Fatbeerboy:
Is anyone still doing M/E or has it all died a death with all the troubles?
There are still a few old hands trundling up and down, not died a death at all, and will probably return stronger when they have to rebuild it all.
Is Gary Lyons still one of the ones still doing it? My dad sent his f12s out east with him probably 15/20yrs ago I was only a young in then we met him in his pub Manchester way and a man called Billy with a scar across his stomach. I remember being really impressed my dad old piles of scrap had made it that far!
My dads globetrotter in the desert on route to Qatar
Wheel Nut:
Fatbeerboy:
Is anyone still doing M/E or has it all died a death with all the troubles?
There are still a few old hands trundling up and down, not died a death at all, and will probably return stronger when they have to rebuild it all.
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Thatâs not any time soon then?
A friend of mine has just been head-hunted onto a railway line in Saudi Arabia. He will be project manager for the 2750km line running between Riyadh and the Jordanian border. The aim is to move aluminium and bauxite as well as passengers. There will be a hell of a lot of work to be done before it opens and with Intermodal yards along the way, there will be work for years to come I imagine.
Have a look at SAR or as it was known NSR.
My pal is looking for somewhere to live at the moment and is taking helicopter flying lessons.
toprun.ch/truck/2013-05/FIAT ⌠index.html
Anybody remember this firm? - pic 42.
Suedehead:
http://www.toprun.ch/truck/2013-05/FIAT_190_TIR/index.htmlAnybody remember this firm? - pic 42.
Canât say I recognise the name.
Surprising after all this time how many names crop up of firms who did m/e that you never heard of.
Suedehead:
http://www.toprun.ch/truck/2013-05/FIAT_190_TIR/index.htmlAnybody remember this firm? - pic 42.
Golden Valley Travel
Brandon
Hereford
Crockettâs are coach operators now but there is an FH in the yard and still running in white livery.
Might be a new source of some photographs
bestbooties:
Suedehead:
http://www.toprun.ch/truck/2013-05/FIAT_190_TIR/index.htmlAnybody remember this firm? - pic 42.
Canât say I recognise the name.
Surprising after all this time how many names crop up of firms who did m/e that you never heard of.
Perhaps they only did the one trip ?
Suedehead:
Perhaps they only did the one trip ?
There are many who only did the one trip,and many more who never even managed to complete one!
HI IM NEW TO THIS SITE.
IM LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY KNOW MY DAD, ROY HUDSON.
HE DID MIDDLE EAST WORK FOR FALCON GATE IN HIS EARLY 20S.
HES TOLD ME MANY A GREAT STORIES. JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU ON HERE KNEW HIM OR DROVE WITH HIM. HES FROM RUGELEY STAFFORDSHIRE. 
rypie:
HI IM NEW TO THIS SITE.
IM LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY KNOW MY DAD, ROY HUDSON.
HE DID MIDDLE EAST WORK FOR FALCON GATE IN HIS EARLY 20S.
HES TOLD ME MANY A GREAT STORIES. JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU ON HERE KNEW HIM OR DROVE WITH HIM. HES FROM RUGELEY STAFFORDSHIRE.
Hi rypie,
Welcome to the site.
First thing,please turn off your âCaps lockâ so folks donât get the idea youâre shouting.
I may well have known your dad,although I canât place him this far down the line,have you any pics you can post?
With being based in North Staffordshire,I got to know quite a few local firms,local in this case meaning within a radius of 100 miles.
Like most m/e drivers on here,I knew many drivers by sight,but only a handfull by name,passing them in a layby or across the dining room in the âNationalâ hotel for instance.
On Falcongate,the only guys I really knew were Tony Mizzen and âShakyâ George.
I went up to Birkenhead on one occasion for a job at Falcongate,but there was nothing doing at the time,probably just as well as as far as I know,Falcongate never had left hookers and by that time I preferred working for a firm that used left hookers.
Keep posting,and try and get some pics up.
bestbooties:
rypie:
HI IM NEW TO THIS SITE.
IM LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY KNOW MY DAD, ROY HUDSON.
HE DID MIDDLE EAST WORK FOR FALCON GATE IN HIS EARLY 20S.
HES TOLD ME MANY A GREAT STORIES. JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU ON HERE KNEW HIM OR DROVE WITH HIM. HES FROM RUGELEY STAFFORDSHIRE.Hi rypie,
Welcome to the site.
First thing,please turn off your âCaps lockâ so folks donât get the idea youâre shouting.
I may well have known your dad,although I canât place him this far down the line,have you any pics you can post?
With being based in North Staffordshire,I got to know quite a few local firms,local in this case meaning within a radius of 100 miles.
Like most m/e drivers on here,I knew many drivers by sight,but only a handfull by name,passing them in a layby or across the dining room in the âNationalâ hotel for instance.
On Falcongate,the only guys I really knew were Tony Mizzen and âShakyâ George.Interesting point you raised there Ian about chaps that you meet across the table etc: you are so right, I have come across many names on the thread and they seem to ding a dong in the old memory box, but just recently I was delving into my archives and came across my old lorry phone book and I couldnât put it down as there were so many names there of new and old muckers that one meets on the road and they had been mentioned on the thread on earlier stories etc: so these people who I did not recall are people that I had rubbed shoulders with and exchanged phone numbers with in the past, not a particularly exiting story but it took be back a bit and opened up a few memories, Regards to all - - Fred
I went up to Birkenhead on one occasion for a job at Falcongate,but there was nothing doing at the time,probably just as well as as far as I know,Falcongate never had left hookers and by that time I preferred working for a firm that used left hookers.
Keep posting,and try and get some pics up.
Ian - interesting point you raised about people that you met on the road, when I have been reading posts a name crops up now and then and it seems to nudge the old memory but I cannot put a face to it or remember a situation but recently I was delving thru: the archives and came across my old lorry phone book and I couldnât put it down - there were long forgotten names and firms and these people had been mentioned in stories and situations on the thread that I could not place but I had obviously rubbed shoulders with them and exchanged phone numbers, probably when you meet someone going homebound and ask him to get an ok message to the wife etc: when communications were few and far between in our job. not a particularly exiting story but it may prompt some of the lads to find their old phone books, as I found it very interesting. Regards to all. Fred 
I did meet a few Falcongate drivers and I do recall a Roy, many of them were just faces that we recognised, the one who stuck in my memory was dear old Howard Hughes, a name that was easier to remember.
hi all,
did Falcongate ever have subbies that pulled Falcongates own trailers.
cheers
gaz
Fatbeerboy:
Is Gary Lyons still one of the ones still doing it? My dad sent his f12s out east with him probably 15/20yrs ago I was only a young in then we met him in his pub Manchester way and a man called Billy with a scar across his stomach. I remember being really impressed my dad old piles of scrap had made it that far!
Anyone have an answer to this question?
Yes gary is still on the job, doing one way sellers.
Thanks
marky:
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Thanks for the heads up, I bought a perfect first edition for $35