Here is a name you all forgot…Flying Silver Fox Transport I remember they ran at least one Volvo F6
tc trans:
The Boys Own:
T.C do you remember the name of the boss of T.Payne at the office in Southampton Way Peckham.
seem to recall he was named Dougie, memory scratchy now the years are rolling by, but met him a number of times when he came up late in the evenings to get one loaded while thwe driver was having his time off.
So who is the boys own■■? we must know each other
T.C The transport manager was one Dougie Coles.
got a pic of ece 113 brand new at truckfest will post it up when i get me scanner working 
The Boys Own:
Here is a name you all forgot…Flying Silver Fox Transport I remember they ran at least one Volvo F6
It was a Flat Bed IIRC, the guy who drove it used to park at the top of my road in Leighton Buzzard.
Does anyone remember Samson Transport, depot in Milton Keynes, or a couple of the people who worked there? Rob Rounce (who went on for RPL I think in mid 90’s) ■■■■ Curtis (mad as a hatter and I think lived in L- buzzard) or Dicks’ old man (J?) Curtis, he had a real “warhorse” of a bonneted 2 series blue scania and tilt doing Eastern bloc and beyond ('93 ish)? I worked for a subbie for them doing European work . Good bunch of lads there, reasonable work.
Regards,
Mark.
I have just found your chat site here and its been great reading your comments regarding Leighton Buzzard firms. Im sure Ive met a few of you who drove for Eric at ECE. For years I used to travel around with my Dad Bill Hylands, he was Erics first driver when he started up. I believe the first truck was a Ford D Series which was replaced about a year later, 1974? with a new MAN …I was lucky enough to drive a lot of the F12s and 113s that my Dad got through, EricI(Snr) and (Jnr) were great to me, I was up on the trucks when I could,(me day job was Police) they put the L Plates up and put me on the insurance. Eric had known me since I was about 5yrs and he was at J+H in Dunstable. I remember going to Eric Snr funeral and recall someone had painted up a Scania in the ECE colours for the day, it was a big turn out (ECE had since been sold a few years earlier to Bayliss). I remember a lot of the faces from those ECE days but perhaps not so many names? …Donkey, Cooperman,…jog my memory…
As a young lad growing up in that enviroment was well looked after by the other drivers, and then to drive those same trucks…
Great days with my Dad…lost him 2 years ago.
Got loads of ECE photos as well as some ABLE and HG BROWN trucks.
Richard Hylands
skandiahamn:
Hello BuzzardBoy,The new Turbo Stars that were running from Bedford were a company called INTERGLOBE, a guy called Joe (you’re right Big Leggy he was Italian) and done for smuggling, he started as an O/D with a Gold/Bronze 2800 DAF parking in S. Johns yard at weekends, and would have been late 70s early 80s when he started.
HI WHEN I STARTED FOR DAWSONFREIGHT IN 1970 I TOOK MY HGV TEST IN A COMMER ARTIC I PASSED AND STAYED AT DAWSON FREIGHT TILL 1991 I REMEMBER NAMES OF THE NAMES IN PREVIOUS MESSAGESTHERE WAS OVER 20 HAULEDGE COMPANYS IN LEIGHTON BUZZARD IFF YOU DID NOT LIKE A FIRM YOU COULD PACK UP FRIDAY START MONDAY SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR A SMALL TOWN SO MANY COMPANYS GOOD OLD DAYS NOW RETIRED IN SPAIN STILL HAVE A APPARTMENT IN BLETCHLEY JOHN WISSON
Spardo:
hanson:
BuzzardBoy:
ANother bloke just outside L/Buzzard in Stanbridge used to run a Cabover Peterbilt all over Europe, but again i cant remember the company namei think it was called browns not sure about that but definatley remember the trucks
I seem to remember Brown’s, but Macks not Petes.
IT WAS PENTAS BROWN
Hi Chicobuttons,
Do you remember John Venables? I used to work with him at Wincantons in Bletchley, but he moved out to Spain some years ago, he worked for Dawsons and before that for Davis brothers in London.
I’ve also got a picture of one of Dawsons Commers somewhere, I’ll try and find it 
hiya
ece had a depot many years ago in bowburn co.durham later they moved to durham the transport manager was bob hutton ex hts transport( ralph hilton) london.they used a lot of owner drivers plus small companies
lemonmouth:
Hi Chicobuttons,
Do you remember John Venables? I used to work with him at Wincantons in Bletchley, but he moved out to Spain some years ago, he worked for Dawsons and before that for Davis brothers in London.
I’ve also got a picture of one of Dawsons Commers somewhere, I’ll try and find it
HI YES I REMEMBER JOHN VENABLES I WORKED WITH HIM AT DAWSONFRIEGHT FOR YEARS YES HIM AND I RETIRED TO SPAIN AND ARE STILL HERE HE LIVES ABOUT 3 MILES FROM ME ON COSTA BLANCA
chicobuttons:
lemonmouth:
Hi Chicobuttons,
Do you remember John Venables? I used to work with him at Wincantons in Bletchley, but he moved out to Spain some years ago, he worked for Dawsons and before that for Davis brothers in London.
