Hi, Anyone know if D.Fry are still running doing Round timber?,another company pulling timber was Bruntons I think they were in East Sussex close to the Kent border.
Regards MaggieD
MaggieD:
Hi, Anyone know if D.Fry are still running doing Round timber?,another company pulling timber was Bruntons I think they were in East Sussex close to the Kent border.
Regards MaggieD
Richard Evans should still be running timber.Great company with lovely bosses.Am I correct? 
We used to service and sell spares to an owner driver from Peacehaven who had a green 6X2 Scania 141 and used to pull TOE trailers out of Newhaven, Ken Nightingale I think his name was!
Is he still about albeit retired I dare say!
Regards Pat
brookie:
Another couple of names from Sussex past, do you remember Star Transport? They did Greece etc in mid eighties, based in Crowborough I think, only a couple of motors. And Merrydowns own Dafs, or Mayhew Chickens too? Danny Erser from Newhaven (Volvos and tilts I think?). Who had the Volvo F89 pulling TOE trailors in late '80s?. And another firm that did timber etc, I’m sure from Ringmer way, I always got stuck behind them through the forest up the A22, they had some fairly old motors that struggled a bit!! If I recall any more I’ll post them.Brookie
Jeez , Merrydown Cider wasn"t it ? justv trying to recall the village off the A22 where they hwere based , but i got brain fade 
…Mayhew 
Where they not on the A26 heading up from Uckfield towards Crowborough Seem to recall delivering to both of them in an old Dodge G75 7.5tonner when i was about 18 working for PHS Transport out of East Grinstead ( now Nightfreight )…
charlie one
Thanks Charlie here’s a pic of my latest,just loaded for Glovers Shoreham Docks shipping to Sweden. 
Kind regards Richard
Great picture Richard.Memories flooding back.When I worked for Mays Motors I used to do a lot of pit props out of Sussex oop North.also pulp wood to Bowaters Ellesmere Port…While I am on this thread.how about Hares Transport of Steyning,Nicholls Transport of Shoreham(Became PD Transport) S M Tidey of Brighton.Maybe these are too far back for you younger guys but they certainly existed.Regards Charlie
el sumo:
brookie:
Another couple of names from Sussex past, do you remember Star Transport? They did Greece etc in mid eighties, based in Crowborough I think, only a couple of motors. And Merrydowns own Dafs, or Mayhew Chickens too? Danny Erser from Newhaven (Volvos and tilts I think?). Who had the Volvo F89 pulling TOE trailors in late '80s?. And another firm that did timber etc, I’m sure from Ringmer way, I always got stuck behind them through the forest up the A22, they had some fairly old motors that struggled a bit!! If I recall any more I’ll post them.Brookie
Jeez , Merrydown Cider wasn"t it ? justv trying to recall the village off the A22 where they hwere based , but i got brain fade
Horam is the village you’re thinking of el sumo, Mayhew became Grampian chickens, gone now though, a mate of mine had a Daf superspacecab XF pulling their trailers, so yet another Sussex haulier now packed in 
Herons Guill (?) is the village and yep, A26 just north of Uckfield was Mayhew.
As a child I used to spend holidays with my grandparents who lived near Rustington.
Can still remember seeing, R.T Page, Volvos & Leylands, Gamble’s 4 wheel D series tippers, when they were still a small firm.
Blue Prince Mushrooms, Seddon Atki & Bedfords, Crispa Cress hads some smart DAF 2100 4 wheelers and whatever happened to Taylors who were a waste disposal firm and ran in a lime green livery.
Be good to see some pics!
Cheers
Mark
I wonder if any of you old Sussex guys can remember two people from Sussex who ran down to the Middle East in the late 70s early 80s.
One was May Freight from a place called Mayfield, an owner driver called Mick or Dave who I met a couple of times and he was a really nice fellow.
The other was a bloke who we called Lawrence of Hastings, no guesses where he came from.
Regards Steve.
Another couple spring to mind, ARTS removals from Ditchling, did a lot of Spain with smart wagon and drags.
BAILEY fridges from Littlehampton way I think,
FARRANT AND REID from Hastings/Bexhill, green Dafs?
PHOENIX MARINE, my mate Phil used to drive their Scammell Crusader with a low loader taking boats to France and Spain.
GANDERS from Henfield, or are they still going?
Blimey, gets you thinking doesn’t it? Where they all gone 
Brookie.
mushroomman:
I wonder if any of you old Sussex guys can remember two people from Sussex who ran down to the Middle East in the late 70s early 80s.
One was May Freight from a place called Mayfield, an owner driver called Mick or Dave who I met a couple of times and he was a really nice fellow.
The other was a bloke who we called Lawrence of Hastings, no guesses where he came from.
Regards Steve.
Hi mushroomman, the only ones I knew of in my neck of the woods (Hailsham and Eastbourne) doing M/E was my old schoolmates dad, his name is Derek Martin, I’m sure he had a Blue or Green Scania 141/111, he was an O/D pulling for a London firm but I don’t know who. He did it from mid '70’s 'til early '80’s, then packed it in. Another guy locally had a couple of motors doing the same at the same time, I only remember his surname was Boreman/ Boerman. If only I was a few years older and I might of had a chance meself!!
