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When I've been clearing up my library I have been checking the books for old photos etc , as I have a habit of using them as book marks , I came across this one - It's of myself repairing the cobbles in the village of Dent - once in Yorkshire then reorganised into Cumbria (my boss who hated the place used to say nobody wanted the b***er !)(it's a long way from anywhere). It must be back in the 80s I think ?- Dent still had a Post Office then !, I remember they would'nt close the road and we had to lay steel plates to get wagons and tractors past , which also limited how much we could repair at a time as there was only me and my mate and a rather battered pick up. It took a long time and rained quite a bit as can be seen in the photo . I look rather Dickensian ! = Health and Safety was in it's infancy in those days ! . Dent is notable for it's cobbles and gets very busy in the tourist season nowadays .
It looks like it was a hard job made even more difficult by keeping the road open! Those were the good old days Tony!
ReplyDeleteI was younger so it didn't seem hard - wouldn't want to do it now !
DeleteI think the Dickensian look is mainly the facial hair and headgear - I am quite impressed you had knee protectors on in those far off days! What really gives the age of the photo away, though, is the trifling number of road cones deployed - nowadays, there would be 200 at least, plus fully trained traffic management specialists at each end to operate Stop/Go signs - plus two or three large trucks with blinding orange and white strobe lights to protect you from the possibility of an interaction with a motor vehicle!
ReplyDeleteAh the hair was dark in those days ! - yes H&S is somewhat lacking .
DeleteLooks like hard labour, and you look like a German POW, what are you wearing on your head?
ReplyDeletei think it might have been German / Swedish ? hat - I can't remember where it came from or what happened to it.
Delete"Victorian" is indeed the sense of this photo, not only visually but also as a reminder for those of us of a "certain age" who lived the 80s that we are fast becoming today's Victorians.
ReplyDeleteVery true .
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