Category Archives: drink
Mr Nostalgia
The bleary eyed guy I picked up early this Sunday morning was reminiscing about Sundays as they used to be. “Aye they’ve ruined Sundays with these new all day licensing laws, you know” he said. “I used to love the … Continue reading →
The Hero and the Fool
Sunday mornings hero of the week award must go to one of our taxi drivers. He took the chance of taking the 22miles 40 minute drive out to Flookburgh to rescue a stranded drunk from a vague address. The job … Continue reading →
Empty Pub
Two of the characters that I picked up on Saturday afternoon were the type that empty pubs in a hurry. The first got in the cab and asked to be taken home “going home early have you had enough?” I … Continue reading →
Last Lost Weekend
Well that’s the last bank holiday weekend of this year over and done with, and a busy one it was too. All the super Sunday boozers were out in force, with records surely being broken for this years drunken staggering … Continue reading →
My Mate Jimmy
It was 7:30am on a wet Sunday morning and the party was still in full swing as I waited outside a town centre house for my fare. After a minute or two a guy dashed out and opened the cab … Continue reading →
Aristobum
More revelations are coming to light just days after wayward aristocrat Charles James Spencer-Churchill, known as Jamie Blandford faced Oxford Crown Court for an unprovoked road rage attack. It was on Monday that Blandford, whose ancestral home is the Blenheim … Continue reading →
Damsel in Distress
When I drove into the quiet cul-de-sac, early this Sunday morning a car passed driving out. Then as I waited outside the address I was given the car returned and a couple got out. That’s our house the guy said … Continue reading →
Piggy in the Middle
I knew as soon as I clapped eyes on my fare that he was trouble. The clues lay in the litre bottle of vodka in each pocket and the tell-tale “blow-holes”in his cheap fake designer polyester track suit. For those … Continue reading →
Tombstoning
From what quite a number of fares tell me the stupid craze of tombstoning has been raising it’s ugly head here in Barrow. Tombstoning is foolishly jumping of cliffs or high structures into water, at least two people in the … Continue reading →
Smoke Zombies
Well it’s over a week or so since the smoking ban came into effect and I thought I would give my view on how it’s going. One of the first things I have noticed is how quickly folk adapt to … Continue reading →
Late Nights
This super Sunday I decided I would have a change from working during the day and so I ended up working from 6:30pm until 1:00 am. And what a busy one it was,every pub in the town centre was bursting … Continue reading →
Another Driver Attacked
Another one of our drivers has been attacked and injured! Apparently at about 2am he picked up a group of young males and took them to our local Tesco supermarket and waited whilst they stocked up on beer. When he … Continue reading →
Wine not Cider
My three young lady passengers were discussing what they were going to do that evening as I drove them to school. The conversation went something like this”It might rain tonight, where should we go drinking if it does ? “Dunno … Continue reading →
Jokers
Sunday morning and the 1st of April and of course we get the usual rash of phony phone calls for taxi’s to fake addresses. This is to be expected, and we get them every April fools day, but it seems … Continue reading →
The Prisoners
Two characters that I picked up one after the other early this Sunday morning had something in common. One had been a prisoner and the other was wishing that he had been one as well. The first I picked up … Continue reading →
Swiss Cheese
Someone must have told the contractors who dig trenches for the gas people that we have gold buried under the streets of Barrow. Our local streets are like a Swiss cheese with holes having been dug all over town, some … Continue reading →
Totally OTT
It seems that the Blue Lagoon’s “totally OTT adult party nite” was a success. well according to the folks I have picked up who told me they enjoyed it anyway. But some folk might say this is the stuff of … Continue reading →
A Shortcut Too Far
Whilst I was driving a pair of drunks over from Walney onto the next pub in town, one of the well oiled pair suddenly piped up from the back seat “oi cut through Tesco car park it’s quicker” I just … Continue reading →
Stags and Hens
It seems that a night out at Newcastle’s Quayside this weekend would have been like going out round Barrow. At least four bus loads of party’s to celebrate stag and hen nights set of this Saturday morning, with about fifty … Continue reading →
