Hi all.Sadly heard of the passing of another old Southampton driver today by the name of Perce Williams who was 91 years old. Only older members will have known him because of his age. He spent most of his working life with Pitter Bros. right up to his retirement. The photo of Pitters Commer TS3 loaded with cape apples leaving Southampton docks (shown earlier in the thread) would have been in his hey-days. This was back in the 50’s when he was was working with drvers such as Percy Pearce,Alf Carter,Jess Stratton,Bill Barfoot,Jock Shaw,Jeff Limburn,Smudger Smith Alfie Simmonds etc. (Names you only remember if you are of a certain age).
Goodbye Percy and Rest In Peace. 
I was sent this pic to put on here
Norman Offer’s
hi all mappo you forgot your trailer this morning going n/b m40 . i thought i better tell you oops to late .
regards gazzap
the hree amigos allan moorman ricky adams [aka chippy ] trevor mackness
gazzap:
the hree amigos allan moorman ricky adams [aka chippy ] trevor mackness
Surprised to see these 3 stood drinking coffee there Gary, must have been quick to get this one haha
coo-matt:
gazzap:
the hree amigos allan moorman ricky adams [aka chippy ] trevor macknessSurprised to see these 3 stood drinking coffee there Gary, must have been quick to get this one haha
i had to mat just to get a photo of allan with a coffee cup in his hand instead of a beer glass. chippy looks proud though
regards gazzap 
gazzap:
coo-matt:
gazzap:
the hree amigos allan moorman ricky adams [aka chippy ] trevor macknessSurprised to see these 3 stood drinking coffee there Gary, must have been quick to get this one haha
i had to mat just to get a photo of allan with a coffee cup in his hand instead of a beer glass. chippy looks proud though
regards gazzap
Question being, who paid for them■■? haha
coo-matt:
gazzap:
coo-matt:
gazzap:
the hree amigos allan moorman ricky adams [aka chippy ] trevor macknessSurprised to see these 3 stood drinking coffee there Gary, must have been quick to get this one haha
i had to mat just to get a photo of allan with a coffee cup in his hand instead of a beer glass. chippy looks proud though
regards gazzap
Question being, who paid for them■■? haha[/quot
the man who pays our wages
■■■■ there go the coffee machine
Trevor never ages…he always looks 90!
why does chippy look so happy !!!
marrinersnr/jnr:
why does chippy look so happy !!!
Hi Ian,
He won’t be so happy when I put the photo’s of him in an Italian car park on here ! His monthly payment to keep them off here has not arrived yet,so watch this space 
Hope Jim’s ok.
Regards
Richard
MaggieD:
marrinersnr/jnr:
why does chippy look so happy !!!Hi Ian,
He won’t be so happy when I put the photo’s of him in an Italian car park on here ! His monthly payment to keep them off here has not arrived yet,so watch this space
Hope Jim’s ok.
Regards
Richard
ah i remember that picture !!! worth a few lira !! but then i best be quite too !!!
dads fine just bored
hope ange and boys ok 
TIR Original:
Hi all.Sadly heard of the passing of another old Southampton driver today by the name of Perce Williams who was 91 years old. Only older members will have known him because of his age. He spent most of his working life with Pitter Bros. right up to his retirement. The photo of Pitters Commer TS3 loaded with cape apples leaving Southampton docks (shown earlier in the thread) would have been in his hey-days. This was back in the 50’s when he was was working with drvers such as Percy Pearce,Alf Carter,Jess Stratton,Bill Barfoot,Jock Shaw,Jeff Limburn,Smudger Smith Alfie Simmonds etc. (Names you only remember if you are of a certain age).
Goodbye Percy and Rest In Peace.
Hi TIR and welcome back to the thread mate albeit with a sad posting. Condolences to Perce,s family and friends.
I did,nt know Perce ( too young ) although i did drive for Pitters for a short spell in the early 70,s
so our paths probably crossed but i did,nt stay there too long.
Hope you,re keeping well yourself Nobby.
gazzap:
hi all mappo you forgot your trailer this morning going n/b m40 . i thought i better tell you oops to late .
regards gazzap
Hi Gazzap,i was hoping no one would see me…just trying to improve my fuel consumption 
marrinersnr/jnr:
why does chippy look so happy !!!
That,s just his ‘hard’ look marriner 
the two foot stare !!!
MaggieD:
Mappo
Hi Tony, I looked out for you this morning up the A34 all the Goldstar MAN’s had a star on the door so I knew it wasn’t youTo save you the trouble of looking out for me Richard,if you prefer you can just send me the money.
truckertang:
Hi all,I
m only a nipper but im sure my dad worked for SRT (who i`ve not seen a mention for) in Southampton (dock gate 4) back in the day?Dad`s been gone donkeys but my older brother has told me stories of the past.
hi truckertang your dad did drive with my old man on srt a long with dougie beach and ray loader he says he has fond memories of your dad and if want you can speak with dad just send me a pm. my dads name is brian pacey
regards gazzap
I’ve nicked this of Buzzer’s thread.
As I recall Jameson’s didn’t own a VOLVO, it was a subbie by the name of James Ponting I think. Remember him coming into Prince’s. Prince’s didn’t supply the vehicle and Jameson’s didn’t have an account. Looks as though the reg ends 77P.
Another pic from Marc (Bubbleman)'s excellent Scrapbook thread
Norman Offer’s Foden
gazzer:
I’ve nicked this of Buzzer’s thread.As I recall Jameson’s didn’t own a VOLVO, it was a subbie by the name of James Ponting I think. Remember him coming into Prince’s. Prince’s didn’t supply the vehicle and Jameson’s didn’t have an account. Looks as though the reg ends 77P.
Re Jameson and the Volvo.Unless my tired old brain is wrong,I think that you will find that I drove it and it was half inched
in Concorrezo one sad night.Ask GAZ IOW.Hence my parting of the ways.Regards Charlie
Hi Charlie. Maybe that was before my time at Prince’s. I think Mr Ponting left Jamies and went to D.F.Rangers at Micheldever with his VOLVO. Do you remember him? I think he came from Basingstoke way.
Is that when you bought your way into haulage with the Moggy Pick-up? With the proceeds if you know what I mean? Not from the truck, the redundancy…which I’m sure you guessed. I think! What was on the load by the way? Was it parked in the square? This is not “New Tricks” revisited…but anything you do say…