Hiya,
When I started for W & J Riding’s I never progressed to being entrusted
with anything larger than a LAD cabbed Leyland Comet, this was not a
problem I’d rarely driven four wheeler’s and in fact being one of the
first drivers in Britain to hold the then new HGV all groups licences, I
left Riding’s simply for the reason It was such a long travel and a lot of
my day was spent in getting there and back I moved to Jos Walsh which
was only a short walk from my then home after my first week with
Walshy on the Friday I took a widish longish load of structural steel to
Blyth in Northumberland and was told to return empty so on my return
trip called into Longridge for my wages and accrued holiday pay parked
up not to cause disruption as you do and went for my dues wages to my
pocket, when the yard foreman approached saying by Hell Harry you’ve
been sharp getting your class one1 licence you only left here a week ago
and you’ve got a class 1 already,seemingly the office girl who had taken
my particular had misread my “black book” and I was only listed as a four
wheeler driver and unless Riding’s offered to upgrade my licence I was
likely o be be a rigid driver had I become a “lifer”.A great firm though.
thanks harry, long retired.