Great pictures Roger 
any chance of adding some names to some of the faces please.
sinbin31:
Ok FellasHere you are the pics hope you like them.
s545.photobucket.com/albums/hh38 ā¦ M_0358.jpg
Roger Haywood
Thanks Roger, the Chamberlains table looked normal, although this time it was empty teacups and not Efes bottles 
Hi Roger, good photos but apart from you, Mick Eckersly and maybe Ritchie Thorn I couldānt recognise anyone else in those pictures, I certainly didānt recognise Dave Chamberlin who Iād had many a beer with and it was only just over 20 years ago, still apart from a slight rotundness around the middle and less hair you donāt look a lot different.
Charlie
Wellā¦ I cant find Mick Eckersley anywhere! Which photo? Stick some names upā¦ please?
Thank you 
I only mostly knew voices!
Allison, Mick is sixth from the left on this pic.
Dave.
davemackie:
Allison You will find some names here.s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz30 ā¦ 2-02-2010/
Dave.
Thanks Dave - good bunch of photos and thanks for the names. Wouldnt have spied Mick hiding there though!
Hi Alison ,am putting names together now, have to seek help myself the memory has slipped will contact Dave Mackie
would have been great to see you again maybe at christmas I know nearly all the drivers but I keep forgetting there names its so bad oh well.Dave if you read this send me PM with name and Photo number and I will add it in cheers,if you guys know your own photo number contact me please.
Roger
chazzer:
Hi Roger, good photos but apart from you, Mick Eckersly and maybe Ritchie Thorn I couldānt recognise anyone else in those pictures, I certainly didānt recognise Dave Chamberlin who Iād had many a beer with and it was only just over 20 years ago, still apart from a slight rotundness around the middle and less hair you donāt look a lot different.
Charlie
I am in the same boat, some of the blokes I knew look very different after 20 odd years. Some I had only heard about in passing, looking forward to Roger and Davie tagging them
Here is one more to keep you going, I have named as many as I can on my photobucket account.
s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz30 ā¦ 2-02-2010/
When I have finished another project I am working on I will post.
Dave.
Wheel Nut:
chazzer:
Hi Roger, good photos but apart from you, Mick Eckersly and maybe Ritchie Thorn I couldānt recognise anyone else in those pictures, I certainly didānt recognise Dave Chamberlin who Iād had many a beer with and it was only just over 20 years ago, still apart from a slight rotundness around the middle and less hair you donāt look a lot different.
CharlieI am in the same boat, some of the blokes I knew look very different after 20 odd years. Some I had only heard about in passing, looking forward to Roger and Davie tagging them
Hi Wheelnut
Dave and Roger have been working hard today to put name to faces but they need some help so please view their links to see if you can help with the names
Daveās link
s838.photobucket.com/albums/zz30 ā¦ 2-02-2010/
Rogerās link
s545.photobucket.com/albums/hh38 ā¦ M_0358.jpg
Best Regards
Ian
Hi there, I firstly have to say that i feel like an imposter coming on here and posting questions, the reason for this is that iām only 38 and have never held a HGV license of any sort!!! Forgive me, my interest in the m/e came about in the late '70ās when i used to travel around europe in my uncleās DAF. we all know what kids are like, especially when they have an interest in something as āexcitingā as trucks. like so many others, i used to rave at the sight of a m/e wagon because it all seemed so exotic back then, it WAS exotic and still is exotic in the very fact that it is modern history and canāt be relived.
Like i said, i hate to pile-in where i have no right but i think that āwannabiesā like myself can help in prolonging the interest in the subject and all the old hands, because we have not participated in the overland driving, i believe we have a greater thirst for the things that took place - what may be the norm or every day routine for those who did it - needs to be explained in as much detail as possible (i canāt wait for Ashās book to be published and shed some much required fresh info on the subject). Itās all sooo very exciting, (apparently, my uncle used to get rather tired of me saying that once we were on the mainland!!).
Iām going to limit myself to just one question for the time being: from the number of posts relating to the recent demise of m/e regular, can you blokes tell us what it was that made someone like him stand apart from others, it is obvious from reading all the posts that there are many, many names that will always be remebered - but why? It takes a certain something to be so popular and retain that popularity for so long - iām sure this is also true for the not so popular men that you came across!!!
One other thing, iād like one of you regulars to do me favour if you could, Iāve found a couple of pics that i THINK may not have been posted on here or toprun, there is mention of ā ā ā ā snow and john frost. i havenāt got an inkling on how to retrieve them, but i know that there are plenty of others much older and wiser than me whoāll be able to drag them over!!!
Well, i guess thatās my one question used up for now.
