I don't have sky so have never seen it either.I don't like Jessie James either,but I do like the fact he can really work metal,that a young guy is keen and wants to keep these old arts alive.When I stated working in 1970 there were still some of the old guys around,who learnt to work metal without using filler,when it was cheaper to pay the labour for one of these guys to make a complete door skin from a sheet of steel than buy a new one...4 guys with a sheet of steel on ''the wheel'' making a complete roof for an A40 Devon...
Back then we had a guy in Auckland who could work metal like no one else,he could also paint and upholster - we had our own ''chopper shop'',a Meca for guys who wanted something different,it was part of the little scene we had going,our focal point.We would just hang around and watch him work,hear the gossip,plan the weekend,swap parts....I still don't know how he did some of that stuff...
In and out of jobs, running free
Waging war with society
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