My broken landline

Ahh see what it is, where there is a fault with the green box, then they need to get the stripey tent out, because that's where they set the kettle up.

It's a well known fact that tea drinking is a 2 man job

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That old photograph reminded me of the old paraffin lamps they used to use to prevent people from falling down holes.... I nicked hundreds as a kid in the hope someone would fall down..... wish I had kept them all as they sell for £25 a pop on ebay....

Originally Posted by Barney

“That old photograph reminded me of the old paraffin lamps they used to use to prevent people from falling down holes.... I nicked hundreds as a kid in the hope someone would fall down..... wish I had kept them all as they sell for £25 a pop on ebay....”

Good one Barney!  I also remember the nightwatchman in the stripey tent who had a brazier to keep warm and light from the paraffin lamps around the hole.

Great picture Steve!

Those stripey huts always remind me of an ex-boss and his antics during Rag Week at Birmingham University many, many years ago. He and his mates picked up one of these huts, carried it through New Street Station and put it on a train (to Bristol I think). 

Given the other things they did, it was very close between getting their degrees or being excluded. Then there's the story about a famous Birmingham statue and a chamber pot, but I digress 

lol now that's my kind of story!

My old man used to work for first the PO, then Telecom. How proud we were when the yellow painted Telecom Morris Minor van turned up on the drive  

Anyone remember Buzby...

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