PS. i only hope you know how much pleasure the posts bring to so many, not just those who did the overland.
what2do:
Hi there, I firstly have to say that i feel like an imposter coming on here and posting questions, the reason for this is that iām only 38 and have never held a HGV license of any sort!!! Forgive me, my interest in the m/e came about in the late '70ās when i used to travel around europe in my uncleās DAF. we all know what kids are like, especially when they have an interest in something as āexcitingā as trucks. like so many others, i used to rave at the sight of a m/e wagon because it all seemed so exotic back then, it WAS exotic and still is exotic in the very fact that it is modern history and canāt be relived.Like i said, i hate to pile-in where i have no right but i think that āwannabiesā like myself can help in prolonging the interest in the subject and all the old hands, because we have not participated in the overland driving, i believe we have a greater thirst for the things that took place - what may be the norm or every day routine for those who did it - needs to be explained in as much detail as possible (i canāt wait for Ashās book to be published and shed some much required fresh info on the subject). Itās all sooo very exciting, (apparently, my uncle used to get rather tired of me saying that once we were on the mainland!!).
Iām going to limit myself to just one question for the time being: from the number of posts relating to the recent demise of m/e regular, can you blokes tell us what it was that made someone like him stand apart from others, it is obvious from reading all the posts that there are many, many names that will always be remebered - but why? It takes a certain something to be so popular and retain that popularity for so long - iām sure this is also true for the not so popular men that you came across!!!
One other thing, iād like one of you regulars to do me favour if you could, Iāve found a couple of pics that i THINK may not have been posted on here or toprun, there is mention of ā ā ā ā snow and john frost. i havenāt got an inkling on how to retrieve them, but i know that there are plenty of others much older and wiser than me whoāll be able to drag them over!!!
Well, i guess thatās my one question used up for now.
PS. i only hope you know how much pleasure the posts bring to so many, not just those who did the overland.
If you have some pictures on your computer, you can email them to to me. I will send the address by Private Message or email. I will then put them on photobucket and on here for you.
As for what makes someone stand out, some were famous for doing the job with little fuss, some for causing a fight in an empty bar and some for helping the other guys out of sticky situations.
For me. Pat Seals always had time for everyone, he would speak to you on a ferry or in a restaurant, offer good advice if you asked him without bragging about his vast experience if you didnāt want it. A willing mechanic if you needed assistance or advice, many of these men were. There is a huge list of names and companies we will remember. The thread is titled Astran and Middle East but there were a lot of drivers like myself who went no further than Turkey and Greece. It didnāt make us any lesser men to people like Pat Seals, John Williams or Andrew Wilson Young.
Next!
Hello to You all.
I am a new member on this site although i have Lurked in the background reading the postings as a Guest. I did the Middle East
and Asia runs towards the end of the Heyday and what a fantastic experience it was, I look forward to sharing stories with all of
You, and hopefully find old friends on this site.
I was an owner driver in the mid seventies I met a lot of great guys and the bad in my Years, all part of the Fun ! I am retired now
Living on the outskirts of Jandia, Fuerteventura.
This wil be a great way to keep in touch with the memories of something we will never experience again, I have met quite a few of
You guys who have posted on here albeit briefly.
So You know who I am My name Is Kenny Richards, Kenneth to me old Mum I drove a daf 2800 red with a white hoop around the Whole cab
Reg no PRO 724R I am hoping to get My daughter to scan some pictures for Me to put up on the site.
Regards
Kenny
sgt major roadworks:
Hello to You all.I am a new member on this site although i have Lurked in the background reading the postings as a Guest. I did the Middle East
and Asia runs towards the end of the Heyday and what a fantastic experience it was, I look forward to sharing stories with all of
You, and hopefully find old friends on this site.
I was an owner driver in the mid seventies I met a lot of great guys and the bad in my Years, all part of the Fun ! I am retired now
Living on the outskirts of Jandia, Fuerteventura.
This wil be a great way to keep in touch with the memories of something we will never experience again, I have met quite a few of
You guys who have posted on here albeit briefly.
So You know who I am My name Is Kenny Richards, Kenneth to me old Mum I drove a daf 2800 red with a white hoop around the Whole cab
Reg no PRO 724R I am hoping to get My daughter to scan some pictures for Me to put up on the site.Regards
Kenny
Kenny just by chance did you ever do aid work to Rumo with john willie ? hope you dont mind me asking 
Wheelnutz
No sorry never did aid work are You refering to John Willie or John Williams as I met John Williams Several times
Lovely Guy very Knowledgable patience of a saint
Kenny
sgt major roadworks:
WheelnutzNo sorry never did aid work are You refering to John Willie or John Williams as I met John Williams Several times
Lovely Guy very Knowledgable patience of a saintKenny
Forgive me if I am mistaken but Im sure there one of the same,at the finish I heard that John was found dead in his cab at Tonys, Giselwind, Germany can anyone verify this Please ?
Wheel Nut, and Wheel Nutz, will have to be careful from now on.
Roger Haywood
sinbin31:
Wheel Nut, and Wheel Nutz, will have to be careful from now on.Roger Haywood
A young pretender! which one though? 
sinbin31:
Wheel Nut, and Wheel Nutz, will have to be careful from now on.Roger Haywood
I am very sorryā¦but I honestly didnt know that there was a wheel nut until after I registered,still dont think it should cause a problem wheel nut and WHEELNUTZ 