Bob Cummings, my grandfather, started working at The Hotspur Press when he was 13 and remained there for 47 years after which time he had had enough and went working for The Manchester Evening News.
Bob Cummings – Head Stereotyper for 47 years
The Hotspur Press - Percy Brothers Manchester
The modern history of Percy Brothers – The Hotspur Press Manchester
Hey Bob, I apologise for not remembering this happened to Dad. My only contact was with your Mam when were fixing fluorescent lights, which were later “for sale” and somewhat became a failed business venture for us both!! Your Mam ‘popped into the back shed to see all was good for us, and you were shouting: “Is it a bomb-a-louey” and were in the process of lighting one of my plentiful farts that day (pants on I clearly want to point out!!)!!!! I forgot whether your Mother ever had the ‘cheek’ to bring up the subject later?? R
Ah, not dad, but grandfather. He died a couple of weeks before I was born and I was named after him.
No, my mum never brought the subject up, she was a catholic with a strong sense of what was seemly. The event you mention was probably the most ‘unseemly’ she had ever come across (oh wait, there was that occasion with Barbara in my bedroom). Ok, SECOND most unseemly incident…