I’ve also got a picture of one of Dawsons Commers somewhere, I’ll try and find itHI YES I REMEMBER JOHN VENABLES I WORKED WITH HIM AT DAWSONFRIEGHT FOR YEARS YES HIM AND I RETIRED TO SPAIN AND ARE STILL HERE HE LIVES ABOUT 3 MILES FROM ME ON COSTA BLANCA
Glad to know he’s still about used to like listening to his stories about when he worked for Yiddle Davis, was his F88 on Dawsons the one with JON 1 in the windscreen? If it is I’ve got a picture of it.
Send him my best regards when you see him again.
All the best
Trev.
cogob:
JLS - saw quite a bit of them in Southend - they used to haul Linpac out of the old Ecko works (recently demolished) - should imagine that finished them off when they lost the contract.In the early days of CB used to quite often speak to the Aston Clinton Haulage (Squadron) as ran up the M1.
yep they went bust in June 1993, lost Ecko, GPG, Linpac and Ford pretty much the same time, anyone know what happened to john Sullivan the owner, had a nice big house in Heath and Reach on the main road out of leighton, I heard he moved to Milton Keynes after JLS demise, I worked for them for 6/7 years.
Larry the transport manager ended up working for GPG International in Dunstable.
Big Leggy:
Request for any other Leighton Buzzard companies from the '70s or '80s ?
Can we include characters involved in Haulage & spread the area slightly ?
Tony Mongiardi, Tiny Lee, Frederick Rays Transport, Avery’s Transport - all in L.B. town. How about Howard Fawcett, Julian Mary Miles both local to L.B. ?
What about the “mileages” done in The Falcon or The Eagle pubs ■■
Come on Buzzard Boy help me out here please !!
Hullo Big Leggy,
Although I don’t come from that area, I do remember Toni Mongiari very well. Toni used to have four very smart lhd F10’s, Italian registered in his home town of Campobasso. He used to load outward for MAT (Perkins Engines) mostly to the Rome or Napoli areas, and load back usually with Pasta or Tomato Paste, Tiles, always heavy stuff for himself and mostly from his home area to England. He had some good blokes on there too, there was Franco Lienno,( a real smart Italian bloke ), Stuart, ( he had a bad leg ) and Polish Frank ( he many times took his wife Ivy with him ). I don,t really know what happened but suddenly they all dissapeared off the scene. I did see both Stuart and Polish Frank later on, both working for ACH. Tiny was on Greece when I was, although I did’nt know him at all, I do though remember Derek Rance, I think he was from nearby to you. I also remember very well Stuart Pearce. ( If it’s the same one ) I recall telling him one day in Dover about how I was buying a snatchback 3600 lhd Space Cab from Leyland Daf, and that I was finalising the deal when I had tipped and got home. The next day when I did get home, I telephoned Leyland Daf up and they told me he had been onto them to sell it to him instead. Fortunately they told him to (go away) ? and still sold it to me. Mind you that’s all many moons ago now and long forgotten.
Cheers, Archie.
lemonmouth:
chicobuttons:
lemonmouth:
Hi Chicobuttons,
Do you remember John Venables? I used to work with him at Wincantons in Bletchley, but he moved out to Spain some years ago, he worked for Dawsons and before that for Davis brothers in London.
I’ve also got a picture of one of Dawsons Commers somewhere, I’ll try and find itHI YES I REMEMBER JOHN VENABLES I WORKED WITH HIM AT DAWSONFRIEGHT FOR YEARS YES HIM AND I RETIRED TO SPAIN AND ARE STILL HERE HE LIVES ABOUT 3 MILES FROM ME ON COSTA BLANCA
Glad to know he’s still about
Send him my best regards when you see him again.
All the best
Trev.
HI TREV THE F 10 WITH JON 1 ON THE FRONT WAS MINE J WISSON EX DAWSON DRIVER
Another company from that area Aston Clinton Haulage, I used to backload from them in the 70’s .Did they do some work for HMSO? That seems to ring a bell.Kevmac47
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And heres the Commer I was talking about
lemonmouth:
[quote="chicobuttons"HI TREV THE F 10 WITH JON 1 ON THE FRONT WAS MINE J WISSON EX DAWSON DRIVER
And heres the Commer I was talking about
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Hullo, Hullo,
Now that is a very strange looking F10
Cheers, Archie.
I remember passing my test in that old Commer in 1972, the clutch started slipping on the way back to Dustable on the Tring road up the long drag from Ivinghoe!!!
im ginger bob.who are you all.email me on robertgladwell@yahoo.co.uk