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Squarehead
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Plasterers look the most stylish, some cool hats there
A.plasterer
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Thought she had the dog sitting on her head looked up and found it was a rat
Clutch & Tap
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Plasterers look way to clean 
A.plasterer
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Remember seeing a pic at my nans yrs ago taken of some relatives yrs gone by her great uncles taken in some courtyard, all with their jackets n hats on. Guess the photographer had forgotten to leave their feet out of pic as two of them had no shoes on apparently not uncommon from time to time to have no boots as expensive item.
apparently not uncommon from time to time to have no boots as expensive item.
paulf
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My old tradesman Jimmy came to work in a shirt and tie with a tweed jacket and of course a pair of proper shoes. Then changed into his bib an brace and white jacket and work boots. He was in his sixties back in 1984 so would have served his time in the 1930's. So I bet his tradesman would have come from the time of those photographs. He served in the desert and Italy during the war, a different breed.
pftmonojetman
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My grandad who did his apprenticeship in the 40s had to wear a shirt and tie to work, if the shirt wasn't clean at the start of the day they would get deducted wages.he suspended his apprenticeship for a year until 1947 after the war, as he got called up. He's been out to see us on projects to see all this 'fancy ' rendering carry on, he thinks my lot are tramps in trackie bottoms and jail birds because some have hoodies on. On Remembrance Sunday we went down to town, I pulled up in my Mrs new Range Rover sport to give him a lift down, he said" if you think I'm getting in a puff mobile like that your sadly mistaken, I'd rather walk". There a different breed fellas like that.
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Clutch & Tap
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You should of bought the 'Vogue'.
zolco
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Haha sounds like the type of man I'd get on with[emoji106]
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Nicm
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A very enjoyable video.Some difference between those young men and the youth of today.
Pug
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It's what we need to be doing now. Shortage of affordable housing and schools are pushing kids to go to university to get degrees in tourism and golf course management ffs. Not everyone's going to be an academic. We need to teach kids that there's no shame in getting your hands dirty for a living.
Jgreenplastering
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That's a dying breed though. The 'proper' part seems to be missed to often these days! Just as bad as the 'foreigners' we begrudge and moan about.
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aspotofbother
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I was always taught... never miss an opportunity, just because it's dressed in overalls and looks like hard work.
Too many don't want the hard work part. I kinda don't really blame them... why get shitty f**k**g up your body for a living, if you can earn good money doing something less strenuous.
That's not a slight at this industry, just seems to be the view of most leaving schools these days.
Also people don't want to wait and learn. They want top money, and to be experts NOW. Instant gratification society. Guilty of it myself....
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Too many don't want the hard work part. I kinda don't really blame them... why get shitty f**k**g up your body for a living, if you can earn good money doing something less strenuous.
That's not a slight at this industry, just seems to be the view of most leaving schools these days.
Also people don't want to wait and learn. They want top money, and to be experts NOW. Instant gratification society. Guilty of it myself....
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When I left school I didn't have a problem with work, or life in general, because I knew everything. I certainly didn't need some old (40s) bloke moaning on as he couldn't teach me a thing as he'd lived his life and was nearly dead anyway. He even got a strop on because he was working with an apprentice the same age as his daughter, wouldn't even let me meet her. I do have to admit that he could move a lot quicker than I thought an old bloke would when I said "I don't want to keep her, just shag her." because not only was I a genius I was funny too.
I'll be fifty in six months and in the intervening thirty three and a half years I've learnt loads. So much in fact that I have reached the point where I realise I know three parts of fcuk all.
So if you're still alive Rod, and by some chance read this, I'm sorry for being such a gobshite. You were spot on about pretty much everything, and I did find out what it's like when I got to your age. You were wrong about two thing's though. I did make it to 21, and I did bang your daughter when I met her in the Pink Parrot.
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LolWhen I left school I didn't have a problem with work, or life in general, because I knew everything. I certainly didn't need some old (40s) bloke moaning on as he couldn't teach me a thing as he'd lived his life and was nearly dead anyway. He even got a strop on because he was working with an apprentice the same age as his daughter, wouldn't even let me meet her. I do have to admit that he could move a lot quicker than I thought an old bloke would when I said "I don't want to keep her, just shag her." because not only was I a genius I was funny too.
I'll be fifty in six months and in the intervening thirty three and a half years I've learnt loads. So much in fact that I have reached the point where I realise I know three parts of fcuk all.
So if you're still alive Rod, and by some chance read this, I'm sorry for being such a gobshite. You were spot on about pretty much everything, and I did find out what it's like when I got to your age. You were wrong about two thing's though. I did make it to 21, and I did bang your daughter when I met her in the Pink Parrot.
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my sons friend, a plumber, has just brought a new range rover. he said it is a top of the range model as it is black with a silver roof but no badges.
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Does he live in Birmingham? Every fcuker and their uncle has a top of the line 'penile substitute XR' here. Half of Merc's output of AMGs can be seen on the ring road, never mind the BMWs etc. It is funny when you see them rolling out of a warehouse car park when the shift ends though.
Pink parrot sounds classWhen I left school I didn't have a problem with work, or life in general, because I knew everything. I certainly didn't need some old (40s) bloke moaning on as he couldn't teach me a thing as he'd lived his life and was nearly dead anyway. He even got a strop on because he was working with an apprentice the same age as his daughter, wouldn't even let me meet her. I do have to admit that he could move a lot quicker than I thought an old bloke would when I said "I don't want to keep her, just shag her." because not only was I a genius I was funny too.
I'll be fifty in six months and in the intervening thirty three and a half years I've learnt loads. So much in fact that I have reached the point where I realise I know three parts of fcuk all.
So if you're still alive Rod, and by some chance read this, I'm sorry for being such a gobshite. You were spot on about pretty much everything, and I did find out what it's like when I got to your age. You were wrong about two thing's though. I did make it to 21, and I did bang your daughter when I met her in the Pink Parrot.
It sounds like an overfinch custom job, there a few quid 70 grand plus depending on the depth of it.
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Pink parrot sounds class
It was, it used to be called Tomangos and when it changed it was elevated in social class. They had a dress code and everything. It was also conveniently located for getting to the Parson's Nose chippy.
If you wanted a more 'earthy' atmosphere then it'd be Reflections or Busters. The first time I had my nose broken was in Busters. Happy times.
it would be expensive model , it is for the wife to drive the 3 children to private school. his new works van a merc has 400 bhp the same as my jag.
400 bhp....I'd loose my license by the end of my road driving that.
my son who went with him to order it said it was just under 100 k.
nice money to burn.