Barry’s (mair of canvey) in the yard at Maldon - only trailor tilt - I now have fully restored.
Barry & Karl Kneunzer - Italy.
Karl - crossing Jordan. [/b]
Get the papers in - one hit from Prato - John
Dave Clark - cooks up! (any idea where I can those wavey hands from you just see in windscreen - ?
Karl on the A12
Jack Harris must of had a row with Scantrucks when he bought this! 
The first 112m in the country for ESSEX … here under Jubilee way with a empty skelly back from Livorno.
ESSEX was paid roundtrip for this regular job - sometimes coming home would cream up with a slab of marble from Massa.
Dave clark in France - Essex 2nd ever truck …
Large loadout to France - drivers
Barry Cleaver , John Jenkinson , Tony Scrafton , Fred Pepperill.
Karl cleared and going home.
Swoppng the book down the lanes in France. 
Never stayed “new” as these for long
Dave unloads the MK2 Cortina - another trip from the yard at Boreham.
chalkey top pics mate.the restored motors are top notch but theres no substitute for seeing the motors in old photos when they were working,cheers
STRIP OUT 
My dad (the Blouse) on back of his unit (BNO 27T) - Malcolm Hammond (Milkey bar) with the steamer.
Waiting to unload shoes back from Italy.
Malcolm Hammond - National Belgrade,
DEV - STEVE SMITH from Canvey.
Dave Clark (RIP) - Proper drivers in proper days.
SCANIA 80 - SUPER Italy.
Mean and nasty - Italy…
One thing for sure - Derv was cheaper a litre then !
JHJ - at Boreham yard - regular driver was Mick Jamieson (RIP) later worked in office.
The chaps.
Parked with E.I.C from London - on route Italy.
National > Belgrade
I did a trip to Livorno with a 20’ box on the back of a flatbed,loaded back steel castings from near Verona somewhere.
But who was the guy that did it every week with an old DAF 2800 and 20’ skelly?
Crackin’ pics,there’s nothing like seeing motors in their true environment.
Great pics chalky thanks for sharing them with us.
As you said proper drivers from proper days.
My personal opinion is this industry has not changed for the better .
Squirting up on the Blanc.
JJ - Polishing in the yard at Maldon
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Glad you like!! - yourve prob gathered that at last ive managed to work this photobucket out…
This was the only V8 essex owned - nothing but trouble Jack decided no more v8’s
Maldon yard
Barry (the mair of Canvey) was on holiday so his truck had a tidy up - parked next to my dads mk1 cortina - cushty
Commercial motor mag pics at Dover.
As first 112m on road in Britain.
Dont see that amount of Brit trucks in Dover now - thats for sure 
Brand new - in name of Chelmer cargo
Maldon yard
Now a break from the orange grills for the mom.
Heres another Essex boy to salute.
CHARLIE NORTON (DIRTYBOOK CHARLIE) A legend from Basildon.
Charlie and my dad started their middle-east affair working for MORLEY& FISHER.
my dad did his first trip to Bagdad In a 110 - non sleeper.
Charlie later went to work for Astrans - my dad to Ukon Trucking.
good pic for MR141 - BEN…
Think your uncle ■■■■ is saying to Charlie “u sure about this handball in 100 degrees”
oops
Keep em coming chalky along with some stories when trucking and trucks were in there heyday.