john knowles:
jack tether still with us . I work with his stepson he told me jack had a fall recently and not been too good but intends coming also spoke to jock mcguinnes,s wife tonight she told me big Alec had let him know about reunion and he will be there.
Thanks John, only two days to go,but if we’ve missed anyone out, we’ll have to try harder next time, but at least we have most of the contact numbers now.
Here’s hoping every one who made contact is there, it should be a good night, Alan Bennett’s even pressed his suit, and bought a new shirt, so cant be bad. , see you all there,:-Jack
ALL IS NOW IN PLACE WE WILL USE THE MAIN ROOM PLUSS THE TAP ROOM IF WE NEED IT BAR SHUTS AT 1AM … LOCAL TAXI FIRM ON STAND BY IF YOU NEED TO PICK YOUR CARS UP ON SUNDAY WE CAN ARANGE IT SO DON!T MISS OUT ON A GOOD NIGHT PLEASE BRING ANY MEMROBELIA WITH YOU ((SORRY BUT JOHN HOLLROYD & GEOFF WILLKINSON CAN NOT COME DEU TO OTHER COMITMENTS ( I WAS GOING TO PRESENT GEOFF WITH A NEW CALCULATER COS HIS MUST BE NAKERD BY NOW (( HA HA ) LETS HAVE A GREAT TIME LADS AND ANY ONE THAT OWES DENNIS GLOVER MONEY GIVE HIM IT BACK ( Mr MARSHELL) LOOKING FORWARD TO GREETING YOU ALL SAFE DRIVE HEAR …BD181HZ …WROSE ROAD…STUART SUGDEN JACK GRHAHAM STUART BROUGHTON … :
24 hours to go guys, dont forget it’s fancy dress, “and I’m going as a retired lorry driver”, .
Alan Bennett’s going as a successful business man, in his smart pressed suit, new shirt, and polished shoes, some of the still working drivers are going as Stobarts drivers, and Les Mullin is going as a retired fighter pilot, , see you all there.:-Jack.
Jack Graham:
24 hours to go guys, dont forget it’s fancy dress, “and I’m going as a retired lorry driver”, .
Alan Bennett’s going as a successful business man, in his smart pressed suit, new shirt, and polished shoes, some of the still working drivers are going as Stobarts drivers, and Les Mullin is going as a retired fighter pilot, , see you all there.:-Jack.
Hello Jack, let’s hope that nobody turns up in a Customs Officers uniform, some of your lads might end up doing a U turn
And don’t forget, if your drinking no driving and if your driving it’s always handy to keep a carton of Kronenburg on the bottom bunk .
I hope that you all have a great time and relive a lot of happy memories.
Jack Graham:
24 hours to go guys, dont forget it’s fancy dress, “and I’m going as a retired lorry driver”, .
Alan Bennett’s going as a successful business man, in his smart pressed suit, new shirt, and polished shoes, some of the still working drivers are going as Stobarts drivers, and Les Mullin is going as a retired fighter pilot, , see you all there.:-Jack.
Hello Jack, let’s hope that nobody turns up in a Customs Officers uniform, some of your lads might end up doing a U turn
And don’t forget, if your drinking no driving and if your driving it’s always handy to keep a carton of Kronenburg on the bottom bunk .
I hope that you all have a great time and relive a lot of happy memories.
Thanks mushroomman, if you get chance be there next time and we can share memories of yesteryear when driving was a real mans job and not the chauffeur’s job the have now, if they had to do what we did years ago, they would all be in the dole office looking for another job because they couldn’t cope with the trauma of working so hard for a living, but it was worth it, because we were all mates in those days instead of being what they are today. .:-Jack
hiya,
Looks like i’ts going to be a good “do” with plenty of “proper drivers” in attendance, just hope someone takes pics and puts them on here for us non-Aoners to enjoy, just remember “if you drink and drive don’t forget your car” have a great night lads and hope you have many more to come.
thanks harry long retired.
thanks to you all for a brill night i think we had 43 drivers turn up may be more it was great to see wallter (jack tether) and tapper (jack myers)lets hope we can all get together again soon
, Well organized reunion enjoyed the evening seeing so many old, faces of A one employees, lets not wait too long for a repeat,
unfortunatley the MAN him self Jack Robindon was unable to attend together with Russel Hutchinson,
the two who made A ONE TRANSPORTpossible,
Not forgetting absent friends who have sadly past away and those who were unable to make it.
Well what a night, and thanks for all the messages from Les, Keith 2, and more to come, it looks like you all had a good time, how nice to see so many of you there, I notice there were a couple missing, but we expected that, but a 99.99% turn out is a very good successful event, so many things to talk about, so many memories from so many friends, we may have got older but I noticed the Alzheimer’s hadn’t set in yet with any of us, it was nice to see Maureen it really made my day when I saw her stood there as large as life, she has that nature of being every-one’s friend, and she remembered everyone as if it were last week.
