Page 12 - IT'S A RUM LIFE BOOK FOUR Volume 1 "Northcote 1984 to 1998"
P. 12
They were, a roadworthy 16 ton Leyland Mastiff rigid “demount box” carrying lorry with no
tax or insurance and several very large demountable container boxes that the lorry could
pick up off the ground and take to another location. They were all on a plot of land close to
the old business address.
My landlord there was Alan Rundle’s eldest brother. He and I did not always see eye to
eye and he was pressurising me to move the old “junk”.
Picture caption:
Borrowed from the internet to give you readers an idea of what a demount box looks like.
Our system was very similar to this and the boxes were 29 feet long, 8 feet wide and 10
feet high.
They were very care worn, not smart like these new ones!
We had 6 of them left, from an original 10. Valuable storage and excellent for transporting
all our worldly goods!
THE PLAN
During the Second World War, “Northcote”, our new home, had been on the very edge of a
Lancaster Bomber base (RAF Spilsby) and was the site for the WAAF accommodation
unit. There was ample space for this “junk” on a concrete area at the far side of our “new”
property.
