fleetclean:
Hi, Some info on George Davies Liverpool
There 1st depot in the Midlands was at Fords foundry Leamington spa
They then moved to Arthur Aplins Yard on A45 by laughing dogs warehouse
Fred Smith was transport manager/the drivers at this depot were Dave Wizz/Mick Kent/Geof Bedford/Danny Harris/Pete Harris/Micky Mills/Beenie/Jason/Polish Lad and about 3 others i cant remember there names
They then move upto Long Lawford On the old aerodrome all the drivers moved with them
They opened a depot at Rainham and then at tilbury/thurockDoes any body remember JackSaunders Long itchington
I think all drivers in the late 50s/60s/ learnt the ropes with either Jack Saunders or Arthur Applins
1974 Dave Wizz/ Danny Harris got jobs with Lathams Delivering landrovers in Jumbo Tilts to the Middle East the rest is all history.
Good old days
Silver Foxy
the uk manager of gds was a scouser called fred smith ,his brother(whos name escapes me) was depot manager at studholm st liverpool but funnily enough his nickname was silver fox due to his long mane of slver grey hair.
cheers steve.