Cheers,
brookie.
ganders are not running now shut down around 2 years ago
roadcommander2:
.Blue Prince Mushrooms, Seddon Atki & Bedfords, Crispa Cress hads some smart DAF 2100 4 wheelers and whatever happened to Taylors who were a waste disposal firm and ran in a lime green livery.
I started my working & driving life at Crispa Cress & was there until a few weeks before it closed down & production moved to the Southport branch.
After that i moved to Hammonds Removals & Transport in Worthing until they closed 4 years later.Shane
mr shifter:
roadcommander2:
.whatever happened to Taylors who were a waste disposal firm and ran in a lime green livery.
Taylors were bought out by Wimpey waste who in turn was bought out by UK waste who in turn was bought out by Biffa waste and they are still in East Worthing.
Big Jules:
mr shifter:
roadcommander2:
.whatever happened to Taylors who were a waste disposal firm and ran in a lime green livery.
Taylors were bought out by Wimpey waste who in turn was bought out by UK waste who in turn was bought out by Biffa waste and they are still in East Worthing.
Were they by I.G Bacon’s place?
That’s right. Taylors had a small yard between Gamble’s & the lorry park, which is now occupied by B&W and Rossetts (formerly IG Bacon), the Merc dealer
Cheers for the updates guys,
What about Francis ( Parker) Transport ran a big fleet of Seddon Atki 400 eight wheelers & artics. I heard they were taken over by Tarmac, is that right?
Also remembering the tippers & skip wagons of F Avann, think they were taken over by R.T Page?
brookie:
mushroomman:
I wonder if any of you old Sussex guys can remember two people from Sussex who ran down to the Middle East in the late 70s early 80s.
One was May Freight from a place called Mayfield, an owner driver called Mick or Dave who I met a couple of times and he was a really nice fellow.
The other was a bloke who we called Lawrence of Hastings, no guesses where he came from.
Regards Steve.Hi mushroomman, the only ones I knew of in my neck of the woods (Hailsham and Eastbourne) doing M/E was my old schoolmates dad, his name is Derek Martin, I’m sure he had a Blue or Green Scania 141/111, he was an O/D pulling for a London firm but I don’t know who. He did it from mid '70’s 'til early '80’s, then packed it in. Another guy locally had a couple of motors doing the same at the same time, I only remember his surname was Boreman/ Boerman. If only I was a few years older and I might of had a chance meself!!
Cheers,
brookie.
you dont mean Mick Martin out of Wilmington 1975-1977 doing regular trips to Tehran Iran for c-trans in Seaford. He had a marron and silver Scanny 110 super 4x2 he later did local work D, B ,NL,F,ESP etc did a bit with drivers in Newhaven employed Big Col Berry (RIP) NOV 07.
brought Dougie Fears MAN back from turkey and another trip brought Shenton Coxs Volvo back. nice quiet guy.
Dave Brown worked for MERRYDOWN CIDER Horam what a company another tale.
Hi timbo, no the guy I knew was Derek Martin, lived in Hailsham. He qiut M/E and sold his motor to become a decorator. He was driving a taxi last time I saw him, in Eastbourne.
As for merrydown, remember their tidy Dafs, followed them many a time through Ashdown forest on the A22, did you know Dumpy and Dickie Bennett?
I wonder what happened to them?
brookie.
TIMBO:
brookie:
mushroomman:
I wonder if any of you old Sussex guys can remember two people from Sussex who ran down to the Middle East in the late 70s early 80s.
One was May Freight from a place called Mayfield, an owner driver called Mick or Dave who I met a couple of times and he was a really nice fellow.
The other was a bloke who we called Lawrence of Hastings, no guesses where he came from.
Regards Steve.Hi mushroomman, the only ones I knew of in my neck of the woods (Hailsham and Eastbourne) doing M/E was my old schoolmates dad, his name is Derek Martin, I’m sure he had a Blue or Green Scania 141/111, he was an O/D pulling for a London firm but I don’t know who. He did it from mid '70’s 'til early '80’s, then packed it in. Another guy locally had a couple of motors doing the same at the same time, I only remember his surname was Boreman/ Boerman. If only I was a few years older and I might of had a chance meself!!
Cheers,
brookie.
you dont mean Mick Martin out of Wilmington 1975-1977 doing regular trips to Tehran Iran for c-trans in Seaford. He had a marron and silver Scanny 110 super 4x2 he later did local work D, B ,NL,F,ESP etc did a bit with drivers in Newhaven employed Big Col Berry (RIP) NOV 07.
brought Dougie Fears MAN back from turkey and another trip brought Shenton Coxs Volvo back. nice quiet guy.
Dave Brown worked for MERRYDOWN CIDER Horam what a company another tale.
I am not really sure, I think he had a Volvo at one time and an M.A.N. a couple of years later. His trailer I think was green with a belly tank and trailer boxes with the name May Freight on the tilt. I am sure that he said that he came from Mayfield in Sussex. 