Hiya … as i drove through Congleton today i passed a site what was Congleton Board( now houses)they had a fleet
of green and red IICR Atkinsons…Dean bros timbersbrook they had 3or4 lorries at one time and also Alan brown
he was doing straw with a ERF and drag last time i saw him.
I saw Gordon Eatons name somewhere i think he had a three axle merc unit in about 1968/9he was from Foresbrook.
John
Hi John Working in the 70s/80s for Tideswell`s did a lot of subbing for CRS out of RHM Middlewhich always great guys to work with IICR the CRS traffic manager was Reg ? .Also did box trailer work for Hollands Cheese out of Wardle for Aberdeen every week-end when they had a distrubution contract with Littlewoods food stores, always heavy loads 21 pallets cheese on the floor then biscuits up to the roof. Oh happy days eh. 3piece-wheel
3piece-wheel:
Hi John Working in the 70s/80s for Tideswell`s did a lot of subbing for CRS out of RHM Middlewhich always great guys to work with IICR the CRS traffic manager was Reg ? .Also did box trailer work for Hollands Cheese out of Wardle for Aberdeen every week-end when they had a distrubution contract with Littlewoods food stores, always heavy loads 21 pallets cheese on the floor then biscuits up to the roof. Oh happy days eh. 3piece-wheel
Hiya 3piece wheel i worked for harrisons in stoke and did loads back and two crs…rhm…back to crs you could do some standing waiting in rhm.
John
Blind Bob:
Hi DavidI do remember the company but not the name. He did some work out of IPC from time to time.
Others from fading memory
Joe Cross and Jeff Cross from Northwich (warehouse and an old C series still operating)
Lovatt from Middlewich
Charlie ■■■■ had a small depot in Northwich
Harris of Northwich
Peter Bozon from Sandbach (OD)
Lynch Tankers (still going)
Bostocks (still going)
The boys from Air Products at Sanbach.More will come back I’m sure.
Blind Bob,
Was it Gleaves?
Rgds,
David
Regards Bob
well some of the ones i remember were
harris road services
w e nixon & sons
rootes transport
james irlam
pochin
micheal baddeley
bett r haulage
marley (tiles)
j chadwick
helsby & longden
boughey
david bratt
chamberlains
newsome
tilley & prior
s cooper & son
d & d transport
d & s transport
francis
cranage haulage
allmans
rh stevens
gussion
tankfreight
jack richards
faheys
lynchs
Edwin C Farrell is another
matt f:
well some of the ones i remember wereharris road services
w e nixon & sons
rootes transport
james irlam
pochin
micheal baddeley
bett r haulage
marley (tiles)
j chadwick
helsby & longden
boughey
david bratt
chamberlains
newsome
tilley & prior
s cooper & son
d & d transport
d & s transport
francis
cranage haulage
allmans
rh stevens
gussion
tankfreight
jack richards
faheys
lynchs
Hiya… there was a Harris just outside holmes chapel then Stephen j irlam run out of that yard.there is a Jackson haulage in holmes chapel
jerry bishop he had mixers and a curtain sider…mal sample at sommerford… years ago their was a chap in holmes chapel he had a scammell
he operated as Jodrell transport…nige partridge he has powder tankers… mick bostock he,s on for arclid… There was a chap in goostrey is
name was tom donoghue he had a 4 wheeler on the sand job nr chelford rounabout…T B trucking Goostrey. (Terry Bostock)
there was kirks …whittiker…swains… Henshaws…Bolshaws…B C…JRY…Woodwards and Speedwells in Macc
John
GAZ70:
flying foden ,not shure who was on the brick trailer but my brother worked at roger bettleys for a few years on bricks his name is kev illidge,also chris lancley,shaun taylor,my other brother steve illidge as well,then most of them went on the tanks at hay’s chemicals as it was then,any way pal all the best gaz.
think the lad on the brick trailer was called George . any idea what kev illidge is doing theses days ?. think whopper is on air products
hello,kev illidge is on nights at roberts bakery on the artics,and whopper is still at a/products based at hull,kev is my brother,he’s come full circle,because that was his first job as a van lad 30 odd years ago.
