Joe Anderson (Liverpool Mayor)

worsleyweb said:
about 15 years ago I was developing a job next to the echo arena. The job was close to the end but the scaffolder was refusing to take an elevation of scaffold down until I paid a ridiculous final account so we were at a stand off. I arranged 15 agency scaffolders in Manchester to go down on a Saturday morning and solve the stand off by taking the scaffold down. All was going well for the first hour when about 5 Land Rovers turned up. I was with my kids as well as it was my weekend not long after one of the divorces. The kids were about 2 and 5. Next minute I am being dangled over the dock water and told I have crossed the line. I was chucked in the water from what felt like about twenty foot and then struggled like mad to get out fully decked in rigger boots, hi vis coat etc. I honestly thought I was going to drown. Took me about twenty minutes to get out and I stumbled up some steps eventually only to be greeted by chief knobhead scouse scaffolder who lobbed me back in.

An eventful morning that was.
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And did you still have to pay to get the scaffolding down ?
 
And I thought I was bonkers but scousers top it.

Liverpool fans claiming he’s destroyed Everton’s new ground plans by being nicked.
 
worsleyweb said:
about 15 years ago I was developing a job next to the echo arena. The job was close to the end but the scaffolder was refusing to take an elevation of scaffold down until I paid a ridiculous final account so we were at a stand off. I arranged 15 agency scaffolders in Manchester to go down on a Saturday morning and solve the stand off by taking the scaffold down. All was going well for the first hour when about 5 Land Rovers turned up. I was with my kids as well as it was my weekend not long after one of the divorces. The kids were about 2 and 5. Next minute I am being dangled over the dock water and told I have crossed the line. I was chucked in the water from what felt like about twenty foot and then struggled like mad to get out fully decked in rigger boots, hi vis coat etc. I honestly thought I was going to drown. Took me about twenty minutes to get out and I stumbled up some steps eventually only to be greeted by chief knobhead scouse scaffolder who lobbed me back in.

An eventful morning that was.
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You should’ve asked them to put some scaffolding there to help you climb out
 
I’ve been involved in loads of construction work all over Liverpool and so far , we have managed to come out ok.

We have encountered numerous incidents, some of them extremely funny and some a wee bit concerning.

Paying for local security and using no local labour is pretty much essential.
We worked on Park Road in Toxteth , equally funny and scary.
We got caught between the Unghi’s and Panama Jack there . We kept our heads down , layed out the dosh and we were fine.
We had some screates nick some plant and tapenade demand payment for giving it back - sorted by security

We set up site on another job in a pub near the Phily , paid Panama Jack his due and began investigation work prior to the awarding of a binding contract . Client went bust and we paid security for months without a return.

Another time we were refurbishing the Odeon Cinema on London Road and we were having a beer in a right dodgy pub at the back of the site. It was this time of year and it was a dive but a right giggle. The doors swung open and a local announced “ Does anyone want to buy a leather jacket”. My colleague asked what colour it was and the guy replied “ what colour do you want , I nick to order”.
 
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