It was. Every creed. Every colour. Every religion.

and everyone got along. My adopted godfather worked there, he fled Idi Amin in the late 60s with his wife and ended up in the East end.

I just remember loads of big burly hard as f**king nails blokes. The boss was an absolute man mountain. Hands like f**king shovels and the kindest man you'd ever meet.

A couple of months before he died and 20 years after the business closed he tracked my old man down 100 miles away to thank him for his time working there and gave him an envelope with 3k in it.

He once told me "Stand up to bullies, and be nice to people"

Wise words.

Posted By: Captain Bligh on March 19th 2022 at 21:51:40

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- Woolwich (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Mar 19, 22:49:21
- Blackheath (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Mar 19, 22:16:16
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- Marylbone (n/m) (General Chat) - pinkney, Mar 19, 21:57:59
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- Old Ford Road, Bow, 1970s (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 21:25:41
  - That’s nice, brilliant. ❤️ (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:29:09
    - It was. Every creed. Every colour. Every religion. (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 21:51:40
      - I’ve never felt liked I’ve been bullied, maybe I’ve stood up to them, I didn’t really (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:05:56
        
        Trouble is when you're big and can handle yourself it's easier (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 22:32:08
        
        School can be awful, I kind of got in to a fight because I stood up for a lad always (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:47:03
        
        Oh dear.. I had a Mamod TE1a with polystyrene log trailer... (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 23:13:15
        
        I never pictured you talking in a falsetto voice, but now I will (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 23:26:21
- Hampstead Heath (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 19, 21:22:26
  - I’ve not really been other than the lido right at the southern tip (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:24:15
- Whitechapel late 1970s.. (General Chat) - Linky, Mar 19, 21:17:04
  - Whitechapel, early 90s.. (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Mar 19, 21:27:46
    - There was a, I don’t know, let’s just say a Jewish cafe on commercial rd that was like (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:42:44
  - That must’ve been amazing. I remember in the mid 80s watching a helicopter land on the (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:20:34
- Greenwich (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Mar 19, 21:11:21
  - I love the “reveal” of emerging from the Greenwich foot tunnel, seeing the Cutty Sark (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:16:11
- Kilburn in the 90s (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 21:03:20
  - Lived in Cricklewood, one of my abiding memories was getting a bus to Kilburn (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Mar 19, 22:23:01
    - Ternoite, of arll noites,there’s gonna be a foite (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 23:13:38
    - Cricklewood pubs in the 90s (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 23:04:08
  - I don’t know much about Kilburn really, so wiki-ied it. Was the George Roseby there when (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:30:50
    - There was an incredible pub called the Black Lion. (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 21:34:32
      - I don’t know whether things were necessarily better in “our day” but I just hope our kids (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:40:32
        
        I drove my daughter and her friend to a gig in Tufnell Park last night (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 21:55:05
        
        Yeah I know. I had a lovely upbringing, very supportive and in no way cosseting parents. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:25:40
        
        Now, that... (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 22:58:42
        
        Aww fanx luv (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 23:56:55
- St James’s (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 19, 20:59:48
  - La de dah (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:21:37
- Charring Cross Road (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Mar 19, 20:41:02
  - That would be great. Mrs AP worked on Regent street for a few years (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:42:55
- Hoxton... but before it was full of posh cnuts. (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Mar 19, 20:27:47
  - I had the best kebab I've ever eaten in hoxton after a messy night (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 22:07:32
  - I guess it was before the breakfast cereal shop and the wooden spoon fettler opened up? 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:31:17
    - deliveroo on penny farthings (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 20:34:02
- Liverpool Street.... to get out of it. (n/m) (General Chat) - LobbyLud1902, Mar 19, 20:27:28
  - For a friends wedding present, just after his move to London, I bought him a print of this (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:34:23

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