stuart broughton:
JUST BEEN IN BOLD PRIVERTEER LANDLADY AS ASKED HOW WE WILL PAY SO HAVE TOLD HER I WILL PAY HER UP FRONT …
Just take a good look at what you said Stuart, some people could take it a different way, dont you mean you will pay her and collect the money from the drivers, “I just hope your wife isn’t reading this page”, she could stop you going to that pub, :-Jack
I WILL PAY UP FRONT BUT NO ONE WILL GET OUT BEFORE THAY HAVE PAID UP SO YOU ((((JACK & Mr SUGDEN CAN BE IN CHARGE OF THAT )))
Hi Jack. Thats Stuart for you. And yes, it looks as though we shall be in charge of the finances. Shouldn’t be too much of a problem Who should we have as our PROTECTOR? Maybe Cuddles!!! It should be around £100. by my reconing. Anyway, I saw the room yesterday, and it will be perfect for us. Re: music. I have a "trucking " CD. but if you have similar sort of thing, it will be good to have some background music playing. What do you think?
DRY GINGER:
Hi Jack. Thats Stuart for you. And yes, it looks as though we shall be in charge of the finances. Shouldn’t be too much of a problem Who should we have as our PROTECTOR? Maybe Cuddles!!! It should be around £100. by my reconing. Anyway, I saw the room yesterday, and it will be perfect for us. Re: music. I have a "trucking " CD. but if you have similar sort of thing, it will be good to have some background music playing. What do you think?
Stuart, DRY GINGER
I dont know about background music Stuart, if they all turn up “as I hope they all will” they’ll be so much talking going on and so many bodies in there they wont be able to hear any music, we could always employ a few bouncers for protection when getting money out of Tapper and Old Holbourn.
And anyway they’ll be so many engines revving up with all the miles there doing they wont be able to hear music. :-Jack
Hi Lads,any chance of paying in itanian lira will have to bring some tacho charts in for beer mats just in case you run out of time,you can put next days date on them to get yourselves home
was looking to see if i still had one of them old A ONE blue shirts and red tie,must have thrown em, mind you i would no chance of fitting in to it,not unless it was xxl
keith 2:
Hi Lads,any chance of paying in itanian lira will have to bring some tacho charts in for beer mats just in case you run out of time,you can put next days date on them to get yourselves home
Don’t worry, we’ll take $ £ Lira Drachma, even Hungarian Forint, Dmarks as long as you all convert it into £££££ and no dodgy notes either, including G Wilkinson’s dodgy £50-00 notes. :-Jack.
mushroomman:
Now you lads have got me thinking , wasn’t the Hotel Wien in Budapest, I remember seeing a couple of A1 lads being parked up at the Zagreb Hotel next to the Sava River in the early eighties. A lot of the British and Dutch lads parked there as it wasn’t too far from the Zagreb customs yard or was there a Hotel Wien in Zagreb and you lads were keeping a good parking place to yourselfs .
Remember Mushroomman, were all a lot older now, and what’s a few miles between old drivers, at least we got the country right, because it was definitely in Yugoslavia because I remember being in the hotel with Dave when he was so ■■■■■■ he knocked the bar over when he fell off his buffet, but we’d spent so much money in there they didn’t care, they just shrugged it off, but if I remember right there was a Hotel Wien in Zagreb, and he could be right, but it wasn’t as good as the one in Budapest. :-Jack
Quite right Jack, we are all a lot older and when you think of what happens when you stop getting older then there is nothing wrong with it . They keep telling me that the secret is to keep the brain active ( if only I could remember where I had left mine ). I find this forum is a lot easier than doing crosswords or Sudoku puzzles and it’s great when somebody mentions something or someplace or somebody from wayback that gets the old grey matter flowing. There are some questions on here which take a long time to get answered but hopefully somebody will eventually join the site and be able to answer them. Anyway, have a look at this old photo and tell me where it was , I know that you A1 lads used this place quite often and yes I wasn’t wearing any socks .
Well Mushroomman, unless it’s Santhia I really cant think, the only reason I said Santhia is because you can just see the big white mountain in the background, the only other one I know is in Jasbrenny just outside Budapest a factory we went to many times, there was one opposite the factory next to a bar-restaurant.
:-Jack
ok every body every thing is now in place for us all we have the the run of the pub ( the boldpriverteer bd181hz ) the land lady is looking forward to wellcomeing you all (her dad was a wagon & drag driver at henry longs ) if you are bringing your cars you can leave them safe i have aranged a taxi firm to transport you home at resanabule rates and i will pick you up to collecet your cars alan benett im not comming all the way to hull ya al have to slum it ha ha ?
