SEPTEMBER 1988, THERE CAME A NEW REGIME AT THE HODGE, REORGANISATION TO STOP THE SLIDE WAS PARAMOUNT, AND "BRILLIANT" IDEAS WERE PUT INTO ACTION TO PUT JBH BACK WHERE IT BELONGED.

WE HAVE BEEN COPIED BY FAX WITH SOME DEPARTMENTAL FAMILY TREES OF WHO WORKED FOR WHO IN THAT REORGANISATION, AND SOME CRYPTIC COMMENTS HAVE ACCOMPANIED THEM, SO WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE A REMINDER, JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN`T KNOW WHO YOU WORKED FOR AT THE TIME…….READ ON….

"DEAR EDITOR, HOPE YOU THINK THIS IS WORTH PUBLISHING ON THE BLOG.THERE IS A SAYING SOMEWHERE,TOO MANY CHIEFS, NOT ENOUGH INDIANS. DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE THE PERSON WHO THOUGHT OF ALL THIS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT PHRASE, BUT THEN, IF YOU WERE DESTINED ONE DAY TO BECOME LEADER OF THE "A AND R" (ED ??), THEN IT PROBABLY DIDN`T MATTER.

THE SCHEME SPLIT WORKS FROM SERVICE, SO CREATING AGAIN AN ORGANISATION WHICH HAD ALREADY EXISTED, NOW IT JUST EMPLOYED MORE PEOPLE.

OTHER MINOR RE-ORGS TOOK PLACE AS WELL, BUT THEN THE CROWNING TOUCH WAS DELIVERED  ……….. "NO PART SERVICE" OTHERWISE KNOWN TO OUTSIDERS AS THE CARLTON CLUB, THE ORGANISATION TO SUPPLY EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY IN THE INDUSTRY.

BIT OF A JOKE IN OUR DEPOT THAT WAS….TRIED FOR 18 MONTHS TO ORDER BUCKET TEETH, THEY NEVER DID STOCK ANY ! WE ALWAYS GOT THEM FROM INMALO.     AN INDIAN."

NOTHING LIKE A BIT OF PLAIN SPEAKING FOR YOU, BUT AS THIS IS A FREE SPEECH SITE, WE ARE JUST SHOWING THE ITEMS AS SENT TO US……"TREES" BELOW SO KEEP READING……….

..….HOW MANY MD`s ?? ONLY EIGHT !!Red_ken_3

LOTS OF MANAGERS THIS TIME…..AND THIS IS JUST THE SALES….Red_ken1

THE EXTRA DIVISION….RUN BY DAD`S ARMY !!Red_ken3

…AND OF COURSE, NO PART SERVICE, AS OUR CORRESPONDENT WILL HAVE IT, IN ALL ITS GLORYSpart3

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