Wall and floor tiling by Cyril Carter

[steve187]

a few on here - carter - wall floor tiling - AbeBooks


and here - Wall and floor tiling by Cyril Carter, of Poole, Dorset, H. R. Hidden - New, Rare & Second-hand Books Online at Alibris UK

 

[Ian]

Look like I got a bargain, £130 for a copy from the US!

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Ed kindly gave me a copy, good man is Ed. And no none of the pictures are of me:lol:

 

[White Room]

I've got a copy of that, did'nt pay alot though....

 

[barrytiler]

can't wait for hollywood to make it into a movie , who would be cast in the leading role?

 

[Andy Allen]

can't wait for hollywood to make it into a movie , who would be cast in the leading role?

Dave Howe..?.....Dan can be the baddy....:sofahide: :lol:

 

[Ian]

I'm probably half way through the book now and all I can say is, have a read. The history of tiling is awe inspiring. Have a look at where our trade came from

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I'm probably half way through the book now and all I can say is, have a read. The history of tiling is awe inspiring. Have a look at where our trade came from

Good eh Bri, my early days as an indentured apprentice, were in the last years of sand and cement fixing.

My job every morning, in the dead of winter was to break the ice off the soaking drum and take out the tiles that had been soaking over night, I had to remove my shirt and delve/dive to the bottom of the 45 Gallon drum to retrieve every last tile.

Then stack them to drain, in those days we had to apply a scratch coat to the brick walls before we could start fixing.

All compo was mixed by hand, there were no windows or doors in place, as we were in right after the brickies. I could never dry out or get warm on those jobs, but I didn't know any different then.

Tiling was a hard mans game back then, I'm glad you are enjoying the book mate.

 

[Gazzer]

Not quite as old for me Phil. My days started getting to work 30 minutes before the tilers to get 2 bankers of compo mixed, either by hand or diesel mixer.
Wheel barrow it in or by bucket. Stack the tiles and then all day switch between cutting tiles and labouring.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Not quite as old for me Phil. My days started getting to work 30 minutes before the tilers to get 2 bankers of compo mixed, either by hand or diesel mixer.
Wheel barrow it in or by bucket. Stack the tiles and then all day switch between cutting tiles and labouring.

Bankers Neale, that brings back memories, we used to mix what was called a dead elephant.:lol: