“This is an urgent request”.
We are having a very slow response to attend our next reunion on the 1st October 2011, has everyone left the thread, or just lost interest recently, the time is getting closer to the date, things have been arranged, food has been ordered and the venue is booked, the landlady has given part of her holiday up to put the event on for us, Stuart Broughton has booked the Bold Privateer for the second time, “since that’s what everyone wanted”, so please please remind anyone we may have forgotten last time, and also remind yourselves, because we need to have at least as many as last time. Regards :-Jack Graham 
Jack Graham:
“This is an urgent request”.
We are having a very slow response to attend our next reunion on the 1st October 2011, has everyone left the thread, or just lost interest recently, the time is getting closer to the date, things have been arranged, food has been ordered and the venue is booked, the landlady has given part of her holiday up to put the event on for us, Stuart Broughton has booked the Bold Privateer for the second time, “since that’s what everyone wanted”, so please please remind anyone we may have forgotten last time, and also remind yourselves, because we need to have at least as many as last time. Regards :-Jack Graham
Hi Jack,glad you are asking this especially when you 3 lads have put yourselves out to get them all together,plus food ordered ,only got a text from Dennis saying OK,i hope it will be still on.do you remember a continental lad with number plate saying flatly from batley,had f88
keith 2:
Jack Graham:
“This is an urgent request”.
We are having a very slow response to attend our next reunion on the 1st October 2011, has everyone left the thread, or just lost interest recently, the time is getting closer to the date, things have been arranged, food has been ordered and the venue is booked, the landlady has given part of her holiday up to put the event on for us, Stuart Broughton has booked the Bold Privateer for the second time, “since that’s what everyone wanted”, so please please remind anyone we may have forgotten last time, and also remind yourselves, because we need to have at least as many as last time. Regards :-Jack GrahamHi Jack,glad you are asking this especially when you 3 lads have put yourselves out to get them all together,plus food ordered ,only got a text from Dennis saying OK,i hope it will be still on.do you remember a continental lad with number plate saying flatly from batley,had f88
Sorry Keith I dont remember anyone with that name, unless they came after 1995, may-be someone will remember him from after that date.
Regarding the reunion, I have contacted Frank Robson to ask him to let as many know as he can, but his reply was he didn’t know himself until I emailed him, so I guess there will be quite a few who dont know, Stuart Sugden also told me he didn’t have all his contact numbers since they disappeared when we left the venue last year, so I am struggling trying to make contact myself with most of the people who were there last year, Billy Parky has a different number from last year so I cant contact him unless someone else knows his whereabouts, I know Stuart Broughton is doing his best to let some of them know, so I am now relying on as many of you all to get the word out so we dont have a disaster of a reunion. :-Jack 
keith 2:
Jack Graham:
“This is an urgent request”.
We are having a very slow response to attend our next reunion on the 1st October 2011, has everyone left the thread, or just lost interest recently, the time is getting closer to the date, things have been arranged, food has been ordered and the venue is booked, the landlady has given part of her holiday up to put the event on for us, Stuart Broughton has booked the Bold Privateer for the second time, “since that’s what everyone wanted”, so please please remind anyone we may have forgotten last time, and also remind yourselves, because we need to have at least as many as last time. Regards :-Jack GrahamHi Jack,glad you are asking this especially when you 3 lads have put yourselves out to get them all together,plus food ordered ,only got a text from Dennis saying OK,i hope it will be still on.do you remember a continental lad with number plate saying flatly from batley,had f88
Ayup,would that be SteveFlately,I knew him when he worked for Hoyer.Seen him lots on NSF,he used to do regular trips into Rotterdam and Oberhausen.Easily recognised as he had one hand,but managed the tanker job no problem. Cheers Joe.(ex,hailwood and ackroyd and powerline driver)
sweetleaf:
keith 2:
Jack Graham:
“This is an urgent request”.
