Post by Matt James on Apr 16, 2009 16:58:31 GMT
Upper Tooting TDO was in Stapleton Road not far from Tooting Bec running track. One day a customer arrived with a problem -in his shorts!
Could he send a 15 foot prototype green fibreglass pole vault pole to Parliment Hill Fields track in north London by post? Apparently the bus driver would not let him on neither would the London Underground allow it.
Out came the PO Guide (the pole was by now laying on the floor in the BO)
As the service V Express service had no size or weight limit we were obliged to accept it. BUT if a service V item was of such size or weight that it needed special conveyance i.e a lorry in this case then the customer had to pay for that as an extra (total cost at his own expence) then PO would supply a messenger to accompany it.
Needless to say he had another problem - in his shorts - not enough money for a lorry.
So the valiant staff of moppers sprung into action when the O/C counter came in looking a bit up the pole.
We managed it as a public relations exercise by walking it accross London two of our lads carried it to Batttersea then they walked it to West Brompton who in turn walked it to the next TDO and so on.
When it finally arrived at Parliment Hill fields I would hope the lad was well chaulked up with a tip for it.
Moral here somewhere - If you want to be a pole vaulter buy a stretch limo first. Though I expect the new ones come to bits.
Maurice Nunn
Could he send a 15 foot prototype green fibreglass pole vault pole to Parliment Hill Fields track in north London by post? Apparently the bus driver would not let him on neither would the London Underground allow it.
Out came the PO Guide (the pole was by now laying on the floor in the BO)
As the service V Express service had no size or weight limit we were obliged to accept it. BUT if a service V item was of such size or weight that it needed special conveyance i.e a lorry in this case then the customer had to pay for that as an extra (total cost at his own expence) then PO would supply a messenger to accompany it.
Needless to say he had another problem - in his shorts - not enough money for a lorry.
So the valiant staff of moppers sprung into action when the O/C counter came in looking a bit up the pole.
We managed it as a public relations exercise by walking it accross London two of our lads carried it to Batttersea then they walked it to West Brompton who in turn walked it to the next TDO and so on.
When it finally arrived at Parliment Hill fields I would hope the lad was well chaulked up with a tip for it.
Moral here somewhere - If you want to be a pole vaulter buy a stretch limo first. Though I expect the new ones come to bits.
Maurice Nunn