I want tell you of,Whats he on abaht nah you will be saying WELL, every day you go to bed and hopefully sleep but in your lives,there are,were times, you will say,i could sleep on a clothes line the older ones,will remember,you younger ones that time will come,Beliieve me there are several times i recall Here is the is one KOREA 1952, Oh and im asking for a BUllsh**t its true i was a trucker driver,i had a good job i was in the royla Engineers just behind the Sharp end we had good facilities,in our camp we had a PUB, a Cinema,Oh yes,and the lads came down from the treches every night,and we had top class films changed every 2 nights also we had top class entertainers came once a month Now in our guard room,we had to Beds,makeshift 4 legs and the thing you put your sleeping bag on was wire mesh Now this day i had finished late 7 pm ish i was in my tent, getting ready to go for a pint,when my Corporal came in and said go shot gun with jimmy yorky where was Jimmy taking his truck well he was going up front to the dreaded HOOK with timber for bunkers but we were to follow a truck with lads that new the place ,we set of ,behind all was fine at the begining# but up front,no lights they were ok in front but Jimmy ditched us we were then pulled out by the afternoon shift the got us on the road,and off they went we were now on our own so i waalked in front of the truck the Suddenly a flare went up it was day light the time was midnight you dont move when the flare is up but but i spotted a spot where we going to put that timber and we did then set of back to our unit things were better going back because at Panmunjohn there was a Search light that was a no fire Zone we got back to our unit about 3 30 we did not want to disturb the lads in bed so i jumped on the Wire mesh Bed and had a good KIP next morning i was full of indents frome the wire mesh But Boy oh Boy i did give a Monkeys another good kip yarn i lived in Riber ave athersley worked for Hansons wakefield i left for NORFOLK at about 5 am i was going down the DONNY BY PASS and i could not keep awake i struggled to the Bawtrey end then pulled up and fell asleep,Half an hour later ,woke up fresh as a daisy
here is another KIP yarn at PADIHAM you never heard of Padiham well you never been to Plackpool then the old way,that where the aif way house was well i Delivered a load of Newmiller dam coal to preaton and i was on my way back from Preston and i new at padiham was a chipee near a golf course i got the last fry,about 1 30 pm ish and had a quiet nosh along side the goolf course now at Padiham they had a clock towr ,with a loud noisy Bell now,it was a calme Breezy sunny georgeous day i was parked ubder a treee ,i could hear the birds,i could the branches swaying in the Breeze i saw old ladies Playing Golf then I heard BONGEEEmBONGEEE,i thought crikey thats 3 oclock then BONGEE ,4 BONGEEE 5 BONGEEE 6 oclock wow id been dead for 4 hours i got back to New miller dam at exactly 5 to 7 i remember it well i dont know how i got away with it But i was not allowed to forget it they had thier suspicions but said nowt
.... What? (chinny) That may have been a shred readable if you would have just used some good grammar, and touched up your spelling a little. Poet
have some respect poet oldtimer deserves it,he's bloody well earnt it,most of us on here love his stories,poor grammer or not!keep it up oldtimer
RE: Poet, try deleting that post No need for name-calling now is there? I meant no disrespect, I just had no idea what the man was talking about - thus i felt inclined to tell him so. What's so bad about that? So no, I won't 'try' deleting my post, it still stands - whether you deem it disrespectful or not. *One thing I did read from the post is that oldtimer lived on Riber Avenue in Athersley, that's where my father grew up. Poet
RE: .... Dear Poet you are right but what you dont know is i am half Blind i cant see my own type but if i am carefull,and do it right it comes out ok if you feel you want to critisise go ahead but allow me to explain i was at oak well on Saturday and ,i could not see the first 2 goals second half was better POET i am 79 how old are you dare you tell me you can send me an email i wont tell any one that last thing i want,is to cause any Friction and i thank Uncle Mort and others for ,standing up for me i hope i have done this properly well av prevewd itnit looks or8 to me al sithee
RE: Oh sorry i forgot POET Both my grammas,died when i was 14 years old and my grand kids gramma died 19th July and all 3 were good gramma,s lets see a bit og Good grammar from you
RE: .... Oldtimer, i'm not trying to cause any friction with you nor anyone on here, i like yourself am a true reds fan - always have been and always will be. Please don't feel i'm berating you or being negative - i was merely stating the obvious, i had no way of knowing you were part blind. For that i apologise. To the people calling me a knob, get a life. It's quite simply not called for, i wasn't being cretinous in any way, shape or form - i was simply saying what i thought about the chaps post - reading through it and deciphering the words, it's a good post. Poet
Bob......... keep them coming and give as good as you get (Y) (Y) (Y) I for one find your life stories enjoyable to read. Grammar and that doesn't bother me and never as done. It's all about the content being worth reading and your pieces do that. You have lived a long life and have plenty to say (Y) (Y) (Y)
RE: Oh sorry i forgot POET Sorry to hear that. All of my grandparents died before I was 4. Never had the chance to get to know them. Poet