Memories of Walls

 Below are a couple of photographs and a great account of working for The Walls Meat Company by Ken Charles...

 Over to Ken....

 

"Hi

I worked for T. Walls Meat & Handy Foods (changed name to The Walls Meat Company) for 11 years from 1968 to 1979 on van sales in Cheltenham

We had five vans parking at Walls Ice Cream Factory and three in Worcester

I had some great memories .

I was taking £1,100 per week in sales of just sausages and pies.

The company were slaughtering 40000 pigs a week  !!

 

We were supplied with  a trilby hat, overalls, ties, and shirts. We also had van boys who had blue and white striped overalls.  We were the envy of our competitors.

No refrigeration in the vans we used to get dry ice from the ice cream cold store in the summer to put over the stock we had left and the company supplied a blanket to go on top.

I have attached a couple of photos of the van we had just had a new van with refrigeration the one where you can see the back of the van was one without refrigeration

I also have a model of one of the first T Ford sales vans yellow top blue bottom, advert Eat Well- Eat Walls

 

We used to in the early days have a conference every year in London with an over night stay..

One funny story we used to have auditors who would come and audit you stock some times over night .

The one auditor (I remember his name)left his weighing scales and when we all came back at night he had a bit of the scales in each hand and wanted to know who had run over it with the van .

No one saw that.

 

I have many more great memories."

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks so much, Ken. :)

Please send us a picture of the "Eat Well - Eat Walls" van if possible !