HI Mechanic 77 .We loaded back from CATNIC in late 70 AND 80 S to a builders yard Warrington never did my self but ALL the other lads did one ALAN SMITH asked for it regular he had started going out with a lady he met on the C B .I think shee was called Silver lady he started gatting stuck down there for 2 AND THREE days at a time saying the loading was very bad next we new he moved in with her .he packed in havent heard off him since he was a good a bit of an alki dont know iff you remember him and his he still going .Regards Barry Waddy “WADDYS HAULAGE .”
hi waddy the name of the firm you loaded back from catnic was warrington slate on a wednesday the lads in the yard were brilliant as all the lancs customers were idrove for catnic for 20 years regards rowland
b.waddy:
HI Pete 359. Alf Parry and sons were dark Blue after they sold there yard to Summerfields super market they reduced the fleet to abount 6 and concentrated on steel out of Shotton .I think they moved to pentry in Sandycroft but the yard could noi be seen from the main road .Malcome the grand son ran them after his father Stan passed away ,but his heart was never in haulage so when Shoiton stopped producing steel he packed in i dont remember any forign motors in the fleet only ERF FODEN AND SEDDON ATKI .THERE was another haulier carring out of Shotton with light blue and grey D A F Stan Hourd of Mollington could see there yard on left going to the M 56 .THE only other one ran a lot of Volvo and still is today are Sunhill .A SDA is the big one on the right hand side as you start pulling up the duel carageway to wards the A 5 5 hope this will help you rember .My old grey cells are going since i have been put out to grass yours Barry Waddy
Alf Parry did have a few foreign motors Barry. He had some Volvo fl10’s and some Merc 1834’s.
HI RWARD ,.YOUR spot on do you remember our driver .ARE you out to grass like me nice to hear from you yours Barry wad
HI Dozer .My little grey cells are going cant remember them will have tllo ask KEN Squeek he was there till the end . where are you based seen you on the Leyland site see you worked for Davies LLanarmon my cousins lad worked there on a Foden in Tarmac coulors .His name is PHil works for Hatswells now .iff your handy you could come and help me on my photos /yours Barry Wad
hi b waddy if you explain a bit more about your driver i might now him i loved that job best money best job met some of the best guys of my life who im still best with some rip long time ago i still got a bit in me all the best rowland
HI RWARD. His name was Alan Smith short bloke with a tash had a drink problem but was a good tramper he shacked up with a woman on the C B .I think her handle was silver lady i think she had problems with legs he finished working for us and moved in with her down there never heard off him since .yours Barry Wad
HI Kingwisford Kit . You were right Parrys did move from the yard in Pentre , Sandycroft ,abount half a mile down towards Queensferry on the right hand side before the traffic lights they were in T TS trailor parts yard .I was thinking of the other road from Hawarden ,you ment the road from manor lane sorry leed you astray my little grey cells are not working as well as they used too .Regards Barry Waddy
Here we go then, not great shots due to being slides!, ERF B series in ALF Parrys yard Connahs Quay, when quite new , was driven by Dave ■■, who went on to work with me at TNT
S80 Foden, driven by Jimmy, Parrys ran mainly British trucks, had a Seddon Atki 400 which was a repo from an owner driver, before they moved to Sandycroft.
I think The Mercs and lone F10 was George Mayers from Saltney, prior to that ran a fleet of Borderers, from a yard on Boundry Lane.
JH Hourd fact…the trucks used to be green, then Stan bought an ex British Leyland Guy Big J, in blue and silver, from then on in the trucks were blue and grey. They ran DAF 2800s in the main
Happy dayzzzz
SBF10
HI ,Steelboy 110. THE photos are spot on I dont renember Parrys with any mercs or volvos .I may be wrong ,the drivers i remember there were Jimmy Addams long serving mick the Jordey Big mike ANOTHER LAD FROM HOLYWELL cant put a name yet it will come, a lad came from B R S a top drIver Ken Squeek went to Hatswell till he retired .GEORGE MEYERS another great firm out of Shotton steel like Boswells were more or less the same coulors .A king fisher blue .the lad i coudnot remember was Johny HIAGE .Characters in there own wright your right with your assesments , you must be local ,hope it will help you .yours Barry Wad
HI Steel boy 110 . DO you remember Geoff colgate alias sen worked for us for a long time went to Nuttalls then to J H Hourds only one eye but a good driver loved Londons .yours Barry Waddy
hi all,
good input waddy and sbf10.that’s the firm i recall.there is a truck parts business located there now.i went there a couple of years back when i bought a trailer just down the road off ken “wireless” arrowsmith 
regards andrew.
hi all,
my old f88,seen here at the 2003 swansea festival of transport.i noticed it advertised in truck trader recently,for sale.euroway group bought it off me in april 2005.
pete 359:
hi all,
my old f88,seen here at the 2003 swansea festival of transport.i noticed it advertised in truck trader recently,for sale.euroway group bought it off me in april 2005.
b.waddy:
HI Steel boy 110 . DO you remember Geoff colgate alias sen worked for us for a long time went to Nuttalls then to J H Hourds only one eye but a good driver loved Londons .yours Barry Waddy
Hi Barry
yes, I remember him, he was a good pal of one of the lads at Shones, Roy Buckler (Taffy),also remember Squeeker, at Parrys, and their fitter Emma (aka “the blackman”) due to his black hands!, legendary fitter. I was looking at the pictures of your trucks on another web site, and noticed the 86, HDM773K, ex Shones truck. Boswells, another firm I remember who packed up early on as things changed in shotton. do you remember Alistair from Harris’s, I bumped into him at Mike Shones 70th last year. were have those years gone…I have the answer to not remembering names, just call them all John (LOL), ask Pete 359…long story!
pete 359:
pete 359:
hi all,
my old f88,seen here at the 2003 swansea festival of transport.i noticed it advertised in truck trader recently,for sale.euroway group bought it off me in april 2005.
lovely looking truck andrew
hi sbf10,
cool memories m8.looks like euroway have only done 7000 miles since 2005,there was 15000 odd when i sold it.come to think of it,you put a few miles on that clock also
pete 359:
hi sbf10,
cool memories m8.looks like euroway have only done 7000 miles since 2005,there was 15000 odd when i sold it.come to think of it,you put a few miles on that clock also
Hi M8, yes a few! a great truck to drive, and good on the fuel, better than the 290. wonder who will buy her? home in Ireland maybe? just needs that big grille back on…but thats only my view! non the less one of the 2 best 88s that have been for sale in past few weeks.