aidey:
Hi does anybody know if the wing commander as he was known worked out of felixstowe on containers in the 80s> He was always singing and mucking about on the cb.
Yeah,he worked for P&O and drove a Scania LB80.
He used to wind people up something rotten on the cb,and on more than one occasion there’d be drivers looking for him to give him a good hiding,though I never heard if anyone actually did.
Even some of his own workmates on P&O wanted to wring his neck.
Trawling throgh the web i came across these Astran trucks. (8)
Scania Vabis L
Scania 141
Ford
Scania 142
Scania 142
Scania 142
DAF 2800
Scania 143
Salut, Oldtimer Trucker
I have come across Dave chambalains name a couple of times on here and although i never did M/E i did meet him in the Albion one night and a good night it was too, does anyone know what he’s up to.
Yes keith i rember him very well winding everyone up but was this wing commader trevor long or was it someone different
Trawling throgh the web i came across these Astran trucks (9).
Scania 142
Scania 142 - Volvo FH12
Scania 142 - Volvo FH12
Scania 142 - Volvo FH12
Scania 142
Scania 142 - Volvo FH12
Scania 142
Scania 142 - Renault Magnum - Iveco Eurostar
Renault Magnum - Volvo FH12 - Scania 142
Volvo FH12 - Volvo FH12 - Scania 142
Scania 142
Salut, Oldtimer Trucker
I believe he was an guitarist in the band shawaddywaddy before bocoming a middle east driver.He is mentioned in cola cowboys.
For those of us who missed the thread, who was in Shawaddywaddy?
For those of you that missed it someone ask if anybody had heard of terry tott who was mentioned in cola cowboys. the reply was as above but i’m only going on memory from reading cola cowboys several years ago.
aidey it were me that asked about terry i worked with him a few years ago but it wasnt until recently that i was told of his shawaddwaddy and middle east days for astran he said he rolled one of there motors phoned in and said he broke a mirror so he was told to go buy a new one he then told the guy at the other end of the phone it wont make any differance cuz the trucks lying on the broken one 
Finally got my photo bucket working and heres the photo of Brian Robertson i took at the shuttle a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks for that Aidey.
Trawling throgh the web i came across these Astran trucks (10).
Loading Scania 142
Scania 142
Scania 142
Scania 142
Scania 141
Scammel
Salut, Oldtimer Trucker
Here you are you Astran men you must know who this man is!!!
Regards Pat
Heh Pat
It looks like Barry Barnes!
Heh Oldtimer Trucker
I see you have a picture of Mark Stewart,s 141 stuck in the sand,but you didn’t show my 112 pulling him out!why’s that, isn’t the 112 man enough!
Ha ha
GS
Oldtimer Trucker:
Trawling throgh the web i came across these Astran trucks (4).Gert, like this wan?
Volvo F88
Volvo F88Salut,Oldtimer Trucker
If I remember correctly the 6X4 F88 with Asian Transport on the headboard was a ORYX Transport from strood Kent, Run by a Saudi man just down the road from Astrans depot at Addington near Maidstone
yeah thats barry barns a real good laugh fiddle barns as bob paul used to call him. i think thats the truck he was runing down to sell when we met up in acona & ran down together .we went on the beer in patra & the next day coming off the rio ferry the police stoped him he had a two or three stowaways on board they had cut his cord to get in then glued it back together .the police tried to make a fuss about it but barry want having none of it & we were on our way in half an hour.
In the picture above, you can see me, Fiddler Barnes, Bob Poggiani, and a Sudanese driver on a break, on the Qatar Convoy. John Willie took the photo.
GS
GS OVERLAND:
Heh Oldtimer Trucker
I see you have a picture of Mark Stewart,s 141 stuck in the sand,but you didn’t show my 112 pulling him out!why’s that, isn’t the 112 man enough!
Ha ha
GS
Here you have your picture.
Salut, Oldtimer Trucker
Trawling throgh the web i came across these Astran trucks (11).
Sub contractors
Ford Transcontinetal
Scania 113M 380
Mercedes Benz
Ford Transcontinital
Volvo F12
Volvo F12
Scania 111 ex Astran tractor
Salut, Oldtimer Trucker
Hey Oldtimer that last pic was of my ex Jerry Whelan ex Astrans 140 not 111!
Here it is with another 140 on PLM services in France
And the original pic I have posted before along side one of Transport Services Merc
Yes GS and Roders it is indeed Barry “Fiddler” Barnes in my yard having bought that 113 in fact he bought most of my trucks and sold them in the Middle East!
Regards Pat
