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Greeves says
Such good photo’s & I dont suppose it’s changed that much? ……I do remember the traffic signals arriving! I often when looking at these photos thats sent in? .Someone had the forthought to take some photos! I never took a single one of the villages I lived in around the Town or Grantham its self & I save them now! .Such good memories, Thanks GM’& you folks that send them in! .Really Manthinker contributes on here with “Negativity” He ought to contribute with some of his Album’ I reckon! He used to be a Bedford TK driver! @ GRS! He should tell us about some of his adventures driving from Grantham too Melton Mowbray & then Melton Mowbray to Grantham about 8 times a day! & his Wild nights out in that big “pull in between Denton Hill & Croxton Kerrial, he often did a “dodge” & keep his night out money & “thumb it back to Grantham” haha! But could catch Harold haha @ 5.30am to get back to his motor next morning! bet he could write a book on his day’s & nights “Tramping the A607” in his Bedford! .Bless him yer gotta laugh mate! haha! Oh I am Giggllin haha! Went mad at the Transport manager because he was sent to Barkston airfield too pick up his load in stead of being loaded with Birdseed by Jonno in GRS yard! He got to like his new route in the end tho’ Barkston to Melton haha! Oh well we loved him really! Just could not shut him up tho about his new route & nights out in that little slip road between between High Dyke B6403 & the A52! ………..Proper trucker that lad yer know? haha ..I bet he has a grin on? …..Nah he was a “Proper Big Wheeler ” In the day! haha! Got the Newark run! …………:>)
The Thinker says
Bloody Nora!! It must have bin you lurking in “Chads Cafe” when I was thumbing my way home on a fiddle and pocketing the £2.50p night out money. Just trying to get a few bob together.It was the start of a life long habit
Me driving a TK to Petfoods, loaded with the seed loaded by Bill Johnson, get it roped and sheeted and off we trot. But it was the proverbial AEC for me my friend, I left the Bedford’s to lesser mortals to drive
Barkston Heath now I have been up there more times than I can remember, the two who worked up in the end hanger were Eric ( wore a flat cap at a jaunty angle) and the younger bloke Ernie Crawford think he lived in Ancaster. If you saw it now you would believe the state of the place, taken over by a recycling company of a sorts.
When I was thumbing and dodging my way between Melton and Grantham what were you doing there? Spying on me, methinks you were George Hortons man.
Still don’t remember you though, you were proberbly trying just to stay out of my way, me being the mean and moody type.
Greeves says
Haha! just because he has laid a massive “Guilt trip” on me by not denying the fact that all of GRS drivers had their ‘ Grantham Melton runs! “but never ever mentioned on a Saturday morning in the “Isac Newton pub tho’ when all truckers home from all parts of UK! ” ………..This fella I call “Manthinker” ……He knows why & if you want to know??? its stupid name I have called him on here! ……………Hey I said tis stupid’ I have too lay it out there! .Honest he probably dont get it??? He is of the “React” type bless him! He has had sorta many names on here haha! & one was??????? Name of an AEC truck haha! Biggest & best of course? & he spelt it wrong? Me being “Twat” jumped on it & mixed it with what he calls himself now! ……..I know??? Honestly? who is wosst? me or him? “Manthinker” was an actual “Bigwheeler” & worked for many of the top paid hauliers of the day! …………… He knows his stuff! really does! ……………Enuf said tho’! He moans & moans &moans’ Most drivers allost did! ..Spose still do! Yeah yeah seen him since! …….He allost sez he dont know me! ……………Loadsa Grantham do! ………& yeah my mates! ……….Just check out his name on here now? EH? “The thinker” ………….Jeez who ever ever’ honestly be so so bothered’ & just the moaning he puts on here! ………..As the thinker! …………Mate honest??? Come on! ……….Give our “old Town some credit?” Tis as it is! ……..I loved it & still do! ………..& my going back is to do with buissness’ & just my “Vomit” @ seeing such well known Grantham ? good honest names! thats let down them! ………..I done OK? …..Put you in yer place as them in Grantham do! ………………..Loser! If you cant get accepted in???? Oh God!???? Round table & ???? ….Nah & not’ “Masons” ………………I cracked it & got done! & owe two or three! an honest chat that I aint goin, too now! …….Was big! & me “slutty Grantham fella” doing well on’ Engines & generator units! ………………..Hey be right up your “Strassa” fella’ I went East Coast! …………..Oh yeh!” offshore was good! well for honest fellas! I just could get rid tommrow¬!¬! I wanna pass on to’>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just realised they dont exsist mate! Out& goin too live in South of France for my last couple of years mateX & hey’ Some old GRS & LEES’ I never ever forget! ……………See fat fella last week!…. He so kn boring now! wont drink! …….He did demoralise me tho’ Jeez he in place’ & even big hedded more than he ever was!’ Nah seen thro’ me again! ……….Wanted to talk to you? ..He knows you course he did!………..Oh well must be good never mentioned his “Apple” thangy” i have haha!
Greeves says
Chads eh>???? ……………Did a bit o this an that there in the day! ……….Nowt like you thinkin of a “half mix”……………..Jeez Wrangle/Bahamas! haha! …………….Tis happening B.O.C. me picked a buyer haha! …………………….Dont even ask how I gonna cope! I have customers’ Iceland Finland Russia’ Wow & loads more! & the “Twins” that drive this old “Soak” about! I giving them my Sprinters & some pension bless em! & other cars vans etc that mean fk all too me know! Tis theirs bless em! & Babba of course! not many others involved ‘ But gonna see them ok as well!!! ………See Manthinker! I still very “old school” & & go with a very heavy heart mate! honest! No one in Grantham gettin owt bless them! .But a lot like you & very negative! …….Hey that not me havin ago at you! just never ever change how you ….WIRED UP! In Cyprus today! ??? Fkn hate cos I have too fly! Dont like it! gotta be done! ………Oh eh???? Nother day!!!!!! never gonna convince you! & me tired! Old & grump! Love Cyprus1111111 & them???? just shize job! tis tho’ Leyland fixed heads on a tour bout! tell yer! & Russian engineer! ‘ picked job up thro’ little power station? & turned out I twat & signed for his stupid tour boat! …………Leyland! just? Just 2000ltr fuel tank got about 600 litres of water in it???’ Hey ……………Oh I dunno? sorta easy therey innit tho’……Watter…..Oil as Diesel is? I thought Russian ??? Sorta nice fella? be sorta OK? He probably likes this old Torpedo boat & someone from UK helping him??? …………Haha never guess! he wants that bit of kit breakin down! keeps him in a job! & me??? His boss has to pay me? but??? 4 fuel cells on this old boat! yeh she fast & good, I put 3 primary fuel filters in place! you praps remember’ eh?? Watter drops too the bottom haha! visable! cos it is? Captain? he relys on Russian engineer! …..I dunno! rely dont!……….I do know……But happily passin on on to new owner!……………Other than I signed for a year of consultancy haha! oh well!
The Thinker says
Greeves Chill out, you going to have a seizure if your not careful.
It’s going to take me all weekend to decipher your ramblings. Still doing that keeps me off the streets and out of the rain.