SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS ALWAYS PARTY TIME AT HUNSBURY, AND THEY CERTAINLY DID KNOW HOW TO TANGO FROM TIME TO TIME.
THIS CONTRIBUTION COMES FROM NIGEL BAILEY, ONE TIME SALESMAN FOR H.M.L., WHO TELLS US THAT THE OCCASION WAS THE LAST PARTY HELD BY HUNSBURY AND IT`S SISTER COMPANY B.H.HIRE, AT THE COACH AND HORSES IN BRIXWORTH, SOMETIME IN SUMMER 1990, IE, AFTER THE FINAL PURGE, AND THE LAST TIME THIS LOT EVER MET UP TOGETHER APPARENTLY.
ALLEGEDLY, THE MAZOOMA FOR THE PARTY CAME FROM THE DUBIOUS SALE OF SOME BROKEN PIECES OF STEEL, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, BUT SUCH WAS THE OCCASION, THAT APPARENTLY THE MAZOOMA RAN OUT, AND SOME MORE PIECES OF BROKEN STEEL HAD TO BE "FOUND" THE NEXT DAY TO PAY THE LANDLORD !!
WE HAVE TO SAY, THAT NIGEL HAS ADDED HIS OWN QUIRKY HUMOUR TO MOST OF THE PHOTOS BY THE INCLUSION OF SPEECH BUBBLES, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUARREL WITH WHAT IS CONTRIBUTED TO THEM, THE EDITORS DISCLAIM ALL RESPONSIBILITY, AND DIRECT THEM TO MR BAILEY, WHO LIVES AT 29 QUALITY STREET, MUCH BINDING, BORSETSHIRE, AA1 2BB !!
First batch coming up ….. clockwise from top left we have Pete Darby, workshop foreman & Bob Startin, hire fitter ……. Mick Steven`s nose, Keith Brealey with the Golden Boot, and honourary Hunsburyite, Dave Braithwaite ……. Ann Brealey who obviously thinks that in this company, she`s found the safest place to keep her money ……. and hire rep Fred Jones, obviously only half way down his bottle of gin.
Next we have a pair of solid citizens with their spouses…..Ian (BH Hire) & Kathy Stewart, and Gerry & Pauline Lord ……. then a couple of ladies with a group of ner-do-wells, Jayne Stevens, Mick Swann, Graham Doughty, Bob Startin, & Bill Stoneman with wife …… Nigel cant remember who the follically challenged gent is in the foreground, and all the others have had a mention.
More couples now…..first, Mrs Darby keeping a close eye on Pete, Brian and Mrs Stanley, and Art Smith, all good HML lads …… then the contributor of this nonsense with spouse, Nigel & Jayne Bailey.
More groups, more wives …… Stewart, Doughty, Swann & Startin …… Sandie Lambourne & Kath Startin, obviously giving Bob a lecture (makes a change) ……. Sandie again having trouble remembering who she married ….. Mrs Stanley with Brian again, good job he didn`t use to pose like that in the workshop !!
Yet more ……. Art Smith ……. another honourary Hunsbury-ite, Phil Townsend …… and Dave Lambourne, we assume looking for the wife who cant remember him !!
Finally, the last shots of this hard working, hard drinking crew, who between them didn`t half make a good team, and who would have lasted a lot longer, given the opportunity by the ……. who cast them away !!
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