ainacs:
In order to rescue this thread from page two
Another of Andy Strattons pics British International Fleet pictured in France.
gazzer
who was roler bear that was on gbe with us. had the iveco and the 2 erf’s in gbe livery i drove the iveco 300 x rh freight before defecting to luffy
ive asked pat before and he cant shed any light you must remember him big old boy with a white beard.
Hi the picture of British Int was not taken in France it was taken next door to their depot in Sholing it is AR Veals car park
this was taken one christmas.
The guy that used to sub for GBE was Peter Howlett used to live next door to the spinnaker in swanwick opp the boat yard
here is a photo not a lot of good just the back of his head
Hi all glad to see you are all still about. are you having a good time in Ireland pat when are you due back.as no one has mentioned it yet i will, are we all up for a beer or two in august at mr shepards this year.i know it’s a bit early but it will soon be upon us.it’s just something for you all to think about. thats it time for bed ta ta.
gerbil sb152:
Hi all glad to see you are all still about. are you having a good time in Ireland pat when are you due back.as no one has mentioned it yet i will, are we all up for a beer or two in august at mr shepards this year.i know it’s a bit early but it will soon be upon us.it’s just something for you all to think about. thats it time for bed ta ta.
Hi Kevin
We got back Tuesday evening after a fantastic four weeks on the Emerald Isle, met some really nice people and stayed on empty sites some of which were not officially open but let us stay any way!
Took the towcar with us so were not restricted to staying on site, even left the RV at my aunts and took a trip up to the north to see a great old friend Jimmy Marsden and Sue for a few days, then back and stayed at a site ‘Camac Valley’ just out side Dublin and spent a couple of nights with our daughter in the city.
My aunt and cousins farm in Mayo
Second to last day ready to leave Camac Valley Campsite to go to Rosslare for the next morning ferry.
Yes I am up for the meet up at Tim’s if we are back from August in France.
The guy that used to sub for GBE was Peter Howlett used to live next door to the spinnaker in swanwick opp the boat yard
here is a photo not a lot of good just the back of his head
hope this helps Kev
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cheers kev. thats the man. to be honest before i defected to go and work for dave luff peter always paid ontime and in full a weeks work a weeks pay. used to worry me though with the amount of tablets he had to take every morning.,when he walked he rattled. i cant for one minute imagine he is still with us although it would be nice if he still was. he was quite a bit to do with
british international if i remember. certainly e496 ann that i drove the iveco was x bi.
Hi Kev Ive got to learn that myself but in the mean time just press ctr and + together and it will become large or press your percent button to about 250%
Im about in May but dont know my work schedule, if I can we could meet up at Tim’s on a sunday.
Pitters Transport.
Hi Gazza and all,
This photo reminds me of my youth when i worked for Simons ( fruit and veg ) at St Margarets Lane in Titchfield in the late 60,s
Pitters used to deliver these loads of fruit to us in those wooden crates. All handball then of course, though that
was,nt a problem cos it was the norm anyway.
Could,nt do it now though, i get outa breath just climbing in or out of cab now.
Pat…glad to hear you enjoyed your hols mate.
Gerbil…I,ve lost your phone No. Kev when i transferred my Nos. onto a new phone.Ring or text me this week mate.
Hi another pic from Marc (Bubbleman)'s Scrapbook thread.
A Harradine Scania 110 pulling a SCAC Trailer, we used to pull those trailers out of Southampton and Portsmouth many years ago. Also I bought quite a few of Harradines old Scanias out of Earith in Cambridgeshire.
mappo:
Have i lost the plot ■■?
Where,s the Pitters photo■■?
Hi Tony
I actually put this pic on a long time ago, with the new way of putting pics on here they do not show pics in a quote!
That’s a nice photo of the Pitters Seddon.I’m sure they did some work for P J Poupart,fruit merchants in S’oton as I seem to recall loading oranges there myself with a Pitter motor at the side,168-69 ish?
thats it time for bed ta ta.
