Hi Me again.
Memories are coming back.Ivy’s Preston. One regular driver stopped coming,being polite,you ask his mates if he is OK?.Answer,NO. He had had a lady p[assenger riding with him for a few days,gets home drops his case down,during the weekend,his wife went through the case for his dirty washing…Bingo,a Ladies mag,complete with a competion filled in with another ladies name and address… The choice was,keep on tramping as a SINGLE man,or stay local… Wife 1,girl . No more coming home friday/sat,for a clean shirt and towel,no more Ivy’s.I think he drove for "I Watts ? Carlisle,remember this was late 60’s.
Enough from me for now,got some gears to jam…
Hi.Re my first post,it was “Woodside Cafe” nr Goole. Had an old work coat with an sleeve split,so it looked sometimes as if i had three arms. A lady who worked there said,“Get your lass to stitch that up”,i then went into little lost brownie mode,“My wife doesn’t sew,i have to sew my own buttons on my shirt,i am a battered husband,so cannot insist on to much”. “Give it here she said,i’ll take it home and do it,you can pick it up next time your in”
This lady did the lot at the cafe,and god help any driver who started “F*****.swearing”.she would be around the counter,with an old dish cloth,saying,“NO FOOTBALLING IN HERE”,and poceed to scrub the offenders face.
One of Hollises drivers nick named Romel,used to come in, in his peaked hat,blow a football refs whistle top blast,then shout,“Every body out,get back on the road,give me room to get my breakfast”.
Woodside Cafe,was the centre where Dodgies/Stocking footers/Nipping home for Leg over and chips/etc started. Groups of drivers stood on Willeses? corner Hull,lorries would pull up without being flagged down,the driver would shout."I can take one or two of you,then off back to Woodside.
Happy days.Chaps names BRS Hull depot Leads road ? George Humphries, Forman,PROPER MAN.Dennis Naggs.Ben Nevis,Bobby Beitch?Jockey Isley?.Porky Ward.Sid Hann.Charlie Ossi.Appy-Applegate?“Johnny Jesus”!!went to MAT. Saddington(he went into the Red Brick ? cafe at Wakefield,his foot slipped between the steering column and the brake pedal and he was trapped suffering terrible pain,he was shouting for help,and everybody thought he was taking the ■■■■,waved and went in for breakfast,quite a while later the fire brigade had to come and get him out… HAPPY DAYS
Ken Readers Transport.Lee Smith street.Names.Bob Agar.Dave Towel.Tommy Lyons.Major brothers./Office.Horace Jenks aka Hory Hoss C*** and Jack Woodley.
I moved to Hull from derbyshire,i was made most welcome,i worked with the finest set of blokes you could wish for,it was a sad day when we moved back.
Hull Tramper aka Borrowash Flyer
hulltramper:
hi.
used to stop[ at Ivy’s,Westview Terrace Preston when i was on BRS Hull depot(DC).mid/late 60’s.Parked up in BRS Parcels yard and walked it,there was a pub close,Station Inn ?Steam Packet/something like that.Hi hulltramper, This the pub?
Hi Jackdaw.
That looks to be the place,and next door to BRS yard. Thanks a lot,Ivy,s was like a second home,super digs,clean,warm and mountains of good grub,i’d be about 30 then,i think she had a young daughter about 10/12 yrs old,just thinking back,the daughter will be around 55-60 yrs,where have all the years gone ?
The Lollipop lady used to leave her Sign wedge between a gutter and the wall on the corner of the pub wall in the picture,if only she and the British armed forces knew,it was a brilliant attack and defence weapon,but allways ended up back behind the gutter.(Not in todays world)
Thanks for reading this and making time to reply,stay well,stay LUCKY.
H/tramper
Spot on there with the lollipop, the other pub in the area was The Wheatsheaf and I was a regular in both,
our paths will have definitely crossed at some point, small world innit 
Hi Jakdaw.
Yes,must, it makes you stop and think about good times.Went on Preston docks for a load of Herring bone meal,back for hull,docker asked if i was going with it that night,i said no,stopping in digs,he said load in the morning,you will not be welcome anywhere after loading this. Next morning two dockers and myself hand balled the bags on from a sling… my overalls were then tied onto the cross on the back because of the smell,back in hull,put them on and unloaded,took them off again and took them home,wife washed them three times,they still stunk,so were “Off Hired” into the bin.
On a lighter note,did used to enjoy that prog.on the TV a few years ago,“The Preston Front”.Keep smiling,UP PRESTON NORTH END.
hulltramper
Cheers for that, UTW. 
Whew lads that’s was a lot of memory, I have used quite a few of those cafe’s.
hiya,
Interesting lad the Hulltramper fellah’ Norm, good reading eh’.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hi, yes loading handball bone meal or wool daggings ,wool from round the sheeps arse for you none wool men, you didn’t get much company in the pub, if you couldn’t get a shower and changed 
Les.
