R-JACKO:
HELLO AGAIN (sorry if these have been posted before)
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS MAN 1985 MANAGING DIRECTOR RUSSELL HUTCHINSON.
STEAM CLEANING BAY AND THIS MAN IN 1985 CHIEF ENGINEER GRAHAM GARDAM
REGARDS JACKO
Hullo Jacko,
Some good pictures mate, especially the one of Graham Gardham, do you know what he’s doing now ? I used to know him very well in the very early seventies when he was with John Bogg in Hull.
Cheers, Archie.
The fashions make them look like school teachers 
Hullo Jacko,
Some good pictures mate, especially the one of Graham Gardham, do you know what he’s doing now ? I used to know him very well in the very early seventies when he was with John Bogg in Hull.
Cheers, Archie.
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Hello Archie
No i only got my info from an old TRUCK mag sorry
Regards Jacko
i wonder ow many drivers or fitters as got the truck mag that keith has put on here then,
that red mercedes that is pictured wud do the clock and i no because i got it from the late taffy davis it was doctored
and rite as taffy was a pump man i shall say no more then darky donald got it and if i am not rong it was re doctored wat aa shame lol,
any of u ex continental drivers, rember walter or should i say jack tether old walter could tell a merry tale he certainly
could,u only have to ask the lads
denisglover:
any of u ex continental drivers, rember walter or should i say jack tether old walter could tell a merry tale he certainly
could,u only have to ask the lads
Hullo Dennisglover,
Jack Tether eh ? he used to have my Son Nick in fits with his tales, what about Steve Savage and Billy whatshisname,( was into anything American and Country Music ) are they still on the go ?
Cheers, Archie.
keith 2:
jeff ellener:
my dad jack ellener worked for a one for many years . he started at jack lane hunslet, they moved to geldard road in the late sixties i think . the site was called 4 acres . i remember trailer mating in the school holidays . drivers like burt diamond,joe spieght,and lots more .i worked in the garage when i left school the manager was reg walters and his alsatian dog.Hi jeff,yes i do remember your dad,went to his house a few times,off tingley roundabout towards dewsbury if i remember right,without sounding rude is he still alive.reg Walters died in the late 80s in lincoln,i went to his funeral in a mini bus with a few more lads
Hi keith, my dad died in september 2001 from cancer he could never understand how a firm like a.one could just go like that.when we brought him home from the hospital so he could end his days at home we drove by the yard but i dont think he recognised it.
jeff ellener:
keith 2:
jeff ellener:
my dad jack ellener worked for a one for many years . he started at jack lane hunslet, they moved to geldard road in the late sixties i think . the site was called 4 acres . i remember trailer mating in the school holidays . drivers like burt diamond,joe spieght,and lots more .i worked in the garage when i left school the manager was reg walters and his alsatian dog.Hi jeff,yes i do remember your dad,went to his house a few times,off tingley roundabout towards dewsbury if i remember right,without sounding rude is he still alive.reg Walters died in the late 80s in lincoln,i went to his funeral in a mini bus with a few more lads
Hi keith, my dad died in september 2001 from cancer he could never understand how a firm like a.one could just go like that.when we brought him home from the hospital so he could end his days at home we drove by the yard but i dont think he recognised it.
Hi Jeff,sorry to hear about your dad,firm was fine when jack Robinson owned it in my eyes it started to go down hill when magee bought it,but i was just a fitter,as a lot of a one drivers said he should have let Russel Hutchinson run it just like he had done for years,but like i said i was just a fitter,but loved working there
keith 2:
R-JACKO:
HELLO KEITH 2
JUST GONE THROUGH MY SCRAPBOOK CAME ACROSS SOME PICTURES YOUY MAY INTRESTED IN.I WILL POST SOME MORE IN 5 MINs
REGARDS JACKOstay loyal,lol i work for volvo
nice one jacko,thats a old mag must be worth a few pounds,i had the same mag and would you believe it i ended giving it to jack Robinson a few years later after he sold the firm because he had not seen it lol
what happenrd to hutchi 
dreva:
what happenrd to hutchi
after all the transport thing,he runs his own cricket shop but i am sorry i will not name the town due to the respect for the man,or he did a few years ago
denisglover:
that red mercedes that is pictured wud do the clock and i no because i got it from the late taffy davis it was doctored
and rite as taffy was a pump man i shall say no more then darky donald got it and if i am not rong it was re doctored wat aa shame lol,
was there an a-one driver called taffy davis? I got confused thinking you maybe meant it came secondhand from taffy davies (later MFL) up in the northeast, as it bears a west yorkshire registration 
settle one other thing please too denis; i was told a tale a few times of jack robinson putting a brick or sumat through a windscreen in the yard because it was filled with flags and crap again after the driver had been warned. story went that the driver told him that was a bit stupid as the firm would have to pay for a replacement - which mr robinson told him it would not, he would! 
jj72, mr robinson never put a brick or a stone through any windscreen
this to archie, steve saville passed away last june unfortunatley he ad cancer. billy pary came to a reunion do we held s/savailles pub in in march the 31st 2003 he ad retired bye then we all ad sum good time wi billy and the rest of them
excepte a fewha ha lol anything else just ask as i thnk iwas the only driver who kept a diary.an a good memory
this 4 mushroomman, pls enlighten me about your wages, i kept all my continental wage slips when i left a one to go on the tankers, the wages was in 1994, was £325 .88 and the expences was £198, for a milan and more the further south u went
the more u got when les mullins gets activated and jack graham, and any other D/L/S DRIVERS pls reply a/s/p/ i cant wait to ear wat ur company paid u.
denisglover:
this to archie, steve saville passed away last june unfortunatley he ad cancer. billy pary came to a reunion do we held s/savailles pub in in march the 31st 2003 he ad retired bye then we all ad sum good time wi billy and the rest of them
excepte a fewha ha lol anything else just ask as i thnk iwas the only driver who kept a diary.an a good memory
Hullo “denisglover”,
Another couple, do you ever see big Alec nowdays ? he lived just down Gelderd Road towards the City, and also Shaun, he was on those tractor cabs the last I remember. Alan Bennett, I had a fantastic New Years Night with him in the Hotel Wien one year. He was a very clever and well known man in the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards before AOne, I know this because my youngest Son was in the Regiment.
Cheers, Archie.
denisglover:
jj72, mr robinson never put a brick or a stone through any windscreen
ok thanks, i’ll now have to believe it was some other firm - it’s too good a tale to abandon altogether it did come from somebody on their UK side based in bradford, i’ve not just made it up all by meself
dont suppose anybody has any photos of the cab trailers the ones they got from james c ashworths when they shut be good to see them again !
peterq5422:
dont suppose anybody has any photos of the cab trailers the ones they got from james c ashworths when they shut be good to see them again !
i asked that yonks ago for a modelling project, came up with nowt even after speaking with john holroyd as a last resort, although some of the details he jogged my memory with came in useful - hope somebody has some
