T Payne Ltd had their main office in Cottage Green, off of Southampton way
They had an office in West Brom
There was a second driver called Frank in Ipswich and Barry in Portsmouth
Bob Gladwell and a second driver Barry
operated from Milton Keynes
My Dad, Brian Morey, was a driver for them for a number of years and I learnt my trade as a mechanic working for them from 1982-1988 before leaving to work for London Transport
The boss was Frank Absolom/Lofty, not 100% on the first name
Also Frank Koobah, that spelling may be incorrect
Most of the photos below will be of my Dads vehicles, there is one with Doug Cull in the picture. The black and white photos show my dad in both photos at a lorry driver of the year competition along with a phot of him with 2 other T Paynes drivers
