Gardner 120:
Haydon’s Leyland Chieftain & Bedford at “Lake” Market 1988/89 & Bedford with a Mears Clydesdale
Hiya…theres a spelling mistake there Gardner 120…you’ve missed an R out of market…Marrket. tut tut tut.
John
Eeeeee crimes!
Gardner 120:
Eeeeee crimes!
Hiya…i was at a party last night Mr jack Haydon was there with Ann.didn.t speak with him (you know why) it was
nice to see him out. it was Charlies Retirement/birthday party. a good night.
John
Hi Meirlad when you said you subbed for the guy from Sheffield did he have a couple of Foden,s S10 with the 11" headlights in navy blue as I had a mate who drove for him and told me how good the job was on the crushed cars but he was soon out of work when he went ■■■■ up.
cheers Johnnie
3300John:
Gardner 120:
Eeeeee crimes!Hiya…i was at a party last night Mr jack Haydon was there with Ann.didn.t speak with him (you know why) it was
nice to see him out. it was Charlies Retirement/birthday party. a good night.
John
Hi John - that would be Fred (not Jack) but I’m glad he’s getting out and about - I was with him in August, he’s getting on now bless him - Charlie Robbo’s retired eh? Keep on trucking, that’s my advice
Here’s Fred in 1989
D 252 DRF is a stoke on trent reg, who was it registered to when new 
Bigantbarker999:
My dad used to do the trailer work mot,s and some creda runs about 1980 when he left E&E for Vic wild and bradburys who ran out of whieldon road I remember they had sk Mercs then I think.
HI ANT WAS YOUR DAD DECA BARKER BY ANY CHANCE
HI , Folks , That was great reading. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Brought back a lot of memories of my days on the road. cheers…Barry
Lance Biscomb:
D 252 DRF is a stoke on trent reg, who was it registered to when new
Hiya . what lorry is it Lance volvo■■? what color■■? volvo F12 maybe
John
Yes Volvo f12 white 
Hi ya nick yes my dad is Decca barker. I take it you know him then lol
NICK BASFORD:
Bigantbarker999:
My dad used to do the trailer work mot,s and some creda runs about 1980 when he left E&E for Vic wild and bradburys who ran out of whieldon road I remember they had sk Mercs then I think.
HI ANT WAS YOUR DAD DECA BARKER BY ANY CHANCE[/quote hi nick yes my dad is Decca barker I take it you know him then lol
Bigantbarker999:
Hi ya nick yes my dad is Decca barker. I take it you know him then lol
Hi Ant i was your dads apprentice at E&E when they first moved to the new yard at fenton from North Street Stoke.they were a good set of lads back then,when i passed my car test i was allowed to drive the mk 1 ■■■■■■ van they had to fetch parts from around Stoke .DAVE Ecc brought a LT 35 pick up and that was the end of my garage days i went every were in it reguly down to London delivering pottery or colour pigment no M25 them days.your dad was good mates with big joe .ther was some great guys ther that taught me alot .i see cliffy a bit and he runs a car transporter and joey does his repairs.I saw Dave Ecc about 2 months ago hes not changed much but he doesnt have as much to do with the running of the trucks i think he sed his daughter and another guy do that .please send my regards to your dad
CHEERS NICK BASFORD
NICK BASFORD:
Bigantbarker999:
Hi ya nick yes my dad is Decca barker. I take it you know him then lolHi Ant i was your dads apprentice at E&E when they first moved to the new yard at fenton from North Street Stoke.they were a good set of lads back then,when i passed my car test i was allowed to drive the mk 1 ■■■■■■ van they had to fetch parts from around Stoke .DAVE Ecc brought a LT 35 pick up and that was the end of my garage days i went every were in it reguly down to London delivering pottery or colour pigment no M25 them days.your dad was good mates with big joe .ther was some great guys ther that taught me alot .i see cliffy a bit and he runs a car transporter and joey does his repairs.I saw Dave Ecc about 2 months ago hes not changed much but he doesnt have as much to do with the running of the trucks i think he sed his daughter and another guy do that .please send my regards to your dad
CHEERS NICK BASFORD
Nick spoke to my dad and that’s what he told me…uncle joe as I call him works with me on fedex he’s in the garage…my dad runs a pub and was a builder for quite a while but he,s gone back driving full time as well as the pub on a company called reliance logistics in stoke along with his mate billy jones…dave eccs daughter Joanne runs it with his brother in law tony beresford I believe…would have been another story if my dad was still there but I’m sure you know what happened in the past…my dad’s pub is called the white swan it’s in Newport lane middleport if your ever passing pop in he,d love that nick…I actually did a bit for E&E myself when I started driving twenty years ago on agency…dave ecc said I think sarcastically are you going to be as good as what your dad was…I did my bit but it was strange the family type element of the company was gone to me shame really…thanks nick for the memories buddy I,ll pass on your regards…
Anthony barker
hi all
when I first started work in 1960 for a large wholesale company in leeds they had at least 1truck per day from a company called longton and north staffs transport,the trucks were always thornecrofts any body remember them?any photos,and what happened to them.also from that area a company called p&g beckett also ran thornecrofts.
any info or photos would be good.
regards to all you ex truckers
sm1
Hiya…Snowman1…Longton was a big outfit. they was Guy and Leyland agents. they owned their
own Bodybuilding workshop. they had a few spin off companies like Knight and Riley continental furniture removals.
i knew of a chap doing Italy in the late 60,s with FG morris/austins and later Commer,s all 4 wheelers. Longton had
a transport division with quite a large fleet…Longton holdings also had a busy Crane hire outfit in the potteries owning
quite a large fleet of mobile cranes…there was also Longton storage another spin off. there was also a Steel stock holders.
and last of all Longton commercial and van hire…i’am not certain what is Longton holding now everything has changed
names and takeovers so i can only say about things form years ago when i would collect spares from there and see their
vehicles on the road. if you scroll through the s.o.t companies site there are some Knight and Riley pictures… cheers
John
I could be wrong here but I’m fairly sure Longton does not exist in any guise anymore. Obviously im on about the company unfortunately not the town.
hi 3300 john & ben9
thanks for the info re longton &north-staffs I had no idea they were such a big company in there day,never saw any leylands or guys always thornycrofts.
regards
sm1
hiya just been looking on Google Longton truck bodies and Longton truck sales was sold to Evans Halshaw then closed.
Longton Crane Hire went into liquidation the 5th july 2013. i didn’t know they was still around at that time.
i can’t find any other reports of take overs.
John
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Longton Crane Hire’s yard is M-Way now isn’t it?