Iancarr1968:
dickie carr you speak of was my dad. he died of cancer in 1987 aged 46… i used to go away with him as often as i could when i was young and loved every minute of it. i know he loved working at john dee transport even though like all the driver he would moan about the wages! i remember lots of drivers … davey stores,micky wright,summer ronnie,mel hall,tommy johnson. peter johnson,bambi, richie, crooksy, the fitters nat and rocky, tommy maddison. baz in the office dennis calahan, peter newtoni had some great times and i knew my dad did as well, having a few pints was one of the things he liked but he did have a bit of a hot head at times, i like to think he passed a lot of knowledge to me as ive been driving now for 24 years (46 yrs old now) and have worked with a few of the drivers above storesy wrighty crooksy at peter cooks (6yrs) also worked at john dees for 2 years previous to that… last 13 ive been on car transporters…
from what i remember in my dads years at john dees the job aint the same anymore, drivers dont socialise like they used to… and aint got as much time for each other as in days gone by, thanks for reading this ian carr
Seeing some of those names brings bak memories - I was there at the height of the AM type CB radios so remember most of the guys by their handles - Ben Gunn (Tony Crooks), Slap Shot (not sure if he was Tommy Johnstone), Cowboy to name just three. The CBs did a lot in bringing people together - I was proud to be in the Banana Bunch! Dents - was that the Hole in the Wall Gang?, It’s been such a long time I forget the “group” names of some, like Elldis, Barnfather & Wilks (Barney’s Army?), The Williams crew with thier furniture vans - 10-4