Hi lads any of you remember a firm called DCB based at Driglington J27 M62 ran light blue motors the owners were Jimmy Ball and his son dean i was there in !990 as one of six geordie lads. There main work was pound stretchers out of crossgreen. They moved to grange road Batley and had a sizeable fleet at the time they also had motors sign written with C Schofield & son in the same colours light blue cabs red bumpers chassis etc. good firm to work for
thechink1968:
Hi lads any of you remember a firm called DCB based at Driglington J27 M62 ran light blue motors the owners were Jimmy Ball and his son dean i was there in !990 as one of six geordie lads. There main work was pound stretchers out of crossgreen. They moved to grange road Batley and had a sizeable fleet at the time they also had motors sign written with C Schofield & son in the same colours light blue cabs red bumpers chassis etc. good firm to work for
Last i heard C ■■■■ were doing Poundstretcher they moved to Leeds Road Huddersfield
ramone:
thechink1968:
Hi lads any of you remember a firm called DCB based at Driglington J27 M62 ran light blue motors the owners were Jimmy Ball and his son dean i was there in !990 as one of six geordie lads. There main work was pound stretchers out of crossgreen. They moved to grange road Batley and had a sizeable fleet at the time they also had motors sign written with C Schofield & son in the same colours light blue cabs red bumpers chassis etc. good firm to work forLast i heard C ■■■■ were doing Poundstretcher they moved to Leeds Road Huddersfield
butts got poundies work after dcb closed its doors…
anyone familiar with reg jefferies? jefferies of otley) My dad worked there for 8 years during the 90’s, at its peak they ran i think 25 artics and about 40 curtainsiders.with roughly a 60/40 split on uk, and european haulage. the economic downturn saw the downsizing of the company in the late 90’s and one driver who left set up and currently runs r c cooper transport, which to this day employes several ex jefferies drivers. jefferies is still in exisitance, and currently operate 4 daf tractor units, employed on a variety of work including deliveries for magnet trade. coopers used to run all scanias, but now have 2 daf xf 105’s 2 liveried scanias and 3 plain white r series scanias, ironically both are now based at riffa business park, situated between pool in wharfedale and a small village called huby.
prior to working at reg jefferies my dad was also employed by manton european freezer freight,another company that has dramatically downsized, but can still ocasionally be seen on yotkshires roads sporting a white livery.
Hi Joer.
I remember Mantons very well,they did a lot of subbing for Unigate/Malton Bacon and Wincanton at Maltby around 1994/95 time and then they disappeared.I remember there was female driver working for them but can’t recall her name and there was also a self-employed driver called Alan Scarborough,he had a Scania in Manton livery but I’m almost sure he owned it.He was a great bloke and I always wondered what happened to him.
can any body remember tom roberts transport from barnsley mainly ERF fleet
hi chop one nearest to camera is one of tom roberts erf a sad end in bunnys scrap yard parkgate (a peter davies photo)toms son was working at truswells up to acouple of years ago-alan
Here’s one chop,out of a Peter Davies book.
hi chris which book is that one in-alan
revman:
hi chris which book is that one in-alan
Hi Alan.
Sorry it’s not a Peter Davies book it’s Graham Edge’s "AEC Lorries in the post-war years 1945-1979 and it’s full of good stuff if you like AECs.It’s published by Roandoak Publishing,ISBN 1 871565 21 9.
If you want to borrow mine,no problem I’ll send it.
Chris
thanks chris i will have a look at crystal peaks book shop for that one (cost more to post it)alan
hi chris webb, was her name michelle of shelly?? maybe? the lass who drove for mantons
cheers
Deffinately remember prestons of potto from the early 90’s/late 90’s and i remember supercook when they use to have a transport fleet before they went into administration, well it went from supercook to renshaw scott to supercook again 
I still remember their fleet of 4x2 eurotech iveco’s and little 7 & half ton & 18 ton cargo ivecos. 
joer580:
hi chris webb, was her name michelle of shelly?? maybe? the lass who drove for mantons
cheers
Hi joer.The Mantons girl was called Michelle,I remember her on the phone one day to Manton HQ when she was short in her wages,she told them she was going straight to the yard to get it sorted and if they didn’t like it they could shove the Scania,fridge box and next load where the sun don’t shine!! 
Shelley,I remember her,she drove for Wards out of MBF Malton,slim,blonde lass.Archie will remember her…'appen
Just a footnote,I seem to recall all Manton fridge boxes being on rental from TIP,the Manton photo shows the trailer number as 10-1765 which was a TIP type format.
cheers
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Hi joer.The Mantons girl was called Michelle,I remember her on the phone one day to Manton HQ when she was short in her wages,she told them she was going straight to the yard to get it sorted and if they didn’t like it they could shove the Scania,fridge box and next load where the sun don’t shine!! Shelley,I remember her,she drove for Wards out of MBF Malton,slim,blonde lass.Archie will remember her…'appen :
Aye, but obviously not as well as you do eh ? 
Cheers, Archie.
Archie Paice:
cheers
Hi joer.The Mantons girl was called Michelle,I remember her on the phone one day to Manton HQ when she was short in her wages,she told them she was going straight to the yard to get it sorted and if they didn’t like it they could shove the Scania,fridge box and next load where the sun don’t shine!! Shelley,I remember her,she drove for Wards out of MBF Malton,slim,blonde lass.Archie will remember her…'appen :
Aye, but obviously not as well as you do eh ?
Cheers, Archie.
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Well aye,but I didn’t know her THAT well Archie.
I wonder if she’s still at Wards?
Aye, but obviously not as well as you do eh ?
Cheers, Archie.
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Well aye,but I didn’t know her THAT well Archie.
I wonder if she’s still at Wards?
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Hullo Chris,
No she’s long gone, last time I was working (November) there were only five, maybe six motors working from Malton. Everything has been moved up to Middlesbrough, a good move as they are expanding as a Fleet again now. Even Dave has moved most of his stuff up there now. With a bit of luck I will be up there again in April. And before you ask, YES I will get you some photographs when I get there And I may just ask Steve for a contact addy for her.
Cheers, Archie.
has anyone anymore pic or worked for this company around 90-93
Dave
i remember them but havnt seen anymore pics somebody must have some im still looking for a firm that was on grange road in batley called yak transport nobody remembers them its driving me bloody mad 
have you been drinking that buckfast again sponge?