R4 post van kept by owner (archival footage 1987)

[RichardIRL]

http://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0315/859886-retired-postman-retains-van/

Nice old clip

 

[Andy McGhee]

Fantastic!

 

[mojobaby]

Is it just me? I can't make out a word that he's saying and I listened to it twice Nice that he could keep his faithful old car

 

[Cornish4]

Quite agree mojobaby, I struggled too to understand the gentleman. It reminds me of that classic BBC interview, Strabane Man, so very funny. Great van though, and a lovely story.

 

[nicky4tl]

super. thanks for sharing.

 

[Andy McGhee]

Have just watched this again - it's one of the most heart-warming and faith-restoring R4-related things you'll ever see.
I remember chatting to a biker at the top of the Conor Pass in County Kerry; he wanted to have a look at the F6's engine, and I thought I was doing okay until we were joined by another R4 enthusiast. At one point I thought they'd switched to Irish....

 

[Scoobyznack]

Great (if unintelligible), thanks @Andy McGhee for resurrecting, and of course @RichardIRL for OP

Best wishes, Simon.

 

[AdamWilkes]

Like UK & USA, seems to be the same with Ireland and UK - two nations separated by a common language Couldn't understand a bleedy word