Long gone sussex hauliers

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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brookie:
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.

Hi Brookie
I remember Merrydown only 3 miles from me, my dad (mick martin) worked for them till 68 he was driver then workshop manager. my mum she could drink the stuff and leave the most harden drinker stumbling. her brother which my dad gave him a job in 65 dave brown ex driver he was made redundant when they packed up what 10 years back?..
i tried to rent there trailers and advertise for them in the early 90s but mick gabitas put a block on it. we all know dumpy i think he still lives in eastbourne
do u rember ■■■■ sands and les taggart loads of names local company.
my dad did sell the md his first car mr richard purdy.

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Hi Timbo, the name Dickie Sands rings a bell, I think I was only a lowly teenage box- van driver about his time, not quite up to their level! Did you know of any Dobbs’ boys? Thats who I started out as a driver with. It was through them that I got to know the “big boys”, Watford Gap a regular monday morning first stop for a cuppa. That was in the pre-M25 days of having to go through London. Blimey this is making me feel like an “old boy”!

Where abouts are you then Timbo? Are you driving?

regards,

Mark.

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brookie:
Hi Timbo, the name Dickie Sands rings a bell, I think I was only a lowly teenage box- van driver about his time, not quite up to their level! Did you know of any Dobbs’ boys? Thats who I started out as a driver with. It was through them that I got to know the “big boys”, Watford Gap a regular monday morning first stop for a cuppa. That was in the pre-M25 days of having to go through London. Blimey this is making me feel like an “old boy”!

Where abouts are you then Timbo? Are you driving?

regards,

Mark.

Hi Mark,

I live in Broad oak,Heathfield i am 42 and a Transport manager for a small family firm in Crawley.I do a little bit now and then, I have done my bit for the industry at most levels.

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Hi ALL

Do you remember
Anglo Dutch (EASTBOURNE)

Mansers next door to Merrydown Bedfords tks

TOE out of Newhaven ( on application back in the early 90s rate 70ppm, nothing for empty,they had a knack of giving you a load to South Wales then reload out of Yorkshire. Pendice, Boniface are a few…

ARTS (Ditchling) they packed up Rod Chapman still running 3 Dafs on consolidated movements to the Artic (top end of Norway)

Merrydown Wine & Cider (Horam) rember the black and red letters, went green in the 70s.

Remember Howard Hardings mainly known as H been around for donkeys did a lot out of Newhaven then got about 5 Ivecos doing AUSTRIAN for Schenkers. before that he brought a 112 in C&S coulors

Eastwoods out of Paddock wood Red Volvos & Scanias

Neil Penfolds (Lewes) ran the new generation M-B 1626 ex C-Tran O/D Middle East.

Motorvation ( Worthing) loads of old faces ex Pro-Motors drivers, are they still going!

Parkers ( Chichester)

Danny Ersher (Newhaven) 1644 M-B around 3-4 heard he didnt like old hands,took on youngsters and expected you to do 2 Spains a week!!! less said!!

Hope Low loaders i think iseen him latley

Chapmans out Tun Wells a lot of Euro

Farrants ( Hastings)

Dan Ham (Flimwell) his brother has got Hams travel coaches, brought the first Transcontinental and did the M/E.

Tommy ex east london had a place up in Frant, had a smart 142 pulled JRTs Tring mainly Austrian.

Mervyn Curd now a T M for a outfit near Dorking

Ron Ganders (Henfield)

LST (Lamberhurst)

Martinfreight Int (Wilmington) A27

Burnt Oak Haulage (Nick Simmonds) now lives in France comes over at least once a month.

Kevin Drury ( Wadhurst)

Vic France one of the bad old school i will have to do a post about him! Mick M had him under his wing nearly lost his buisness!

Rgards Tim

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Hi again Tim,

I live behind what was ADM in Eastbourne, shame they closed, I knew a few of their boys. As for the guy from Newhaven you mentioned (Mr D E!), a mate of mine thought he fancied doing a bit of Spain, he’d never gone abroad, so he blagged a job with said guy. Loaded JCB’s from Utoxeter (?), tipped Madrid, loaded onions Valencia, tipped Glasgow market, loaded JCB’s again, did it in a week, told he “hung about too much”. Only trip he ever did abroad. End of story!!

Lots of familiar names on your thread, all gone I think. :frowning:

Mark.

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.RE.DANNY ERSSERS NEWHAVEN,THAT DRIVER WHO TIPPED MADRID,R/L VALENCIA,GLASGOW,UTTOXETER.MUST BE IN THE GUINESS BOOK OF RECORDS,AS MOST OF THE OTHER DRIVERS COULD ONLY MANAGE NEWHAVEN TO MADRID IN A WEEK,GOOD OLD DAYS ALWAYS A DRAMA GOING ON.ALL THE REGULAR DRIVERS LOVED IT WAS A DODDLE,JUMP AT THE CHANCE TO DO IT AGAIN,MET SOME CHARACTERS ON THIER. AND RUNNING TO SPAIN. :grimacing:NORWEST FREIGHT.LENNY,DOUGIE ,MAD PIERRE.D.E DRIVERS,J.BEHANNAH,G.MARTIN,T.ARMOUR,C,BERRY,C.CHARLSWORTH,J.MURRAY MINTY,ANDY,GORDON,JOE,GOOD OLD WALLY,SKIPPY,BUNTER,WOODY,M.ROSEWELL,SNOWY,J,DYKE,J,JERROM,AND LOADS OF OTHER DRIVERS FROM THE SOUTH COAST WHO IVE FORGOT THEIR NAMES SORRY.AND NOT FORGETTING INTERNATIONAL RESCUE. DIESEL DAVE BRANDON.

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BONIFACE NEWHAVEN.L8 JSB

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D.ERSSER NEWHAVEN 1988.

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D.E NEWHAVEN.T.O.E 1986.

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D.E NEWHAVEN EARLY DAYS ON T.O.E.

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D.E NEWHAVEN,TERRY POVEY,JUST STOPPED FOR A QUICK MINT UP,FANCY A CON LECHE SKIPPY.

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D.E NEWHAVEN,FERRY FREIGHTING COLLECTION BORDEAUX,SKIPPY &CHRISTINE 1990.

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ROSIER NEWHAVEN.

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some great photos there from the 80s love the old mercedes be good to see some of pendices if any one has some and some tomsetts

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L8FR8:
D.E NEWHAVEN EARLY DAYS ON T.O.E.

I recognise that Fiesta in the back ground from somewhere, did you ever race it? :smiley:

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hello koop.that vehicle you see was know to beat the odd mexico up the beddingham road.hehehe. :smiling_imp:

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D.E NEWHAVEN.1988

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D.E NEWHAVEN,DAF 3300,COLIN BERRYS OLD MOTOR.

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D.E NEWHAVEN,EARLY DAYS,111 SCANIA.T.O.E