Long Departed Southampton HauliersModerators: ERF-NGC-European, dieseldave By posting content to TruckNet, you're agreeing to our terms of use and confirm that you have read our Privacy Policy, and our Cookie Use Policy. You acknowledge that any personal data you post on TruckNet may be accessed by other members of TruckNet and visitors to the forum Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersBlimey. Phil Garratt has not aged one bit. He has retired now last with DFDS. What a cracking bloke to deal with also.
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersOff a French web site....my old friend Kenny Roberts brother use to drive for them, (can't remember his first name) a good company to work for I believe
entre le chien et le loup
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersSparshatts advert from 1957.
Click on page twice.
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Dean one of the Sparshatt's (Mike) lives just round the corner from me in Bursledon, Buzzer.
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Are they still going Buzzer ? Heres another advert from 1964 where they had opened a few more depots. ![]()
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersOld time Southampton driver at his 89th birthday celebrations
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersMorning all, been very quiet on here lately ,the young man in the photo does he come from Southampton or is he more a Wiltshire man
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersYea more a Swindon area man
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersAnother question then just to confirm my suspicions doe's he have a slightly younger but not as handsome brother.
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Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersCant stand the suspense Kev. who you thinking ?
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersRight again !!!
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersAnd would the less handsome of the brother's have worked for BKG at some point as well as a few other's
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Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersI believe you are correct
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersI think the handsome one had a Mercedes at some point and his name is Gordon
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Kev I remember an Smith's Atki Borderer and I think that went abroad as well but there was men driving back then, JD
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersKev don't tell Charleone about the shallots, I see he is booked in JD
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersYour not wrong there buzzer.Theses kid's of today would not know what hit them with no fridge no microwave no dab radio and half the time no heater.
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Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersAnd first prize goes to Buzzer ! He had at least two Mercs at Mammoths i remember a trip in each one when I was a boy .
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersThat's not fair i got it first i was trying to make it more dramatic and hang it out like most driver's do.
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Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersSorry Gerbil .....you get Bullys special prize !
Re: Long Departed Southampton Hauliers"Rocket"? Gordon.
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Ha Ha Kev that's a trip in the Atki to Milan, Buzzer.
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Here it is just shipped into Poole from Cherbourg and seen leaving the docks.
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersWell done Dean with Smithy's Atki just don't know how you find em, I could visualise it so knew I was not dreaming, Buzzer
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersHere's a pic of Gordon Smith taken in Novara Italy when he was only 50 years old, a great chap to run with.
Regards Richard
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersMappo reckons he had already left the building when this picture was taken, no steamers in sight there so he was right, Buzzer
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................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Hello Buzzer is the photo of Henry Smithers yard one of yours? Regards R-JACKO
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersSmithers yard pic is not mine normally I post nmp but forgot on this occasion, Buzzer.
Re: Long Departed Southampton HauliersHi all, doe's it really matter who it belong's to it must have been posted on an open forum in the past so it's there for all to see.
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