P
Wow! You really are old aren't you?
Vauxhall Chevettes, Fiestas, Rover SD1s and Granadas when I joined
Chevettes and Fiestas.................
No wonder they didn't film "Bullit" in Rotherham
Al
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Chevettes and Fiestas.................
No wonder they didn't film "Bullit" in Rotherham
Al
P
Wow! You really are old aren't you?
Well I didn't feel old until you saw fit to mention it
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Hey, we thought we were the bee's knees, flying about, using the horn to warn people, as pandas weren't fitted with sirens in those days
Chevettes and Fiestas.................
No wonder they didn't film "Bullit" in Rotherham
Al
Hey, we thought we were the bee's knees, flying about, using the horn to warn people, as pandas weren't fitted with sirens in those days
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Hey, we thought we were the bee's knees, flying about, using the horn to warn people, as pandas weren't fitted with engines in those days
........ is probably - nearer the truth.........
I can swing the lamp with the best.
Five week Standard car course, at the South-West Regional school at Devizes, which was doubly useful as I passed my DoT test in Week 2. Few bob saved there.
Standard bike course shortly after; two weeks duration.
Advanced bike 18 months later; three week course.
Then Refreshers every four years, of two weeks duration.
There was a four week Instructors in there in the early 1980’s.
If you add in an Advanced car course, plus Traffic Patrol Officers, plus Refresher, I think I spent a total of 28 weeks of my 41 years service at Devizes.
As all these courses were residential, they weren’t cheap, but then doing a job properly rarely is cheap.
For my last 10 years no formal refresher’s. Just an Assessment Day, which hardly equates to a two weeks course.
I am conscious that, three years into retirement, I am no longer as sharp as I was, although hopefully still OK at the lower speeds I now ride at.
I loved riding then, & I still love it, & I’m sure that applies to all those posting above.
Five week Standard car course, at the South-West Regional school at Devizes, which was doubly useful as I passed my DoT test in Week 2. Few bob saved there.
Standard bike course shortly after; two weeks duration.
Advanced bike 18 months later; three week course.
Then Refreshers every four years, of two weeks duration.
There was a four week Instructors in there in the early 1980’s.
If you add in an Advanced car course, plus Traffic Patrol Officers, plus Refresher, I think I spent a total of 28 weeks of my 41 years service at Devizes.
As all these courses were residential, they weren’t cheap, but then doing a job properly rarely is cheap.
For my last 10 years no formal refresher’s. Just an Assessment Day, which hardly equates to a two weeks course.
I am conscious that, three years into retirement, I am no longer as sharp as I was, although hopefully still OK at the lower speeds I now ride at.
I loved riding then, & I still love it, & I’m sure that applies to all those posting above.
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