Hi everyone ,
Just to let you all know the second book by Ros Unwin ( North Staffordshire hauliers ) will be launched with a book signing at the Post House nr J15 . I think the name has changed now but as I get nearer to old age I tend to forget things. the launch will be at 14.00 till 17.00. Hope to see some of you there
Cheers
Duls
Hello again
See what I mean about forgetting things, The book launch is on Sat 15th June
Cheers
Duls
Had an email from Ros this morning with details of the book launch.
The Post House is now The Holiday Inn I believe.
Might be a good idea to have your name on your lapel just so you know who’s who!
Every time I go to a reunion these days I don’t recognise anyone,there’s just a crowd of old men!
When I wear my name on my lapel I put it upside down so I can remind myself who I am.
wild thing:
Hi everyone ,
Just to let you all know the second book by Ros Unwin ( North Staffordshire hauliers ) will be launched with a book signing at the Post House nr J15 . I think the name has changed now but as I get nearer to old age I tend to forget things. the launch will be at 14.00 till 17.00. Hope to see some of you there
Cheers
Duls
Hi Duls, do you know which companies are included in this one?
TruckinCraig:
Hi Duls, do you know which companies are included in this one?
The idea was companies that were not in the first book,after several readers,including myself,knew of several companies we had worked for that were not mentioned.
So this new book is wider ranging,covering a bigger area and although some extra information on firms from the first book may be included,there are a lot more names going back further.
I put Ros in touch with my mate Roger Forrester,who’s dad and uncle ran C & A Forrester from Wolstanton with a lot of their trucks being in the Trentham Gravel livery,but their origins go back to the days of the horse and cart collecting,“Night soil”!.
Can’t tell you any more,don’t want to spoil it!
bestbooties:
TruckinCraig:
Hi Duls, do you know which companies are included in this one?The idea was companies that were not in the first book,after several readers,including myself,knew of several companies we had worked for that were not mentioned.
So this new book is wider ranging,covering a bigger area and although some extra information on firms from the first book may be included,there are a lot more names going back further.
I put Ros in touch with my mate Roger Forrester,who’s dad and uncle ran C & A Forrester from Wolstanton with a lot of their trucks being in the Trentham Gravel livery,but their origins go back to the days of the horse and cart collecting,“Night soil”!.
Can’t tell you any more,don’t want to spoil it!
Hi Ian, well once again I will miss it - I’m on a ride & drive in Sweden with work (Scania) 
hope you all have a good day
Regards Ant
Thinking back to my days at Croxden Gravel in the late '60s/early '70s - Jos Kimberley (Etruria), C E Edwards Contractors, Lymers (Tean), Mellor Bros (Cheadle), AB Haulage (Annie Barlow), Dave Fower (now Fower and Keeling), Shirleys (still going strong) and many more - not forgetting the owner/drivers, of course, Brian and Dennis Mellor, Ken Mellor (all from Cheadle), Des Bannister (Alton),Tommy Mullineaux (Etruria) and that’s just a few - really busy in those days!
Steve.
Ste46:
Thinking back to my days at Croxden Gravel in the late '60s/early '70s - Jos Kimberley (Etruria), C E Edwards Contractors, Lymers (Tean), Mellor Bros (Cheadle), AB Haulage (Annie Barlow), Dave Fower (now Fower and Keeling), Shirleys (still going strong) and many more - not forgetting the owner/drivers, of course, Brian and Dennis Mellor, Ken Mellor (all from Cheadle), Des Bannister (Alton),Tommy Mullineaux (Etruria) and that’s just a few - really busy in those days!Steve.
We had some ex Edwards drivers Steve. I believe they had their ‘Pound of Flesh’ from them! 
Pete.
Very true, Pete - drivers and wagons were run firmly into the ground!
Looking at your avatar and your location, I’ll bet our paths crossed sometimes as well. Although spending a lot of time at Croxden, I worked out of Hilton in Derbyshire and (before going on to higher things) spent my fair share of time in Dene, Middle Peak and a few others round there!
Steve
Ste46:
Very true, Pete - drivers and wagons were run firmly into the ground!Looking at your avatar and your location, I’ll bet our paths crossed sometimes as well. Although spending a lot of time at Croxden, I worked out of Hilton in Derbyshire and (before going on to higher things) spent my fair share of time in Dene, Middle Peak and a few others round there!
Steve
Based at Ballidon or occasionally Kevin for Tilcon Steve so never went into Middle Peak, did go into Dene plenty of times when I worked for a private haulier but that would have been in the late '90’s/early 2000’s. I occasionally went into Croxden in the 1980’s for gravel back to Charcon at Middleton by Wirksworth, that was heavy going with a 201 Gardner before the ‘concrete road’ was opened and I hardly used top gear!
Pete.
Re: Adams Butter Transport 1960 / 1970
by top cat leek » 7.5.2013
Sadly i would like to inform everyone that Terry Cashmore/ TC of leek passed away yesterday at home with his family after a short ilness.
Just seen this. I thought he died a couple of weeks ago
Re this^^^^^^
Some one else who I had only met on this BB but regarded as a friend I had yet to meet,RIP.
My sincere condolences to his family.
bugcos:
Re this^^^^^^
Hiya…i was a pal of Terry for many years.he worked at Adams butter when i first got to know him.
we then got to work at Malcom Harrisons in the late 60’s early 70’s. Terry moved to Ron Rogers and did some
europe in a f86. he did some work chatman and ball. Terry then bought a ex moorlock f88 and had a go on
his own working for brit for many years.
now… i now live in north wales, Terry told me how bad thing was with his health, and told me he only had 2–6
weeks to live. after about 9 days i get a call saying he had pass away… no one knew anything about when
his funeral was…one of our mates wives phoned his house to ask when the funeral was…Terry answers the phone!!!
and said not yet but thanks for the condolance card, to which he’d had a few. he said i know who my friends are.!!!
(the lady who phoned Terry had worked for) he was to poorley to come on TN by now, but took the last week very well.
god did i feel bad about posting the message to early. he would’nt of minded he was a good mate, and he’ll be missed.
John
Thanks for all the condolences messages from all his trucker mates. Top cat/terry was a very special person and will be sadly missed.
For anyone interested his funeral is friday 17th may at 3.3opm at carmountside crem.
HI Guys just joined ,was looking for Photos of beresford ( to show my sons what there grandad drove)and found this, which I find amazing as my dad drove for beresford.
Would of been around 1972/76 his name was Albert Grocock ( or Burt or Sqeauk) we lived in Kidsgrove and I would of been about 5 ,I remember the stories he used to tell,one that’s stick in my mind was the lost of his mate in Germany ,something about being in convoy taking tractors threw the black forest and his mate had gone over the side ,just wondering if anyone remembers Him as it was not long after he had his first heart attack at the age of 33 .He died from a third heart attack at the age of 42,I still have his brief case that he used for his paper work and still have the last log book and his maps
can I just say thankyou for sharing your Photos
just found this out,the reg’s in this are PEH151F , WEH268G ,NVT656F,EVT119J,The last entry was 15-11-74
and got this old box still loved the juice that came in it
Hiya…wow thats one of the old logbooks where you put in every stop. on duty breaks and off duty breaks.
the castle top type lines was more fun. that was only because we could’nt spell the town names.
John