Absolute horse shit™ The official thread of Railton Heavy Industries Limited and it's subsidiaries.

[Agila]

Eddie Fewtrell. He had 7 brothers and owned nightclubs.

Doesn't make good reading for the Krays that's why it's not in any films etc.

[St.Jude]

2 hours ago, Agila said:

Eddie Fewtrell. He had 7 brothers and owned nightclubs.

Doesn't make good reading for the Krays that's why it's not in any films etc.

That's the one!

[chaseracer]

3 hours ago, Agila said:

Eddie Fewtrell. He had 7 brothers and owned nightclubs...

...including the Rum Runner on Broad Street, so we can blame him for Duran Duran! 😉

[Heidel_Kakao]

I gave the interior a good clean today and it came up okay, just need a new horn and it's ready for an MOT. 

[bezzabsa]

18 hours ago, Heidel_Kakao said:

I gave the interior a good clean today and it came up okay, just need a new horn and it's ready for an MOT. 

Oddly enough I found Aldi's own brand wet wipes great for cleaning dash boards in Trucks....smell nice too!!!

[richardmorris]

On 8/1/2021 at 5:12 PM, Agila said:

Eddie Fewtrell. He had 7 brothers and owned nightclubs.

Doesn't make good reading for the Krays that's why it's not in any films etc.

Why do crooks and nightclubs seem to be synonymous?

[AnthonyG]

Nightclubs have lots of scope for money laundering, facilitate easy access to alcohol, drugs and women, and also have an aspect of ‘glamour’. Well some do! 

I’m sure in the 1960s/70s you could put one-arm bandits in them as well. All proper gangsters in that era had lots of dodgy bandit machines on the go. 

[Richard_FM]

On 8/1/2021 at 4:13 PM, St.Jude said:

There's a garage - I'll find out from a mate - and it's owned by a pair of brothers who told the Krays where to go during the 60's as they wanted to expand in to Birmingham.

Only people the Krays were afraid of, apparently. But I've seen two Krays films now and neither have mentioned it 😂

I wonder if it's like the Quality Street Gang's showdown with the Krays at Manchester Piccadilly when they arrived on the London train?

Some ex-Kray associates claim it never happened because they drove everywhere & weren't really bothered at expanding outside of London.

[New POD]

On 06/07/2021 at 19:38, martc said:

Anglesey.

You will piss off the locals calling it by the English name. 

[Dabooka]

21 minutes ago, Richard_FM said:

I wonder if it's like the Quality Street Gang's showdown with the Krays at Manchester Piccadilly when they arrived on the London train?

Some ex-Kray associates claim it never happened because they drove everywhere & weren't really bothered at expanding outside of London.

I heard exactly the same story about Newcastle, 'met off the train and told to go straight back...'

[Leyland Worldmaster]

On 8/1/2021 at 5:12 PM, Agila said:

Eddie Fewtrell. He had 7 brothers and owned nightclubs.

Doesn't make good reading for the Krays that's why it's not in any films etc.

Had to carry out an Internet Search:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-birmingham-35807052

V. Interesting; I'll watch this later. Chilling with Miles Davis's finest at the moment... 😎

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-king-clubs-eddie-fewtrell-18576493

Edited August 2, 2021 by Leyland Worldmaster
Link added.

[St.Jude]

11 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

I wonder if it's like the Quality Street Gang's showdown with the Krays at Manchester Piccadilly when they arrived on the London train?

Some ex-Kray associates claim it never happened because they drove everywhere & weren't really bothered at expanding outside of London.

I think there's some truth to it. I mean, none of the Kray's are going to admit they wet themselves when they tried to expand. And why wouldn't you expand? Barbara Windsor went through a load of bras, so she wouldn't have been cheap to dress.

[colino]

It's said that Glasgows Godfather, Arthur Thompson, brought The Krays to Glasgow.  Not because he needed their help or wanted them to share his patch, but so he could get a part of London.

[stripped fred]

I read through this most amusing thread yesterday. I drove from Wokingham to Leicester today and I passed eight armoured cars / tanks being transported on the motorway. Can anyone tell me what type this is?

[stripped fred]

I think they were Warrior tracked armoured vehicles...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_tracked_armoured_vehicle

 

[Cookiesouwest]

If you had said there were 10 in the convoy, I might have believed that they were Heidel's next purchase, being delivered.

But he would never bother with a mere 8.

[stripped fred]

3 hours ago, Cookiesouwest said:

If you had said there were 10 in the convoy, I might have believed that they were Heidel's next purchase, being delivered.

But he would never bother with a mere 8.

Now now, be nice! I like Heidels enthusiasm but he does scare me slightly. I cannot deny that the thread is enjoyable though. As well as the Stolly's I am a big fan of the suzuki. I remember reading about them in a car magazine. Love the styling.

[High Jetter]

I just worry that Leicester may now be under seige, if they were heading that way.

[stripped fred]

I thought you lot knew your military vehicles? Was my photo of vehicles that are too new? I think the design dates from the 1960's but I suppose armoured troop carriers don't need to change that much... It has 3 crew and can carry 7 soldiers with enough storage to last them 48 hours.

I passed a nice army lorry with crane too, which I think Heidel would like...

[stripped fred]

1 minute ago, High Jetter said:

I just worry that Leicester may now be under seige, if they were heading that way.

I think they were headed to Wales as I was briefly on the M4.

[bezzabsa]

CRVT's I think they're called now... we used to carry them to and from shotblasting.. Telford to Tipton, and back...

also used to see the aftermath of IED's on them too....Nasty what a couple of pounds of fertiliser does to them and the occupants!!!!

[High Jetter]

7 minutes ago, stripped fred said:

I think they were headed to Wales as I was briefly on the M4.

Well, they deserve it. (Runs away...)

[Heidel_Kakao]

Sleeping in the Roadrunner tonight with Sonic.

[Cookiesouwest]

12 hours ago, stripped fred said:

Now now, be nice! I like Heidels enthusiasm but he does scare me slightly. I cannot deny that the thread is enjoyable though. As well as the Stolly's I am a big fan of the suzuki. I remember reading about them in a car magazine. Love the styling.

I was being nice. Not being critical of Heidel in any way. I love his thread and enthusiasm.

[martc]

13 hours ago, stripped fred said:

I think they were headed to Wales as I was briefly on the M4.

I tell you, there's a plot to invade Anglesey/Ynys Môn  (@New Pod).

[martc]

This is how they do it in Russia, today...

SHERP Max 4x4 Amphibious Vehicle. You can drive the SHERP continuously for 115 Hours (almost 5 days) without refuelling it; ideal for invading Ynys Môn

The TRECOL 6x6 Amphibian, or the -

The AVTOROS Shaman 8x8 Amphibian. And then there's the -

Burlak BTR-60.

These are all in current production so you'll have to wait a few decades before they appear in the army surplus shops of Murmansk.

[Arthur Foxhake]

No signal in the middle of the English channel.

[Talbot]

18 hours ago, Arthur Foxhake said:

No signal at the bottom of the English channel.

 

[chadders]

Wasn't it supposed to leap the English Channel though, like Evel Knievel over the Grand Canyon?

Or am I getting mixed up with another pledge?

[Fumbler]

4 minutes ago, chadders said:

Wasn't it supposed to leap the English Channel though, like Evel Knievel over the Grand Canyon?

Or am I getting mixed up with another pledge?

I seem to remember it was the English Channel, and a bet was made. I can't remember what bet it was, but the result of this bet was going to happen by 31st August:

I even pencilled it into my calendar when it was made!