Great to see Jack Tether although he was sat down being pampered by his daughter and good luck to him, Billy Parky was another, “he was a late entry"just found him in time, and it was so great to see him, I hope Keith 2 didn’t miss his flight, because he lasted almost until clossing time " 1 am”, just have a good holiday Keith, and thanks Les for your message it was a pleasure and it was great to see you there and that you enjoyed it so much.
After having a conversation with most of you about text time, there’s no doubt about it it is going to happen again, and there’s no hiding any more because “we have you numbers now” so there’s no excuse your coming to the next one, and to the ones who didn’t turn up for what ever reason, "sickness family commitments or what ever"you missed a good night, but you were still talked about as it were yesterday we were all at Gildersome, so next time no excuses, see you all next time guys, and keep in contact.:-Jack
PS to harry Gill, Durham, now how about that pint, just call me. :-Jack
Never seen a pub with so many grey haired/ bald headed blokes in my life. Enjoyed the night tremendously and caught up with a few faces from the past. Pity no other ex Cliff Parrott men made it but thats life. Hope we raised a few quid to help the heroes. Got a large bottle of Spanish Brandy that needs drinking so bye bye for now.
Hi to you all. Just a word from me to say a BIG thank you to everyone that made it such a good night. I enjoyed doing all the searching for old mates and trying to get their names correct It was suggested at the end of the night that it would be an idea that we all went to stay at the HOTEL WEIN in BUDAPEST.next time. Wives and all and spend a few days there!! Jack Graham said he could organise as many coaches as would be needed Still, it is only a thought.
I will try to get my photo’s on “photobucket” asap.
DRY GINGER:
Hi to you all. Just a word from me to say a BIG thank you to everyone that made it such a good night. I enjoyed doing all the searching for old mates and trying to get their names correct It was suggested at the end of the night that it would be an idea that we all went to stay at the HOTEL WEIN in BUDAPEST.next time. Wives and all and spend a few days there!! Jack Graham said he could organise as many coaches as would be needed Still, it is only a thought.
I will try to get my photo’s on “photobucket” asap.
Once again, thanks to everyone.
Stuart Sugden DRY GINGER.
Cheers Stuart, as I said you did most of the legwork and running around, and had it not been for you it would have been disaster, because with me moving home at the same time, I could never have done it alone, so a very big thanks from me, to you and Stuart Broughton and look forward to the next time. Jack.
To Everybody. What a FANTASTIC evening it was a real pleasure to see you all again and i realy enjoyed it. I would also like to thank the people that organsied it, Jack Graham. Stuart Sugden. and Stuart Broughton. You did a terrific job thank you. I would like ask Stuart Broughton to say a big thank you to the landlady and her staff for the buffet that she put on. I have never seen as much food. It was realy nice to see Maureen again and if you are reading this Maureen you are looking as good as you always did. It was a shame some of the managment couldnt get there, but maybe they will come to the next one i hope so. I will get the photo’s i took onto the site as soon as i can, but if you are on Face Book you will be able to see them on there first. If anybody wants my email address you will have to let me know and i will try and send a private message. Then you can accept me as a friend on the Face Book site. Thats it for now so make sure you all look after yourselves and i will see you all the next one. Best Wishes To You ALL. (aLAN)
Alan Bennett:
To Everybody. What a FANTASTIC evening it was a real pleasure to see you all again and i realy enjoyed it. I would also like to thank the people that organsied it, Jack Graham. Stuart Sugden. and Stuart Broughton. You did a terrific job thank you. I would like ask Stuart Broughton to say a big thank you to the landlady and her staff for the buffet that she put on. I have never seen as much food. It was realy nice to see Maureen again and if you are reading this Maureen you are looking as good as you always did. It was a shame some of the managment couldnt get there, but maybe they will come to the next one i hope so. I will get the photo’s i took onto the site as soon as i can, but if you are on Face Book you will be able to see them on there first. If anybody wants my email address you will have to let me know and i will try and send a private message. Then you can accept me as a friend on the Face Book site. Thats it for now so make sure you all look after yourselves and i will see you all the next one. Best Wishes To You ALL. (aLAN)
Thanks Alan, your more than welcome, it was a real pleasure to see everyone and yourself and Maureen, as I said she’s still the same as always never changed and as cheerful as ever, a real great person to work with and be with, were glad everyone enjoyed the event, it went off far better than we expected and everyone went home happy, and if that’s what we did then it was worth it, see you all next time,:-Stuart Sugden, Stuart Broughton, Jack Graham.
, see you all there,:-Jack
It was suggested at the end of the night that it would be an idea that we all went to stay at the HOTEL WEIN in BUDAPEST.next time. Wives and all 
and spend a few days there!! Jack Graham said he could organise as many coaches as would be needed 
Still, it is only a thought.
