Last Big Elm in the Parish!

[Lorry thompson]

I'm only 27 Pete but I've been very lucky to work with some of them old boys, great pics mate sorry to hear about your friend

[Johny Walker]

Bloody Hell - I was older than you are now when I took that picture. Time flies when your having fun hey!?!

 

pete, them pics of the elms bring back memorys did you not have to remove the bark & burn it on the stump ,in bradford if ther was a grant on the job we had to debark before removing timber from site ,that was fun (not)

[PeteB]

Hey John, the bark was removed ( with the "squaring off") for the sawmill but not for logs - it all made up a load:sneaky2:

[Johny Walker]

Hey John, the bark was removed ( with the "squaring off") for the sawmill but not for logs - it all made up a load:sneaky2:

 

ha,ha,

[skyhuck]

Great stuff,takes me back too,as a 10yr old my father used to give me a billhook and a spade and made me strip the ivy off big elm butts,then pick up all the shattered tops and chuck on the fire,i used to love it and still do when i get an occasional one to drop.one of my lasting memories is the elm smell,its like bisto to me!

 

Really?????????

 

I would not want gravy at your house!!!!!

 

We always say they smell like "grannies old knickers"!!!!!!!

[Stephen Blair]

elm is ok, rotten elm now thats diferent. Pete my Down South Geography is poor, have you worked or live near Hungerford? I was there as a kid and i have a couple of pics of some guys taking down 2 dead elms back in 1984, my dad had just brought them round for me since i saw this thread.

[PeteB]

Really?????????

 

I would not want gravy at your house!!!!!

 

We always say they smell like "grannies old knickers"!!!!!!!

 

How do you know what Grannies knickers smelt like?. We used to say a s@@t house door off a Grimsby trawler - is that the same thing?

 

Hey Steve.

David, Keith and their Dad went all over but never down to Berkshire - haulage was too dear from there!

[Stephen Blair]

cheers, i will stick up the pics and maybe someone will recognise them, worth a shot.

[THE88MAN]

Really?????????

 

I would not want gravy at your house!!!!!

 

We always say they smell like "grannies old knickers"!!!!!!!

 

yeah,yeah,yeah,i know,i slipped into a halcyonic "back in the day" reminiscence! I'll be complaining about wagon wheels next! Your right huck,they did/do smell of p*ss,but then bisto is rubbish compared to home made gravy i make now

[skyhuck]

How do you know what Grannies knickers smelt like?. We used to say a s@@t house door off a Grimsby trawler - is that the same thing?

 

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Hehe!!!!!

 

Yes we are thinking along the same lines!!