Stanley F Montgomery

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[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@HughThe4th Agree Hugh, i have lived througn if since 80s and the current owners are the most professional in the modern era. Shame they were not around for Bielsa. #mot

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@HughThe4th Nonsense club hugh thats why

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@LUFCMOTcom My first kit👍

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@IsraelWhites I first remember it from promotion with sgt wilko in 90s

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@IsraelWhites Agree

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@HughThe4th Tricky one that Hugh, a matter i do wonder if the 49ers have considered

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@HughThe4th 10th hugh#mot

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@HughThe4th Good man MOT

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@WhinmoorWhite Poor

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

Retaking the colonies! #comeonengland; #mot

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

When I first made this TikTok video in 2024 you all laughed at me.

Well, today the Supreme Court has ruled that ‘oat milk’ can no longer be called milk.

You’re not laughing now are you!

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@Yorkshire_Tales Both won penaltiss at maine road on boxibb day

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

Good to see him up there again #mot,#lufc,#bielsa,#waccoe

[Latimer Alder @latimeralder]

People keep trying to tell me it's 'My' BBC

No it isn't. I want nothing to do with it!

And because I am a Brexiteer, climate sceptic, Lockdown sceptic and over 50, the BBC wants nothing to do with me

This arrangement suits us both

[Keira Connolly @keira_con]

Wise words

“My name’s Frank. I’m 64, a retired electrician.
Forty-two years I spent running wires through houses, fixing breakers, making sure people had light in their kitchens and heat in their winters. Never once did anyone ask me where I went to college. Mostly, they just wanted to know if I could get the power back on before their ice cream melted.

Last May, I was at my granddaughter Emily’s school career day. You know the drill — doctors, lawyers, a software guy in a slick suit talking about “scaling startups.” I was the only one there with a tool belt and work boots.

When it was my turn, I told the kids, “I don’t have a degree. I’ve never sat in a lecture hall. But I’ve wired schools, hospitals, and your principal’s house. And when the hospital generator failed during a snowstorm in ’98, I was the one in the basement with a flashlight, keeping the lights on for newborn babies upstairs.”

The kids leaned forward. They had questions — real ones. “How do you fix stuff in the dark?” “Do you make a lot of money?” “Do you ever get zapped?” (Yes, once, and it’ll curl your hair.)

When the bell rang, one boy hung back. Small kid, freckles, hoodie too big for him. He mumbled, “My uncle’s a plumber. People laugh at him ’cause he didn’t finish high school. But… he’s the only one in the family who can fix anything.”

I looked that boy in the eye and said, “Kid, your uncle’s a hero. When your toilet overflows at midnight, Harvard ain’t sending anyone. A plumber is.”

Here’s the thing nobody told me when I was young — the world doesn’t run without tradespeople. You can have all the engineers you want, but if nobody builds the house, wires the power, or lays the pipes, those blueprints just sit in a drawer.

We’ve made it sound like trades are what you do if you can’t go to college, instead of a path you choose because you like working with your hands, solving problems, and seeing your work stand solid for decades.

Four years after high school, some kids walk away with diplomas. Others walk away with zero debt, a union card, and a skill they can take anywhere in the world. And guess what? When your furnace dies in January, it’s not the diploma that saves you.

A few weeks ago, that same freckled kid’s mom stopped me at the grocery store. She said, “You probably don’t remember, but you told my son trades are important. He’s shadowing his uncle this summer. First time I’ve seen him excited about anything in years.”

That’s the part we forget — for some kids, knowing their path is respected changes everything. It’s not about “just” fixing wires or pipes. It’s about pride. Purpose. The kind that sticks with you long after the job’s done.

So next time you meet a teenager, don’t just ask, “Where are you going to college?” Ask, “What’s your plan?” And if they say, “I’m learning to weld,” or “I’m starting an apprenticeship,” smile big and say, “That’s fantastic. We’re going to need you.”

Because we will. More than ever. And when the lights go out, you’ll be glad they showed up.”

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@EdwardJDavey Sadly the institution is so infested with wokery and out of touch witb reality any action will hopefully accelerate its decline to extinction as a nationalised state funded broadcaster. I hope it resurfaces in the private sector with a role to play for the left leaning media.

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@StandUpForTrmp 👍

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@seanlongstaff97 @LUFC @NUFC More that unites us than divides us #NUFC & #LUFC, #MOT, #widowsofbielsa

[Stanley F Montgomery @StanFMontgomery]

@Keir_Starmer Real world?