Jack Graham:
Well Mushroomman, unless it’s Santhia I really cant think, the only reason I said Santhia is because you can just see the big white mountain in the background, the only other one I know is in Jasbrenny just outside Budapest a factory we went to many times, there was one opposite the factory next to a bar-restaurant.
:-Jack
Was the Jaszbereny the fridges/freezers for Castleford? Firm I worked for mid 90s used to do that job along with Mamas & Papas - it often made me think that the top brass at DLS in the early 90s can’t have been too switched on, as those 2 jobs were crying out for mega trailers or wagon and drags, but the man at M&P told me one day that A-One weren’t interested in gearing up so lost the work?
Jack Graham:
Well Mushroomman, unless it’s Santhia I really cant think, the only reason I said Santhia is because you can just see the big white mountain in the background, the only other one I know is in Jasbrenny just outside Budapest a factory we went to many times, there was one opposite the factory next to a bar-restaurant.
:-Jack
Was the Jaszbereny the fridges/freezers for Castleford? Firm I worked for mid 90s used to do that job along with Mamas & Papas - it often made me think that the top brass at DLS in the early 90s can’t have been too switched on, as those 2 jobs were crying out for mega trailers or wagon and drags, but the man at M&P told me one day that A-One weren’t interested in gearing up so lost the work?
Hullo, I’ll bet Andy Parks nicked it for Murfitts.
Well there’s a turn up for the book’s, Dave smith passed my number on to a couple of drivers and guess who just called me, “Bob Stafford”, now that’s one you forgot didn’t you Stuart, and my-be there could be a couple more to come yet. :-Jack
Jack Graham:
Well Mushroomman, unless it’s Santhia I really cant think, the only reason I said Santhia is because you can just see the big white mountain in the background, the only other one I know is in Jasbrenny just outside Budapest a factory we went to many times, there was one opposite the factory next to a bar-restaurant.
:-Jack
Was the Jaszbereny the fridges/freezers for Castleford? Firm I worked for mid 90s used to do that job along with Mamas & Papas - it often made me think that the top brass at DLS in the early 90s can’t have been too switched on, as those 2 jobs were crying out for mega trailers or wagon and drags, but the man at M&P told me one day that A-One weren’t interested in gearing up so lost the work?
Hullo, I’ll bet Andy Parks nicked it for Murfitts.
Archi, “Jaszbereny may be spelt wrong” but it was in Hungary, but they did make fridges and freezers, and vac-um flasks, we took out chemicals from ICI and sometimes reloaded with fridges for Frigidaire UK, I never delivered them to Castleford though.:-Jack
Jack Graham:
Well Mushroomman, unless it’s Santhia I really cant think, the only reason I said Santhia is because you can just see the big white mountain in the background, the only other one I know is in Jasbrenny just outside Budapest a factory we went to many times, there was one opposite the factory next to a bar-restaurant.
:-Jack
Was the Jaszbereny the fridges/freezers for Castleford? Firm I worked for mid 90s used to do that job along with Mamas & Papas - it often made me think that the top brass at DLS in the early 90s can’t have been too switched on, as those 2 jobs were crying out for mega trailers or wagon and drags, but the man at M&P told me one day that A-One weren’t interested in gearing up so lost the work?
Hullo, I’ll bet Andy Parks nicked it for Murfitts.
