postman paul:
Hi all,
More pictures of this good looking fleet please, if anybody has any.Paul
Not 100% sure but i think Colin Ashby was taken over by Cert Dist in the mid 90,s , Cert had a depot down in Marden don,t know what happen to that anyone got more info please
Think you’ll find that the Depot Manager/Transport manager at Cert (John Daniels), Marden was keeping Colin Ashby busy as main sub-contractor with a private arrangement ?
Colin Ashby himself was unwell at the time and when Cert found out what was happening, Manager left quickly and took over running of Colin Ashby fleet as " Daniels Ashby ", moved to SE London, ran it into the ground and closed down.
Sad storey to long established Kent transport company.
Hi propa lorry. I am well and living in New York City, last driving job in UK was at Eclipse Recovery. I don’t remember that about the injectors, never had any trouble with K315 GBE. Do remember Harry but not you I’m afraid.
I was only on Dockspeed for 9 months as we had a disagreement about how many days in a week!
Safe driving!
OzzyHugh:
Think you’ll find that the Depot Manager/Transport manager at Cert (John Daniels), Marden was keeping Colin Ashby busy as main sub-contractor with a private arrangement ?Colin Ashby himself was unwell at the time and when Cert found out what was happening, Manager left quickly and took over running of Colin Ashby fleet as " Daniels Ashby ", moved to SE London, ran it into the ground and closed down.
Sad storey to long established Kent transport company.
Hi Ozzyhugh, Mostly true, but it was Steve Daniel and it was DANIEL ASHBY also he brought the transport side of the business not the warehouse, property and storage side(which Colin still owned) and could not run it properly( my opinion) sold all the trucks and then rented them back,hence the new Volvo’s.My father worked for Colin for 24 years and DANIEL ASHBY for less than a year and then took redundancy,just before they finished.Paul
I know the driver of this Lenham Storage truck they used to run… 
Love the 50 years aniversery logo on the trailer ,nice 
He supplied all but one of the pictures because he’d worked there for nearly 40 years
yes that was Keith Godden in the pilots seat.He was a very good friend mine.Sadly he is no longer with us he died in france many years ago.his brother Mick is still driving trucks for a living i think he works for John(leadfoot)Nott.
Jonathan Earnshaw:
Oh yes I remember Henleys. Was it Jack Henley? So long ago I’m not sure. And yes Fred Anscombe. Do you remember the sons name who ran it when Fred took a back seat?
In an earlier post Merrydown in Horam was mentioned. Does anybody recall the name of the haulage firm located virtually at the front entrance?
Another one that comes to mind from long ago…Portway anyone?
henleys were they called percy henleys before jack
stantheman1:
Jonathan Earnshaw:
Oh yes I remember Henleys. Was it Jack Henley? So long ago I’m not sure. And yes Fred Anscombe. Do you remember the sons name who ran it when Fred took a back seat?
In an earlier post Merrydown in Horam was mentioned. Does anybody recall the name of the haulage firm located virtually at the front entrance?
Another one that comes to mind from long ago…Portway anyone?henleys were they called percy henleys before jack
yes originally when the transport company was set up by jack in the lat 50s it was run in his fathers name,percy henley,then it later became henley transport co ltd
Mark R:
As well as Ash Suppliers, dad drove a tipper for Alan Hirst. Does anyone else remember A & J Hirst, or even Hirst & Phelps?.
Hi i’m new on here and have just read this.i remember alan and robin.i used to run with them at times when i worked for Ian Thorne from Newington.
Hi, have found some interesting pictures from the 1960’s of a Kent livestock haulier’s trucks, anyone remember them?
A Dodge, possibly a publicity photo.
lawrence2765:
stantheman1:
Jonathan Earnshaw:
Oh yes I remember Henleys. Was it Jack Henley? So long ago I’m not sure. And yes Fred Anscombe. Do you remember the sons name who ran it when Fred took a back seat?
In an earlier post Merrydown in Horam was mentioned. Does anybody recall the name of the haulage firm located virtually at the front entrance?
Another one that comes to mind from long ago…Portway anyone?henleys were they called percy henleys before jack
yes originally when the transport company was set up by jack in the lat 50s it was run in his fathers name,percy henley,then it later became henley transport co ltd
thanks for that lawrence 2765 i worked for Chalie arckolls when i was a kid i remember seeing them come Linton hill old atkis i beleive
stantheman1:
lawrence2765:
stantheman1:
Jonathan Earnshaw:
Oh yes I remember Henleys. Was it Jack Henley? So long ago I’m not sure. And yes Fred Anscombe. Do you remember the sons name who ran it when Fred took a back seat?
In an earlier post Merrydown in Horam was mentioned. Does anybody recall the name of the haulage firm located virtually at the front entrance?
Another one that comes to mind from long ago…Portway anyone?henleys were they called percy henleys before jack
yes originally when the transport company was set up by jack in the lat 50s it was run in his fathers name,percy henley,then it later became henley transport co ltd
thanks for that lawrence 2765 i worked for Chalie arckolls when i was a kid i remember seeing them come Linton hill old atkis i beleive
no problem check out the henley transport co ltd thread when you can
Bowaters again un-loading in Fleet St, I love these old pics, H&S mans worse knightmare, no hard hats/hi-viz/safety harness/pavement open so everyone can just walk bye! & how many people ever got hurt? probably no more than would today with all our surveys/mission statements & all other paper related crap! If man is gona ■■■■ it up he will, no matter how many barriers you put in his way!
Nicely sheeted load of newsprint!
