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Was that the caretaker from Grange Hill buying the car?
So it was Wendy who caused the downfall of the British car industry! :lol:
So it was Wendy who caused the downfall of the British car industry! :lol:
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That is indeed quite a gathering of contemporary actors for the era it was made. I wonder how much BL paid for producing that film? Sorry Blue Duck, I would never blame Wendy. Probably more blame to Sid the café owner from last of the summer wine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Comer
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The film is full of the stars of the day. When I spotted it on u-tube as per normal I was looking for something else. Thought I’d have a look at how they could possibly retrieve BL’s tarnished image never thinking it was going to be a total p**s take, I was laughing by the end.
I remember “Red Robbo” and he shaped my negative views of unions little knowing I would become a senior convenor years later.
The company had its own views on unions, they supported them as representatives of both the members and the company, as such it was a closed shop. If you’re to represent members you should know how the system works. First thing they did was pack me off on an industrial law course at the union college, hour after monotonous hour watching paint dry
More years later and the boot was on the other foot and as a manager I had to………. watch paint dry.
One evening I went in to the union library, the minutes of the late 50's to the mid 60’s were filed under fiction. The bad days of vote rigging in the ETU. After that anyone with communist allegiances were bared from union office.
I finally fell out with the EEPTU and resigned when the merger with the AEU was announced. My comment to Eric Hammond “we should call the new union the AFU” didn’t go down too well. AFU = Any F*****s Union.
The only unions I’ve been in since were the NUJ and NGA.
I remember “Red Robbo” and he shaped my negative views of unions little knowing I would become a senior convenor years later.
The company had its own views on unions, they supported them as representatives of both the members and the company, as such it was a closed shop. If you’re to represent members you should know how the system works. First thing they did was pack me off on an industrial law course at the union college, hour after monotonous hour watching paint dry
More years later and the boot was on the other foot and as a manager I had to………. watch paint dry.
One evening I went in to the union library, the minutes of the late 50's to the mid 60’s were filed under fiction. The bad days of vote rigging in the ETU. After that anyone with communist allegiances were bared from union office.
I finally fell out with the EEPTU and resigned when the merger with the AEU was announced. My comment to Eric Hammond “we should call the new union the AFU” didn’t go down too well. AFU = Any F*****s Union.
The only unions I’ve been in since were the NUJ and NGA.
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I remember those days , the ETU run by vote rigging communists , I refused to join until they were ousted and voting taken over by the Electrorial Reform Society .
And then insisted that I didn't pay the Labour Party support levy on my subs.
They didn't care about the contracting sparks , only the industrial maintenance sparks and the power workers . No one would care if a load of contractors went on strike .
Unions were holding companies to ransom all the time back then ........ they seemed determined to bring down a major brewery here , till in the end the management closed it , moved production to Burton and put the employees out of work .............perhaps the shop steward was satisfied......its a Mercedes dealership now.
The NUJ were a weird lot. You couldn’t get a card until you had work published, you couldn’t get work published unless you were a NUJ card holder. Catch 22.
Is'nt that the same with Equity , The showbiz union?
By the way , the cops are from the old Z Cars TV series .
Although they had Ford Zephers as squad cars .
Not that I'd remember it ...Stepps told me that . :innocent
It then morphed into "Softly Softly " He told me that too.
Although they had Ford Zephers as squad cars .
Not that I'd remember it ...Stepps told me that . :innocent
It then morphed into "Softly Softly " He told me that too.
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