Labourers

[spunky]

Are they a thing of the past?

 

[Monkey Boy]

yes

 

[essexandy]

Are they a thing of the past?

You're still working aren't you Dave?

 

[spunky]

When I started everyone had one ?
Suppose things have got that specialist no one needs one anymore unless you’re rendering
Either that or theres no young uns getting into plastering ?

 

[Cockney]

They’ve faded out because most of the youngsters are T***s now.

 

[bobski]

Hard game.


Nothing but soft c**ts coming through.


Soft, thick, lazy c**ts.

 

[essexandy]

Hard game.


Nothing but soft c**ts coming through.


Soft, thick, lazy c**ts.

I'm getting the vibe that you don't particularly rate the younger generations mate?

 

[essexandy]

When I started everyone had one ?
Suppose things have got that specialist no one needs one anymore unless you’re rendering
Either that or theres no young uns getting into plastering ?

The death of float and set and when you (legally) had to take your labourer on the cards, marked the end of having a labourer.

 

[paulf]

The death of float and set and when you (legally) had to take your labourer on the cards, marked the end of having a labourer.

They say a drummer makes a band, back when float and set was about, I would say that a good labourer did the same for a gang. We had a great labourer a wee Italian guy called Francisco AKA wee Franco, you literally didn't have to ask for anything.
He had to go back to Italy, women troubles and never came back, went through about three other labourers, until we got this old guy Joe. That lasted for about a year and he retired, that was 1996, after that I gave up plastering and went domestic.

 

[essexandy]

They say a drummer makes a band, back when float and set was about, I would say that a good labourer did the same for a gang. We had a great labourer a wee Italian guy called Francisco AKA wee Franco, you literally didn't have to ask for anything.
He had to go back to Italy, women troubles and never came back, went through about three other labourers, until we got this old guy Joe. That lasted for about a year and he retired, that was 1996, after that I gave up plastering and went domestic.

I love that, "I gave up plastering and went domestic".
The guys that have never done continuous new build work wouldn't have a clue what you mean. Site work is where the trade as a whole learnt efficiency, nowadays the trade is haphazard at best.

 

[FreeD]

I've always had a labourer/improver on domestics can't imagine not having one especially with all the protecting/cleaning required.