The Skip Magazine

This month’s Skip Chick is Laura from Recycling Management Services in Cheshire! Laura, originally hails from Chicago but has moved over here after hearing the streets were paved with gold (Americans eh! – Ed), possibly.

Hi Laura! Can you tell our readers and little bit about yourself and what you do?
Well, I work as a Marketing Assistant for Recycling Management Services and I like to work hard and play hard. I also like horse-riding, deep pan pizzas and baseball – I’m still a Chicago girl at heart.

Chicago eh! I know a bloke called Paulie from Bronzeville on the South Side. Do you know him?
Er, no – Chicago’s massive. Nearly 3 million people live there.

Oh right! It’s called the Windy City isn’t it? Paulie is really windy, he’s forever breaking wind.
It’s not called the Windy City because the people who live there are flatulent. It’s just a windy city – the weather that is.

Ok. Have you got any strange or funny stories you’d like to tell our readers?
In 1998 a rich friend of my mothers, who’s just over 60 and very vain decided she needed a face-lift. So, after talking to a number of the world’s top surgeons she met one young London doctor who assured her that he could make her look at least fifteen years younger using a new technique he’d discovered. The technique involved placing a small screw behind each ear so that she could tighten her face once a week in order to maintain a fresh young look. Well, the operation was success and my mum’s friend was really pleased until September last year when she noticed huge bags developing under her eyes. So she travelled over to the doctor’s surgery and demanded to know why the bags were developing under her eyes. The doctor replied, "Lady those aren't bags, they're your boobs, and if you don't stop turning those screws you're going to have a beard!

What do you like about The Skip magazine?
It’s really funny and colourful. It’s not stuffy like lots of other trade magazines out there.

Before you go - Do you have anything you’d like to say to our readers?
Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.

Deep! – Thanks Laura…

This interview was originally published in Issue 19 of The Skip, February 2007

This month’s Skip Chick is in Pole position! Her name’s Barbara and she’s a real ‘zloty hotty!’

Barbara is from Poznan on the west-side of Poland and she currently works as a Marketing Specialist for ‘A 2 Shred’ – Cheshire’s confidential waste shredders, using her ample talents to open new accounts!

‘Wyglądasz super’, Barbara! Can you tell our readers and little bit about yourself?
I’m 26 and I like working hard. I also like touching fences and wearing hi-viz jackets!

What do you like about your job?
The people. Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.

What do you do in your spare time when you’re not immersed in the world of shredding?
Well, not many people will know this but Poland is the world’s biggest exporter of beetroot! Fortunately I have nothing to do with beetroot. I like spending time with my boyfriend.

What do you like about The Skip magazine?
It’s funny

Do you have anything you’d like to say to our readers?
If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?

This interview was originally published in Issue 18 of The Skip, January 2007

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A Christmas feast for our readers as we present TWO lovely ladies! Tracey and Joanne who both work for www.topskips.com

This article originally appeared in Issue 17 of The Skip, December 2006

This is the first time we've got one of our infamous skip chicks to allow themself to be captured by our "expert" interviewer, Dunstan Carter.

As you can probably tell, this is Eleanor from the home page of The Skip. She's a gorgeous Russian woman who is also married to our Garbage Guru, Roger.

Thanks Eleanor - you are great fun!

This is a short insight into what goes on when we are photographing our skip chicks for The Skip Magazine. It's all in the name of fun!

A worthy winner of the title "Skip Chick of the month" We present Eleanor who is originally from Moscow but now works in the waste management industry in Northwich, Cheshire.

Gemma wins the award for Skip Chick of the month for our July 2006 edition

We had four fantastic skip chicks for our June edition, below is Debbie

And here is Jacqui

With the 2006 world cup around the corner and England's hopes on the national team those game girls at Alan's Skip Hire decided to cheer on the lads in style and are our skip chicks of the month

Lucy brightened the pages of our April edition and became our Skip Chick of the month.

Maria from Huddersfield won the award for Skip Chick of the month for February 2006

We present a fine selection of ladies to help celebrate Christmas

The game lasses from Alan’s Skip Hire in Chester are at it again and this Sunday are baring all for the new 2006 calendar. Next year’s good cause is The Lighthouse Charity which helps the victims and their families of those injured or killed in the construction industry.

Zoe Hassall, who is organising the shoot on Sunday November 27th, tells The Skip: “This year we have a couple of extra girls plucking up the courage. We plan to do a few more themed months this year. So for instance, with the World Cup happening next year, we are going to do a footie shot and have recreated a small pitch in our yard!”

The wonderful Zoe, one of our calendar girls became our skip chick for October 2005

Skip Chicks sell out!

Staff of a Flintshire based skip hire firm have taken a radical approach to fund-raising and have disrobed to raise more than £1000 for the Breast Cancer Care Unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital.

Nine game lasses employed at Alan’s Skip Hire in Bretton all joined in to create a titillating and amusing calendar that was originally meant as a Christmas goodwill gift to suppliers and customers.

The huge popularity of the calendars soon became clear however as the firm was swamped with requests for hundreds more. Vicky Shore (Miss May) says it was not until they realised the unprecedented popularity of the calendars that they came up with the idea of selling them for charity.

“It was a fantastic team effort and done in the right spirit. The shots were tasteful, if a little racy and you couldn’t actually see too much. However we are delighted to have raised more than £1000 for the Countess of Chester Breast Cancer Care Unit which is used by women from both Flintshire and Chester.

“Our problem now is we don’t know what to do for this Christmas. The calendars proved so popular we’ve completely sold out and we’re not sure we will be able to beat it.”

Janet Radcliffe, responsible for fund-raising at the hospital said: “It’s a tremendous effort. The girls did really well and are all really good sports”.

The Skip Magazine says: “Incredible to get so many game women working for the same firm! The photos are great. The lads in our offices can’t wait until the month end to see the what the next month holds forth. Well done, girls!”