sorry about the last reply but that maggee left a bad taste in my mouth 
when he took over he give all 200 quid at xmas but than every day sick 5 quid off.2nd year we all fxxk all,this guy treated all like shxt,burn in hell…sorry had bad day 
did you all get your pensions there was a bit of bother with that iirc the man was a tw.t 
dreva:
did you all get your pensions there was a bit of bother with that iirc the man was a tw.t
did not have any with him 
this man was the low of the low would not pxxs on him if he was on fire that not like me ,a placid lad…sometimes 
keith do you remember the free ■■■■ up at the hilton in leeds 
I reckon that Volvo is an A One on the Woolwich Ferry.
looks that way mate
dreva:
keith do you remember the free ■■■■ up at the hilton in leeds
yes i do,thats while a go may be1989 or 90 ,went to all the others too.the last xmas do was the pub next to JMRs house,no large shorts singels only 
ha my cousen owned the pub 
yeah we had one before at the coachhouse top of legrams lane it wasnt a bad do at the hilton 
sugestion for a riunion for drivers staff and wives my landlady has suggested that she will put on a hot bufett with all the trimmings plus a live 1960s 70s grupe at £3 00 £3 50 per head bar open till 2 am because you all maide a good inpresion on your last visit she is willing to go the the extra mile to make it a good night for you all thats the bold priverteer at wrose \
sounds good to me stu you gonna sort it and we can pm everyone
Going back in time a couple of people told me this story about JMR. Apparently if a driver got killed in an accident a few weeks after the funeral the big man would turn up at the widows house find out how much mortgage was owed on the property and pay off it off. Knowing Robbo I can well believe it of him.
Hi Guys.
I have been watching “Great British Railway Journeys” with Micael Portillo on BBC2 and he was talking about tunnels under the River Thames. This jolted my old grey memory cells.
I bet some of you “old” drivers remember “BLACKWALL TUNNEL” I well remember when we used to “Rope and Sheet” every load. We had to use that tunnel in order to get to the London Docks. The trouble was. If you met another truck on one of the bends under the river, you would quite often snap your ropes as you passed each other
Anyone remeber the fire at a wharehouse near our depot on the Isle of Dogs■■? I think the firemen let a few drivers into the warehouse to grab what they wanted before they condemned it.
I have some film of Woolwich Ferry Crossing and the breaking of ther B…DY FRENCH BLOCKADE in March 1980!!! When I can fathom it out, I will add it to the FORUM
Has anybody clicked on my “LINK” to see all the REUNION photo’s 
DRY GINGER
DRY GINGER:
Hi Guys.Anyone remeber the fire at a wharehouse near our depot on the Isle of Dogs■■? I think the firemen let a few drivers into the warehouse to grab what they wanted before they condemned it.
DRY GINGER
Hi Ginger… certainly remember the fire, still have an amplifier from then. Dont know about the firemem but after theyd condemned everything, some of the lads squeezed along the quayside, broke through the wall and burrowed into the stacks that the fire and water hadn`t reached. …dave…
where are you all hiding
Hi All. Iv’e not been on for a while as i am having major problems trying to get onto the internet. I have a sky engineer coming out to check it all out tomorow,although it seems ok at the moment. Anyway thats the reason i have’nt been in touch with anybody,hopefully all will be ok after tomorow (fingers crossed). To Stuart Sugden i tried to look at your reunion photo’s but i couldnt get them up. you should be able to see the photo’s i took at the reunion if you go onto my profile. REF the next reunion, i would be quite happy to go back to the Bold Privateer.But i will also be happy to go with the majority when it’s decided. To Keith 2, if you see Ian ask him to put the photo’s on that he took when he came with me to Hungary, he may have forgotten. Thats all for now folks so you all take and i will catch you all later. (Alan) 
Hi Alan.Sorry you couldn’t bring up my photo’s. I was assured by my “genious” IT lad next door, that all anyone looking at the TruckNet forum would be able to see the pics. All they needed to do was single click or double click on the “link” and there they all would be!! I have done it myself, several times, and had no prob’s. I am still trying to work out how to put my short film on the forum. Maybe later. If you do manage to get them up, you should see pics of ITALY HUNGARY, (Hotel Wein) FRANCE,YUGO, GERMANY,and all places south!!.Off to Dubai soon to see my Granddaughter get married there. Bye for now.
Stuart Sugden.
Alan Bennett:
Hi All. Iv’e not been on for a while as i am having major problems trying to get onto the internet. I have a sky engineer coming out to check it all out tomorow,although it seems ok at the moment. Anyway thats the reason i have’nt been in touch with anybody,hopefully all will be ok after tomorow (fingers crossed). To Stuart Sugden i tried to look at your reunion photo’s but i couldnt get them up. you should be able to see the photo’s i took at the reunion if you go onto my profile. REF the next reunion, i would be quite happy to go back to the Bold Privateer.But i will also be happy to go with the majority when it’s decided. To Keith 2, if you see Ian ask him to put the photo’s on that he took when he came with me to Hungary, he may have forgotten. Thats all for now folks so you all take and i will catch you all later. (Alan)
gordon macfarlaine is looking for old photos of drivers and trucks ie volvos skania ivecos the magnaum he had to make a collage to auction off for the air ambulance///// truck show working trucks drivers office staff //// if you have any can you e mail to me at //stuartb08@hotmail.co.uk // THANK YOU stuart broughton
one for the continental lads,any one remember Eddie franks ,nick named pie face ,i think he went on to run a BB at Blackpool,the yank called bow ,wot was his first name ,in one of Stuart’s photo’s in 2003 do the parts manager at Volvo[Mr Richard Wilkinson] who kindly donated the Volvo stuff for the re union do was asking for the web site,this guy got a few of us jobs at crossroads after a one went bust,a big thank you Richard
Hi Keith. The last time i heard anything about Eddie Franks and his wife June,was that they had sold the B&B and went to live in a static caravan. I don’t know where the caravan site was,exept that it was in the Blackpool area. I was also told that he was confined to a wheelchair,due to a bad back. I could never confirm any of this, so don’t take it as fact. The guest house they owned was called (Glen Eagles) and was on Regent road Blackpool, if you want to do some research. As for the yank,i only knew him as Bow. i never heard anybody call him any other name,exept the usual drivers insults which i can’t put on here. Thats it Keith hope it helps,and don’t forget it may not be true. All for now Keith so take care and i will catch you later. all the best. (Alan)
Alan Bennett:
Hi Keith. The last time i heard anything about Eddie Franks and his wife June,was that they had sold the B&B and went to live in a static caravan. I don’t know where the caravan site was,exept that it was in the Blackpool area. I was also told that he was confined to a wheelchair,due to a bad back. I could never confirm any of this, so don’t take it as fact. The guest house they owned was called (Glen Eagles) and was on Regent road Blackpool, if you want to do some research. As for the yank,i only knew him as Bow. i never heard anybody call him any other name,exept the usual drivers insults which i can’t put on here. Thats it Keith hope it helps,and don’t forget it may not be true. All for now Keith so take care and i will catch you later. all the best. (Alan)
Hi Alan,thanks for the info ,it just silly things that come to mind,i think eddie got Arthur knotts f10 after he had passed away [rip]and you had to go out and bring it back to england…WOW that can not have been nice k2