gunnerheskey:
Some good info there TNT,
Here’s a few more to dwell on
Braunstone Haulage
Silks Transport
Coles transport - gt glen
John Simmonds - rothley
Garners Transport - coalville
C A Green - coalville
Butlers - coalville
Enderby Transport/Lish transport
Frank smith - desford
M J Lewis - swepstone
Horace Webster/Richard Webster
Alexandra Stone
Pickarby - Arrivehaul
Bexton and Smith - coalville
That should get a few more minds ticking over for a wee while…
i was at a bbq yesterday,chatting to a geezer who turns out to Horace Webster’s son he says his dad is 85 now and off on a cruise soon…so must be in good health.i remember seeing Richard Webster’s motor when he used to park it down by the side of the service road leading to the LFE m/w services.
gunnerheskey:
Some good info there TNT,
Here’s a few more to dwell on
Braunstone Haulage
Silks Transport
Coles transport - gt glen
John Simmonds - rothley
Garners Transport - coalville
C A Green - coalville
Butlers - coalville
Enderby Transport/Lish transport
Frank smith - desford
M J Lewis - swepstone
Horace Webster/Richard Webster
Alexandra Stone
Pickarby - Arrivehaul
Bexton and Smith - coalville
That should get a few more minds ticking over for a wee while…
i was at a bbq yesterday,chatting to a geezer who turns out to Horace Webster’s son he says his dad is 85 now and off on a cruise soon…so must be in good health.i remember seeing Richard Webster’s motor when he used to park it down by the side of the service road leading to the LFE m/w services.
That be Richard Webster I presume ?
Bit of a beard, always used to load out of Alexandra stone !
That was the old mans house, just off the LFE service road, Horace Websters yard was just behind, literally a glorified drive, where he got 2 M.A.Ns on & 1 on the road !
Hope you asked if he had any pics ?
Alexandra stone is still going, but hasn’t had any of there own lorries for a long time now.
Empire stone of narborough have long gone ! NT motors (narborough transport) used to do all there work, & when they finished, Smiths of Desford did it, all long gone now
Empire stones old place is a travis Perkins now, right on the level crossing In narborough !
gunnerheskey:
Some good info there TNT,
Here’s a few more to dwell on
Braunstone Haulage
Silks Transport
Coles transport - gt glen
John Simmonds - rothley
Garners Transport - coalville
C A Green - coalville
Butlers - coalville
Enderby Transport/Lish transport
Frank smith - desford
M J Lewis - swepstone
Horace Webster/Richard Webster
Alexandra Stone
Pickarby - Arrivehaul
Bexton and Smith - coalville
That should get a few more minds ticking over for a wee while…
i was at a bbq yesterday,chatting to a geezer who turns out to Horace Webster’s son he says his dad is 85 now and off on a cruise soon…so must be in good health.i remember seeing Richard Webster’s motor when he used to park it down by the side of the service road leading to the LFE m/w services.
That be Richard Webster I presume ?
Bit of a beard, always used to load out of Alexandra stone !
That was the old mans house, just off the LFE service road, Horace Websters yard was just behind, literally a glorified drive, where he got 2 M.A.Ns on & 1 on the road !
Hope you asked if he had any pics ?
the chap i was talking to is tim,gunner.richard is horace’s brother i think.i’ll ask about any photo’s next time i see tim.
gunnerheskey:
Alexandra stone is still going, but hasn’t had any of there own lorries for a long time now.
Empire stone of narborough have long gone ! NT motors (narborough transport) used to do all there work, & when they finished, Smiths of Desford did it, all long gone now
Empire stones old place is a travis Perkins now, right on the level crossing In narborough !
Thank’s for that gunner, I was going back to the late 1980’s/early 90’s so guessed that things had changed a little since then! Empire Stone only had an occasional load whereas Forticrete took several eight wheeler loads some days.
JohnsJan:
Thank you Pete 359 for that great tribute to John… I’m still in contact with Fred, we go back to the good old days when Fred worked in building and John delivered bricks from Desford Brick Yard in his little baby Lorry TAY 113H to the sites Fred was working on. All hand balled in those days & of course John held the record for being able to hold the most bricks in a long row. They used to look like brothers & very often had the same colour shirts on when we went out… Great record “Come On Eileen”
Thanks for the memories Jan. I knew John from the shows but I also enjoyed passing an hour or so in the office when I was in Leicester. John had some great views on how the industry was run.
