hey oatcake1967
sent you a pm mate.
gaz
oatcake1967:
sgt major roadworks:
Hi AllCan You remember a firm from Stoke called Fret Francais ?
think
RegardsYeh they had a yard on sneyd hill near moorland rd colledge, I think Salvatoris took them over.
Yep hats right Thank You for this info Oatcake
Regards
bestbooties:
sgt major roadworks:
Hi AllCan You remember a firm from Stoke called Fret Francais ?
Regards
I mentioned them briefly at the top of page 7 of this thread.
Thanks Best Booties read with interest , Can You guys remeber the old f88 they had always breaking down
I met with the driver on several occasions mainly in Dunkerque and he always was fixing something
Can You remember his name its been buging me for Years
Regards
hi all
can anyone remember a company call roadwide, they had a merc sk & a couple of blue turbostars it was run by an italian guy & his brother cant remember their names though, they ran from the commercial vehicle repairer’s yard on hot lane smallthorne opposite the red industries yard.
cheers
gaz
tetragaz:
hi all
can anyone remember a company call roadwide, they had a merc sk & a couple of blue turbostars it was run by an italian guy & his brother cant remember their names though, they ran from the commercial vehicle repairer’s yard on hot lane smallthorne opposite the red industries yard.cheers
gaz
Gaz,
You must be talking about Sammy Costa, turbostars were Italian reg’d, me and my mate considered driving for him, but thought better of it !!!
Regards
Ant
oatcake1967:
So after a few hours kip Im back and I have a list of companies I used to work for.Some are from Cheshire, so you will have to forgive me,but I still lived in Stoke at the time.
Browns, odd days and weeks for them
BRS taskforce, agency for BOC at crewe and spectus windows at Talke A/frame wagon and drag.
Nisa chill, didnt last long there
Fashion Fast, fenton,
Pugh Lewis, anyone remember them, modern day hell drivers.
Mick Bailey, not the highlight of my career.
Lee Durose, I have known Lee for years drove N24 DUR and T27 SUE, when he would let me
Billy Jones, tippers
JSL, for a subbie and full time when ESL took them over.
Potteries heavy haulage, mainly ■■■■■■ work to Split.
Tom Harvey Trans, Toms dead now rip, vans, 7.5 and 16 tonners from Congleton.
WIDE, dist, Congleton, 16 tonners and artics
Fosters Distribution, drove F424 YOA Scania 113, Harry Bailey and Jack and Tommy Foster, Congleton
Washingtons, Congleton
Danesbury freight, 1st ever trip to sweden for them.
Swains, Poynton, Mick Swain helped me out after a bad bike accident,top bloke.
I have got loads more but they are from other parts of the U.K. Cheers
Paul,
Fare list there, thought I’d worked for some companies, Drove for Lee Durose myself when he 1st kicked off on international (I was the guinie pig !!!) infact I’m back driving for him now, PM me and I’ll pass your regards to Lee,
Regards
Ant
oatcake1967:
So after a few hours kip Im back and I have a list of companies I used to work for.Some are from Cheshire, so you will have to forgive me,but I still lived in Stoke at the time.
Nisa chill, didnt last long there
Used to get called out to fix their trucks when I worked at MVC.
oatcake1967:
Fashion Fast, fenton,
Done a bit there on agency, I wonder if Dave Machin is still there■■? 10years ago he must have been 60 odd.
I have always found Fashion Fast quite hard to work out, never the best trucks nor the best wages but drivers have been there years and hardly ever leave.
oatcake1967:
Pugh Lewis, anyone remember them, modern day hell drivers.
I remember when Cedric worked there I was still at school, was never wise to be around when he was driving. I don’t think even the manufacturers thought it possible for a truck to be driven with such abuse.
oatcake1967:
Danesbury freight, 1st ever trip to sweden for them.
Airbags to Gothenburg by any chance■■?
The best job I have ever had was at Danesbury and it was and still is the longest I have ever kept a job. Myself and a few others who worked there would still be there now if they were still going.
@Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadows 
Fashion Fast I remember Dave had a Granada estate 2.8 ghia, I tried to get him to sell it to me but he would,nt part with.
Spot on with the Danesbury, It was a good job, but they wanted me to doubleman and when I started for them they agreed I would,nt have to but after about 6 months the goal posts moved and they wanted me to D.M. and I said no, so I think it was Jason, he told me I would lose my truck and be put on locals, so I handed my notice in and left a week later. I jumped on a plane and went to Canada and America for a month
Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadows
i used to drive the coal trucks for pugh-lewis 
,only stayed on site though fetching the coal out of the hole an tipping it on the loading bay.
and fat stuart didnt run the job he was just a loading shovel driver who liked to think he was in charge
yorkie 1200:
Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadowsi used to drive the coal trucks for pugh-lewis
and fat stuart didnt run the job he was just a loading shovel driver who liked to think he was in charge
My mistake Yorkie, did you drive that 6 wheel maggie deutz ?
oatcake1967:
yorkie 1200:
Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadowsi used to drive the coal trucks for pugh-lewis
and fat stuart didnt run the job he was just a loading shovel driver who liked to think he was in chargeMy mistake Yorkie, did you drive that 6 wheel maggie deutz ?
yes i drove the 6 weeler warra monster that was 6 wheel drive aswell that thing never got stuck enywhere there was an 8 wheeler aswell with greedy boards on the lad who drove that was local but carnt remeber his name
yorkie 1200:
oatcake1967:
yorkie 1200:
Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadowsi used to drive the coal trucks for pugh-lewis
and fat stuart didnt run the job he was just a loading shovel driver who liked to think he was in chargeMy mistake Yorkie, did you drive that 6 wheel maggie deutz ?
yes i drove the 6 weeler warra monster that was 6 wheel drive aswell that thing never got stuck enywhere there was an 8 wheeler aswell with greedy boards on the lad who drove that was local but carnt remeber his name
I drove it a couple of times, I think some of the gears were missin, or that could just of been me 
,
The ink was still a bit wet on my licence in those days.
