There might already be a Ken Thomas thread but i havnt been able to find it.
Some photos given to me by one of their drivers from the sixties.
Who were the ones that parked opposite the garage at Guyhirn, that had M Thomas on the side ?
gunnerheskey:
Who were the ones that parked opposite the garage at Guyhirn, that had M Thomas on the side ?
hi,
great photos.ken thomas passed away in the early 80’s.the firm was then run by john thomas.m. thomas , that was john’s brother,mike thomas.
regards andrew.
pete 359:
gunnerheskey:
Who were the ones that parked opposite the garage at Guyhirn, that had M Thomas on the side ?hi,
great photos.ken thomas passed away in the early 80’s.the firm was then run by john thomas.m. thomas , that was john’s brother,mike thomas.
regards andrew.
Cheers for that Andrew, they were mainly removals, i think.
Greetings. I never met the man but when we used to visit a great pal of ours, Chris Chrisp,who owned the Oliver Twist pub just down the road we could see his lorries,always clean. He had,at the time,trailers on the ■■■■ seed job. Some of the drivers might have called in there. Sad to hear that he’s dead now.R.I.P 900x20. 
If it’s of interest, there’s a few pictures from both the Ken Thomas and Mick Thomas fleets on the PETERBOROUGH HAULIERS thread.
I worked for Ken for only a short time, as i was waiting for a job to come up at Wyatt’s and told ken this when i went for a job just to fill in as i didn’t know how long i would have to wait. ken took me on anyway and never gave me any grief allowing for the fact that he knew i was only a ‘temp’. I got my fair share of everything and was treated well, in the time i was there i got to drive a Commer 2 stroke, a Guy Warrior a Bedford KM and best of all a Leyland Badger with the 2 speed axle, now that was a flyer!
When it was time for me to go i went and told him with a heavy heart as i really liked working there , he said anytime you get fed up come back if you want, i called in many times afterward when the Coronation was on the go and always got a free dinner if ken was about so my memories of him are all good - a great gent.