Smugglers

[Vipar]

Tomorrow Channel 4 At. 9pm

 

[Vanderek]

Tonight 7pm....

 

[Reallyretired]

Lots of smugglers inns round here but there used to be a lot of smugglers too. Mainly wool (out), brandy and tea (in)

 

[ChrisL]

I can't find that, perhaps they've postponed it in view of recent events.

 

[rangi]

Urban myth around the Falmouth area, in the early 50s,
had it that a local fisherman had contacts both side of the Channel with some unsavoury characters.
If a big Jewell Robbery happened in the UK the loot would be passed to him and he would take it halfway, meet up with a French Fisherman , the loot then "overseas " so could be broken up and sold safely.
It also worked the other way, big Robbery in the south of France , Monte Carlo and the like, he would meet his French Fisherman friend and the loot would be brought to the UK for disposal.

He'd arranged with his wife, if the Coppers or the Customs came around, she would leave a light burning in a certain window.

Coming back one night the light was shining brightly in that window!

Before coming into the Harbour, he took a dingy ashore, went to his house gave "the loot" to his wife ,
"here hide that somewhere " he told her.

Back to his boat, he motored into the Harbour, the Customs& coppers swooped .
He of course "was Entirely innocent, he'd been testing his engines"

They searched his Boat, found nothing, then took him to his house and searched his house. He sat in a chair watching them and marveling at how successful his Wife had been in hiding the "loot"
Finally, the search party gave up, with the usual "we are on to you sonny!" they left
His parting shot was
"Hey you forgot to look in the Vacume Cleaner!!"

Then one look at his wife's face, told him, and the Rummage Squad, exactly where she'd hidden "the loot"

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[jollyrodger]

Possibly

UK’s Channel 4 Postpones Smuggling Format After 39 People Found Dead In Container Truck

British broadcaster Channel 4 has postponed factual format Smuggled after 39 people were found dead inside a container truck.

deadline.com

 

[Jaws]

Not going to say who, but this is real, take my word for it
Back in the very late 70, early 80's, this person would be handed a smallish suitcase and the keys to a small car ( could be anything as they varied )

Instructions were to drive car to a certain service area on the M6, find a marked refrigerated lorry, give the case and the car keys to the driver, then drive the 40 footer back to Ipswich ( or occasionally another destination in roughly the same area

Was not drugs, people, fags or booze... It was thousands of CB radios
The courier later found out that the suitcase always contained £1.000.000 !

 

[Vipar]

10-4 good buddy ah those were the days

 

[B-well]

Tomorrow Channel 4 At. 9pm

 

[Jaws]

10-4 good buddy ah those were the days

Still use a chicken box
Have got one fitted in the motorhome as well as at home ( but that is just one the 8 radios I use at home ! )

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[Vipar]

Was thunderbolt now G4SKK

 

[DaveandJen]

Lots of smugglers inns round here but there used to be a lot of smugglers too. Mainly wool (out), brandy and tea (in)

The link below is good viewing if you have not already watched it.

 

[Jaws]

Was thunderbolt now G4SKK

I was Rustbucket, Woman was Raven. eldest daughter Jasper, youngest Bambi, son was Little Dee.
I was chairman of River Crossing 27, which at its peak had over 400 very active members
Organised fox hunts weekly, club meets monthly, and lunatic camp outs several times during the summer months..

In 1981 I became G6HML and then a couple of years later G4VEL
You must have taken your morse about a year before me .. I see you were QTHR in 99.. that was the last year I bought a call book

 

[nicholsong]

The link below is good viewing if you have not already watched it.

That was all around my stomping ground when I lived in Church Square, Rye in 1969 and was flying from Lydd Airport on the Romney Marsh, just inland from Dungeness.

There were still things I learnt from that programme that I did not know then.

Smuggling was still going on but by stashing stuff in hidden compartments in cars on our car ferries - saw several cars stripped down by HM Customs at the airport, including a RR. The Customs Officers were also open to bribery in a small way; Carl would accept cigarettes and in return allow crew in with theirs or some booze.

Geoff

 

[DaveandJen]

Geoff, good to hear we are not alone to remember the channel crossings from Lydd back then.

A quick reminder of those days below.

silver city lydd airport - Search Videos

www.bing.com

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