Hi Colin MOR was my old wagon on Meachers was my first truck when I joined them fresh from the HGV training school outside their gates in west quay road, Curley who ran the school got me the job!! Happy days !!
Regards Jimski
Jimski.It was blue when I had it.Regards Charlie 
charlie one:
Jimski.It was blue when I had it.Regards Charlie
Thanks Charlie me thinks it looks blue too!.. Specsavers Kev
R Jim
blue
Talking of Meachers…Found this 
Trev.
Hi all , Hi Trev nice to see you on here mate !!
Here’s another I’m in the finishing stages , going to a good home !!!
Regards Jimmer
Jim
The best so far■■?
Jeremy
Hi Jim,
Excellent model as usual,well done, can’t wait to see Jeremy strip it out and put a couple of JCB’s in it 
I’ll try and get some Carbon Black to put in it as well
Jeremy, brings back memories of Paul Cook twiddling his hair
Regards
Richard
P.S. Charlie has still not done the fence I see !!
Richard
I try not to think to much about laughing boy twiddling his hair,
Strip out I wouldn’t be allowed to climb on top of the tilt H&S (or He couldn’t] I hear a few saying)
Carbon black that is still oozing from my pours Blxxdy stuff
regards
Jeremy
Hope your mum is better
Jimski:
Hi all ,Here’s another I’m in the finishing stages , going to a good home !!!Regards Jimmer
Cracking model again Jim…well done
a couple from Strongs Brewery of Romsey…
Colin
Colin,
Great pics as usual,the ones of the brewery in Romsey,together with Jim’s model of Jeremy’s truck brought back memories of a sad occasion.
John,who ran Woolston freight with his son Andy in Lorraines,the scene of many of your pics,(and Horry washing trucks ) asked me if I could give a friend of his Malcolm a driving job as he was out of work.
I gave him a start driving a new Renault Turboliner,and sent him into the old Strongs brewery to load,which by that time, 1986 had become Whitbreads, around 9am I got a phone call from him to say one of Sheddicks Newport had reversed into the front of the Renault whilst he was loading,and would I come and make sure everything was OK,I was there in 20 mins. to find Jeremy loading up,asked him where Malcolm was told me he was in the cab getting the accident paperwork sorted,I went over to find poor Malcolm across the seats he had suffered a massive heart attack and there was nothing anyone could do for him,I don’t know if the stress of the accident had caused it ? R.I.P. Malcolm.
Regards
Richard
sad story that Richard…I had a cousin who was driving for Hovis out of the docks, he failed to return after a trip and they eventually traced his lorry to fleet services and unfortunately found he had died from a heart attack in his cab.
lets cheer things up…
Southampton/Hampshire registrations but no idea if they belonged to local firms…do you know?
Colin
The second tractor unit I ever had was one just like that but a 1971 J reg Mammoth Minor twin steer, it came from a fella in Gillingham Dorset who used it to pull for Frigoscandia, I used to haul round timber at the time with a very robust 33ft Doughty trailer which I believe was built in Poole any way the twin steer was not for of road work so I got Dave Coombes to take out the second steer axle and ended up with a long wheel base tractor unit but this was far more effective when of road, eventually I had a sleeper cab put on by a couple of lads from the local crash repair garage and although it was a bit heath robinson it beat kipping across the engine bonnet on a couple of boards which was common place in the day, another Mary Hopkins moment, cheers Buzzer.
PS. The reg on my truck was SMW 608 J .
Couple from Monty’s scrapbook …
lemonmouth:
Talking of Meachers…Found this
Trev.
Just for interest sake,what gross weight would that Trader and 4 in-line run at 24 ton? I know,I know,what the true answer would have been,“any weight you cared to put on it” in those days 
Cheers Bewick.
Bewick:
lemonmouth:
Talking of Meachers…Found this
Trev.
Just for interest sake,what gross weight would that Trader and 4 in-line run at 24 ton? I know,I know,what the true answer would have been,“any weight you cared to put on it” in those days
Come on Bewick what Meachers "as much as you can get on " !!! !! Their as straight as a gun barrel !!
R Jimmer
Jimski:
Bewick:
lemonmouth:
Talking of Meachers…Found this
Trev.
Just for interest sake,what gross weight would that Trader and 4 in-line run at 24 ton? I know,I know,what the true answer would have been,“any weight you cared to put on it” in those days
Come on Bewick what Meachers "as much as you can get on " !!! !! Their as straight as a gun barrel !!
R Jimmer
Thanks for the response “Jimski” talking of loads on 4-in-lines I did, on a number of occaisions, drag one out of the Steel works in Barrow with 22ton on with a Super Comet and brought it into Bradys yard for transhiping onto the Octopus and trailer on Sunday mornings prior to setting off down to South Wales at lunch time. Cheers Bewick.
Hi Bewick, thems were the day ay, bet you couldn’t now!
R Jim.
It is with the deepest or regrets I have to inform you of the passing of Tony Eldridge the very well know and liked fitter who worked for many years at Sea Route Ferry Ltd, both at Empress Road and Eastleigh!
RIP Tony mate
Regards Pat
thats really bad news Pat , I worked with tony At Sea Route for five years he was hard but a fair man , RIP Tony
Gary