SEVERAL OF J.B.ROBERTSON`S CONTRIBUTIONS DID NOT RELATE DIRECTLY TO HIS REGION, AS YOU WILL SEE, SO WE HAVE INCLUDED THEM IN THE DAYS OUT & DEMOS SECTION (SOON TO BECOME 2 SECTIONS AS THEY ARE GETTING SO LARGE), SO IF YOU HAVENT SORTED THROUGH NORTHERN REGION ALREADY, THEN VISIT IT AFTER THIS ONE…….
….HYDE PARK, 1977, THE QUEEN`S SILVER JUBILEE, TEREX`S SILVERJUBILEE….WHAT A PLACE TO SHOW YOUR TRUE SELF….NOT SURE WHEN THE TWO RONNIES STARTED, BUT IF THEY HADNT STARTED BY 1977, THEN THEY MUST HAVE SEEN THESE CHARACTERS, AND GOT THE IDEA….MAY WE PRESENT GOODLEY & ROBERTSON, THE ORIGINAL TWO RONNIES !!
THEN THEY DECIDED TO FORM A TRIO……AND SO WE HAVE…….THE THREE RONNIES, OR IS IT CURLY, LARRY & MO…..ABLY ASSISTED BY MR BRIAN REYNOLDS, JBH SERVICE……
GOING BACK IN TIME NOW FOR A WHILE, PRE 1968. TWO WELL KNOWN HODGE-ITES WITH A NEW 72-51A….NICE ROPS BY THE WAY !!……A.R.(TONY) BARKER PERCHED PRECARIOUSLY, WHILE R.F. (BOB) GREENSHIELDS ENJOYS A SMILE AT HIS PREDICAMENT…..OR HAS A.R.B. JUST GIVEN BOB A PAY RISE ?? NOT SURE WHICH ONE THE FOTO TITLE APPLIES TO THOUGH !
FORWARD A LITTLE AGAIN MAYBE….NEWHOUSE CUSTOMER VISITS…BLACK JOHN WITH HALF OF HIS CUSTOMERS BY THE LOOK OF IT, AND WITH THE OTHER HALF ON THE SECOND ONE !! WATCH OUT FOR "WHITE JOHN" SNEAKING IN THE BACK ROW, WITH IAN VICKERSTAFFE AND KENNY COUGHLAN HELPING OUT…….
…..AND AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH MORE HELPERS, JOHN MCGREGOR, JACKIE GREENAN, AND DAN WILLIS, ALONG WITH HALF OF CUMBRIA !!
….AND FINALLY, A TEREX OPEN DAY AT THE FACTORY, AND ON DUTY FROM THE DEALERSHIP ARE, WHO ELSE, BLACK JOHN, AND FROM ACROSS THE IRISH SEA, MALCOLM MORGAN FROM BH BELFAST. THE FINE LADY ABOUT TO INSEPCT THEM, IS NONE OTHER THAN MARGARET THATCHER….WELL THATS WHAT JOHN SAYS, ACTUALLY, IT IS HIS WIFE MARY, KEEPING HIM IN CHECK.





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