Hello All
Hughie Jones here, I used to work for Overland many moons ago, Tommy Reid, Ware Transport, Jeavons, have seen my name mentioned on here some time ago…just wondered if anyone is from the old gang is on here? I’m retired still driving my motorhome around Europe, keeps me young at 72!
Hello Hughie, your name rings a bell, I worked for Richard Ford and Bickenhill Transport Services which was Wares & Fordies European set up , I knew all the Ware guys on europe, Nudger, Smakie, Keith Williams, Arthur, Tony Berril, John Adams and a few I’ve no doubt forgot. Cliff.
Dieseldogsix:
Hello Hughie, your name rings a bell, I worked for Richard Ford and Bickenhill Transport Services which was Wares & Fordies European set up , I knew all the Ware guys on europe, Nudger, Smakie, Keith Williams, Arthur, Tony Berril, John Adams and a few I’ve no doubt forgot. Cliff.
Hi Cliff… Did you go on to work for Sifte Bertie■■?
bloxotrix:
Dieseldogsix:
Hello Hughie, your name rings a bell, I worked for Richard Ford and Bickenhill Transport Services which was Wares & Fordies European set up , I knew all the Ware guys on europe, Nudger, Smakie, Keith Williams, Arthur, Tony Berril, John Adams and a few I’ve no doubt forgot. Cliff.Hi Cliff… Did you go on to work for Sifte Bertie■■?
Hello, no that was Phil the Fireman, is he still there, I keep thinking I see him. Did you work for Wares or Fordie?
What a great thread this has turned into. I remember seeing most of the companies mentioned. One company I looked for was Tipton Transport who provided me with a lot of beer money in the late 70’s.
Me and a mate used to backload from them when the days of handwritten invoices and cash was rife 
We could always manage to find a load back to East Yorkshire without the boss ever knowing. All our outbound work was through my Mother so she could be sweet talked into a late start if we couldn’t get tipped the same day. It could have gone wrong, it never did. 
The mention of LOBO and Landfast International still interests me. There was a young lad on Landfast who had a canary yellow Iveco around the same time that Neil had his own Iveco. Neil went on to work for Landfast and was last seen about 5 years ago driving an open transporter for Carlson in Telford.
Can anyone remember who David was? They called him Little David but he was built like a brick vestibule. I think his father may have bought him the truck when he was about 22 and he did Greece with it… When I say young lad, he wasn’t much younger than me
Dieseldogsix:
bloxotrix:
Dieseldogsix:
Hello Hughie, your name rings a bell, I worked for Richard Ford and Bickenhill Transport Services which was Wares & Fordies European set up , I knew all the Ware guys on europe, Nudger, Smakie, Keith Williams, Arthur, Tony Berril, John Adams and a few I’ve no doubt forgot. Cliff.Hi Cliff… Did you go on to work for Sifte Bertie■■?
Hello, no that was Phil the Fireman, is he still there, I keep thinking I see him. Did you work for Wares or Fordie?
No mate. I worked for MSI International from West Bromwich and we used to run with a lot of the boys of Fords & wares.
bloxotrix:
Dieseldogsix:
bloxotrix:
Dieseldogsix:
Hello Hughie, your name rings a bell, I worked for Richard Ford and Bickenhill Transport Services which was Wares & Fordies European set up , I knew all the Ware guys on europe, Nudger, Smakie, Keith Williams, Arthur, Tony Berril, John Adams and a few I’ve no doubt forgot. Cliff.Hi Cliff… Did you go on to work for Sifte Bertie■■?
Hello, no that was Phil the Fireman, is he still there, I keep thinking I see him. Did you work for Wares or Fordie?
No mate. I worked for MSI International from West Bromwich and we used to run with a lot of the boys of Fords & wares.
You may have run in to ginger Phil then or ratchet gob as he was known, I think he may be doing Garanor now (spelling) you certainly knew if he was on the boat, even if you were shipping Calais and he was in Zeebrugger.
Great pics. lads, keep 'em coming. 
I’m loving every minute! 
Bob Taylor
does anybody remember marsden and sons from greets green in west bromwich they ceased trading in the late 80s i think does anyone have any photos or stories about this firm
andylad1:
does anybody remember marsden and sons from greets green in west bromwich they ceased trading in the late 80s i think does anyone have any photos or stories about this firm
Were they blue motors with gold signwriting as I seem to recall seeing them on the A38 running north out of B’ham area in the late 60s,maybe Albion Reivers?
marathon1975:
here a old one for u lot A G Beech
still running beech’s see them loading up at tata steel wednesbury quiet often.
there name is still on the side of there old yard, bit faded, i can remember there seddon atkinson 401 W reg , first one i ever saw.
Chris Webb:
andylad1:
does anybody remember marsden and sons from greets green in west bromwich they ceased trading in the late 80s i think does anyone have any photos or stories about this firmWere they blue motors with gold signwriting as I seem to recall seeing them on the A38 running north out of B’ham area in the late 60s,maybe Albion Reivers?
Can anyone remember Oak Transport, Dartmouth street, West Bromwich…Red lorries, Leylands i think…My dad was the Mechnic there…
WILLENHALL:
how bout this willenhalls franky burton now stopped trading
My dad used to drive R618 WOJ for rickaby and lee from telford
for all the lads who used to drive E630 SON this is what she now looks like after being restored by a mate of mine
lgamston:
marathon1975:
here a old one for u lot A G Beechstill running beech’s see them loading up at tata steel wednesbury quiet often.
Sorry to say A G Beech was brought out by PMA logistics a fews year ago ther are only two rigeds left know in beechs colours