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Mikey_C
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Post: # 46660Post Mikey_C

how much murphy was left with?

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Post: # 46661Post mickg

I have heard that tale too Luton, a lot of the Irish guys who I know had a lot of respect for him because of what he had achieved
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Post: # 46666Post lutonlagerlout

murphy
sounds like the old school hard but fair type,i remember his obit in the times ,he lived very frugally
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Post: # 46673Post cookiewales

lutonlagerlout wrote:murphy
sounds like the old school hard but fair type,i remember his obit in the times ,he lived very frugally
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i laid the setts on there old cable yard in camden town late 80s met him once we just had a delivery of screed 16 ton saterday morn 5 30 merc pulls up old big guy gets out with young lad climbes up wagon asked me how much is that i say 16 ton he says no way there is not enough i say it weights more wet he says i want it re weighting i sat 5 30 sat morn then asked me what we were doing ie laying setts how much how many sq per day my answer he replied i can get ten men for that money i said fine but can they lay setts of he went smiling i say to young lad who is his son what are you doing up so early answer when he barks i jump :;): ??? ???
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