walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 may i drop down dead if every word this story is not true but i cant help p g my self laughing to this day every time i think of it and its like it happend yesterday in my late teens my doo man pal was big alfs uncle shug he was about ten years older than me and my mentor in those days shug was a jovial giant the dbl of dan blocker hoss cartright out bonanza me i was the size of little joe shug was a catholic im a prod and we were the best of pals anyway we were desparate for a training toss i had just past my test the week before but had no car shug drove a lorry for a living but had no car so i asked my old man if we could borrow his old commer van to train the birds from coalburn my dad says ok if shugs going with you so off we went lib the birds and headed back home down the old duel carrige way shug says get the boot boot down so we can beat them back my boot was to the floor and we were only doing sixty but these old vans only had 80 on the clock anyway after about ten minutes with my foot to the floor we were coming to the long down hill at lesmahagow so i took my foot off the gas oh f k i said somethings wrong the gas pedal was stuck to floor and as we were going down a steep hill we were getting faster f k shug what will i do i said i was s g my self now shug started laughing like a maniac which started me off wha what will i do shug for f k sake man i said laughing and crying at the same time keep close to the grass verge said he what good will that do im jumping out shug said the tears running down his eyes we were noe doing 80 the engine was roaring its head off and we were fast coming to tight bend in the road shug i said who was still laughing we are f k n deed to which he pulled out a set of rosery beads my hand to god and was praying what the f k are you doing man were going to die still laughing he said i know im praying to the holy mary to save me he said what about me ya fenian bassa i said laughing with fear you your f k d ya blue nose bassa laughing his head off we were now 100 yds from the bend and honestly thought we were going to die we had no seat belt and there was no way we could take the bend at this speed shug pulled the hand brake and the cable snaped the smoke was beltching out the wheels with my foot on the brake but nothing slowed us down shug still laughing but now pure white said wattie were f k d pal nice knowing you big man i said wait wait switch it off he said switch what off i shouted turn the f k n key off which i did the van slowed to sixty as we hit the bend which we took on two wheels and rolled to a stop at the bottom of the hill and the two of started laughing with tears in our eyes the big mans gone now but im still here to tell the tale it makes me laugh every time i think of him rip ma big pal
ALF Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 I have heard this story a few times and it still makes me laugh even yet the big man was a like a dad to me i still miss him every day
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 I have heard this story a few times and it still makes me laugh even yet the big man was a like a dad to me i still miss him every dayme to alan the laughs we had i could write a book about him and i
andy Burgess Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 brilliant story pal , R.I.P. Uncle Shug. seriously thinking of putting a new section on site , purely for stories by Mr Boswell . could call it "WALTENORY"
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 brilliant story pal , R.I.P. Uncle Shug. seriously thinking of putting a new section on site , purely for stories by Mr Boswell . could call it "WALTENORY" lol my book comes out in few months its called dont go down to the shrimp boats mummy daddies coming home with the crabs
andy Burgess Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 lol my book comes out in few months its called dont go down to the shrimp boats mummy daddies coming home with the crabs
paddymac Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Walter that is a brilliant story and so hilarious, its amazing what goes through your head in a bad situation like that. Being from Northern Ireland and our history I nearly fell off the chair when I read about the rosary beads and the friendly banter in a dire situation ya fenian bassa & ya f**kin blue nose :emoticon-0136-giggle:
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 Big Shug one of life's good guysyer right auld pal ye always got shug the same way and what we called each other was never said in anger just as well he would have crushed me like a fly a would have done anything for the big man and him for me anyone else had called him that id have decked them and he was the same with me and you did nae want to see shug angry believe me
kelly tom Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Paddy I raced with all these lads before I moved to England Wattie could probably tell you a million stories about our Friday nights in the Railway Club we were a mixed crowd religious wise and football wise but we were all doo men and respected each other and that's al, that mattered
jimmywylie Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Paddy I raced with all these lads before I moved to England Wattie could probably tell you a million stories about our Friday nights in the Railway Club we were a mixed crowd religious wise and football wise but we were all doo men and respected each other and that's al, that matteredBrilliant all about the banter
