mooney3
Friends
Newest Memory Contributions
Newest Comments
- Alpine Soft Drinks
I worked at the Penshaw depot in Sunderland during the 80's. Went from van lad to Driver to SV. Manager was Gordon Backhouse (Yorkshire pudding)other SV's were Geordie Johnson & "Doc" Muldown, amongst many others over the years. Free 10 driving lessons and free driving test for 17 year olds with "promise". Remember the national darts comps they had between depots. Loads were put onto trucks in terms of "biggest" sellers to the front of the wagon, to the worst sellers to the back. The "Charles & Di Jubilee" drink was Passion fruit but it smelt like cats p**s. There were many "special" flavours over the years. Towards the end when supermarkets killed the door to door delivery trade, we tried selling soft toys, fish, competition draw tickets, crisps, fruit juice, diesel from the wagons tank and anything else you could get a few quid from !! haha. 7 years of memorable history and some fantastic characters along the way. Anyone could drive the fork truck to store the cases taken off the wagons. My God, safety would have had a field day if it were now!! Christmas Turkey and Very Large hamper for hitting sales targets. It was fun getting on the bus at 9.00pm with me 22lb turkey haha memories.