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i workt on most of the fairs in sheffield i workt 4 whiteings did 17 years with them wer the best years of my life

was it walt or michael you worked for?

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he also has an elder brother called paul who also worked for arthur north
there was also another brother called keith who worked with us for arthur north

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would that be mike whiting ?

 

yes n ther was walter n philip whiting but u never saw philp

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was it walt or michael you worked for?

 

i workt 4 michael

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i workt 4 michael
decent bloke micheal, still lives in chap as far as i know, i havnt seen him for a year or so

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decent bloke micheal, still lives in chap as far as i know, i havnt seen him for a year or so

 

yes he still at chap e dont do many fairs now jus galas

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yes he still at chap e dont do many fairs now jus galas
thats right, i think he's just got 3 kids rides

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thats right, i think he's just got 3 kids rides

 

yes thats right hie brother walter still does fairs . ad some good times working 4 him . wen e ad his paratrooper n then the ski jump n in arcade

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yes thats right hie brother walter still does fairs . ad some good times working 4 him . wen e ad his paratrooper n then the ski jump n in arcade
i remember mick had the paratrooper at 1 stage cos he did a few gaffs with us & mick also had a arcade every year at firth park with us whilst our arcade was at huddersfield

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i remember mick had the paratrooper at 1 stage cos he did a few gaffs with us & mick also had a arcade every year at firth park with us whilst our arcade was at huddersfield

 

he ad a little arcade that built up from bits off a hoopla then we built the big one at a place called whitwell n e ad that 4 a number of years

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he ad a little arcade that built up from bits off a hoopla then we built the big one at a place called whitwell n e ad that 4 a number of years
yeah he scaled down a bit after his wife died if i remember correctly so that he'd got more time to spend with his disabled son. i think he's since remarried

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yeah he scaled down a bit after his wife died if i remember correctly so that he'd got more time to spend with his disabled son. i think he's since remarried
his wife kathleen still alive n his son micheal ashley is alive 2 but not been 2 well but he as allways been ill i was talking 2 her brother neil ashcroft other day

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