Originally Posted by
blue matt
I worked as a Carpenter at Billy banks for a good few years for the council, it was on my " patch " ( so i got a vast % of the work on the area
alot of the council guys would get bricks thrown at the vans, but me and my workmate were accepted after one day while we were having a few cans of " hooch " ( it was at that time when it was popular, i had got a few cases for the house from Makro for Christmas ) a few days before Christmas, me and my mate decided on a few cans while at work, one of the guys from the estate came up and asked us what we were doing, my mate told him to F off as we were having a christmas drink, of course this was " sound " in the guys eyes and for about 6 months, we were the only one's to be able to work on the estate without getting house brinks thrown at our van
some great guys, yes alot of them had fook all, some of them had alot of stuff, usually for sale as it was nicked a few nights before
At the end, the estate was a slum, the council had left it to rot, only the die-hards stayed, a real shame