hertford cattle market

[desertdog 149]

billybunters got me at it, who remembers hertford market?, the people and the little bar, every monday with out fail me and me mate del would jump on the bus with a bag full of bunnies from the weekend, and sell them to the italian fellas, i bought me first collie lurcher from mick stringer, learnt to ferret with old harry hill,and the sausage rolls from the cafe were the best ive ever tasted, the little bar had some characters, brian humberstone from barnet, old tookey jim , to name but a few.

[masmiffy 82]

Cant beat nostalgia.

When I was a nipper spent all my holidays in my uncles cattle lorries collecting from farms delivering to the 'local' markets and then on to the slaughter houses after the sales.

Markets at St Neots, St Ives, Bedford, Cambridge, Northampton, Kettering and Thrapston to name a few!

Think only Thrapston is still running?

Happy days but changing times now!

[billybunter 72]

billybunters got me at it, who remembers hertford market?, the people and the little bar, every monday with out fail me and me mate del would jump on the bus with a bag full of bunnies from the weekend, and sell them to the italian fellas, i bought me first collie lurcher from mick stringer, learnt to ferret with old harry hill,and the sausage rolls from the cafe were the best ive ever tasted, the little bar had some characters, brian humberstone from barnet, old tookey jim , to name but a few.

 

 

ive had some laughs there dd the small pub oppersit the market was the sarecans head i think

i used to sell alot of gear there of the back of the pick up no commision to pay then

i went one week about 20 years ago with a mate we called jippo john in an old austin maxi car

he had this great idea of buying this billy goat for 6 quid well he bought it and i said how the fcensoredk

are you going to get it home he replied in the motor, your having a laugh i screamed, now this was a big

stinking billy with fecking great horns well he opened one door and the window on the other door tied a rope

round its neck and dragged it in the car i shut the door and he lent over the front seat and done the window up

with the rope in the window to hold it you could imagine the looks anyway we got him back to his place and john

had him for a good few years in his back garden on a council estate in watford

well thats one very true story of many great days at hertford market

cheers bb

[mouse 282]

spent all my time with my uncle who was a cattle dealer.loved it when i was buying for him in the ring when i was only ten.used to collect the luck money off the farmer who was selling them.every market around,kidderminster,worcester,ludlow,tenbury,ledbury,gloucester,hereford,tetbur

y,banbury,taunton and all the welsh cattle fairs in the autumn.28 years ago but i can still remember them all.i used to sleep all the way home after a long day.

[desertdog 149]

i do remeber the saracens head, it might still be there have,nt been to hertford for a while as was to young to get served in pubs, even at 18 i got asked for i.d. but we got away with it in the hertford bar,me and me mate del went their oneday on the bus, and had done well out of the italians, and decided to have a beer with old brian, he left before us and we was mashed as swedes,and sung and meshed about all the way back to the bus station, much to amusment of a couple of young ladys that i danced up the street with, you could,nt do that nowadays you,d get arrested,what fundays.