This was a magical place - I haven't really thought about it in a long time, but I heard this
JCB Song on TV and it reminded me of being little and driving loaders or just hanging around over at the shop. Some of the very cool things that I remember best are "no running on the concrete" , the fact that they had a very old very cold pop machine in the shop out back, and once a year Mr. Chet Campbell would host Family Fun Days where all the employees could bring their familes and eat BBQ chicken and drink pop that was kept cold with ice in the bucket of a loader -but my most favorite thing was this huge ball - they called it a world ball and it was made out of canvas It stood about 10 feet a round and was pushed all around the horse paddock (what is now the Superstore Parking Lot) while all of the kids chased it around - moments of pure bliss - many good times at T&E.
It was truly a family place, My Grandfather and Dad both worked there and there were always lots of kids around, the Campbell's (Chris, Andrew and Jill) and The Rust's (Cam, Dana, Christie and Terry) stick out in my mind - good times. It's nice to think of where you grew up, when you start to think about where you want your kids will grow up, and I can only hope that Sophie has as much fun visiting me at work as I did visiting Malcolm (although I doubt it, because there's no Cool tractors here afterall)
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This was a magical place - I haven't really thought about it in a long time, but I heard this JCB Song on TV and it reminded me of being little and driving loaders or just hanging around over at the shop. Some of the very cool things that I remember best are "no running on the concrete" , the fact that they had a very old very cold pop machine in the shop out back, and once a year Mr. Chet Campbell would host Family Fun Days where all the employees could bring their familes and eat BBQ chicken and drink pop that was kept cold with ice in the bucket of a loader -but my most favorite thing was this huge ball - they called it a world ball and it was made out of canvas It stood about 10 feet a round and was pushed all around the horse paddock (what is now the Superstore Parking Lot) while all of the kids chased it around - moments of pure bliss - many good times at T&E. 
It was truly a family place, My Grandfather and Dad both worked there and there were always lots of kids around, the Campbell's (Chris, Andrew and Jill) and The Rust's (Cam, Dana, Christie and Terry) stick out in my mind - good times. It's nice to think of where you grew up, when you start to think about where you want your kids will grow up, and I can only hope that Sophie has as much fun visiting me at work as I did visiting Malcolm (although I doubt it, because there's no Cool tractors here afterall)
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