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 Walter that is a brilliant story and so hilarious, its amazing what goes through your head in a bad situation like that. Being from Northern Ireland and our history I nearly fell off the chair when I read about the rosary beads and the friendly banter in a dire situation ya fenian bassa & ya f**kin blue nose :emoticon-0136-giggle: pat i swear every word of that is true and thats the way pals should be lifes to short once the big guy started laughing i was f k d his laugh was so infectious f k ive got tears in my eyes now if anyone else had called him that i would have been on them like a bag of ferrets yer pals yer pal no matter what creed were doo men for goodness sake leave the nut jobs to get on with it to me every mans a good man till they prove you wrong pat that was the way my old man taught me pal be nice to people and they will be nice to you and if there not then there not worth knowing
ALF Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 yer right auld pal ye always got shug the same way and what we called each other was never said in anger just as well he would have crushed me like a fly a would have done anything for the big man and him for me anyone else had called him that id have decked them and he was the same with me and you did nae want to see shug angry believe me I can mind being at a Celtic game with him when i was only 13 or 14 and he caught someone trying to dip his pocket let's just say that guy wouldnae have dipped anyone for a long time after it i have never seen the big guy move so quick or be as angry :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:
jimmywylie Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 I can mind being at a Celtic game with him when i was only 13 or 14 and he caught someone trying to dip his pocket let's just say that guy wouldnae have dipped anyone for a long time after it i have never seen the big guy move so quick or be as angry :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: Did the pickpocket have a septic top on Alf
ALF Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 Did the pickpocket have a septic top on Alf naw a sevco wan :P
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 pat i offten wonderd how the doo men or pals over there handled the troubles must have been hard maybe still is i dont know as my pal tom kelly says the railway club doo men were all mixed but the majority were catholic and all good pals and this is how we were on a sat night the guys would all be talking about the celtic game that day and when i would arrive one them would say right watties in nae mair fitba and that was not because i did not like celtic it was because i did not like football it bored the t ts off me i was there to talk about pigeons and the guys knew and respected that i was into pigeons and talking about them with a great bunch of guys for whom i had great respect no matter who or what they were and thats the way our sport should be imo if anyone is offended by anything ive said im sorry it was not meant to to cause offence to anyone im just telling it as it was with us
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 Did the pickpocket have a septic top on Alf it widnae have mattered tae shug whit colour his top wis jimmy it wid have been red if the big man got hold of him lol
ALF Posted January 4, 2014 Report Posted January 4, 2014 It's still the same in our club Wattie we have a "KING OF THE BING CLUB" half the names are red white and blue the other half are green white and gold all displayed on a notice board for the week you were 1st on the 2 bings and you get some great banter about it when we are all in the pub on a saturday after the race :emoticon-0167-beer:
walterboswell59 Posted January 4, 2014 Author Report Posted January 4, 2014 It's still the same in our club Wattie we have a "KING OF THE BING CLUB" half the names are red white and blue the other half are green white and gold all displayed on a notice board for the week you were 1st on the 2 bings and you get some great banter about it when we are all in the pub on a saturday after the race :emoticon-0167-beer: and thats the way it should be alan who you support does not prove the kind of person you are pal theres good and bad every where and in all walks of life and you sort the wheat from the chaff as you go along anyway am a no due a promotion for aw this common sence stuff lol starting to feel like clair rainier here the guys in the cub are right am on here to much
andy Burgess Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 and thats the way it should be alan who you support does not prove the kind of person you are pal theres good and bad every where and in all walks of life and you sort the wheat from the chaff as you go along anyway am a no due a promotion for aw this common sence stuff lol starting to feel like clair rainier here the guys in the cub are right am on here to much I heard a story about Claire Rayner (not wearing knickers) you Google it . which has me worried , you've mentioned "high heels" before , yet no mention of the above in the Homing World Report
walterboswell59 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Report Posted January 5, 2014 I heard a story about Claire Rayner (not wearing knickers) you Google it . which has me worried , you've mentioned "high heels" before , yet no mention of the above in the Homing World Report naw heard tom didnt like high heels just ma slippers that day dont fancy lookin up claire rayner no wearing knickers andy yuk lol
andy Burgess Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 naw heard tom didnt like high heels just ma slippers that day dont fancy lookin up claire rayner no wearing knickers andy yuk lol
MIK Posted January 5, 2014 Report Posted January 5, 2014 good memories Walter,,, we all could be doing with alot more friends like that
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