Not sure if it’s the same man but there was a man in Berwick St John near Shaftsbury who had a Scammell all done up a friend oof mine who lived there called Andy Warby called the Scammell man Nutty Norman!!!
Regards Pat
Hi Pat:
Was the guys name Norman Howard,If so we travelled t together from time to time,he pulled for Aquila, He had a dark blue Scammell Routeman With extended back and roof.For a Scammell it looked ok,inside he had wall paper,It was big,but no insulation so was bloody cold in the winter.He put 2 bostrom seats in it which every one said took the value of the truck up to about £1500…
Mappo, i was pulling BI trailers from 1991, did you meet the boss in the Leca de Palmeria office, she was called Manuela, and the two assistants Isobella and Ana Ferreira?
And Tim Allen and Peter Taplin the poisoned dwarf they called him.
John Povey the scouser.
Stuart Smith the animal, killed hitting a broken down bus on the way to Morroco.
Dad and Son the Aldridges, the dad was called Popeye.
Peter Stainsbridge or Jelly legs.
Grant who liked his bacardi and coke and one arm bandit machines.
Ken Hughes an ex army lad.
Clearing customs at Alverca in Lisbon, with the big mozzies from the stinking sewer river that give you a bad head ache.
TER TIR park at Porto,the International restaurant opposite,beef bifanas in the cafe with tango`s, beer with red fruit syrup.
All night loading on friday nights,two to three days to complete a load of groupage in the mountains, loading textiles, shoes, marble.
Underage girls making and packing the shoes by hand, waiting all day to load.
All day to drive on the natuional one from Lisbon to Porto.
Not sure if it’s the same man but there was a man in Berwick St John near Shaftsbury who had a Scammell all done up a friend oof mine who lived there called Andy Warby called the Scammell man Nutty Norman!!!
Regards Pat
Hi Pat:
Was the guys name Norman Howard,If so we travelled t together from time to time,he pulled for Aquila, He had a dark blue Scammell Routeman With extended back and roof.For a Scammell it looked ok,inside he had wall paper,It was big,but no insulation so was bloody cold in the winter.He put 2 bostrom seats in it which every one said took the value of the truck up to about £1500…
Yes I do believe it was him
I never did meet him but saw the truck once when I went to Andy Warby’s farm to buy a trailer and Norman lived across the field from him!!!
Buzzer:
Hi Jimski have a look at " truckparadijs special tkj " on youtube its a 1977 F89 for sale in the uk for 30k,cheers Buzzzer
Hi John just looked it up what a clean 89 that is owned by STAM Transport.BV. Sprang Capelle , Holland , the chassis is already red you’ve only got to paint the cab the two tone blue job done, let me know when you wanna go see it I’ll book the ferry !!
That Fire tender that was on EBay not long ago for 13k would have made a lovely 6x2 tractor with a bit of work, and it was low milage and as clean as that 89 John !! Bet that would make 30k done!
Mappo said he’ll pilot it for ya
John
Sell them old nags in France Human consuption is a higher price than dog food & the 89 shall be yours no more feed to buy no more hay to make no more shoeing no more vets bills simpels.
Cheers Rich
tribsa:
John
Sell them old nags in France Human consuption is a higher price than dog food & the 89 shall be yours no more feed to buy no more hay to make no more shoeing no more vets bills simpels.
Cheers Rich
Rich got to admit that old 89 does look the muts nuts but pictures always look better than the thing in the flesh but it do sound nice on the video,have a look and listen yourself.The price is a bit rich to but when you start to restore something the cost can run away with it and you always spend to much,cheers Buzzer.
ainacs:
Not sure if this has been on before but anyone know where this Wynn’s Pacific was when this pic was taken?
I bet H&S would have a field day!
Regards Pat
That’s the Marchwood by-pass going under the branch line to Fawley refinery, loco was on its way to a static display at Monagues Beaulieu. Yep H&S would jump up and domn a bit nowadays.
Jimski:
Hi Mr Jake that sounds just to specific to not be true so Pat I’m going with that too … Don’t tell me Mr Jake that’s you as lookout on the roof !!
Regards Jimski
Ha Ha, no not me on the roof but I remember when that loco was displayed at Beaulieu with a carrage apparently from the Orient Express, think it might have been used as a cafe but not sure. Live just up the road at Fawley when I am in the UK.
Anybody read the Classic & Vintage Commercials magazine, in the November issue there is a piece about Eddie Harper & his life in Livestock Transport.
It started with a issue further back showing 2 BN Gray lorries loading livestock onto a plane at Blackbushe, I dropped the editor a line saying I did a couple of jobs for Joe Gray & attached a couple of pics.
It was followed up bu further enquires & they did this piece on Eddie, We must bow if we see him as he is now MBE thats almost royal?
They also show my photos so I will sign your copies if you want, I dont think I will crushed in the rush■■?
Jeremy
ps MaggieD have you got his phone number or address by any chance.
pps Happy Christmas to everyone
Jimski:
Hi Mr Jake that sounds just to specific to not be true so Pat I’m going with that too … Don’t tell me Mr Jake that’s you as lookout on the roof !!
Regards Jimski
Ha Ha, no not me on the roof but I remember when that loco was displayed at Beaulieu with a carrage apparently from the Orient Express, think it might have been used as a cafe but not sure. Live just up the road at Fawley when I am in the UK.
Hi Pat I did a job to a Hotel called the Avon Causeway Hotel down by Hurn Airport they had one of these carriages along side the Hotel they hold murder mystery weekends or something like that, might be the same old carriage !!
Badger:
Anybody read the Classic & Vintage Commercials magazine, in the November issue there is a piece about Eddie Harper & his life in Livestock Transport.
It started with a issue further back showing 2 BN Gray lorries loading livestock onto a plane at Blackbushe, I dropped the editor a line saying I did a couple of jobs for Joe Gray & attached a couple of pics.
It was followed up bu further enquires & they did this piece on Eddie, We must bow if we see him as he is now MBE thats almost royal?
They also show my photos so I will sign your copies if you want, I dont think I will crushed in the rush■■?
Jeremy
ps MaggieD have you got his phone number or address by any chance.
pps Happy Christmas to everyone
Hi Jeremy,
I think I’ve got Eddie’s number somewhere I’ll let you know,do you remember “Kinger” on Joe Grays, I remember him one day at Aosta clearing customs,he was waiting for the vet to inspect some pigs he had on,to pass the time he was walking round the compound with one of the pigs on a bit of string,the agent came out shouting that it had won first prize at Smithfield and the Italian who had bought it would not be too happy as he had paid a lot of Lira for it !! (Another one of John’s Mary Hopkins moments)
Kinger was a lovely bloke used to carry Prince Charles polo ponies sometimes with Charlie in the trailer.
Yes Richard, i remember him I went to Portugal with him, We had a puncture on his truck at the Tue border spent about an hour beating the spare off its carrier the wheel took even longer to get off then we stop off in a restaurant & had braised kidneys (Tina Turner Moment),
sadly he was inbetween cancer ops & had the bag fitted
Jeremy
Jimski:
Hi Mr Jake that sounds just to specific to not be true so Pat I’m going with that too … Don’t tell me Mr Jake that’s you as lookout on the roof !!
Regards Jimski
Ha Ha, no not me on the roof but I remember when that loco was displayed at Beaulieu with a carrage apparently from the Orient Express, think it might have been used as a cafe but not sure. Live just up the road at Fawley when I am in the UK.
This was the carriage!!!
Regards Pat
That’s great Pat! where do you find all those pics of yours, just about every local one is a memory for me.
… Don’t tell me Mr Jake that’s you as lookout on the roof !! 
