cheers del949 i new somebody would come up with something just need pictures now 
hi lonewolf
i drove for mantons,between 2001-2005 there still going,but dont have any of there own trailers.i think they have about 5 white leylad daf units
Busaboy
The DAF might have been Denzil’s I cant remember whether his was 346 or 347.
Pete
hi chris webber.i worked for mantons for a while as a driver. they lost there opperators licence so packed in.then they set up again in a coup[le of different names, mindep and britavo they also went down the pan so there now back with mantons and white dafs with hired plane fridges.
hi eggman, my dad worked for mantons, for around 5 years, he drove a 3 series on a j reg, a streamline 3 series on a p reg, and a white m reg scania on tanker work, based at flaxby just near the morrisons depot, he did mostly uk, and the odd european, plenty of weekend stuck ion southampton waiting for a load back up!! cheer, joe
t w devanney cross green industrial estate,leeds, regular european hauliers
joer580:
t w devanney cross green industrial estate,leeds, regular european hauliers
yes i understand they still send about 6 lorries a week abroad. they used to have 2 do swiss one leaving on a sunday one late tues night, 2 doing east side of france ending up at mulhouse again one leaving sun and one tues night, then another doing paris leaving on a sunday. then a few more one different runs.
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joer580:
re jessicas dad: thats right, my dad spent 8 years at reg jefferies (jefferies of otley) and they used to do lots of runs with devanneys, and cross paths regularly over the water, back in the days when devanneys were running older tackle.
they could often be found parked up at regular stopovers on european soil
your joking … jeffries never stopped longer than to refuel or chuck another card in. i remember one driver getting pulled having just came off the ferry on the wire, another boasting leaving leeds on a monday at 4am with 9 deliveries around pisa and back to leeds on friday evening and at the interview being asked… " can you peddle it "
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ha ha, they were the days, none stop working and driving, was just the same when he went on to thorburns. they used to take multi drop trailers over the water, leaving otley on a sunday, and returning with a backload on the friday, washing off and going straight over again on the sunday. not sure if that was a question at the interview, but the uk drivers were just the same,apart from one or 2 who stuck to the book!! some of the drivers now work for r c cooper transport, the owner himself was a jefferies driver, and apparently the worst uk culprit!!
well the owner of rc transport i recogonise from when i used to go clubbing at the gallery in leeds and he is still with the same girl now, i know for a fact he was gagging to get on european for jeffries then got weekended at dover and phoned up crying and begging to come back to leeds.
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here we go…
much preffered his old scannys!! did you take these pics yourself? heres 2 stunning 105s
yes i took them thurs night, we were both tipping at bibbys in yeadon and i thought of you
ah bibbys!!i thought that warehouse looked familiar!! was the driver a short bearded bloke called malcolm?? you a regular to bibbys?
joer580:
ah bibbys!!i thought that warehouse looked familiar!! was the driver a short bearded bloke called malcolm?? you a regular to bibbys?
no big tall fella. i have been going a few times a week but hate going as its such a ball ache to get to.
ye tell me bowt it!!all a or b roads, at least 30 mins from a motorway!!
although i must admit, the fish and chips at nearby murgatroyds, more than make up for it!! even sumwhere 2 park 2 eat them