The old ways

tilers don't know there born these days
when i started i had to get up 2 hours before i went to bed work a 29 hour day on my knees being whipped by the Foreman every 10 minutes
i,d stagger back to the cardboard box which was home to the 25 of us have a lick of my dads razor strop for my tea then sleep on the cold cobbles with a crisp bag as a blanket for 5 minute before another day work
and i had to pay the boss 1/6 a week for the privilege
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee but we were appy

[Sir Ramic]

Was it Hawkins Quarry tiles that were made as a pair? So when they arrived you had to split the apart with a big flat screwdriver...those were piggin sharp
The days when a mixer was either powered by diesel and used to mix sand and cement screed or a mixer was a piece of steel conduit used to mix CTF with .
The days when Hard hats were best used to carry nails across site.
The days when you had to go to the timber yard to get 20p bags of sawdust.
The days when all floors were level........cos you had to screed them.
The days when you piled into the back of a J4 Commer van and fought over a bucket to sit on for the journey home.
Yes happy days

[CJ]

Glad I'm not as old as you lot.

You all have made me feel years younger.



Old duffers

pancake Tuesday
the day all the apprentices were initiated (if they could find you )
i had my bolloxs blackened with plumbers black (its a kind of lead paint ) and hung upside down from the tower crane 60 ft up at duttons brewery blackburn
the up side was we could all go home at 12

Originally Posted by Sir Ramic

Was it Hawkins Quarry tiles that were made as a pair? So when they arrived you had to split the apart with a big flat screwdriver...those were piggin sharp
The days when a mixer was either powered by diesel and used to mix sand and cement screed or a mixer was a piece of steel conduit used to mix CTF with .
The days when Hard hats were best used to carry nails across site.
The days when you had to go to the timber yard to get 20p bags of sawdust.
The days when all floors were level........cos you had to screed them.
The days when you piled into the back of a J4 Commer van and fought over a bucket to sit on for the journey home.
Yes happy days

conways had bedford vans with sliding doors if you had to brake hard they would take your arm off

[deanotile]

Originally Posted by pjtiler

tilers don't know there born these days
when i started i had to get up 2 hours before i went to bed work a 29 hour day on my knees being whipped by the Foreman every 10 minutes
i,d stagger back to the cardboard box which was home to the 25 of us have a lick of my dads razor strop for my tea then sleep on the cold cobbles with a crisp bag as a blanket for 5 minute before another day work
and i had to pay the boss 1/6 a week for the privilege
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee but we were appy

And you had it good.

[deanotile]

Did you boys ever use rope for spacing those fat old frost proof tiles for shop fronts and columns?

Originally Posted by deanotile

Did you boys ever use rope for spacing those fat old frost proof tiles for shop fronts and columns?

shaws twin tiles ??
we used a semi dry mix and tapped them in

[Taz8130]

Originally Posted by pjtiler

pancake Tuesday
the day all the apprentices were initiated (if they could find you )
i had my bolloxs blackened with plumbers black (its a kind of lead paint ) and hung upside down from the tower crane 60 ft up at duttons brewery blackburn
the up side was we could all go home at 12

This still goes on...........when applying for a business bank account when you first start up !!!!

[whitebeam]

When I started work, To make a hole in a brickwall to fix somethink cannot remember what it was called, Had to hammer this "thing" turn it as you hammered to make a hole then wall plug. That was hard work, Next to no drills and certainly no cordless. That was back in 1971

[Dave]

Originally Posted by whitebeam

When I started work, To make a hole in a brickwall to fix somethink cannot remember what it was called, Had to hammer this "thing" turn it as you hammered to make a hole then wall plug. That was hard work, Next to no drills and certainly no cordless. That was back in 1971

Plugging chisel by any chance.....?

[Spirit]

That is a Rawl Drill, still have one in my toolbox. It is never used for masonry drilling but has 1001 other uses.

No, not a plugging chisel. This thing has a point and 3 cutting edges (crap description)

Cannot find a picture of it, might have to get my camera out tomorrow.