View Full Version : O/t shirlaws of Aberdeen
Lazylob
23-09-2016, 10:02 AM
Thinking about buying a motorbike from this company, anyone had any dealings or recommend?
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 12:24 PM
Afa dear min.
£5 they wanted for a new rear tyre for my Puch moped in 1975
I couldn't ever get that much money together and had to sell the bike.
What I really mean is, they've been around a long time.
They worked out of a shed just off King Street when I had dealings with them.
Afa dear min.
£5 they wanted for a new rear tyre for my Puch moped in 1975
I couldn't ever get that much money together and had to sell the bike.
What I really mean is, they've been around a long time.
They worked out of a shed just off King Street when I had dealings with them.
Ah a puch moped I was going to get one from my parents think they were about £70 back indeed in 1975.
Went to that shop myself .glad I didn't get one as I don't think I would have been alive today just a bit too young I think at the time
But sure did want it then.
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 03:20 PM
Bright yellow it was, I bought it 2nd hand off a mate.
God knows how much for but it couldn't have been more that £20 and probably not even that.
Got me back and fore to my 1st job for a few months but I never could afford to fix it when it went wrong.
Christ, a flashback, I pushed it home from Woodside to Dyce one day ( muttering to myself whether Puch should be pronounced push)
Straight into the shed for a few months then sold it to some mannie who worked with my uncle.
Bright yellow it was, I bought it 2nd hand off a mate.
God knows how much for but it couldn't have been more that £20 and probably not even that.
Got me back and fore to my 1st job for a few months but I never could afford to fix it when it went wrong.
Christ, a flashback, I pushed it home from Woodside to Dyce one day ( muttering to myself whether Puch should be pronounced push)
Straight into the shed for a few months then sold it to some mannie who worked with my uncle.
Pushed it from Woodside to Dyce can picture it now I'm even laughing as I'm texting .:)
Pacman1903
23-09-2016, 04:23 PM
Pushed it from Woodside to Dyce can picture it now I'm even laughing as I'm texting .:)
Im imagining the expletives being spat oot
scobiemacd
23-09-2016, 07:50 PM
Im imagining the expletives being spat oot
in those days they wouldn't have been censored either. Donsdaft could have said ****, ****, **** and ******* with wild abandon.
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 10:00 PM
I did
"Wild Abandon "
That just about sums up everything
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 10:03 PM
Pushed it from Woodside to Dyce can picture it now I'm even laughing as I'm texting .:)
Laugh? you would have pished yersel when it started to rain just as I reached Stoneywood.
Bloody hell, I must have blanked this from my memory.
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 10:17 PM
The dream
http://i64.tinypic.com/64gdp1.jpg
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 10:21 PM
The reality
http://i66.tinypic.com/juba6b.jpg
donsdaft
23-09-2016, 10:29 PM
Christ, now that I think about it I did a lot of pushing in the mid seventies.
The bloke I bought the bike off bought a mark 1 cortina, that needed a fair amount of pushing as far as I can remember.
Also I remember going to check out the talent at the Commodore in Stonehaven.
Never got there because a back wheel came off a mates hillman imp.
I remember the wheel bouncing past us as it was fireworks from the axle scraping along the road.
I think his old man just came out the next day and recovered the wheel from a field.
F'uck knows how any of us survived into adulthood.
Lol.
That reminds me of people getting push starties with their cars used to see that everyday..
Can even picture those cranking up to start your car with a metal thing you turned a wrist breaker indeed.
scobiemacd
24-09-2016, 11:02 AM
The reality
http://i66.tinypic.com/juba6b.jpg
Quite like that.
scobiemacd
24-09-2016, 11:04 AM
Lol.
That reminds me of people getting push starties with their cars used to see that everyday..
Can even picture those cranking up to start your car with a metal thing you turned a wrist breaker indeed.
every time I look at this thread I think it says 't shirt laws of aberdeen'. like you have to wear long sleeves on a tuesday or something.
InversneckieDob
24-09-2016, 11:08 AM
Also I remember going to check out the talent at the Commodore in Stonehaven.
Never got there because a back wheel came off a mates hillman imp.
Ah......The Commy.
Did you ever make it doon?
And did you sit on the "Booed-aff steps"?
TheDeeDon
24-09-2016, 06:00 PM
Did Shirlaws used to be based in Loch Street or the Green, before they moved to Crown Street?
I mind Bruce Miller and Shirlaws used to be in different locations when I was young but cannot remember which was where.
Donsdaft your posts about your bike deserved a lot of likes.
donsdaft
24-09-2016, 07:57 PM
Bruce Millers was in George Street and Shirlaws was definitely in the green
Thst was the last dealings I ever had with them.
Long story, suffice to say that Duncan and Todd wanted a delivery service from their workshop to their country practices.
I suggested a van but the accountant thought a motorcycle would be cheaper.
I've just deleted a hugh story
You'll have to buy me a pint to hear it.
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