Update on Roger whose effects were found on the banks of the Seine all those years ago.
Roger W Pliszka (Transport) Ltd
77 Chepstow Rd London, W2 5QR, England
Phone - 0207 7279462
Mobile - Not Supplied
Fax - Not Supplied
Email - Not Supplied
Website - Not Supplied
I might ring him up for a job? 
truckerash:
Thanks for the latest update Harry 
Looking at the photo here and reading the words on the side of the Bedford made me cringe 
âAn international carrier service to the ANTIQUE AND ASSOCIATED TRADESâ⌠hope it was empty at this time
Ken wouldnât have known the difference. It was just a blur from one bistro to the next- happy days!:lol:
Cracking picâs as ever Ash,thanks for posting them & for the lads comments too.
Looking forward to the next book 
Cheers,Flip
Great pics guys, just when you think the pics on threads have finished, another brilliant set come to light. Historical stuff.
Many thanks for taking the time to post and share.
Regards,
Mark.
brookie:
Great pics guys, just when you think the pics on threads have finished, another brilliant set come to light. Historical stuff.
Many thanks for taking the time to post and share.Regards,Mark.
Wakey wakey Mark 
Canât beleive youâve only just found this thread 
I started it almost 4 years ago 
Here are some very impressive photos which Ray Scutts has kindly loaned me to copy. He drove for Mann / Kestral.
I beleive the Mann livery was first, then came the Kestral colours.
If anyone can provide anymore info on these companies, it will go well with these photos.
MANN INTERNATIONAL
REST STOP - FRANCE. ON ROUTE ITALY 1967
CHAMONIX
ALAN BOOTLE anyone know him?
RAY SCUTTS - Mont Blanc Italian side
RAYS TRUCK - WHS 354H near steel works on way up to Mont-Blanc
along with itâs sister 355H, Mannâs had the first FB88âs in the UK
KESTRAL FREIGHTERS trucks now re-painted
WHS 354H & 355H along with 110 day cab BGH 170H
awaiting ferry at Calais 1971/2?
BORDER AT BASLE looking from France
parked up with Monks International, Rushden, Northants.
Check out that tri-axle tralier!!!
MONT-BLANC ITALIAN SIDE.
OJD 454K squeezed alonside Vabis and FEBLAND early 110
âTHE SQUAREâ TORINO.
Parked up with ROGER PLISKA
PLISKA Bedford KM and âsome of the ladsâ. Weekended: having a liquid lunch approx1972
âAFTER LUNCHâ: - Letâs see how fast we can get this thing to go round the tree without tipping over!
âLITTLE JOHNâ driver for Malta Cross Continent Containers Ltd.
âWAKEY WAKEY RAYâ Always nice to see a smiley face first thing in the morningâŚ
and finally: Ray posing with brand new TIP trailer. Dover 1970/1?
I hope these photos bring back memories for some of you.
Any info on MANN, KESTRAL, PLISKA and MALTA CROSS would be great
Lovely old Pics. Not companies I remember though.
Mann & son rang some bells with a Harwich company Trailer Mann who were part of a shipping line.
Trailer Mann was sold or became Mansped.
Mann Lines still exist today .
Stupot: If you closely at the photo taken in Basle, you can see the M logo on the front of the trailer. I know that it became TrailerMann eventually and I got a feeling ALAN BOOTLE was something to do with companyâŚnot just a driver though 
Waiting for the âold London boysâ to have a look at this thread. Come on MR KEN, were waiting for your invaluable knowledge
âTHE SQUAREâ TORINO.
Parked up with ROGER PLISKA
Plotzki rig on the right I think was Jim Pettiferâs who ended up with a Swiss outfit Frey from Oberentfelden.
PLISKA Bedford KM and âsome of the ladsâ. Weekended: having a liquid lunch approx1972
On the left is Little Johnny ;on the right is Roger Pliskas brother in law ( outlaw ! )Ken ;in the centre ,I think is a French driver ?
âAFTER LUNCHâ: - Letâs see how fast we can get this thing to go round the tree without tipping over!
This is Ken at his best ! Either drunk or asleep! As you can see he was not asleep. He ended his driving career by driving that TK thru the window of a wine shop outside Boulougne
âLITTLE JOHNâ driver for Malta Cross Continent Containers Ltd.
Johnny ( Unworthy ) Unsworth .John left Pliska & went on Malta X;then went back to Roger.
I was the first driver on Malta X & got John & Terry Clisset (?) a job. Then my career as a professional drinker really took off !
A few months later -me in Plotskiâs Scania in Prato.And John got the runt in the middle.
Another of Plotzkiâs fleet. We ended up in Romania on that trip & the firm went bust when we were down there ( 3 trucks ) leaving us to make our way back to Italy ;find loads & get paid for them + ferry before we left Milano.
Nice one Harry
Did you know any of the Mann men? Ray?
Would luv to see a pic of the Bedford in the wine shopâŚ
Harry: This is a very bad quality shot of Plotzki rig WHS 497H taken on M1 at Toddington.
sent you PM
truckerash The snap was in the local French newspaper but I never saw it. Ken must have thought heâd died & gone to heaven âŚ
great old pics ash
harry:
truckerash The snap was in the local French newspaper but I never saw it. Ken must have thought heâd died & gone to heaven âŚ
Where is KEN nowâ â ? I WANT TO SEE THAT SNAP
fantastic pics, love the bedford doing doughnuts!!!
Lovely old pics,always good to see some of the old Swedeâs on the road.
Not sure that first pic was in 1967 though,the âHâ reg didnât come out until 1970.
(I had an H reg Cortina 1600E,1970 vintage)
both firms were interlinked ash owned by a gerry holland my mates dad ran the workshops and his brothers drove for them they were at battery wharf abbey road barking got some kestrall ones myself been trying to get you ash got loads of our old 88s and scanias yesterday of the old man but dont no how to post them kestralls ended up in london road thurrock at the old proctors
warehouse with a load of orange transcons
truckerash That about 30 yrs ago. I was on SCA when that happened. A little while later Rogers clothes were found on the side of the Seine ; everyone ,including the police had thought he had done a disappearing act but sadly ,much later , it emerged that Roger had had a good midday meal & decided to go for a swim in the Sienne. Unfortunately a barge ran him down & the prop made a mess of him. RIP Roger ;they donât make them like him anymore. Goldfinger had nothing on him.