Legends

hi blusey
just let you know met chrissy gray at georgie pope's funeral 6weeks ago he's doing a little bit for webb and he's looking well rip george another good scaff gone to the great big golden flying shore in the sky
lapta
 
Supreme Scaffolding Ltd
Clock House Station
Goodsyard, Clock House Road
Beckenham
Greater London
BR3 4PT

Tel. 020 8658 7543
 
Hello Bigbadbob and all. I, like you, know most of the scaffolders you mentioned there in your blog. I worked with Freddie Reynolds on LMS, he is a great bloke and a great friend of mine. Fred was a true legend back in those days. Tessie Baker, now there's a name from my very distant past. I met Tessie working with a bloke name Davey (Bonky) Jones in 1967, when I had been in the game about two months; I was working with a mate of mine named David (Sully) Jaques, we went to work for a firm called Robel's down in Balham (one of the few firms that did frames as well as tube & fittings). The first thing Tessie said to me as he limped over to me was, "can I lend your poker thingey mate (podger)?" :) Me mate Sully said to me, they must be a couple of Cowboy's. They went round the back of the site and we started at the front. By breakfast we had adapted about 100-ft run on a brikie's scaffold, we went round the back and these two geezers had done about 300-ft run from scratch. They smiled and said, ere mate, ere's ya poker back, it's getting a bit warm. We all had a good laugh and went down the cafe for a nice breakfast. Typical old scaffs at the wind-up. Love those days. Worked with Johnny Hurley too, on Modern's. Since I'm from Stepney, know Kenny Lumley too. I worked with another cradle legend named Dennis Wu, he was another great friend and workmate. RIP Dennis, Johhny Hurley and Tessie Baber.
Cheers,
Terry (Micky) Marks

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Sorry for the typo, that was RIP to Dennis Wu, Johhny Hurley and Tessie Baker (not Baber)
 
sun xv said:
STM, weren't you a mate of Alfie Thurogood years back? think i remember you from the Lotus days pal.
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Hello Sun, yes I was good mates with Alfie Thorogood, he was one of my best mates growing up and still is. I started Alfie in the game with me when I was a young fixer at 18, in those days we were probably one of the youngest two man gangs around. Sun who are you? You must know us well if you remember the Lotus. :)
Cheers,
Micky Marks
 
Hi Micky, good to hear from you pal, not sure if my PM reached you if not could you try PM me as we can have a chat about the good old lotus day's,(i'm a soul man). Take care mate.
 
phil181 said:
Maybe you've come across my mate Barry Snell during your Middle East exploits Bob?
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Just reading your question mate, Barry Snell is doing a bit of Supervising for Gemini down in Sussex. He also has a pub just outside Brighton.
Diamond Geyser.
 
barry snell is supervising on gemini out of horsham depot at the moment he over at kew on the national archive building how are you gordon
 
I'm good thanks, I bumped in to Barry at Kew the other week.
I'm still doing a bit for Andy at Tone, but need to think it through, some f----ing scaff offered me a seat on the tube train today.
 
hes a lovely bloke barry we are subbing a lot of work from gemini at the moment what happend to bernie i tried to call him the other week and someone called mel answered the phone you got your free bus pass yet
 
Hello gordon welcome to the forum, mark h here hope youre well haven't seen you since last time at tone dont you go overdoing it get to work in your garden
 
Anyone no the legend pat sweet sgb man millsy man best mate Billy barnes two of west londons finest British beef scaffolders . Pat drinks in acton and it's never a dull moment in his company any old faces out there

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Are u an old fossil mate u still turning that spanner I've got a lot of time for u golden oldys u show a lot of the youngens up wen it comes to a days work and there always somefing to learn from exp don't no pAt sweet do u another legend like yourself
 
Welcon to the forum Gordon,

i see you are still doing a bit for tone, they must be doing alrite thay have the bouffont kid on there, he's probly teaching you all how to scaffold or not, he scaffolded london back in the day.

I no him, watch your back & dont give him a drawing.

keep well old fella.
 
mark hammond

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mr
 
All were out of Bromley by bow , where rescission by reads yard is , worked for them in the 80s, with old Irish dennis out of pence I think , great scaff, miserable sod!

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Lyndon , can't think of his surname
 
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