GAZ70:
hello,kev illidge is on nights at roberts bakery on the artics,and whopper is still at a/products based at hull,kev is my brother,he’s come full circle,because that was his first job as a van lad 30 odd years ago.
you have a pm mate
ok mate
blindbob did you ever piggyback with whopper from fred lathams,i seem to recall him telling this same story about the poor rates,so piggyback was the norm for that job.ps his real name is chris lancley.pps my dad did casual for fred in about 82/83 also running out of ipc (jimmy illidge). all the best gaz.
Hi chaps
Can any of you remember poyntons of congleton they finished in about 1973 they ran a few flatbeds in navy blue livery, as i remember they had an eight wheeler (poss aec), F reg aec marshall six wheeler, E reg ford d700 + 1 or 2 more as i remember. We bought the marshall and the d700 off them, so if anyone as any photos of poyntons, i very like to see them. thanks
mushroomman:
I am not sure when they changed the county boundries around, was it in the early 70’s when Birkenhead was in Cheshire ( or is it still there ). Norseman Freight, Falcongate, not sure about Eric Lucas but Diesel Dave will know. Leggits had a big depot in Bredbury, was it Fieldings in Woodford ? and was there a Parks in Macclesfield. Also was there a Twiebell from around Holmes Chapel area and who was from Chelford was it James Irlam
Can anybody remember seeing Roy Trevor Removals from Warrington in the early seventies who did a lot of Fibreglass out of St Helens.
Roy Trevor,s
When we moved to Calgary in 2007 they did all the stuff in the UK, as far as i know there still going. I also must say they did a great job
watty1:
Hi chaps
Can any of you remember poyntons of congleton they finished in about 1973 they ran a few flatbeds in navy blue livery, as i remember they had an eight wheeler (poss aec), F reg aec marshall six wheeler, E reg ford d700 + 1 or 2 more as i remember. We bought the marshall and the d700 off them, so if anyone as any photos of poyntons, i very like to see them. thanks
Hiya …drawn a blank on that poyntons watty1. you reminded me of IICR john morley mid blue trucks with a dark blue band i think they did animal foods■■?
Has anyone mentioned dixons on Newcastle road they had a large out fit in the early 70,s theres a restraunt there now. ( thats fantastic food in there)
On Biddulph more there was a firm called MM or M and M tehy had light blue cabs with a red chassis
Just come to mind was a chap called Imber transport, he had a merc 1418 he lived by the traffic lights at mossley
John
All names i’m familiar with as i drive for Bougheys and see a lot around here.
I’m from Anglesey, my dad moved here around 1976. Before that dad worked and lived around Macclesefield, he was mates withthe Stevens family of R.H.Stevens, he even had a couple of his own (8 wheelers i believe).
Gonna show him this thread see if the names all ring a bell from his younger days!!!
If any of you remember a chap called Alastair Bell from Macclesfield in the 70’s i’m sure he’d love to hear any stories of trucking in Cheshire back then! 
I can remember a few from the Crewe area from my earlier days,…
Plants from Crewe Cold Store…painted to look like wood very distinctive.
Cold store is still going but no haulage based there nowadays.
Chambers Street Transport…grey SedAtki Stratos pulling fridges closed in early 90s I think
Chamberlains from Haslington …still going strong based on Crewe Ind.Est.
R.Atkinson from Wybunbury…worked on Mornflake contract and also Labatts still going but as Cooper Buckley Ltd (thats who i work for !)
I remember trying to count the Hollands Cheese lorries at Calveley as my dad drove past whenI was a kid. Easy in the work but always lost count at weekends.!
Seem to remember one in Sandbach called Speedwell but my memory of this is a bit hazy
Danesbury from Congleton went bust in 99 I think…last I heard one of their office managers(Martyn Heap) was working for Arclid Transport anyone know of him…I did my national and international CPC at the same time as him in Leek