We are having a very slow response to attend our next reunion on the 1st October 2011, has everyone left the thread, or just lost interest recently, the time is getting closer to the date, things have been arranged, food has been ordered and the venue is booked, the landlady has given part of her holiday up to put the event on for us, Stuart Broughton has booked the Bold Privateer for the second time, “since that’s what everyone wanted”, so please please remind anyone we may have forgotten last time, and also remind yourselves, because we need to have at least as many as last time. Regards :-Jack GrahamHi Jack,glad you are asking this especially when you 3 lads have put yourselves out to get them all together,plus food ordered ,only got a text from Dennis saying OK,i hope it will be still on.do you remember a continental lad with number plate saying flatly from batley,had f88
Ayup,would that be SteveFlately,I knew him when he worked for Hoyer.Seen him lots on NSF,he used to do regular trips into Rotterdam and Oberhausen.Easily recognised as he had one hand,but managed the tanker job no problem. Cheers Joe.(ex,hailwood and ackroyd and powerline driver)
sorry sweetleaf,just remembered his first name peter flately,must have come from batley[sorry joke]and did have 2 hands,this was in late 70s which i remember him from,big set then, and beer belly to match…k2
seen big al kinnon to day in crossroads and he will be on holiday when the re/union is on,but he is letting others know…k2
keith 2:
sweetleaf:
keith 2:
Jack Graham:
“This is an urgent request”.
We are having a very slow response to attend our next reunion on the 1st October 2011, has everyone left the thread, or just lost interest recently, the time is getting closer to the date, things have been arranged, food has been ordered and the venue is booked, the landlady has given part of her holiday up to put the event on for us, Stuart Broughton has booked the Bold Privateer for the second time, “since that’s what everyone wanted”, so please please remind anyone we may have forgotten last time, and also remind yourselves, because we need to have at least as many as last time. Regards :-Jack GrahamHi Jack,glad you are asking this especially when you 3 lads have put yourselves out to get them all together,plus food ordered ,only got a text from Dennis saying OK,i hope it will be still on.do you remember a continental lad with number plate saying flatly from batley,had f88
Ayup,would that be SteveFlately,I knew him when he worked for Hoyer.Seen him lots on NSF,he used to do regular trips into Rotterdam and Oberhausen.Easily recognised as he had one hand,but managed the tanker job no problem. Cheers Joe.(ex,hailwood and ackroyd and powerline driver)
sorry sweetleaf,just remembered his first name peter flately,must have come from batley[sorry joke]and did have 2 hands,this was in late 70s which i remember him from,big set then, and beer belly to match…k2
Ayup,maybe it was his oldman you knew,think he was a driver too.cheers. Joe.
eyup another year older now 64 years old me and alan benett share the same birthday so happy birthday to you alan .looking forward to my cruies with her in doors on the 19th of next month 
Allso the drivers reunion on the 1st of October . we have now found john morgan ( moggie ) .every one seems to have gone quiet on hear you all on your holls lol … 
any one got any photos of bells transport old trucks if you have can you email them to me thank you IAN ANDERSON GET IN TOUCH OR CALL IN PRIVE TO SEE ME ANY SUNDAY BETWEEN 1 &3 …
remember the day i passed my class one,Paul day the tyre fitter asking to get him a trailer from the top car park,where the cinema is now at j 27 .picked it up em,lets take it down the m621 and back up,got on to m/way and was a right bang bloody door shot open,told Paul when i got back,did you not check it when you put the number plate on 
did not put that ether.needed that learner stick again when you rest your foot on the clutch pedal and got a whacked
I remember the day I had to drop my coil trailer at Glasgow depot and pick up a t/liner for Newcastle. It only had a light load on but by I got to N/cle unit brakes were pretty hot. Pulled into M/bro depot and asked them to check brakes. When I got back from quick local job I was called over to the garage. Trailer was up on stands with wheels off and brakes stripped. Cant have been much lining left on the shoes says I. Fitter said " we dont know what was on the shoes as there was none on". It seems the trailer was in Leeds garage stripped down when they needed space to get something done quick on another trailer. Theyd put the wheels back on and put it outside till this was done. Along came night trunk driver looking for an empty tr to take to Glasgow as there wasnt a loaded one to take. To say I was unhappy would be putting it mildly.
