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Andy@w.c.s

how did you start out ( pic,s )
« on: August 09, 2009, 03:13:26 pm »
well here it is me in 1982 going out for the day ,
I used to walk everwhere in burnhan on sea in those days
but then i was only 19 and fit bit older now and not so slim
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elite mike

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2009, 03:18:19 pm »
same year as me 8)  ;D

ive even got the same hat as you :o ;D
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s.hughes

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2009, 06:34:27 pm »
they were the days, have you gone wfp?

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martinsadie

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2009, 07:18:48 pm »
Quote from: elite mike on August 09, 2009, 03:18:19 pm
same year as me 8)  ;D

ive even got the same hat as you :o ;D
no camras when you started Mike  ;D ;D
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Paul_Rolfe

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2009, 07:28:47 pm »
Did you pour hot oil over the ramparts if you got that far?
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wfp master

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Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2009, 12:29:54 pm »
nice mobile dog kennel good invention did it sell well in the 1980s ;D
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Andy@w.c.s

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2009, 04:57:29 pm »
my dad made it for me before that i used to carry them on my sholder
and at the end of the day leave them at the next customers house ready for the morning
those were the days ;D
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brett walker

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Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2009, 05:06:17 pm »
those were the days andy,  nice picture that must have been one of the first trolley systems

hope your keeping well mate

Brett
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wfp master

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Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2009, 05:31:11 pm »
Quote from: Andy@w.c.s on August 10, 2009, 04:57:29 pm
my dad made it for me before that i used to carry them on my sholder
and at the end of the day leave them at the next customers house ready for the morning
those were the days ;D
good thinking so ure customers dogs could use it that was nice of u . ;D ;D ;D ;D
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elite mike

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2009, 06:29:48 pm »
Quote from: Stan The Man on August 09, 2009, 07:18:48 pm
Quote from: elite mike on August 09, 2009, 03:18:19 pm
same year as me 8)  ;D

ive even got the same hat as you :o ;D
no camras when you started Mike  ;D ;D

i will see what i can dig up ;)
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elite mike

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2009, 07:05:09 pm »
here is my second van 1982, with the mrs  ;D  whoops :o 

















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niceandclean

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Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2009, 07:10:06 pm »
Is that an old Vauxhall Astra van, or would it of been a Bedford?
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martinsadie

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2009, 07:10:16 pm »
im a bit old to twist my neck
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martinsadie

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2009, 07:11:30 pm »
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elite mike

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2009, 07:13:44 pm »
yeh its an old bedford  ::) ;)


stan ive fixed it for you now ;)

could not find a pic of my first van, it was a honda think the engine was a 650 cc :o
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martinsadie

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #15 on: August 10, 2009, 07:20:14 pm »
Quote from: elite mike on August 10, 2009, 07:13:44 pm
yeh its an old bedford  ::) ;)


stan ive fixed it for you now ;)

could not find a pic of my first van, it was a honda think the engine was a 650 cc :o
is that the wife you have now or your first one  :D
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elite mike

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #16 on: August 10, 2009, 07:22:21 pm »
still on the first stan

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martinsadie

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2009, 07:24:07 pm »
Quote from: elite mike on August 10, 2009, 07:22:21 pm
still on the first stan


must be love then  ;D
im on me ,third,think i wear them out  ;D
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eclipse

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Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #18 on: August 10, 2009, 07:34:26 pm »
well my introduction to window cleaning only started in 2007 but my start in business was this.. in 2000 i believe


ill await my slating from defecting from the dark side lol

this van only lasted a year before boiling itsef dry  ;D
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Andy@w.c.s

Re: how did you start out ( pic,s )
« Reply #19 on: August 10, 2009, 08:03:02 pm »
well the things we do to get ourselfs noticed
here is a pic of me just after the last ressesion back in the 80s
and yes that was a wizards hat on top of the van and yes looking back a brillient bit of marketing

HAPPY DAYS
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