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Title: Location caterers
Post by: Pastis on October 28, 2010, 10:05:03 AM
There's one just set up down the road within bacon sarnie sniffing distance  Drool: Drool:

http://www.fayredos.co.uk/

It's usually because they're filming but today it seems to be brought in for the guys re-laying the pavement. Those contractors know how to live  whistle:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Nick on October 28, 2010, 10:07:34 AM
As a council taxpayer you should get down there for a "free" sample  cussing:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Snoopy on October 28, 2010, 10:11:55 AM
Best location catering I encountered was on the filming of Superman IV.
Milton Keynes doubled as Metropolis ..We provided the security.
http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_supermaniv.htm


Mind you they did us proud on The Fourth Protocol as well.

Michael Caine & I shared a lot of alcohol (Almost enough to make us Beshtesh friends).... nice guy.
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Nick on October 28, 2010, 10:14:52 AM
Have I ever mentioned I had that Paul McCartney in my kitchen once?  angel1
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Snoopy on October 28, 2010, 10:15:34 AM

"Had"???????  eeek:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Barman on October 28, 2010, 10:15:59 AM
Have I ever mentioned I had that Paul McCartney in my kitchen once?  angel1

Hobnobbing with the giants of the music industry?

No, you never mentioned it...  ::)
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Nick on October 28, 2010, 10:22:53 AM
I think Keith Richards may have popped in once too, but neither of us can remember it  noooo:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Miss Demeanour on October 28, 2010, 10:23:58 AM
As a council taxpayer you should get down there for a "free" sample  cussing:

Does Pastis really want any paving slabs though  rubschin:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Pastis on October 28, 2010, 10:31:02 AM
As a council taxpayer you should get down there for a "free" sample  cussing:

Does Pastis really want any paving slabs though  rubschin:

Good point, well made!

The contractors have set up their lickle paving slab store right outside where I live  cussing:  They had another delivery of several hundred this morning at about 7:00  eeek:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Snoopy on October 28, 2010, 10:33:11 AM
As a council taxpayer you should get down there for a "free" sample  cussing:

Does Pastis really want any paving slabs though  rubschin:

Good point, well made!

The contractors have set up their lickle paving slab store right outside where I live  cussing:  They had another delivery of several hundred this morning at about 7:00  eeek:

Speak to them sharply .... Or break their slabs with your forehead.








Perhaps that is a different sort of martial art  rubschin:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Pastis on October 28, 2010, 10:40:43 AM
Indeed, another sort of MA.

They're going to have to move the slab store in a a day or so anyway because they're working towards it. And where's the store situated exactly? On the pavement  ;D
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Snoopy on October 28, 2010, 10:48:55 AM
I may have mentioned serving in The RAF (But probably not  ;))

At the Training Camp we had wooden huts to live in and they each had a "Coke Stove".
The coal store consisted of two wooden bunkers at one end of the camp.
On one occasion we had to shovel all the coal out of the full bunker into the empty one and paint the newly emptied bunker white. The following day we shovelled the coal back into the newly painted bunker and cleaned and painted the one we had just emptied. Two days later three tipper lorries came and filled the empty and pristine bunker with yet more coal.

Your paving slabs may be a similar job creation scheme.
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Just One More on October 28, 2010, 06:22:08 PM
As a council taxpayer you should get down there for a "free" sample  cussing:

Does Pastis really want any paving slabs though  rubschin:

Good point, well made!

The contractors have set up their lickle paving slab store right outside where I live  cussing:  They had another delivery of several hundred this morning at about 7:00  eeek:

Great memories come flooding back. I served my apprenticeship as a Stonemason/Paviour many moons ago. It was before the days of grab lorries and protective gloves, so after hand-balling 400 x 1cwt kerbs off the lorry, a sausage sarnie and mug of tea was more than welcome before statng to lay them. Happy days  cloud9:
Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 29, 2010, 08:18:13 AM
I served my apprenticeship as a Stonemason/Paviour many moons ago.

 worthy: worthy: worthy:

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Title: Re: Location caterers
Post by: Barman on October 29, 2010, 08:35:54 AM
 ;D