this village,and if people from the neighbouring village couldn’t get to the polling station,some of the local gentry and big wigs used to have a shuttle service to fetch voters to the polling station.
A few years before I was born the local squire remarked to the people in his car " I hope you are going to put your cross in the right place "
One old lady said yes I’m voting labour. The squire got in a temper and ordered her out of his car, and then reversed over a cockerel.
So there you are Harry, they will fetch you to vote, but make sure yo don’t tell them who you are voting for.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Our local polling station is my grandaughters school, a very short walk
from my home two hundred yards maybe, so the school is closed on
polling day so I’m usually child minding on that day as well, it’s just an
excuse for the teachers to have another day off and another worn out
grandad by the time her parents come for her after they finish work.
thanks harry, long retired.
The school in this village closed in 1973 along with two other village schools and were replace by a new school iin a bigger village. Nowadays the polling station here is in the village hall, which is only 100 yards from here,so I just go and vote and get back in about 5 minutes, Never missed a vote on any election from council to general elections. Not that we always get a council election sometimes,as there aren’t enough of candidates to cause a vote. They usually get co -opted on. At least when I was one I got voted on, as there were enough candidates to force a vote.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
A pal of mine RIP was a councillor for many years and during his time did a
term as Mayor, this man never ever claimed a penny piece in expenses
even during his time with the chain the only thing he had was a couple of
lamps installed outside his house which in those days was next door but
one to me, in those days the expenses were declared in the local paper, I
remember Jim’s always declared 0 claimed, and he played war with his
sister for allowing the council workmen to waste time installing those two
lamps outside his home and had he not been at work would have stopped
them doing the job, proper man of the people, and he was Labour.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi Harry,
I was a Community Councillor for our village ,one of five for our ward on the local Council which consists of eleven Councillors. I served on it for eight years,and resigned after I had pneumonia just over three years ago. We never had a penny in expenses,not even if we travelled to numerous places in the County to represent our council at meetings regarding various issues. The County Councillors claim up to nearly 40k per year in expenses. But the Town and Community Councillors don’t get anything. We met at three different village halls for our monthly meetings which worked on a rota,plus other meetings over planning and public meetings.
I quite liked to give something to my community and tried my best to improve things for our village, but I wasn’t prepared to risk my health any longer by turning out in the winter to attend evening meetings in the cold weather. The Chairman and several other members tried to persuade me to carry on, but I had a nasty spell of 15 days on oxygen in Hereford Hospital and I didn’t want to put Tracy or myself through that lot again.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Aye’ there aren’t many people around who will do a job (and councillor work
is a job) who will take on the duties for zero reimbursement, you’ve only got
to look at policing in the days when alongside the regular guys there was the
special constables who were unpaid and as a result as rare as chicken teeth
but with the advent of the community coppers they are as common as horse
manure and a nice little earner into the bargain, some time back I was in
Bridlington and saw one of these community fellah’s he stood about five feet
tall and he was wearing the traditional bobbies helmet and wouldn’t have
looked out of place had he had a Yorkshire terrier as his police dog, should
they withdraw funding for these community policemen I wonder how many
would carry on doing the work if the pay ceased even on a temporary basis
until finding employment, my money would be on very few.
thanks harry, long retired.
In this section of Radnorshire,there used to be five constables and a sargeant in two police stations. Now there are two constables a couple of community support officers and a couple of special constables. We rarely see a police officer or any of the others around here Harry. Yet when the council tax demand comes,there is still the same percentage going to the police budget shown on the pie chart . The two police stations are rarely manned anymore. It will be back to keeping law and order ourselves the way things our going. There’s nothing wrong with the country,its the people running it that are wrong. 
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Cut backs in everything seems to be the order of the day but even the less services the
Local Authority delivers things still go up and the more Joe Public helps the economy in
the sorting of the household waste nothing seems to change they still keep asking for a
little bit more and giving a lot less in return, places like Germany look after pensioners
and from experience ( we have pensioner friends in Dusseldorf) have a higher standard
of living than we in the UK do, wonder should I emigrate.
thanks harry, long retired.
Its shameful the way all these local authorities have made cut backs, and put other costs up. They need to put their own house in order and cut down on waste and the costs incurred in some of their departments.
Cheers Dave.
harry_gill:
Retired Old ■■■■:
DON’T LEAVE US, HARRY. WE LOVE YOU! 
hiya,
Bloody hell ROF I didn’t know anybody cared looks like I’m stuck here.
thanks harry, long retired.
You can’t leave your established fan club Harry
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Retired Old ■■■■:
DON’T LEAVE US, HARRY. WE LOVE YOU!
hiya,
Bloody hell ROF I didn’t know anybody cared looks like I’m stuck here.
thanks harry, long retired.
You can’t leave your established fan club Harry
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Would it be OK to commute.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
harry_gill:
Retired Old ■■■■:
DON’T LEAVE US, HARRY. WE LOVE YOU!
hiya,
Bloody hell ROF I didn’t know anybody cared looks like I’m stuck here.
thanks harry, long retired.
You can’t leave your established fan club Harry
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Would it be OK to commute.
thanks harry, long retired.
What are you going to commute in Harry. Hope you aren’t going to be bringing that German lager or beer back with you.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
I’ll just have to be a bit patient while I’m weaning you all onto Shnapps,
now the good stuff will blow your socks off, I’ve had a few sessions.
thanks harry, long retired.
