Brinor Freight

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Found an old sales brochure from Brinor Freight from around 1988,and thought the pics I’ve scanned from it might interest someone.
If not,well,what the f…

I was offered a job at Brinor at around this time,but the money was crap,I was told that I could make up the shortfall by selling duty free’s. :open_mouth:

Anyway…

The company was (is) owned by a German guy called Manfred Bähr,which is why the trucks & trailers were named Yogi 2,Yogi 3 etc. (Yogi Bear)

Towards the end of the 80’s,Brinor’s first driver,Stevie Clifford,started subbing for Brinor with his own unit.
Gradually he got more trucks and even a couple of his best mates bought their own trucks to work for Stevie on Brinor.
Getting paid on a weekly basis was a big bonus for Stevie,so much so in fact that he did a runner!
The driver’s who had worked for him found out that although he’d been deducting tax & N.I. from there wages,he hadn’t actually passed any money on to the Inland Revenue :confused:

He disappeared without a trace overnight,leaving not only the driver’s facing big debts,but also his wife!

He’d financed the trucks through Peter Colby Commercials,who I believe to this day would still like to get his hands on Mr. Clifford. :wink:

Rumours abound that he’s been sighted in Italy & Spain,but I believe no-one knows for sure.

Unless you know different?

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thanks Kieth ,some nice pictures

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KW No pictures of Stevie Clifford then ?

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harry:
KW No pictures of Stevie Clifford then ?

No, but aren’t his new initials DM? :open_mouth: :smiley:

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" Hands up ,Spardo!! We have got you surrounded!!"

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Nice pictures of P@Os ,Townsend Thorenson boat,didn’t they change to P@O
after Zeebrugge?.
Don’t know Mr. Clifford ,but I knew a lot who went to the same accountancy school!
regards derek

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they are some great pictures keith, i love the twilight one. im sure brinor were running an old volvo of about this vintage until just a couple of years ago…

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harry:
" Hands up ,Spardo!! We have got you surrounded!!"

Nice one Harry. I wondered if anyone would notice my initials were the same as Mr. Miller’s :open_mouth: :smiley:

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Nice Pics :smiley:

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Nice pics mate the third one all lit up looks fantruckingtastic

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Nice photos ,i think BRINOR was named after Brian and his wife Nora,then M anfred kept the name when he bought the company , Brian and his two sons still drove for the company untill a few years ago, MORRISON FREIGHT was acompany started up by 3 guys who worked for brinor in the office ,left on a friday and MORRISON freight was born on the monday, ive worked for both firms in the past and have spent meny a good night on the felixstowe boat with drivers from both firms,some of the best guys ive had the pleasure to work with on European work and still good freinds with meny of them today.