RE: Open All Hours - 199

That's good.
SB I was only there for about 6 months, more or less labouring on the Heidelburgs, printing LP record covers and the Triumph tina scooter brochures.
A guy called Sunderland was the top man, and the father of the chapel was George ?? ,a mate of mine was Dave Faulkner who got me the job.
I used to get fed up of signwriting and go and do something else as way of a holiday, another job I did was delivering hubcaps from a firm in Selly Oak on a night run to Ford at Dagenham driving an artic.
I think it was about 1965.

John did you know one of the guys on the big presses, Colin Chatwin. SB

Name rings a bell,did he have curly hair.

No not very tall dead straight dark hair, smokes too much. my brother in law. Another brother in law there was Norman cairns, in the wages office i think.

WAKEY, WAKEY.

I was about to say "there's that wind whistling through again"

Good morning Signman, Goodbye Signman, gotta go and earn the crust.
VM

What about this pile of junk, and I don't mean the West pier, £250,000 for a pile of manhole covers.

Looks dangerous to me, I can see plenty of blame should a claim arise.

That money could have been put toward a real construction, such as the pier or even a new pier.
It's money for old rope, or in this case old iron.

4 bread and butter please.

John

That Passacaglia would have lasted about one week in Birmingham before some one carted it off to the scrap yard. In one piece or bit by bit it would have made no difference. We had a spate of disappearing manholes in Birmingham & Solihull a while back. It might have been the manufacturer of the piece (I won't insult artists a sculptors by calling him one) looking for materials.

Phil

I'll eat my hat if this ever gets built, been talking about it now for 3 years.

I need a big favour from someone up there, can anyone get me the B'ham mail free editions starting last night, 5 in total, will re-imburse when I come to Brum 22nd November ,thanking you in advance hopefully.

John

It's not a problem, I take it you mean the Blitz Extra Edition in the Mail? Don't worry about the money as I buy the mail most days anyway.

Phil

Much appreciated Phil.
Took this early today,good job they were not all there at the same time.