Boyze
Great pictures - really enjoyed looking at them-if you have anymore please put them on 
The reason i asked about Chester we heard a rumour he had prostrate trouble - Dad was always bumping into him at B&Q or Morrisons but hasn’t seen him for ages likewise i used to see him about in his Rav4 but not seen him either.
Was that girls name Sharon that took over Chesters Constructor when he went on the Seddon Atki 
I think Piggys now in charge of the workshop
Steve
Steve
I will scan some more and put them on for you.
Next time I see Trevor I will ask how Chester is.
Sharon Odell took over Chesters 8 wheeler. She left Hadleys and started working for American Airlines and then moved up to Bawtry in Yorkshire. Im still in contact with Sharon and I know she has a few old Hadley pictures so I will let her know about this forum and see if she will put her photos on.
I still see Pig as well and he does run the workshop now.
I have also had a word with Bob Scott who works for me and that photo of Graham Chivertons Renault that has been on your workshop wall all them years is his old truck that he drove for Graham. He is going to dig his out as well so I will get them on here too.
I remember Hadley’s in the '60’s when they ran a fleet of mostly Bedfords and BMC’s from Hyde End Road. I used to have a notebook with all the reg numbers from that period, in fact it listed virtually every truck that was owned by a Reading company! Sadly I lost it some years ago. You mention Mick Dance, is he Jack’s son who used to have the fleet based at the Wee Waif on the A4? I went to Jack’s daughters (Jackie) wedding and I seem to recall that she had a younger brother and is Jack still with us? He ran a smart fleet in the 1960’s and '70’s before I left Reading.
Pete.
Boyze:
Steve
I will scan some more and put them on for you.
Next time I see Trevor I will ask how Chester is.
Sharon Odell took over Chesters 8 wheeler. She left Hadleys and started working for American Airlines and then moved up to Bawtry in Yorkshire. Im still in contact with Sharon and I know she has a few old Hadley pictures so I will let her know about this forum and see if she will put her photos on.
I still see Pig as well and he does run the workshop now.
I have also had a word with Bob Scott who works for me and that photo of Graham Chivertons Renault that has been on your workshop wall all them years is his old truck that he drove for Graham. He is going to dig his out as well so I will get them on here too.
Boyze
Sounds good to me mate
Steve
Hi everyone, as an ex tipper man myself i really like the old Hadley pictures, i see them quite regularly on the M4 as im going up & down. Im sure there was a big write up in one of the Truck magazines about them a couple of years ago.
I think i may still have it somewhere, i,ll have a look, DAF 85 v Renault Kerax if i remember rightly?.
Mark R:
Hi everyone, as an ex tipper man myself i really like the old Hadley pictures, i see them quite regularly on the M4 as im going up & down. Im sure there was a big write up in one of the Truck magazines about them a couple of years ago.
I think i may still have it somewhere, i,ll have a look, DAF 85 v Renault Kerax if i remember rightly?.
Mark You’re right about the article it was the DAF v Kerax - i’ve got a copy somewhere too
Steve
nice picture of the c&b bob lad , that name rings a bell did you by any chance have an bonneted 164 ? and work out of bredbury?
hia mate no i didnt drive that motor i’d left by then , never bin a scania fan to tell the truth , although im on one in the manc tipper thread
windrush.
The first time I went on for Hadleys was in the old yard at Hyde End Road. They used to have some photos as you walked in the doorway of all the old S-Type Bedfords with Hadley of Shinfield on the door. I still know a few boys that work there so I will see if I can get hold of any old photos.
I am not sure if Micky Dance is related to the Jack Dance you mention.
MarkR.
Im glad you like the old pictures… Always just seems a waste to leave them in the bottom of the wardrobe!!
It was Trucking International that the write up was in, the Truck On Trail section… Roscos aggregate Daf against Chunkys Kerex.
bob-lad.
Nice pictures mate…
neversweat1.
My old Freighter next Laffords old TK.
Bill Hedgers old Freighter.
TautlinerTerry.
Unloading cans at Enfield.
Picking up coal at the old fuel depot at Padworth.
Thanks for those bob-lad & Boyze
Bill Hedger - he was a character When he retired i used to see him most mornings walking to the papershop with a ■■■ dangling from his mouth -
Always used to stick 2 fingers up at me and shout get stuffed when i beeped the horn at him
Steve
Boyze
There are some pictures of a Hadleys Leyland Skip lorry in Classic & Vintage magazine with a picture of a County surfacing D series.
Were you at Daves when for some odd reason he ran that Renault G290 amongst all the Volvos
Steve
anyone remember spider transport on slough trading estate,i worked there late 80s early 90s and this was my last truck there,cargo with 10ltr 290brake ■■■■■■■ lump and boy did she pull
Very nice lump for a 24tonner
I remember Spider Transport - we used to do a lot for Servicised on Ajax Ave in the 80’s and early 90’s- used to see STS trucks about then.
Steve
HELLO THERE BOYZE and thankyou so much for posting that pic unloading cans at enfield (i must say you really looked after yourself then, you look sooo young !!). i remember going in there when i was on for stobarts, the dates on the cans were wrong and they refused the load. I then sat there for six hours while they decided that a) Rockwoods wont actually accept the load and b) I might aswell bring them back to Reading. Happy Days!?
Hi Boyze
According to the old man Jock/Mac’s real name was Chris McVitie
Steve
Big Gaz.
Nice pictures of your old Cargo mate… I remember seeing that Truck about as it always stood out… I bet that was fun backing up the old A-Frame drawbar!!!
TautlinerTerry.
Back in the days when you could take your boy without anyone making a big fuss… He is all grown up now and working in the workshop on the spanners, one of the last to come up through the ranks of going everywhere with dad and learning through sheer keenness!!
neversweat1.
Thats him… Ex para and as mad as they come!! I have`nt forgot about scanning some more pictures mate and will sort some out soon.
yes i reemember spider they used to load out of adwest when i worked there