remember a a kid seeing forseys torquoise mercs about when off out with my dad abroad
Met a few of them in Rungis,spain |italy etc
Few names my dad cAN remember would of been prob 1985 to 1990 ish time
Ron Chapman
Brian Macky
Maurice Hemmings
Brian scriven
Maurice Kelly
Ivan
Spoke to Ray white driver while ago and said Ray was ex forseys driver aswell
Ron Chapman is alive and well saw him at Gaydon 2 yrs back and have spoke on here to each other couple of times
good to hear not many of the “old” school drivers about
My Dad said last heard maurice hemmens went from forsey at end to jr ellliot on the fish so did brian scriven
and last saw maurice on sparks glastonbury
He said brian was in one of truck mags couple years ago working for his son at plm now isis
doing hardings job in greece to cruise ships
Then saw him in Spain driving for his other son about 18 months ago
just like to wish all past forsey drivers a very happy 2013,and hope all are in good health,to nigel and ron chapman,im still doing a bit lads up here in norfolk for banham poultry,still reefer driving lads.(bev,jim squibbs driver) 
hi its me dave [blinker] banwell now I worked for a d forsey from 1968 to 1972 great times.now I am sorry some of my old mates have passed on but I knew ninety persent of the drivers spoken of on this website,now lets tell you what I know ADF in those days it was split into two sections uk and continental continental first manager sam morton,drivers ron chapman johny mathews, gwyn jones len king paul thomson keith thomson,bob winkworth,ivan [legs]chandler, rolly fear derrick tippet,thats all the continental men I can remember.now the uk men graham[twiggy]ellis.jeff lewis bucky harding, nicky smith,charly drurry,ivor passmore,gilbert mee albert cross mike thomson,tommy small,mike lee,barnstable bill,kenny marshall,ronny illet jimmy durbin,union man jimmy[overcoat]couch,thats all the drivers I can remember at the moment reg phelps was the manager on the meat boats in avonmouth wally gorram the manager in coin st in london and tony stone was the senior transport manager.If any of you old sods are out there you can find me at dbanwell@hotmail.co.uk.all the best blinker
Just heard Brian mackie passed away becore xmas with dreaded c
=“gettin-on”]remember a a kid seeing forseys torquoise mercs about when off out with my dad abroad
Met a few of them in Rungis,spain |italy etc
Few names my dad cAN remember would of been prob 1985 to 1990 ish time
Ron Chapman
Brian Macky
Maurice Hemmings
Brian scriven
Maurice Kelly
Ivan
Spoke to Ray white driver while ago and said Ray was ex forseys driver aswell
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HI LB76,you mention TONY STONE,well i worked with tony out of southern ireland,(myddleton<near cork)and leagueslip near dublin.think ive spelt them right■■? but what a great guy he was,i was pulling for FRIGO MAT AND AFTER THAT I LOST CONTACT WITH HIM,LAST I HEARD WAS HE WAS WORKING OUT OF PETERBOROUGH again wAS WORKING FOR mat transport,would love to contact him again,hope he is still about. 
flickr.com/photos/32200120@N08/ clik or type in this link & you will see more meat lorries than you can shake a S hook at,
I have 244 photos relating to meat haulage especially A d Forsey courtesey of my friend Ron Chapman, Ime sure he wont mind me sharing them with you, You will see my Email & phone number on the above,
I am particlarly interested in Transport Bristol ltd, Ime trying to get my head around the Vestey/Forsey connection with Transport Bristol.
NICE ONE NORMAN,KEEP IT GOING,REGARDS TO ALL THE OLD FORSEY GANG 
Anyone remember forseys of wsm or have any pics
use to see a few of their lads around mid late 80’s torquoise mercs 6x2’s doing hanging meet all over europe
Had the pleasure with couple of the lads in spain / italy etc mid to late 80’s think hdl bought them out and got rid of it late 80/s
Any of the drivers still around or on here trying to think of names now
i have got loads of A.D.Forsey pics but i cant seem to be able to put them up on Trucknet , its a lot easier on face book for some reason, if i get it sorted out i will put them up on here for you
bill
hi, forseys were taken over by the vestey group in the late 70’s along with my old firm geo.davies & son and union cartage(ucc)the name changed to dual carriage in 1989, it all went ■■■■ upabout 91.
cheers steve.
These are just a small selection from my friend Ron Chapman who worked for Forsey’s in the early years.
Bill - did you get your pics from Ron?
Anyone recognise the locations?;…
Centre Paris?
Come on Bill; Where’s this?
HI THERE IF YOU LOOK PAGE 166 SCRAPBOOK MEMORIES I PUT SOME A D FORSEY PICKS ON HAVE SOME MORE INCLUDIG A LINE UP OF VOLVO F 86
i remeber the b reg 2033 mercs they had
been trying to remember names
all had consec regs or very close anyway
remember meeting up with brian from bristol and maurice from wsm around 87/88 had a good weekend
Got my boy to dig out some old photos for me and reg nembers were b938wfb and b945wfb
they must be in their late 50’s now anyone know if they are still driving ■■
Great thread this one , the picture was taken at Le Touquet airport (sic) where we used to clear customs before going on to Paris to unload in the Central markets (Les Halles) keep em coming bill
hi my name is ian thompson,my father keith thompson worked for forsey transport in the early years too from 1967-1976, going all over europe also to the middle east to persia. please could you forward my email to Ron (Roy) Chapman? I would love to see if he remembers my late father. His Volvo F86 registration was YYD 699H, he also had a mercedes Registration OYA 792L. Any more Pics of the old Forsey fleet would be great as most of the photographs we had have been lost. The names I can remember that drove for them at the time are: Mike Townsend and Dad’s old running partner, Paul Thompson (no relation).
Many Thanks
Look Forward to hearing if you can Help.
Ian
HELLO IAN T IF YOU GO TO LONG DEPARTED SOUTHAMPTON HAULIERS PAGE 93 I HAVE PUT ONE ON OF OYA 797L ,
DAD WORKED FOR HATTONS AND WAS A GOOD MATE WITH ALL ON FORSEYS
Two old Forsey’s drivers that I knew were Jack Tidball and Bill Stradling, both now sadly departed from this life.
Jack was the father of Dave Tidball, (also now dead) who was a mate of mine when I was driving on Autobars from Bridgwater in the 70’s, and Bill worked with me on the buses in Weston-s Mare, when he gave up the wagons in 1979, until his retirement.
I used to live not far from the old Forsey’s knacker yard in Worle in the late 50’s (before they moved to Bridge Road in Weston) and the smell from there was awful, if the wind was in the wrong direction!
Les.