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Originally Posted by Gremlin
Electricity Dave, are you saying you were a bit posh?
my fathers excuse was that the man delivering the parrafin oil for the lamps hadn't been because his donkey was lame.
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We did move up the social ladder slightly, but I did cut my teeth on fitting gas mantles and trimming the wicks on paraffin lamps, I am no stranger to getting a can full of Aladdin or Esso Blue oil from the Ironmongers.