this is another middle east haulier from preston, anyone have any photos of there trucks?
G’day mate,
Have a look on the LDD [long distance diary] thread,on the last page there is an aritcle from Truck and Driver may 1986. It shows a Whittle Daf 3300 space cab going to Greece.
Cheers Jamie
Why put pics of a company that ripped off many ODs put them in the bog and flush em
Roger Haywood
sinbin31:
Why put pics of a company that ripped off many ODs put them in the bog and flush emRoger Haywood
Come on Roger, when did they ever short change you ? I did a year with them and my cash was always there for me. At the end of each trip you would sit down with your Manager, mine was at first Andrew Jones and then Shiela Bennett . They would go through all your expences with you and when you both agreed on the balance, you got a cheque there and then. At least that`s how it was then 1976/7. Mr.Micheal Whittle, in his morning coat and pin stripe trousers, (flash prat) would always look in and thank you.
Hi Archie
Didnt Know there were two companies of Whittles i’m not going into what they did to me You were lucky, others were not as far as i’m concerned they were S–t 
I had a good reputation on the Middle East circuit
sorry mate good times bad times I say no more read Truckerash’s new book when it appears all will be reveiled
Roger Haywood
sinbin31:
Hi ArchieDidnt Know there were two companies of Whittles i’m not going into what they did to me You were lucky, others were not as far as i’m concerned they were S–t
sorry mate good times bad times I say no more read Truckerash’s new book when it appears all will be reveiledRoger Haywood
Whoops! sorry Roger I really never knew they treated you so badly, my appologies. Yes you were well thought of I know. And yes I certainly shall read Ashs book when it comes out, I shall also be pleased to see Ian Taylors book. I just hope I live long enough for these happenings.
Cheers, Archie.
hi roger
how about postin a few pics of your motor when you were on for whittles if you have any mate
cheers
gaz 
hi Archie
Thankyou for your reply I have to say that I never heard a bad word said about you either so that makes you and me very special 
and a few others ,yes mate lets hope we both live to read the books at the moment I’m fine me knee’s are not so good and Mr wiggley don’t want to come out to play much now ,the bellies got bigger ,eyesights limited ,apart from all that still miss the open road .
Cheers
Roger Haywood
I found this pic of two Whittle motors in an old mag. They were going to Jordan back in '81
Cheers Jamie
HI, Any of of you remember a OD from Barnsley, Alan Wright had an orange Merc Sold it Fearns Tankers then worked for Lambsons on tankers Cheers Mel
Did they turn into this lot■■?..
Seen a few of these trucks about, colours and lettering look very similar??
coca cola kid:
HI, Any of of you remember a OD from Barnsley, Alan Wright had an orange Merc Sold it Fearns Tankers then worked for Lambsons on tankers Cheers Mel
I only remember Alan Jones, he did a spell at Alan Jacksons in Ossett too.
Here are a couple of pictures when we pulled for them in the 80s
bullitt:
Did they turn into this lot■■?..Seen a few of these trucks about, colours and lettering look very similar??
Once upon a time, they were one and the same, I believe. When Whittle moved from the “Waverley Freight Terminal” in Preston (actually a yard set in amongst a row of terraced houses) to the old Horsley Smith timber yard in Bamber Bridge, the removals side had one of the warehouses on the site.
At some stage, Whittle Movers was sold off separately, perhaps through a management buyout, and moved out to Charnley Fold in Bamber BrIdge. Then as Whittle International lurched towards the abyss, the Bamber Bridge site (one of Whittle’s few assets) was sold to W. H. Bowker in 1989, although Whittle retained control of the leased office block at that time. About 4 months later, Whittle went into receivership, and Bowker took over the building as well, sbsequently developing the depot by taikng over adjacent property.
The goodwill (such as it may have been!) of Whittle was taken over by Hauser, and it traded for a while as Whittle-Hauser, although trailers were certainly returned to CTR at Haydock. I know one of the local hauliers asked to shunt some of them had an issue over payment…
not forgetting this ‘offshoot’ too www.whittleeasterneurope.co.uk
jj72:
not forgetting this ‘offshoot’ too whittleeasterneurope.co.uk
Right… Seeing Michael Whittle’s name and the original logo, I wonder if this is a re-invented Whittle International (maybe he thought we’d forgotten about him after 20 years), rather than any connection with the present day Whittle Movers.
jj72:
not forgetting this ‘offshoot’ too whittleeasterneurope.co.uk
Some good old English names appearing in the Operations Team JJ 
Wheel Nut:
jj72:
not forgetting this ‘offshoot’ too whittleeasterneurope.co.ukSome good old English names appearing in the Operations Team JJ
Nice one
Wheel Nut:
jj72:
not forgetting this ‘offshoot’ too whittleeasterneurope.co.ukSome good old English names appearing in the Operations Team JJ
Ekky thump, not even a Higginbottom, Bradshaw or an Ogden in the first team 
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Wheel Nut:
jj72:
not forgetting this ‘offshoot’ too whittleeasterneurope.co.ukSome good old English names appearing in the Operations Team JJ
indeed, will hold my tongue what I think of them… by the way 240, no connection with whittle movers afaik