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Did you not read what I was responding to?:Can't see how you can remember in a physical sense given you posts allude to working present day.
And years ago a lot of guys in the trade were paid cash in hand, "on the Lump" as it was called and were picked-up in vans to do a day's labouring or groundwork. There's a lot less of it nowadays due to changes in practices, but also doe to HMRC, etc. Which is what I was responding to and why it all ended (and I well recall when these tax measures came in around 1996 to 1998).I remember working in London year's ago, i think it was, down around Harlesden, (don't know whether i spelt that right), early in the morning you would see vans and lorries pulling up and picking up groups of blokes standing outside a pub looking for a days casual work.
I'm Irish myself, the people there were mostly Irish but not exclusively.
In my opinion it was just an informal labour agency, at that time in London there was loads of work, so if you wanted work, you could get it.