Quote Originally Posted by grekko View Post
Do you remember the 6d fruit machine, £5 jackpot if you got 3 bars or cherries. used that place regularly when I worked on Crosville buses in the middle/late 60's.
grekko DON'T REMIND ME!!! I'm ashamed to say I do we went there and I had a bacon butty & a mug of tea and a couple of Crosville driver's were laughing a one of their conductors you've put that much money is going to go anytime!!! stupid me decided well £5 what a bonus so I started to feed it and feed it but the B**** 3 cherries and the bars would not drop? come on now, somehow you will have to make it up but your on the school special's after lunch, so that will be ok? got back to ST Helen's dropped off AND at the bus stop was A DRAGULAR ( INSPECTOR) drop your passengers off change your desination/ numbers your on the ST Helen's-Warrington- ST Helen's but were on the school specials yes you were Bus crew just rang in broke down in Ormskirk so when they get here they will do your school specials, got back had to pay -in £4 short, next morning J457 to see traffic manager in 1 hr changing you to spare duty ( grekko you know what that was) how come your £4 short? don't know sir must have falled from my bag? go and get your bag? second thoughts no, phone get j457's bag it came back hmmm how long as that been splitting? didn't notice ok go and get another new bag and check your bag regular coins are heavy!! went out conductor went passed you owe us a meal? found out later another conductor made the split then changed the bag while duty inspector was busy with another conductor that was what you call mateship