Blind Bob:
Looks like Peter has done well. Good to see a success story not dominated by the big boys. Yes CRS were green and cream changing from ERF’s to Volvos in the late seventies. Had a big warehouse in Sandbach.
Cheers
Bob
i worked for crs for 21 years everybody knew me as dobby. pete bozon has sold up due to the fact he lost his sight in an aufull firework accident about 2 years ago
what about
sandbach transport smallwood
cooke & copestake smallwood
e key smallwood
a jepson smallwood
gordon hill crewe
rowlinsons willaston
rolls royce motors crewe
johnny marsden crewe
harry dodd crewe
pegasus crewe
jw barrow nothwich
george huntbach nantwich
garry harvey nantwich
bob leach haslington now in mornflakes colors
terry green audlem
trade coaters tattenhall tony and colin keeling were the drivers
les gleave chapel end audlem
calypso pop tattenhall
alec mcdonnald crewe
don mcdonnald church minshull
i remember pegasus toy’s my dad drove for them in 82/83,his motor was a long wheel base tk,this firm did some proper milage,i remember going to inverness with him,and what a slog that was doing about 50mph top’s,the guys who worked in the factory making the rocking horses ect that he carried had converted the front upper bit of the luton body into a very smart sleeper with pine lined sides and a calor gas double hob,this was just the job ,the only downside was the only way up to this area was via ladder up the drivers side,a bit of a sod when you needed a pee in the night,pegasus finished in 86 i think because the factory burned down,all the best gaz.
Bewick:
Someone,in deepest Cheshire must have some photographic history of the Gordon Plant fleet which IMO was the finest fleet in that area during the years they operated! They were always turned out crisp and immaculate and it was a crying shame that problems with the “brothers” in '79 forced them to close! Bewick.
adr has a pic of them on the ERF thread Dennis !
Thanks for that Dave,same Gordon Plant but not the Haulage operation which was closed in '79 although the family continued with Crewe Cold Store and their livery was as per the adr shot! The Haulage co. were a nice red livery and they had quite a large fleet of ERF tapered chassis 4 wheelers which IIRC had the 5 cyl Gardner 100 engines.They had artics and an 8 wheeler flat or two but it was the 4 wheelers that stood out,always immaculate and sheeted and roped to perfection! I used to get in among them with my D1000 on a Sunday running south to London,Got under my feet something terrible they did!!! Cheers Dennis.
Chris Webb:
I can’t see a mention of Poplar Motor Transport from Lymm,they were a biggish outfit,what happened to them?
Errr,Lymm is still in Cheshire isn’t it?
Pops was a massive haulier from around the cafe of the same name. They must have been going well before I was born ('64) and their motors always appear in the old clippings and mags. I seem to recall some time in the 70’s they were involved in the container business with what turned out to be a rather dodgy (alleged New York mafia) company called Seatrain. I think when they went under, a good few went with them, but not sure if Pops did.
Who were the guys in Mobberley yard was by the 2 x pubs opposite each other 1 was called the Bull, when I visited my mum I used to sometimes park in their yard
GAZ70:
i remember pegasus toy’s my dad drove for them in 82/83,his motor was a long wheel base tk,this firm did some proper milage,i remember going to inverness with him,and what a slog that was doing about 50mph top’s,the guys who worked in the factory making the rocking horses ect that he carried had converted the front upper bit of the luton body into a very smart sleeper with pine lined sides and a calor gas double hob,this was just the job ,the only downside was the only way up to this area was via ladder up the drivers side,a bit of a sod when you needed a pee in the night,pegasus finished in 86 i think because the factory burned down,all the best gaz.
i worked for pegasus in later years GAZ70 the old tk bedford was store room then at cockshades farm the other drivers were bob jones. nigel beecroft. frank conn. richard wilkinson.my daughter worked in the factory for years and john mcguire was the transport man. what was your dads name i might have known him
doby3926 (paul)
my dad’s name was jimmy illidge,we lived in northwich when he worked there,it was good little outfit,but as ever he got bored and moved on,do you no any more about the fire?