I remember hearing that one of those terexs would push you up the hill if you were struggling, it never happened to me and I wondered if they were winding me up.
oatcake1967:
yorkie 1200:
oatcake1967:
yorkie 1200:
Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadowsi used to drive the coal trucks for pugh-lewis
and fat stuart didnt run the job he was just a loading shovel driver who liked to think he was in chargeMy mistake Yorkie, did you drive that 6 wheel maggie deutz ?
yes i drove the 6 weeler warra monster that was 6 wheel drive aswell that thing never got stuck enywhere there was an 8 wheeler aswell with greedy boards on the lad who drove that was local but carnt remeber his name
I drove it a couple of times, I think some of the gears were missin, or that could just of been me
The ink was still a bit wet on my licence in those days.
I remember hearing that one of those terexs would push you up the hill if you were struggling, it never happened to me and I wondered if they were winding me up.
yes they would push you ,but not to help you out but too shift you out of there way ,lol.
yorkie 1200:
oatcake1967:
yorkie 1200:
Ben9 do you remember Stuart he ran the Pugh Lewis job and his brother Hanson I think, them pair would fight their own shadowsi used to drive the coal trucks for pugh-lewis
and fat stuart didnt run the job he was just a loading shovel driver who liked to think he was in chargeMy mistake Yorkie, did you drive that 6 wheel maggie deutz ?
yes i drove the 6 weeler warra monster that was 6 wheel drive aswell that thing never got stuck enywhere there was an 8 wheeler aswell with greedy boards on the lad who drove that was local but carnt remeber his name
I remember my first day there, on the drive to the queue for the weighbridge, the gearbox in my cargo had already bitten me a couple of times.
Then one of the other new starters in front of me burst two tyres getting on the bridge, my bowels turned to liquid as I waited for my turn.
I managed the weighbridge okay and then kangarooed out the gate on the steepest learning curve of my life
oatcake1967:
So after a few hours kip Im back and I have a list of companies I used to work for.Some are from Cheshire, so you will have to forgive me,but I still lived in Stoke at the time.
Browns, odd days and weeks for them
BRS taskforce, agency for BOC at crewe and spectus windows at Talke A/frame wagon and drag.
Nisa chill, didnt last long there
Fashion Fast, fenton,
Pugh Lewis, anyone remember them, modern day hell drivers.
Mick Bailey, not the highlight of my career.
Lee Durose, I have known Lee for years drove N24 DUR and T27 SUE, when he would let me
Billy Jones, tippers
JSL, for a subbie and full time when ESL took them over.
Potteries heavy haulage, mainly ■■■■■■ work to Split.
Tom Harvey Trans, Toms dead now rip, vans, 7.5 and 16 tonners from Congleton.
WIDE, dist, Congleton, 16 tonners and artics
Fosters Distribution, drove F424 YOA Scania 113, Harry Bailey and Jack and Tommy Foster, Congleton
Washingtons, Congleton
Danesbury freight, 1st ever trip to sweden for them.
Swains, Poynton, Mick Swain helped me out after a bad bike accident,top bloke.
I have got loads more but they are from other parts of the U.K. Cheers
nowt wrong with Mick bailey 
spent a few years there my self so we may know each other how long did you work there for ?
nowt wrong with Mick bailey spent a few years there my self so we may know each other how long did you work there for ?
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It was some time in the late eighties, I don,t remember exactly. The reason I said it was not the highlight of my career was because it is the only time I have left a job without working my notice.
They had taken some parts of my truck,mirrors headlights etc, and replaced them with damaged ones,because they had another truck going for test 
and I refused to leave the yard unless they changed them back,…Well you can guess the rest
oatcake1967:
nowt wrong with Mick bailey
It was some time in the late eighties, I don,t remember exactly. The reason I said it was not the highlight of my career was because it is the only time I have left a job without working my notice.
They had taken some parts of my truck,mirrors headlights etc, and replaced them with damaged ones,because they had another truck going for test and I refused to leave the yard unless they changed them back,…Well you can guess the rest
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that sounds about right for Mick.who was in the garage when you worked there ?
Hello, I’m new to this forum but now I’ve found it I’ll be posting some photo’s of Sturge’s Transport, used to run out of Shelton bar and other old hauliers from the Potteries and Staffordshire. I’ve got loads and happen to know that the Sturge brothers are all alive and kicking and still got thier hands in transport in some form or another.
Keep your eyes peeled and I’ll be downloading photo’s soon!!!
Welcome Trentham Gravel,
Looking forward to the pics.
Hiya… jump on board mate whats your name trentham gravel?? I 'am john i did some work out of shelton, it was girder ends for stocksbridge or
applby froddington at Scunny…Sturge was running A and B series erf’s and a Sedak. IICR Alan was in the office John was doing repairs but left
to go working for a firm putting third axels on units for 38 ton. now was it Tony on the sedak and a younger lad who had just passed his test
was his name Rich■■?..Its 30 years back and i’ve forgot a bit. mind you i got on well with John so his name stuck. …Was john making Skips on a
ind est just of the A34 not far from ANC and Pauls 3 or 4 years ago ■■?.I would’nt mind bumping into him again.Back to sturge can’nt wait for
some pikkys mate.
John