Reg Morris Transport is indeed a housing estate , 14 houses I believe, no photos but I’m sure I could get some, he was my grandad
My father Ian is now a self employed agency driver and my auntie Stephanie Works part time at her village care home ,
I actually work at another old transport company ‘Federated’ if anybody remembers them?!?
bay634t:
my dad has some old pictures of cobleys when he was on there late 80 s a flat cab f12 that was a globey but went down on the ferry n was recabbed ond a old 113 small cab scanny i ll see if i can borrow em big jer
We’ve found a picture of that lorry I’ll see if I can find it again!!
JamesMorris:
Reg Morris Transport is indeed a housing estate , 14 houses I believe, no photos but I’m sure I could get some, he was my grandad
My father Ian is now a self employed agency driver and my auntie Stephanie Works part time at her village care home ,
I actually work at another old transport company ‘Federated’ if anybody remembers them?!?
i was on for Carryfast down the road from Reg Morris…used to hire his SedAtki off him on occasion…240 Gardner
hi all thanks for some great memories of Leicestershire especially the pinnacle freight stuff I started my driving off there under john cass driving the fiat then B750 the man 7.5 tonner I used to do the airfreight run for a start then when moved on to the man did a lot of work for baker perkins in Peterborough going over the water a few times remember jeff well and also little dave who did the paris run after leaving and passing my class 1 I drove for cavewood transport at Sutton elms had 9 years of great times there with the best group of people I have ever worked with .after then I moved to coates of cosby for 3years before moving to Suffolk/Norfolk area where I have lived and worked for the last 16 year keep the memories coming tony
Superstar Jeff skellern now living in hulland village retired now ended up with a few lorries of his own. Wally hickmott still at it used to deliver triumph motorbikes out of Hinckley now got a black magnum doing traction work still lives in Brassington
tonytiger:
hi all thanks for some great memories of Leicestershire especially the pinnacle freight stuff I started my driving off there under john cass driving the fiat then B750 the man 7.5 tonner I used to do the airfreight run for a start then when moved on to the man did a lot of work for baker perkins in Peterborough going over the water a few times remember jeff well and also little dave who did the paris run after leaving and passing my class 1 I drove for cavewood transport at Sutton elms had 9 years of great times there with the best group of people I have ever worked with .after then I moved to coates of cosby for 3years before moving to Suffolk/Norfolk area where I have lived and worked for the last 16 year keep the memories coming tony
i worked for John Cass '77 to '79 when he had his own motor on contract to Bakers & Soars,Plumbers Merchants in Wellington Street,Leicester
tonytiger:
hi all thanks for some great memories of Leicestershire especially the pinnacle freight stuff I started my driving off there under john cass driving the fiat then B750 the man 7.5 tonner I used to do the airfreight run for a start then when moved on to the man did a lot of work for baker perkins in Peterborough going over the water a few times remember jeff well and also little dave who did the paris run after leaving and passing my class 1 I drove for cavewood transport at Sutton elms had 9 years of great times there with the best group of people I have ever worked with .after then I moved to coates of cosby for 3years before moving to Suffolk/Norfolk area where I have lived and worked for the last 16 year keep the memories coming tony
John Cass came to work at AML Transport for a while in the 90s.
My 1st artic job on agency was a week at pinnacle when John Cass was there !
A few of Brooke’s of Sth wigston !
It’s where Paul & Mick Ruck of PM Rucks worked in the garage & iirc their dad used to drive an A series in white with a potatoe bulker !
gunnerheskey:
A few of Brooke’s of Sth wigston !
It’s where Paul & Mick Ruck of PM Rucks worked in the garage & iirc their dad used to drive an A series in white with a potatoe bulker !
might be able to get a few pics of Ruck’s off an old fella who works at ours who subbied for them…
gunnerheskey:
A few of Brooke’s of Sth wigston !
It’s where Paul & Mick Ruck of PM Rucks worked in the garage & iirc their dad used to drive an A series in white with a potatoe bulker !
might be able to get a few pics of Ruck’s off an old fella who works at ours who subbied for them…
he says his dad is 85 now and off on a cruise soon…so must be in good health.i remember seeing Richard Webster’s motor when he used to park it down by the side of the service road leading to the LFE m/w services.
They used to look like brothers & very often had the same colour shirts on when we went out… Great record “Come On Eileen”
