never a dull moment is an understatement, even had a driver start at reading first load was to take a load to sheerness he had been gone for 4 days then rang up and said he couldnt find it and how close to inverness is it oh happy days
I will put those names to my Dad he started ther e about 1986 i think started with a renault ,then a couple of 3300 on A and B plates then he had a 6 legger merc on a B plate before having a new merc 1735 i think on a G plate .
[You can’t remember the name of the bloke at Swindon depot that was a sort of fitter/driver can you ?
Steve
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Wasnt his name Dave but more commonly know as “ginge” ?
Also, didnt Bert Carvey run Spurlings when they opened a depot at South Marston doing the containers when Honda
started in Swindon.
Anybody remember Maxine in the traffic office at JWQ ?
It just get’s better daf3300 
There is one on every big firm, We were in Winsford loading rock salt a few years ago, parked up loaded and having a brew before we set off, one driver was back and forth trying to get the weight spot on, he pulled up to us just as we were about to go faceing the wrong way all the room on the world to spin around. not him full lock oxed it round flat out took three trailor tyres off of the rims!!!
the only ginge i knew at swindon was dave robbins, and i seem to remember burts son telling me that his dad had gone to spurlings they had got the linton&hirst work,and in reply to altitude every company has them thats what makes going to work a happy event ha ha ha 
suedehead is that MAXINE (short skirts) she married one of the drivers SHAW BALLARD last i heard of him he was at early learning centre 
daf3300:
suedehead is that MAXINE (short skirts) she married one of the drivers SHAW BALLARD last i heard of him he was at early learning centre
Short skirts indeed, if they were any shorter, they would have been called a belt iirc
One of the tyre fitters i worked with went on to drive for JWQ but didnt last long because he didnt like nights out
Mark Matthews
Paul , Was there any truth in the story one of the drivers went to Scotland looking for Sheerness ■■
Short bloke drove a DAF rigid with sleeper pod - can’t remember his name 
It was the time ■■■■■ ran into the girders i was thinking about He was bad enough when he used to “drive” one of those Renault Masters.
Steve
Heres some Trucks some of JWQ’S drivers saw a lot of 
Steve
steve yes it was true about that driver he didnt last long , and do you remember that driver who put one in a ditch in essex one of the 280,s got out unharmed but electrocuted his self when he tried to get back in cab he had knocked a lamp over and truck was live , and do you remember roger who kept getting his 310 hit when parked at traffic lights , oh happy days
steve the only one i can think of is a little scotch guy a mate of stuarts they both had 4 wheelers ,i cant remember his name
steve as for your sarcastic remark about your wonderfull wreckers i just left them at the road side mainly A34 with no clutches just drop keys into garage i think MARTIN didnt like me but we kept you lot busy , who was the other one in service reception small chap,
i worked for them at woodley was a 7.5t driver for them then took over running the warehouse.my cats were well fed on the damaged cans of tuna
neil 46 was that at the airfield or that place that was once a toy company opposite ADWEST
sorry for being an anorak chaps first point , m&t just folded and transport manager started BERKSHIRE HAUIAGE,he used to be a driver for them (shaggy), BOYZEE refererred to a accident if it was just over meadway bridge A2 the driver was killed around 1978, and for MARK R , it stood for jackson welby &quin, and the fitter WINDRUSH mentioned about the oil was it by chance DAVE ELVIN ?, BACK TO BED CHAPS
it was the one opposite linpac we used to have the crisp company down the side.
that was after my time there, i started in 76 and left with regret 1986 they were still at worton grange , but had a couple of hangers on the airfield
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sorry for being an anorak chaps first point , m&t just folded and transport manager started BERKSHIRE HAUIAGE,he used to be a driver for them (shaggy), BOYZEE refererred to a accident if it was just over meadway bridge A2 the driver was killed around 1978, and for MARK R , it stood for jackson welby &quin, and the fitter WINDRUSH mentioned about the oil was it by chance DAVE ELVIN ?, BACK TO BED CHAPS
When M & T packed up wasn’t it Reading Freight that took their place They were at The Hanger Theale - Ralph Casbeard runs it now at Colthrop.
I’m sure Ron Coles used to call him Shaggy
Berkshire Haulage is based at Twyford - run by Mark
The two chaps in reception Paul were -Martin Penford (now runs the pub at Shepherds House Woodley) & Bob Andrews.
Steve
Heres an old Renault Brochure ;
Steve
sorry about that yes it was reading freight,bob yes its all coming back to me now ha ha , what are you doing now steve