Probably knowing him Mr Paice yes Jack same job - HIWay distribution or Hardman Isherwood who were at Whitwood, come to think of it think we used to tip at their customers’ premises a lot of the time, John Lewis’s at Milton Keynes rings a bell, defo used to tip M&P stuff there from Slovenia and Poland cos they sent labels out to the factories to stick on the cartons, save some brass from their ‘modest’ profit margins…
We loaded some fridges in Czeckloslavakia and delivered them to Stoke on Trent but it was later found out
the electric motors inside the fridges were the wrong voltage and had to send a fitter there to change all of
them, by the way what will be the cost per head at the reunion, my financial situation may require me to arrange
a bank loan or remortgage desperation as set in, still I will be there bycycle and all
Jack Graham:
Well there’s a turn up for the book’s, Dave smith passed my number on to a couple of drivers and guess who just called me, “Bob Stafford”, now that’s one you forgot didn’t you Stuart, and my-be there could be a couple more to come yet. :-Jack
Hi Jack,had al kinnon in crossroads to day,the shout of ,ey up fat cxxt,showed him the web site and how to get on it maybe might show up on here you will have to get on his case at the do,give him your number again and i think he said some more will turn up
Being serious I am hoping to use this web site to find a certain person with a lot of luck may read A one Transport site,
I have forgot his name or may be some one else could, it all happened in ALBINI,S warehouse in Prato, he was an owner driver
his truck was a Scania 110 , I was sat in his cab and he was cooking a curried rice on small camping gas stove, I remember vividley
him stirring the curry it spilled over on to the stove and subsequently exploded set the cab on fire he was badly burnt, I fortunatly
escaped any injuries he was taken to Prato hospital I contacted his sister who at the time lived in Blackpool, I am not quite sure
but he operated out of Birmingham. I can hope but hope that some out there can help me please post on this site if you can I would be
very gratfull
Jack Graham:
Well Mushroomman, unless it’s Santhia I really cant think, the only reason I said Santhia is because you can just see the big white mountain in the background, the only other one I know is in Jasbrenny just outside Budapest a factory we went to many times, there was one opposite the factory next to a bar-restaurant.
:-Jack
Was the Jaszbereny the fridges/freezers for Castleford? Firm I worked for mid 90s used to do that job along with Mamas & Papas - it often made me think that the top brass at DLS in the early 90s can’t have been too switched on, as those 2 jobs were crying out for mega trailers or wagon and drags, but the man at M&P told me one day that A-One weren’t interested in gearing up so lost the work?
Hullo, I’ll bet Andy Parks nicked it for Murfitts.
Archi, “Jaszbereny may be spelt wrong” but it was in Hungary, but they did make fridges and freezers, and vac-um flasks, we took out chemicals from ICI and sometimes reloaded with fridges for Frigidaire UK, I never delivered them to Castleford though.:-Jack
Hi Jack ( oh shucks , I shouldn’t of put that as M.I.5 will most likely be monitoring this site now ).
Yes you were correct as it was the pool in Santhia on a Sunday morning so well done. As you mentioned chemicals from I.C.I. does anybody remember delivering them to a place near Zagreb called Jesterbarsko ?.
keith 2:
Hi All,any one know what was the farest trip A ONE did,or longest due to hold ups ects
Bulgaria, I almost ended up in Turkey, I missed the turn off to the factory where I was going, and ended up going to the border, and that could have been a big big big mistake, it was in the winter and Tapper was with me, and his windscreen was blown out just below Zagreb on the way down, and could you get a windscreen for an ERF in Yugo B series “no chance” they’d never heard of an ERF never mind have windscreen for one, he slept in my cab for a couple of nights, and then got him into a hotel after a load of hassle with Leeds, and then I went down on my own, it was arctic weather, it was a nightmare of a trip, I met Stuart Broughton and he’d been robbed on his way to Mostar with Bob Cowen, no passport, paperwork, money, absolutely nothing, the embassy was trying to help with paperwork and passport etc, but not with money, I had to give him a lot of my money to help him through, and then had to rely on what I had left to get me through and back home.
It’s a very long story but it’s what we had to do, and that’s why were all mates, and we were in it together, and that’s what A One was all about as far as the drivers were concerned, we looked after one-another. See you at the reunion :-Jack Graham .
Ps, the kids doing it today wouldn’t be able to manage, there brainwashed with PC and Elf n Safety, they’d die in the first few days without someone wiping there ■■■ for them. .
PPS, sorry got carried away, that was a 3 weeks trip, and for tapper it was a bit longer, I met him on my way back in Belgrade, so there were a few days between us.
:-Jack
Who should we have as our PROTECTOR? 
Maybe Cuddles!!! It should be around £100. by my reconing. Anyway, I saw the room yesterday, and it will be perfect for us. Re: music. I have a "trucking " CD. but if you have similar sort of thing, it will be good to have some background music playing. What do you think?
mind you i would no chance of fitting in to it,not unless it was xxl 
:-Jack.
. They keep telling me that the secret is to keep the brain active ( if only I could remember where I had left mine 
yes Jack same job - HIWay distribution or Hardman Isherwood who were at Whitwood, come to think of it think we used to tip at their customers’ premises a lot of the time, John Lewis’s at Milton Keynes rings a bell, defo used to tip M&P stuff there from Slovenia and Poland cos they sent labels out to the factories to stick on the cartons, save some brass from their ‘modest’ profit margins…