hi phillomaximus
don bostalls reputation seems to have grown over the years but you are right about one thing he was a right horrible c%^t.
A little bit of history when i worked for palmers(charlton) early 70,s don bostal was contracts manager on a nice little earner, palmers transport was all supplied by a firm called hiltons when they went bust bostal took over the transport he owned that for a few years until palmers went downhill then he disappeared off the radar for a while . I bumped into an old palmers supervisor brian robbery who was working for a new firm called Admirals next to lee green railway station so i got the start and lo and behold who was the guv yep don bostal i was probably there for about nine months and every week there was always an argument ,but he had lost his license d/d so he had his own key to the side gate of the station to save him walking all the way round. he didn,t have any transport then and definately didnt have any minders if he did then i would have been bashed up every week.
quote bostals own words ( if i saw a scaffolder begging on the street with his wife and kids beside him in the middle of winter i would take 10p from my pocket and throw it down the drain the only thing lower than a scaffolder is a pregnant snake your all scum) obviuosly don had issues with the guys who put the food on his table.
lapta
