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WELCOME TO MY WORLD...........IT'S BEEN A GREAT LIFE...........





I'de Like To Say Hello - And Invite All......

Brother & Sister "IRONWORKERS"

- Young & Old -

From Around The Country. To My Web-Site.

I Started This Page When I Was 70-Years Old

That Was Back
When We Had Just Gone Into The Year "2000"

I Didn't Know At The Time It Would Be 4-Pages Long

I Hope You Enjoy Your Visit To My Web-Site

And Please Sign My "Guest-Book"
At The Bottom Of Page (2) An Page (3)

Also Check Out My Other Web-Pages While There
By Clicking "Buds-Links"

And The Next Time You Pass A Construction Site

Look Up And Wave At The Workers
When They're Having A Coffee Break

Or Having Their Lunch Break



- Bud Martin - Retired Ironworker -


You Can't Get To The Ground From Here

Have Lunch

And Be Back To Work In 30 Minutes

Without A Ride


- Retired Ironworker -







IRON WORKERS LOCAL - 25

Has Been A Charter Member
Of The International Union Above

Since - July 18,1901

Detroit, Michigan Was Home

Until The Local Union Bought Property
In Novi, Michigan

And Built The Present Day Complex

Local-25 Will Be
100 Years Old In The Year - 2001


To The Men and Women

Wearing Tee-Shirts

Blue Jeans

Hard Hats

and Tool Belts

"WorkSafe"


......RETIRED IRONWORKER.......LOCAL UNION NUMBER # 25.......NOVI , MICHIGAN......


THERE WILL BE NO MORE RIDES
ON THE "HEADACHE BALL"
SAFETY IN THE WORK PLACE
NOW "RULES"

WE GAVE UP A FASTER
AND EASIER WAY
TO DO OUR JOB FOR SAFETY

"MAN... I SURE MISS... THE GOOD OLD-DAYS"



( Retired - Ironworker )

R T "Moon" MULLINS



"Moon" Mullins Was Like A Big Brother To Me...
From The Time He Married My Mother In 1940.
Until He Died In February, 1998.
This Old Ex-Navy Man Was The Toughest "Ironworker"
I Ever Worked With... God Gave Us All "Memories"
So We Won't Forget People Like My "Old Friend"
If There Is Such A Thing' As A "Sky-Hook"
Moon Will Ride That "Headache Ball" (you can bet on it)

- Bud Martin -





JIMMY BYRNE

Jimmy Byrne and his wife Peggy
Have been family friends since 1962
We met while we both worked in New York
Traveling back an forth
between Local # 40 and Local # 361

Jimmy knew more about that Subway System
Than the people who were born there
He also kept those Long Island trains busy
Going to the Race Tracks
Today Retired He heads west to Gamble
"Vegas"
I still remember
That old place in Brooklyn Jimmy
( 2 South Portland )
A lot of "Tears & Laughter" lived there


- Bud Martin -

JIMMY MURDOCK



Jimmy Murdock Was A Mohawk Indian
From New York.

He Was A Retired Member
Of Local Union Number # 25 Detroit, Michigan
When This Picture Was Taken In 1977
At "Temple Baptist Church" In Detroit, Mich.
During Their Annual "Hillbilly" Dinner
In The "Calvary Sunday School Class"

Where Jimmy Was A Member

Everyone Came Dressed As "Hillbillies"
Except "Chief Murdock"

The Kids In The Picture Are
Jim Martin, 12. And His Sister Tracy, 14.

They Went To Play Music At The Dinner.

In Closing I Want To Say..
Jim Murdock Was "Saved"
Back In The Mid-Sixties...
After A Lifetime Of Drinking..

---Do Indians Get Mean When Drinking---

I Knew Him A Long Time
Before The "Church" Did

And I'm Here To Tell You..."Yes They Do"

But My Old Friend Passed Away From Cancer
In 1993

Another "Bridgeman"
Memories Won't Let Go Of....


- Bud Martin -


The Fourth Of July... Only Come's Around Once A Year...
But Stop By A Construction Site, Some Time.
And Count The Flags Being Displayed On Clothes and Hard Hats...
Worn By Construction Workers' Every Day
Through Out The Year...

- Bud Martin -





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