Dave
Has everyone given up on A One site, I keep looking to see what’s going on with everyone, but it’s been the same for weeks, " NOTHING", dont tell me your all on holiday at the same time, remember it’s only 8 weeks to the next reunion, I have been trying to contact as many as I can, Tony Wood will be on holiday, but Singh will be there and he is trying to contact some of the guys who go to Hill Hire who have worked for A One.
I can only do my best, and remember Stuart Broughton has arranged the venue along with food etc, to cover at least 50 people, but if you have all lost interest please let me know before it’s too late. Best Regards :-Jack
Hi Jack… was wondering if you could help with a name. Before transferring from London depot I was shunting the CNC trunk. Ive been trying to remember the night trunk drivers name. I know his first name was Aurthur but Im dammed if I can remember his surname. He lived in Boston Spa and you could`t mistake him as he always wore a cravat and was always dressed immaculately…Dave
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP THAT AT LEAST 50 ARE COMMING BECAUSE I HAVE PAID A DEPOSIT AND THE LANDLADY HAS ALL READY ORDERD A BIG JOINT OF ROAST BEEF HAM AND PORK JOINTS.JACK I NEED TO KNOW SOON AS I AM ON HOLLIDAY FROM 19th AUGUST TO 5th SEPTEMBER . .
ddrbsn:
Hi Jack… was wondering if you could help with a name. Before transferring from London depot I was shunting the CNC trunk. Ive been trying to remember the night trunk drivers name. I know his first name was Aurthur but Im dammed if I can remember his surname. He lived in Boston Spa and you could`t mistake him as he always wore a cravat and was always dressed immaculately…Dave
Sorry Dave, I really dont know, my memory of names is worse than yours, I remember CNC but names to me mean nothing any more. :-Jack
stuart broughton:
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP THAT AT LEAST 50 ARE COMMING BECAUSE I HAVE PAID A DEPOSIT AND THE LANDLADY HAS ALL READY ORDERD A BIG JOINT OF ROAST BEEF HAM AND PORK JOINTS.JACK I NEED TO KNOW SOON AS I AM ON HOLLIDAY FROM 19th AUGUST TO 5th SEPTEMBER .
Well Stuart, I’m a bit in the dark at the moment, I’ve called as many as I can and some numbers Stuart Sugden sent me, and there’s only a couple who cant be there because there on holiday on the date, but the ones I spoke to who will be there all said they are calling some they know who I didn’t have phone numbers for, Billy Parkinson is one problem because he must have changed his number, and I have no other way of contacting him, I’m just crossing my fingers that everyone else knows, but remember not everyone uses the computer, and being up in Bedale where I now live it’s not so easy seeing everyone, but I will do the best I can. :- Jack
OK JACK WILL BE OK WITH ME HAVE JUST LET TAPPER KNOW 
Jack Graham:
ddrbsn:
Hi Jack… was wondering if you could help with a name. Before transferring from London depot I was shunting the CNC trunk. Ive been trying to remember the night trunk drivers name. I know his first name was Aurthur but Im dammed if I can remember his surname. He lived in Boston Spa and you could`t mistake him as he always wore a cravat and was always dressed immaculately…DaveSorry Dave, I really dont know, my memory of names is worse than yours, I remember CNC but names to me mean nothing any more.
hi Dave,only guy that i remember who wore a cravat was called jack broadbent,he all so was always well dressed,small guy,black hair.this guy moved to bridlington but also died there,keith
stuart broughton:
eyup another year older now 64 years old me and alan benett share the same birthday so happy birthday to you alan .looking forward to my cruies with her in doors on the 19th of next month
hi Stuart,sending you a pm with Ian’s number,Keith
Remember when i first started in 1976 there was a lot of trucks around with the old gold leaf writing on the doors,but when i started they had gone on to the yellow flying A stickers.only time i saw them doing the old sign writing was when the old atki got restored and was amazed watching the sign writers putting on the old gold leaf,all stickers now,never seen a truck come in our yard where i work now that had been sign written.keith
Sorry but I am unable to attend the reunion this year as I am looking after a pals smallholding in Dent while he and his wife go on holiday. Hope it is a great night for everyone, all the very best to all concerned.