[keith]

Atkiman just picked up again on this thread reminds me the last time I saw you you were with bowkers veteran wagon at fleetwood tram day quite a few years ago at that time you were living up dillhall I myself have moved on a bit now living the life at sunny morecambe and loving it Some of the old things though you never forget the stormy meetings on a sunday morning at the miners club I wonder how freddie greer going on and have lost touch with a lot of the old jacks and gilbraiths drivers in fact I must be the only ex jacks driver left as over the years several have passed away some of them quite young really must have been all that chasing about we had to do A few names billy crossley raymond newell the late denis sandiford jimmy dewhurst and of course rt he sent me a e-mail with some pictures of jacks motors marathons and crusaders which made me think about the days long gone