Hi again Dreva,
I left Davies about ten years ago due to a change in my domestic
circumstances, and i guess that 23 years at international work was enough.
It was a bloody good job then,guv,nor and workmates alike.
There was a good variety of work including a lot of three legged work, ie UK to Spain,or Portugal, then re-load for Italy or Greece or visa-versa, depending on the different fruit seasons.
To be honest, like most of the lads i miss it like hell but i aint getting any younger and i now enjoy my weekends at home especially after a week on bloody containers.
Regards Tony.
PS Dont mention Chipiona
Reader & Flipper
Nice to see you pair on ,ere. Dont go telling tales now
WARNING THIS NEXT PIC MAY OFFEND
It was,nt always tilts & then fridges on Davies, some of us older ones had to work for a living.
We did a few trips for Skillbeech taking containers on flat trailers
to Savona in Italy ,( i think they were then shipped to Libya ) then re-loaded washing machines at Philcos nr. Bergamo
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
From left to right
Paul Nichols, Michel ( frenchSTS subby ) Me, Nigel Smith ( zebedee ) & Dave Morgan. In the background is a Skillbeech Daf driven by Robin Bartlett, who took the pic
kwozzy:
:evil: hi reader, who was it that ruined billys night on the split boat cos YOU fed beggsy a whole jar of pickled onions. theres the driver who came for drink with us one night in spain, and next time he saw us he wouldnt even get out his cab, your with me every time. and flipper,maybe you would like to have a COFFEE and TRAM RIDE then tell everyone how you got your nickname, you didnt have to be at 47 you could have gone,we didnt tie you down and force you to drink a vat of wine.
mappo and chip, im comin to get you [/u]
Kwozzy
Now now, calm down, calm down, i cant believe the insults that you are dishing out to my buddies Reader , Flipper & Chip.
Before you came on here this used to be a respectable thread & all you,ve done is lowered the bloody tone
Now on a sensible note to our proper readers here,s another pic.
It,s a bit blurred i,m afraid. Anyone guess where it was taken?
I go along with that kwoz & I’m not even going to make a comment about cowboys like the old pic’s Tone, didn’t know Mr Morgan was on that with you mate. Keep em coming
Hey Flip how you doing buddy.Port or two owe yes i remember that fatefull evening.Well Kwozzy i believe all these good old boys on here know that while
they were going about there duties in a professional manner, working really
hard for the blue and white through the night brigade, not a thought of a drink or two came in to mind until any of us made the mistake of stopping for a night with you Shag.Nice to hear from you all.Keep ya twin stackes a blazzin and ya red lights a burnin .Luv Ya Lang Time.
Just had your fav truckers mag on the phone no not (Readers Wives) wanting and asking If i was to blow the lid on the Chipiona adventure they would pay us nice sum.What do you think luvers.
Just had your fav truckers mag on the phone no not (Readers Wives) wanting and asking If i was to blow the lid on the Chipiona adventure they would pay us nice sum.What do you think luvers.
Dont do it Reader, i,ve got a reputation to think of mate.
Kwozzy & Reader you are of course right on location of pic.
You,ve both been in the saloon as well then
Flipper
Hi mate, yes Dave Morgan did,nt always work in the office mate.
It is with sad regret that I have to inform you all that Zimmer aka George passed away on Saturday 23 August. Our thoughts go out out Mary and family. We hope you all have a drink to his passing. He would have liked that. Joe, Sling, Silly Keith
Regards toa all Georges family & friends & of course to Mary, he was a good old boy, fond memories of shipping out on the Stena & running south with G & M. Vin rouge a plenty in Chez Flip c’est soir, salute George!
Hi Paul, Daves wrist does look a bit limp aye
Must,ve been all that roping & sheeting I think he lives in Holland now
I was hoping that no-one was going to notice the socks
I,ve got a few more pics Paul,but gotta take it easy cos i,m gonna run out
Here,s another two-tone blue one for ya. ( in memory of George )
Will start on the Blue & White ones soon. ( aint got many of them though )
Regards Tony
sorry to hear about george and our thoughte are with mary and your family, as everyone else said he was a pure gent and will be sadly missed, my glass will raised to you today george ■■
its hard work carrying you all the time in your drunken state no wonder i needed some time out mate
i see it going to end in teasrs again shag your not doing your self any favours being nasty no wonder the yanks kicked you out they must have read the threads on here or been tipped off my your mates… i take it flipper can tstill visted the states still
hi reader, who was it that ruined billys night on the split boat cos YOU fed beggsy a whole jar of pickled onions. theres the driver who came for drink with us one night in spain, and next time he saw us he wouldnt even get out his cab, your with me every time. 