Hi
Thanks for reading the posts,in equal measures,i envy and feel sorry,for the young lads out there now,i/we were the luckiest of drivers. I kept going till i was 70,then the misses pulled the PIN ! The costs involved and margins,are to tight for any old style shenanigans.
Just for a laugh,worked three days a week for a super haulier,yes,on the books.03.00 hrs went to check this NEW DAF XF,i had to use,could not find the oil sword,rings the dedicated night fitter.
“Sorry to wake you owd lad,but some buggers pinched the dipstick!.” him," WHAT !,what unit have you got ?" Read him the reg,him. “You stupid old ****,turn on the ignition,twiddle X knob and a display will come up,go and play with that,i’m off back to bed.” He was not wrong !!!. Being “Limited” the lorries were never fast enough,so i would ask for another yard to be welded on the accelerator linkage,got nicknamed Turbo Ted,when i got blown over on Tintwhistle,got renamed ROLL OVER Ted. HAPPY DAYS.
Stay well,stay lucky,ALL !! of you.
hulltramper aka… and “OLD ****”
Hi.
One more then i have to get back decorating !! Johnny Jesus,mentioned earlier,used to mingle with students,(As one),and enjoy the night life/scene,when home,one night,bring the lorry home on a dodgy,he went to hide it near where he lived,only to catch the corner of a garage,that promptly fell on the car inside…
It took him MONTHS to see the funny side of it.
Now where is that bloody roller… “Yes dear,nearly finished”
hulltramper aka" battered husband"
I’m astounded that none of the ‘old hands’ on here has mentioned the Juniper Berry in Southampton!
Steve
Ste46:
I’m astounded that none of the ‘old hands’ on here has mentioned the Juniper Berry in Southampton!Steve
hiya,
Oh’ yes it has, several times throughout this thread, many of us on here
have been hard enough to brave the place, me for one.
thanks harry, long retired.
Harry my man nice to see you back on the thread, Ive had a good day to-day, Very relaxed, & of course Ive got another single malt to try Its a 10 Year Old Glen Moray, I will open it in due course & let you know my findings, Or should I say tastings, Mind you I like the whole lot of the Single Malts, Never had a bad one yet, Regards Larry., PS. Im looking forward to the next tasting at the L/B ,Club.
Hi.
Pubs,was it “The Lamp Lighter” pub in Northampton ? Great nights,police in regular attendance.Two lads and one other… had a good night,one chap “Urko”(Planet of the Apes),said he had had enough and was off back to the Lorry,the other two had a lock in. Walking back to the lorries,JR.( NO!! The Derbyshire JR) said,“What time are we going in the morning” The second chap (Nameless),replied,“Better ask Urko,we will all pull off together”. On reaching Urko’s lorry,JR,undid the passenger door…OFF came the bits of wood from the door frame,holding Urko’s bed,down over the passenger seat wrapped in his sleeping bag slid Urko…BANG,onto the floor. There was a fraction of a seconds pause… “Buried at sea !” says JR
" I’ll give you both buried at sea when i get out of this F*****g bag" shouts Urko No sense of humour. (He had really) Mammoth tankers Cromford
hulltramper
Lawrence Dunbar:
Harry my man nice to see you back on the thread, Ive had a good day to-day, Very relaxed, & of course Ive got another single malt to try Its a 10 Year Old Glen Moray, I will open it in due course & let you know my findings, Or should I say tastings, Mind you I like the whole lot of the Single Malts, Never had a bad one yet, Regards Larry., PS. Im looking forward to the next tasting at the L/B ,Club.
hiya,
You’re spot on Larry I’ve never come across a “bad” single malt, although at the
moment I’m warned off well when she’s looking I am, the tablets are telling me
not to imbibe, I did one day get gifted a strange bottle of single malt I certainly
hadn’t come across it before but I did find it very palatable and eventually I did
drain the bottle turns out it had originated from either Aldi or Lidl and arrived
on my drinks “thingy” via a friend who (couldn’t stand whisky) it was a proper
aged single malt of about 12 years, I did think at first if it wasn’t so good I could
always stick it in my tea, but was pleasantly surprised and being for nowt was
an added bonus and would have no qualms about buying it should I see it on a
shelf somewhere, I think there is an Aldi in CLS might just take a looksee.
thanks harry, long retired
For the last week I have been having " Irishmist" given to me for a nightcap, it seems to help keep my cough at bay, and let me have a goodnight sleep.
Norman Ingram:
For the last week I have been having " Irishmist" given to me for a nightcap, it seems to help keep my cough at bay, and let me have a goodnight sleep.
hiya,
Be careful Norm, the Colleen might be trying to get you frisky 
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
Norman Ingram:
For the last week I have been having " Irishmist" given to me for a nightcap, it seems to help keep my cough at bay, and let me have a goodnight sleep.hiya,
Be careful Norm, the Colleen might be trying to get you frisky
thanks harry, long retired.
She could be priming him for Crimbo Harry.
Cheers Dave.