25 May 2026 17:11:18
Not long back from a pleasant lunch with Mrs T and my two ex bears (they helped family when I was in hospital)
But you KNOW I could not let the Lisbon Anniversary pass, so I saw two wee (Dinky toy cars Hillman Imps) younger posters ask ED007, they were obviously Green and were both in nice presentation boxes which I gave to both ex bears who took it in good spirit.
Why the Hillman Imp, I hear the younger posters ask, again ask ED007, well in 1967 a car cavalcade left Celtic Park to travel across Europe to get to Lisbon about 200 cars left Glasgow but sadly a lot never made it, which is part of our Lisbon folklore as it generated many wild stories and adventures, as ED007 can testify lol.
{Ed007's Note - Cheeky sod ?? The Hillman Imps were actually were actually manufactured at the Rootes Group factory in Linwood.}
25 May 2026 18:21:28
There you go ED007 even the cars all came from a 20 mile radius of Glasgow as did our Lisbon Lions, I think the furthest away was Bobby Lennox from Saltcoats.
{Ed007's Note - ????
25 May 2026 19:41:45
Ed ma auld man worked in there when it was called that used go to the Christmas parties.
{Ed007's Note - I found THIS earlier when I was looking it up, an interesting read. I bet your dad has some stories from the place... I had an uncle from out Knightswood way and he had a pal that worked there - my Uncle John swore his pal had stole a car a piece at a time and they built it in his garage over months ??♂️?
25 May 2026 20:11:52
My grandad had a green Imp and my dad had a yellow Anglia.
Both died around the same time and we simply pushed them into the local refuse site and over the top.
Sad day.
{Ed007's Note - ??? Back in the days when you could burn fridges and old motorbikes up the park to keep you warm with your carry out ??
25 May 2026 20:18:58
God I miss those days.
{Ed007's Note - And look how shit the world and society are now ?
25 May 2026 20:36:23
Life was definitely much easier back then mate.
{Ed007's Note - I even spoke to Rangers fans back then! ?
25 May 2026 20:48:46
ED007 I heard stories like that years ago too, guys taking out car parts over 5 years to build their car, or putting them in their car boot and simply driving past security guards.
But you KNOW I have a related joke.
The security guards were convinced one employee in particular was stealing, but every time he came to exit gate all he had was an EMPTY wheelbarrow, this went on for years guy walking past security guards with an empty wheelbarrow, finally guy retired and at his retirement part the guards all said "right Jimmy we know you were stealing from factory, you are out now so please tell us what you were stealing all those years" Jimmy smiled and said "WHEELBARROWS".
{Ed007's Note - ?? Grandad from Only Fools and the briefcase thief...
25 May 2026 20:52:15
That's because you gave everybody brain damage with the fumes from your drunken arson vandalism.
{Ed007's Note - Hence me talking to Rangers fans....
25 May 2026 21:00:31
Great memories Ed ??.
{Ed007's Note - ???
26 May 2026 06:39:29
I remember taking my youngest daughter to Celric Park when she was 7 or 8 ( she's now 38) and we were walking back towards the city centre.
We were just passing and electrical wholesalers when the alarm went off.
A guy came out carrying a huge tv un his arms and ran onto the grass area opposite chased by 2 security guys.
Well I say chased, it was followed as they were scared to tackle him in case he dropped the tv.
He ran a zig zag line across the grass area towards a housing estate, stopping occasionally to kick out at the security guys, 1 of whom was overweight and fell back.
It was the funniest site ever and seemed to go in forever.
The only thing missing was the Bennt Hill theme music.
I remember my wife taking my arm and saying 'don't leave them to it' but I had not intention intervening, I just thought the b*lls of the guy, good luck fella.
Today, the Poluce would have arrived, tazered him, gave him a few complimentary kicks in the ribs and locked him up.
26 May 2026 09:14:02
Johnny Cash song ‘ one piece at a time ‘ everyone’s at it.