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pitbull
14th February 2008, 05:48 AM
Just wondered if anyone is from parramatta, an old gent i new passed away last year and he lived there before coming back to england.He was a great story teller and a good yarn spinner. He reckoned he owned a tow truck co. but i never knew when to believe him or not.He was supposedly called "The Pom" but his real name was Derek Welsh.I wonder if anyone new him.:)
wheelinround
14th February 2008, 08:06 AM
Not far from Parra
Here tow truck drivers & co's have a bad reputation
pitbull
21st February 2008, 06:11 AM
Cheers wheelinaround, the bad reputation bit could be right, he once got locked up for trying to kill his missus. :oo:
arose62
21st February 2008, 07:54 PM
My mum grew up in Marsden St. Parramatta, and 4 generations of our family have been married in St. Johns Parramatta.
I worked in Parra for the first 8 years of my fulltime employments, but fortunately have never had anything to do with tow trucks, nor have I heard of "The Pom", nor Mr Welsh.
Cheers,
Andrew
ian
21st February 2008, 10:13 PM
grew up a few kms from Parra
went to Parramatta High.
remember lots of tow trucks but no drivers' names
must have driven through the centre of Parramatta over a thousand times in the two years I worked at Windsor
ian
pitbull
25th February 2008, 05:44 AM
Thanks anyway chaps. :2tsup: