There was a lot of own account fleets as well
Cadbury’s
Lyon Tetley’s
Bass Charrington
Scottish and Newcastle
Vaux
Tetley’s
John Smiths
Sam Smiths
Milk Marketing Board
Magnet Southern
Weetabix
cheers Johnnie
Dave the Renegade:
smallcoal:
hi all, you havnt mentioned remploy , they had depots all over the country,they were a big company,also a old firm is alek archer from stretton or that area cheers johnAlec Archer & Sons Leintwardine John.Also Jukes from Leintwardine,now running as Richard Jukes.
Cheers Dave.
hi dave, i used to load his trailers in port talbot steelworks,derrick was the driver that picked the trailers up cheers john
What about:-
Russell Davies
Brain Haulage
hayday:
few more including Anglo Overseas, Containerflow and a computer software operation based at Station House in Altrincham along with most of its UK ops in the late 70’s - 80’s and does anyone remember a service they had / maybe aquired in the 70’s called Europa Express? (Sorry but I can’t get my head around this Dubai Ports thing)
The computer software operation (GTS - used by BOC Distribution Services and still in use at Gist at least in 2010, by the looks of the screens) started life as Pandoro’s own, in-house operating system, c.1977. Their Computer Manager (it wasn’t called IT then!) moved to work at Altrincham to develop a commercial version. Station House was the HQ for Ferrymasters, and the official registered address for Pandoro.
mrken:
Thomas Allen,Russell Davis,Scotpac,H&S Transport,O.C.L.
thanks Ken!
Fleets around south east england from the 1950’s to the 70’s.
Drinkwater (8 legger Fodens on fly ash out of the power stations to Godstone.)
George Palmer (8 legger AEC’s same work as above.)
Blue Circle from Riddelsdown chalkpit Kenley.
John Bourne and co from Oxted chalkpit and head office in Newenden Kent. Still operating as Bournes.
My dad worked for them out of Oxted.
Oxted Greystone Lime Company.
Lime Sand and Mortor from Westerham Kent
Scats Oxted.
D N Cattrall Oxted.
Markcos or Marcos Croydon area.
Henry Streeter Croydon (V8 Dodges).
George Sands Croydon anther Dodge fleet.
Hoveringham Warlingham.
Hall and Co.
Redland Purle.
British Industrial Sands Redhill, worked there as a lorry fitter and mobile plant fitter.
Laport or Fullers Earth Redhill.
Farrants Hastings.
Came upto Norfolk early 79.
Around Kings Lynn,
Barry Burton Setch, worked for him as a fitter.
Thompson Brothers Setch.
French Kier.
Loads for Loads.
Paul Loads.
Anglia Canners.
Dents Transport Hilgay, worked as a driver.
Dalgety Walsingham, worked as a grain driver.
All the above are long gone.
Favor Parker now Vion Food Group Stoke Ferry, work here as a driver.
Derrick Cooper gone,Derrick Cooper Transport still running.
ABN Walsingham.
Jack Richards Fakenham.
Roger Warns Gt Dunnham.
M E Ayres and Sons Stanhoe, always a great looking fleet, all bar one are ERF’s the odd one is a CF 85 DAF.
Mason Bros Spalding.
Barletts Chatteris.
Dury’s North Walsham
G J Chilvers Downham Market.
Peter Carter Kings Lynn.
KGB Kings Lynn
BeeGees Kings Lynn.
LynnStar Kings Lynn.
Star Transport Thetford.
Bretts Guyhirn.
Peter C Tack Crowland.
Back to Croydon,
Symonds Blue Dodge V8’s
Sid Bishops.
These are a few from my local area and those that I remember as a kid.
240 Gardner:
hayday:
few more including Anglo Overseas, Containerflow and a computer software operation based at Station House in Altrincham along with most of its UK ops in the late 70’s - 80’s and does anyone remember a service they had / maybe aquired in the 70’s called Europa Express? (Sorry but I can’t get my head around this Dubai Ports thing)The computer software operation (GTS - used by BOC Distribution Services and still in use at Gist at least in 2010, by the looks of the screens) started life as Pandoro’s own, in-house operating system, c.1977. Their Computer Manager (it wasn’t called IT then!) moved to work at Altrincham to develop a commercial version. Station House was the HQ for Ferrymasters, and the official registered address for Pandoro.
I thought there was a Pandoro link in the computer systems. Whilst working in the garage for Ferrymasters in the early 80’s, I recall visiting Station House to collect or deliver some old archived binders and recall seeing a few of the Pandoro ops people in there (IIRC from Fleetwood.) Fast forwarding to the early 90’s and whilst at GL Baker, as part of its BOC group development, I remember being sent down to Aldershot for computer familiarisation and was introduced to the new P&O GTS system - which I’d actually had a gander at about 10 years earlier! Good times and great to hear they’re still using it. I went past Station House a couple of weeks ago and it looks like it’s empty, sadly along with most of Alty’s high street
What about a few companies that ran 20+ lorries.
A few from this way.
S W Brisbane & Son
Pontrilas Timber
Sephens & Chambers ( Brecon )
Knills of Crossgates
M A Evans ( Knighton )
Kens Tipper Hire
W H Bengry
Humber McVeighs were a large outfit in the 70’s.
David 
here;s a couple of Adams Butter from Leek, who i worked for for 8 years. some very nice old A E C s and quite a few double headlight MK 5 conversions, which, to me really looked the buisness. 
sorry about the pics but they are the best i ve got. terry
hopefully tried to re-size pics
Bridges Transport
Containerway/Roadferry
Henry Mathews Sheffield
Thomas Black Sheffield
Robert Earle Sheffield
S Dennif Kiveton Park
Harry Atkinsons Sheffield
Sid Harrison Sheffield
Sadly All are gone
There must be a few more around the UK.
One more here Dave
These from Wem in Shropshire run quite a few these days.
I remember these from the days when we all went to Italy in the 1980’s. Lots of them gone now, in fact nearly all of them.
ACH
Febland European
Martintrux
Dow Freight(Swindon depot)
Fransen Transport
Essex International
JA Bunn (Keynsham)
Western Roadways (Part of Swains of Stretton based in Bristol who I drove for.) An old Cardiff company.
Brit European
Mac Kellar. (Spelling may be wrong.)
Cadwallader
Whittles
Sparks Transport
Mathew and Butler (M and B)
Prince international.
Mortimers
Bulwark tankers
Lloyds of Ludlow
Lots of others too that I have forgotten.
White Trux, Kent
K & M Hauliers, Hucknall
Charlie Dormer, Leytonstone
Midlands Storage, West Hallam
Ilkeston Haulage
Wimpeys, everywhere
others I have worked for have been mentioned, more, I have forgotten. 
but also many small companies,
Shaws, Stapleford
Bunny Hill Motors, Bunny
A. & H. Transport, Long Eaton
Marker Transport, Nottingham
thers Atlas Express
united carriers
Fedral express
Carr of Morley
to name a few more
W j Molyneux / Stewart Cameron
Miller and Gorden
Fred Davis St Helens
Cowburn and Cooper
Hagues