Fantastic vwvanman!
I’m well chuffed with seeing this advert,i knew Butler’s had been in an add but forgot what for.I’ll show my dad it on Saturday when i get back from work,i know OHA 700M wasn;t my dads,his was a p reg.
As for that Marathon in the"New European’s" film,i think they were just Leyland test vehicle’s and Butler’s definately had the first Marathon sold as he bought it from the Motor Show at Earls Court,it was a race between them and W.J Daniel’s transport from Brierley Hill and Butler’s won.
Thank you again for the trouble you went to find this add,i appreciate it.
Hiya Jase, i remember ur Dad, Keith, my Dad worked for Butlers for yrs with ur Dad, his name was Kenny Cook, bk to what u said about Butlers having the first Marathon, Male and son in Brierley Hill had a L reg, dunno how they did it, Billy Hughes had OHA 700M and it’s maiden voyage if u like was to France, and it came bk with a load of Champagne, yrs lata my mate Steve Fereday drove the same truck, he is no longer with us, in fact most of em have gone now, even Butlers folded last yr, but r now trading as PJB Transport, the green and red of their heyday is fading out, and now they r mainly blue, looks as tho we got diesel in our veins as well then, more expensive than blood eh
bigtonec:
Hiya Jase, i remember ur Dad, Keith, my Dad worked for Butlers for yrs with ur Dad, his name was Kenny Cook, bk to what u said about Butlers having the first Marathon, Male and son in Brierley Hill had a L reg, dunno how they did it, Billy Hughes had OHA 700M and it’s maiden voyage if u like was to France, and it came bk with a load of Champagne, yrs lata my mate Steve Fereday drove the same truck, he is no longer with us, in fact most of em have gone now, even Butlers folded last yr, but r now trading as PJB Transport, the green and red of their heyday is fading out, and now they r mainly blue, looks as tho we got diesel in our veins as well then, more expensive than blood eh
used to work with a bloke at s.jones who used to work for butlers.first name chris.a big bloke he was but his surname escapes me sorry
great photos jase 
curnock:
bigtonec:
Hiya Jase, i remember ur Dad, Keith, my Dad worked for Butlers for yrs with ur Dad, his name was Kenny Cook, bk to what u said about Butlers having the first Marathon, Male and son in Brierley Hill had a L reg, dunno how they did it, Billy Hughes had OHA 700M and it’s maiden voyage if u like was to France, and it came bk with a load of Champagne, yrs lata my mate Steve Fereday drove the same truck, he is no longer with us, in fact most of em have gone now, even Butlers folded last yr, but r now trading as PJB Transport, the green and red of their heyday is fading out, and now they r mainly blue, looks as tho we got diesel in our veins as well then, more expensive than blood ehused to work with a bloke at s.jones who used to work for butlers.first name chris.a big bloke he was but his surname escapes me sorry
Hiya Curnock, i think that might be Chris Bryant, i think that’s him in the pic that Jase put up, by the way Jase, brill pics, took me bk a long way, we only ever had 1 pic of my Dads lorry, and it was black and white lol
thats the bloke,aint seen him for a while,he’s a character 
curnock:
thats the bloke,aint seen him for a while,he’s a character
Glad that helped, he certainly was a character, my Dad used to call him Ian Botham, amongst other things, all in jest tho, if u look at the pics Jase put up, the ones where the 2 lorries r in France, he is standing between the two
BonkeyDollocks:
Here you are lads.Found this one lurking in my collection.Hope you enjoy it !
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Thanks for that pic BD, looking at it it’s pretty much when Butlers started doing that run, it looks like George Smith, or my uncle Viv Roberts who sadly passed away while on that run, he died of a massive heart attack at Buxton on 07 02 86, RIP Viv
dont know if your interested jase but theres a pic of a butler marathon on ebay at the moment item number 170260666779
Found this Sed/Atk pic,hope it is of interest.
Cheers Marc.
Ah,the Strato ,what a truck!!
My old mans was F259 CEA and he loved it,only problem he had with it was it used to go through front cab mounting bushes every few month’s till they fitted them with grease ■■■■■■■.
Loads of room in it but when it was delivered it never came as it was ordered,i’e top bunk missing,so it had to be fitted before delivery.
Shame they sold them to S Jones to go on the Norfolk line contract,before i think they were 12 months old.