Any one remeber a firm called Leslie Kitchen transport ,from Bunbury ,Nr Nantwhich ,ran a tidy fleet of Albions ,on mlik colection into Liverpool ,and cattle foedd out of Lever Bros ,back on top of the cans to farms on the way back home,remember one driver called Ken ,had A brother worked there as well ,they were a nice two tone green ,hard work all hand ball ,yours Barry Waddy
heres a pic i took on sunday afternoon 15/4/12 outside trevor frizells yard the smell of new paint was strong at a guess id say this truck will be on show at the sandbach truck festival this sat/sunday procession on sunday
HIya…has any one herd of that chap dusty bin recently. i worked at s coopers with him in the 80’s.
i know he was a bells then stevens and later on a steel lorry(blue ERF) but out of the cheshire area
(maybe southport) he was always on the sally traffic news reports(radio 2) but hes gone quite.
unusual for him. he must be in his 60’s now and i was just for a moment thinking of him.
his name is Pual Davis and comes from the Oswestry area origanally.
John…overlander cb lingo
3300John:
HIya…has any one herd of that chap dusty bin recently. i worked at s coopers with him in the 80’s.
i know he was a bells then stevens and later on a steel lorry(blue ERF) but out of the cheshire area
(maybe southport) he was always on the sally traffic news reports(radio 2) but hes gone quite.
unusual for him. he must be in his 60’s now and i was just for a moment thinking of him.
his name is Pual Davis and comes from the Oswestry area origanally.
John…overlander cb lingo
Hya, I worked with Dusty at Irlams for a while and he must have left about same time as me (2003 ish) I dropped him off at home (think it was his home anyhow) a few times Ormskirk, Birkdale way IIRC. He may poss have gone to Jack Richards coz a few did when Eddie took over the Irlam squad.
Sorry to say but the old yard at IPC IS NOW SHUT ipc HAVE MOVED DOWN THE ROAD TO A NEW BUILDING ,the last company to have the haulage was TDG and before that was TNT who i ran for , IPC were brought out by a Spanish firm called Siaca packaging
3300John:
Hiya…a double quote here is direct salt still going■■?. dark blue volvo’s FM’s i think, was always Foden
next question…is Dave woodward still driving for direct or whats he doing nowadays. Thanks
John
3300 ,did you know billy mears from direct,he lived in wincham,northwich ?
GAZ70:
3300John:
Hiya…a double quote here is direct salt still going■■?.
dark blue volvo’s FM’s i think, was always Foden
next question…is Dave woodward still driving for direct or whats he doing nowadays. Thanks
John
3300 ,did you know billy mears from direct,he lived in wincham,northwich ?
Hiya gaz i may have known him i used to spend time with dave years ago with 3 or 4 direct lads
i was going to get a start on direct but dropped on the colas/laybond job…loads of dosh.
little story…i was in the masi mara on safari in 86. this chap from bristol asked where i was from.
nr middlewich i said…he told me they had bagged salt from there . i asked what was the name
or colour of the trucks it was direct salt. grey haired chap or brown curly■■? brown curley small chap.
i said oh that,ll be dave woddy i said. two strangers in the middle of the masi both knew the same chap
crazy or what.
dose anyone remember littlers transport from nantwich i think. they had a foden(white and blue)s 103 i think.
littlers run into Jiffy at winsford when i was on for S Coopers.
John
Sorry to drag this up again but search the net I had to join. Use to spend many days and nights out with my dad from my time with him started with John and Dennis Clowes on a ERF B series cattle wagon 78/79. Then to John Bailey Booth bed lane on a Leyland clydesdale later on a Seddon Atkinson 200 red and white trucks 79/81. Next to S F Hodgekinsons and sons on a Volvo F6 which he had a few 81 to 85/86 green with a red and white strip based at Twemlow holmes chapwel. Next John Harris of Holmes chapel on a ERF b series 85,86/88. Next to D Buxton plant hire Sandbach ERF E6 white orange and black trucks 88/97 and finally church farm tarmac on a fm12 tipper before he passed away many thanks crevis.
Old fella truck some time in the 90s? At Weston Park.
Hello sepo read your post on here and just wanted to add that i drove for Eric Edwards working out of Nelstrops, i learnt to drive in a clydsdale, Edwards are still in Nelstops now with the two sons running the company.
Sepo:
Back when Stockport was in Cheshire (the good old days) there were plenty around, here are some of my favories from the 70s.Barber Turnock nice green and red atki artics on general
Nelstrops running a right mixed breed out of there own flour mill
Western tpt another mixed bag with Guys and AECs
Stanleys several F86s on general
Leggetts European with a lot of Atkis at the time
Warburtons ERF 4 wheelers in striking burgundy
Eric Craigs More ERFs in burgundy
Allinsons AEC and Foden tippers that went onto Maggy D’s
Dennis Howden A really tidy Crusader in fancy paint and loads of bling (it’ll never bloody catch on Ha)
Davies Bros Still running white DAFs
DOW freight we all knowThen some extras
Joseph Hoyles once had a depot in Congleton
Eric Edwards from Mobberley still running at Nelstrops ( I remember their Dads 1st Clydesdale)
Hello Guys I remember poplar motors because my dad was a driver there, he worked on the containers with seatrain going up to greenock if i remember rightly we used to stop at a truck stop in crawford.
hayday:
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.
Hi Glenmore, what was your dads name,? I worked at pops in the 70’s
HI petecud
My Dads name was Jimmy Caveney.
petecud:
Hi Glenmore, what was your dads name,? I worked at pops in the 70’s
Posted this Question on another thread but Question for the older ones,I grew up in Culcheth near Warrington in the next village which was Croft was a Shell garage owned by the Birchall Family can anyone remember the name of the Haulage company that was behind there. Its a housing estate these days , here,s a clue cream colored tippers
don’t remember the firm but was the garage called the Smithy or something similar? Across the road and over the fields there was a guy called Howard Bibby who ran a small mixed bag fleet (poss F86’s?) His son James now runs a HGV repair firm (I went to tech college with him)
hayday:
don’t remember the firm but was the garage called the Smithy or something similar? Across the road and over the fields there was a guy called Howard Bibby who ran a small mixed bag fleet (poss F86’s?) His son James now runs a HGV repair firm (I went to tech college with him)
No sorry to say your in Culcheth got the name of the garage right, So a couple of clues, 1. It was in Croft 2. Cream coloured tipper trucks 3. The garage was a shell gararge 4. Its a housing Estate now. Come on your older guys put your thinking caps on, can you believe that garage was a Smithy when i first lived in Culcheth ( 1960 )
Does anyone remember Hackney’s running this Mercedes LP1924, taken at the Chelford Show in 1973.
Bit before I migrated into the area but I do recall them running a very smart fleet of A-series ERFs. Are they still in business or have they gone the way of so many others?