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Stephan, if you see this can you call me please. URGENT. Thank you.

I had a phone call today from Stephen Bonner, the young lad in the photo.lovely talking to him, we hope to meet up in the not too distant future.

Remember wages? Always paid in little brown envelopes, how times change.

Yes, I’m 2nd from the left standing next to Harry the boss

Stephen, private message me and i will let you have my contact details.

The lady in question was named Margaret, she was in charge of the office and did all the paperwork, invoices and everything, plus managing the wages. Don’t know where the cat came from, don’t remember it. I do remember that Harry the boss had a Boxer dog called Max who loved ginger biscuits.

Picture #21 is post 1959, this is when I left and the garage was not like that when I left.

Attached photo shows my wife Pat. And myself with our two children. It must have been taken in the early/mid 60s. It’s not much to go on but can anyone say where this fairground was. The only fairs i used to visit as a kid were the onion fair near the Villa ground and the one in Sutton Park and...

The word slash has been mentioned on this thread meaning. /. When I was doing my National Service, 1956/58, this was referred to as oblique. Being a driver in a transport company, when asked for my number, I would say T oblique 23323***, then my name.

Interesting thread this As a school boy I used to go along Oval Road to get to Ryland Road School. Quite often we would come across a baker delivering his bread, I don’t know how, but one of my school friends discovered that if we whistled while walking along the horses private part grew quiet...

I’ve just caught up with this thread and find it very interesting. At the time of the last tram runs, not too long out of school, I lived on Gravelly Hill, the number 2 route. I stood at the front of our house and saw the last tram go by, such a sad day. I did have a photo of same, unfortunately...

Best vehicle reg. number I’ve ever had was on a Airial Leader motor cycle, YOB 50, what would that be worth now, and is it still around?

Talking of hats, as a lad I remember my mum taking off her pinny and putting on a hat and coat just to nip to the neighbour next door.

We had friends Tony and Barbara Hugh’s towards the top end of Park Lane in the early 1960s. Are you still with us guys?, or does anyone know anything about them?

Don’t know how I missed this thread, only just found it. I am the Ray mentioned, I started there in January 1953, straight from school. Bosses were Harry Bonner and George Richardson, partnership dissolved a couple of years later. The current building was built while I was there. I stayed until...