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Oh the innocence! 
It is funny that the only thing I remember about I J Blakey is that the nickname was “ten bob a ton” and he had a roundabout named after him 
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Lol alot of people dont like Blakey but my grandad wouldnt have a bad word said about him, Apparently Blakey was a transport manager at Robby Dales back in the day so they went way back 
Anyone remember Davis Frieght they ran orange and white sed atk 400s
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Davis Freight are still going I think, they use to run some DAF 3300/3600 on Cobelfret too.
Do you remember George Head?
Wilkinson Transport.
E Daniels and Son
Barry Craven. ran Ford D Series.
Was Robby Dales any relation to Jeff Dales who started Hull Cartridge Company?