Celebrating 45 Years of Service with Pooley Removals

We are now celebrating 45 Years of business! We would like you to celebrate with us, whilst we reminisce over the past years. A lot has changed for us over the past years, but one notable change was the retirement of one of our long-standing removal men Pat Last. Pat has worked with us close to 20 years and was very popular with all our customers.

An image of Pat Last giving a thumbs upSomething that has stayed the same is two recognisable faces who started the business back in 1978, Robin and Jackie Pooley. Robin still carries out our surveys and Jackie works in the office 2 days a week.

A lot happened 45 years ago here are some notable events from 1978:

Celebrities born in 1978
  • Michelle Rodriguez – was one of the celebrities born in July 1978 and she is known as the ‘Hollywood Bad Girl’ and she starred in many action films including Fast and Furious. One of the Fast & Furious movies had a scene shot on the same base as Pooley Removals on Bentwaters park, Rendlesham.
  • Nicole Scherzinger – This former Pussycat member was also born in 1978. After the girl band Pussycat Dolls broke up Nicole proceeded to become a solo artist and judge on various reality TV shows.
  • James Corden – Best known for his role as Smithy on Gavin and Stacey, James Corden is a comedian, actor and television host on the late late show. 45 year old James Corden was also born in 1978.
Music

The Bee Gees continued to dominate the charts thanks to their soundtrack to the previous year’s Saturday Night Fever. Although Boney M with the song Rivers of Babylon, Paul McCartney with Mull of Kintyre, and Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights also found chart success. The Sex Pistols played their last gig together.

Films

Grease – A musical romance between Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson

Superman – a classic DC Comics brought to life through film.

Jaws 2 & Halloween – horror films that left us feeling spooky.

Sports

On Saturday 6th May 1978 Ipswich Town beat Arsenal 1-0 to win the FA Cup. That’s a local win for us.

Cricketer Ian Botham becomes the first man in the history of the game, to score a century and take eight wickets in one innings of a Test match.

News

The first test tube baby was born on 25 July. Louise Brown was the world’s first IVF baby. The 5lb 12oz (2.61 kg) girl created a fertility revolution that continues to this day.

Naomi James became the first woman to sail around the world single-handedly.

A lady from Blackpool recently returned a library book back after having it for 45 years. Better late than never I suppose! Click here to read more.

 

Thank you for your continued supportAn image of the first van used by Pooley Removals in the 1970's

We are very proud to be celebrating 45 years of service and we thank our customers for choosing us and allowing us to become the company we are. We couldn’t do it without our dedicated staff and all the hard work they put in.

If you are looking for an experienced removal company with years of service, then Pooley Removals and storage can be of service to you. Call us on 01394 460498 or email us on info@pooleyremovals.com to find out how we could be of service to you.