Backhoe Days
We would take out half and full pages in the First Edition. Soon, the competition, Dave Colley, began matching us cartoon for cartoon. Dave had David Work and I used Bill Adams. The power of advertising; after we began the competition both Dave and I gained more work than ever before.
Bill Adams said the Backhoe reminded him of a dinosaur and so began a number of very entertaining ads.
Backhoe Life
We made an arrangement with Bill Adams to do our advertising. This was his first advert.
I think this was Pat Perry’s garden.
Backhoe Life
After I quit the highways job I worked Dave Colley’s backhoe for a couple of years. Then I ran Ted Wadland’s machine for quite a while. I began advertising in the First Edition using some skills I’d learned in a former life. Anybody out there remember Letraset?
Ted and I had a good relationship. Each day after I drove into the yard finished work Jean Wadland would fix me a nice gin and Tonic. Ah, those were the days!