29.99 punts to get the Slatterys bus on the Quay in Waterford to London Victoria in 1985. Bus had come from Tralee, so was already 5 hours on the road before it got to Waterford. Went from Rosslare to Fishguard. British police in Fishguard searched the bus and everything and everyone on it. They must have got a tip off. Anyway hours later we were on our way.
I stayed in a boarding house in Cricklewood with a pal of mine that worked over there.
On the return journey I got home at 11 in the morning turned out for my last championship match with Cnoc Sion at 2, we were beaten and I was hooked. I could barely keep my eyes open.
Slattery’s Coaches, you’d get it in Carrick on Suir for £30. The brother and sister did the trip for summer work back in the mid/late 80s. We didn’t have a phone so we’d go into Piles’ house (posh townie) to ring them once a week.
We used to do reverse the charges calls to phone boxes in London. The emigrant would send you a letter with the number of the call box and the the time to phone and we’d ring from a call box here. It was an ingenious scam.
