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Stanley
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Steeplejacks corner part four
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Stanley Challenger Graham
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stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
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Tipp
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Posted - 07/05/2011 : 07:57
swifty i'll swap swap you a tirfor for the volkswagens if it doesnt do the job you can have the motors back
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Posted - 07/05/2011 : 11:03
Doesn't seem 5 minutes since they built that place ! I was living a couple of miles awayat the time ......The beer drinkers in the area were very upset that the old Brewery in the centre of Reading was closed down in favour of this plant , which strated to produce Keg Beers , while "Best" and "Directors" production moved to Bristol( I think)
It tasted awful for a while thereafter , and Reading never smelled the same again. (early to mid '70's )
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 07/05/2011 : 12:47
The best way to see Reading is in your rear view mirror,
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swifty
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Posted - 07/05/2011 : 17:10
bit unkind them words tom it seems a nice part of the world admitingly it did feel good to hit the m way thoughon friday afternoon  ,,
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swifty
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Posted - 07/05/2011 : 17:21
did any one notice the first car in the line up stall on the initial snatch and it was a lady driver honest ,,,,
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Stanley
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Posted - 08/05/2011 : 07:00
Trust you to point that out! Ahh, the Tirfor! Did any of you ever come across the Trewella winch? A ratchet winch that was the predecessor of the Tirfor. I first saw one when two old blokes from Heckmondwyke turned up at West Marton in the 1960s to drag a 35 ton bottle washer out of the dairy. Very impressive, all they needed was a good ground anchor in the shape of a big tree on the bank near the bottle dock, some drybollick jacks and more sleepers than you could poke a stick at for packing. They turned up in a Morris Minor pickup and everyone laughed. We soon stopped!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 08/05/2011 : 14:32
Stanley you can still get Trewhella winches,they still make all different types..
Swifty the truth is often unkind,
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swifty
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Posted - 08/05/2011 : 21:58
them tirfors are like a drum bout skin ,,,,you cant beat em ,,, ready for bed now a 2.30 get up on the road for 3 am back down yon reading take care one and all till i come home again,,,,
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Posted - 08/05/2011 : 23:22
If you get a chance Swifty, have a pint in The Bull at Arborfield Cross...They kept my pewter tankard for over 25 years behind the bar after I'd left and moved to Derby .... I Collected it in 2007 ! (or it might have been 2006)
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Stanley
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Posted - 09/05/2011 : 07:25
Nice to know someone is busy......
Stanley Challenger Graham
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bob hulin
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Posted - 14/05/2011 : 08:16
come on you Blues
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Posted - 14/05/2011 : 09:43
Well said Bob ,shame there's no Stokeys on herehehe..
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bob hulin
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Posted - 14/05/2011 : 17:37
WONDERFUL cheers Tom
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Stanley
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Posted - 15/05/2011 : 03:52
I must be old, the first thing I thought when I heard Stoke City were in the Final was Stanley Matthews. Remember those shorts? And what would he be paid, a tenner a week?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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bob hulin
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Posted - 22/05/2011 : 19:20
CITY 2 BOLTON O.  hehe
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Steeplejacks Corner Part Five.
