Swap meet find 1942 Inter

[Keith Webb]

I think it was Bill Hughes... but I can't recall the older bloke's name. Bill was the one who lived in the house on the property with the model railway setup.
Travis came along later and took on the mantle of keeping people out of the yard.
Funny how there was jealousy between the dealers, they all used to bid against each other at the government auctions, and sometimes in collusion to gang up on some unfortunate. There was clearly big money to be made given the number of property acquisitions by people like Drew and the Pearce brothers of Hudsons Stores fame.

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Ahh, yes, the 'Saturday Morning Circuit' with Peter G - we hit Billy Drew's first then Hughes Yard at Coburg (but not letting on we'd been to Bill Drews before hand, or a string of unrepeatable invective would be unleashed by the 'middle' Hughes whose name I cannot recall, and entry to the yard would be barred for the day. (Keith ... help me out with a name!)

Bill was always good humoured and even took us on a tour of the other premises on more than one occasion. I can remember being delighted when one treasure trove was opened up by Bill to reveal a stack of Boots, AB - only to find they were all size 5 and only the left foot!!

Dem woz the days, eh Keith, and I was a very late comer by comparison to you and Peter G.

Mike