GAZ70:
i remember pegasus toy’s my dad drove for them in 82/83,his motor was a long wheel base tk,this firm did some proper milage,i remember going to inverness with him,and what a slog that was doing about 50mph top’s,the guys who worked in the factory making the rocking horses ect that he carried had converted the front upper bit of the luton body into a very smart sleeper with pine lined sides and a calor gas double hob,this was just the job ,the only downside was the only way up to this area was via ladder up the drivers side,a bit of a sod when you needed a pee in the night,pegasus finished in 86 i think because the factory burned down,all the best gaz.
i worked for pegasus in later years GAZ70 the old tk bedford was store room then at cockshades farm the other drivers were bob jones. nigel beecroft. frank conn. richard wilkinson.my daughter worked in the factory for years and john mcguire was the transport man. what was your dads name i might have known him
doby3926 (paul)
Rodney the owner had three fires made money out of them INSURANCE fiddles blamed it on smokers hi
Hello lads,A few firms I can think of from Altrincham are Wild,s motors , a really smart well turned out fleet running Atki ,ERF,Seddon Atki and asmall mix of swedes and a solitary Foden running paper reels to Wapping and reloading from Deptford deep wharf also reels bound for various newspapers up. north . they also didv alot of work to the southwest doing 5 or 6 drops down and reloading clay from ECC ParRandall Barber transport also of Alty still going strong and running a nice fleet of volvo FH,s, on steel work there is also R &R Limbert run by roy and rolf on general work and I,m pleased to say are still plodding along with a mixed fleet. All these firms fleets were well maintained and wanted for nothing maintenance wise!Bowies transport and Rob Roy were from Sale,BTS and Preistners are from Carrington
GAZ70:
hello lostock mike,thomo’s were saviem dealers,they had a thing for french motors because there gaffers pete & david thomason both drove citreon cars,also there fridge fitter pete mountfield had a renault service van,when my dad drove there they had about 23 saviem’s and a couple of scania 140’s,it was a decent firm,the only down side was been away all week,often running back in on a saturday morning,i can still here the old saviem turbo whistling,they sounded brilliant!,all the best gaz.
HI THERE GAZ SEEM TO THINK THAT YOU USED TO LIVE NEAR ME IN LOSTOCK GRALAM WHAT YOU UP TO AND MY GOD YOU GONE ALONG WAY AWAY MIKE. MY DAD DROVE FOR JW BARROWS AND SEEM TO REMEMBER JIMMY DROVE FOR HARRIS TPT NEXT DOOR IS THAT RIGHT? :
GAZ70:
paul did you drive any of the tk’s,also in later years what motors did they run
wen i worked there they were runnimg 4 mercs and one iveco gaz70 mine was a big cube 4 wheeler for running foam for cot mattresses they were made on the isle of bute. rodney owned the factory there cheap labour some nice girls to
hayday regarding pop’s motors,i now a bloke who did the container job for a few years,he used to take roll’s -royce cars to felixstowe docks,and then come back empty,roll’s-royce paid for the return journey so there was never a bck load
GAZ70:
hayday regarding pop’s motors,i now a bloke who did the container job for a few years,he used to take roll’s -royce cars to felixstowe docks,and then come back empty,roll’s-royce paid for the return journey so there was never a bck load
GAZ70,
Back in the 70’s,when I was driving for Humber McVeigh Salford,we used to take Seatrain containers to either Greenock or Felixstowe,on one trip,I forget the drivers name,but he loaded out of RR Crewe,40ft container with one RR in it.
As he was an avid Norwich football fan,he got as far as Norwich and was looking for somewhere to park,near the football ground so he could attend the game.
During his search for a suitable parking place,he clouted a railway bridge so severely,it damaged the RR inside the container,he had to bring it all the way back to Crewe!!
