HI THERE ASTON ,
IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU WORKED AT THE RADATION ,
I DID,NT THINK FOR ONE MOMENT THAT ANYBODY FROM THE FORUM
EVER WORKED THERE . CO,S NOBODY EVER MENTIONED IT .
I DON,T KNOW WHY ,MY OLDER BROTHER WORKED THERE ,AND HIS MATE AS WELL ,
AS MYSELF ,
MY BROTHERS MATE ,AND MYSELF , LEFT IN 1964 , AND WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD
TO TUBES IN THE FORGE , THE MONEY WAS BETTER ,WE WAS ON THE INSPECTION AT THE RAD ,
RAY WAS A SLINGER , AND I WAS ON THE OVERHEAD CRANE , NO , 1, DRIVER
I HAVEN,T BEEN DOWN THAT WAY FOR YEARS , DOWN THE LANE ,
WE USED TO LIVE IN UPPER THOMAS ST AT THE TIME WE WAS WORKING THERE
AND WE USED TO POP UP TO NUMBER TEN PARK RD , TEN HOUSES FROM THE OLD VINE PUB
WHICH WAS OUR AUNTIE EDITH MARSDEN FOR OUR DUNNER BREAK
I ALSO REMEMBER THE FIRES DOWN THE CORRIDORS
CAN YOU REMEMBER WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE PUB ACROSS ON THE CORNER ,
MY BROTHER INLAW GOT STABBED THERE IN HIS BACK ;
ONE SATURDAY NIGHT , HE SURVIVED , FOR AFEW YEARS ,
BUT BECAUSE HE WAS A BIG LAD THEY ALL WANT TO GO AT HIM , NO MATTER WHERE HE GOES ,
WE WAS YOUNG THEN ,ALL OF US ,
EVEN WHEN HE GOT OLDER IN LIFE , HE STILL GOT TROUBLE ,
I AM YEARS OLDER THAN HIM , I,VENEVERHAD TROUBLE
HE LIVED IN WEOLY CASTLE FOR 12 MONTHS , ON HIS OWN
HE HAD MONEY DID,NT BOTHER NOBODY , BUT HE STILL HAD TROUBLE SOME ONE BROKE IN
AND BATTERED HIM TO DEATH , HE HAD BEEN LYING THERE IN A POOL OF BLOOD FOR TWO WEEKS
NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR IT , AND THAT WAS 12 MONTHS JUST GONE ,
AND YES IT WAS A GOOD SOCIAL CLUB ,WITH GOOD SNOOKER TABLES ,
ASTON , ; I HOPE YOU DON,T MIND ME ASKING , BUT HAVE YOU GOT A BROTHER
CALLED JOHN , AND ONE NAMED VICTOR , ,
well aston , look foreward to hearing from you again , Oh by the way we worked at cressalls up
the road , in cheston rd , it was rubbish pay , we stayed for four weeks ,then we went to tubes for afew years
nice speaking to you , wish you all the best for 20007 astonian ,;;;