tastrucker:
robert1952:
0I think those ERFs were based at Middlewich and hauled salt mostly , thank you Trevor .
Blimey, I bet that played havoc with the wiring looms! Robert
frenchy:
Come on Guys BRS has to hold the winning Trophy amonst Hauliers of old .
When I joined them in Southampton in 1969 we had three depots in the town not including BRS Parcels , there were so many Trunkers , it was a full depot run on military lines , " if you dont like it , out the gate you go "was the motto . What year did we go on strike for £1 an hour , 71 or 2 , the BRS shop stewerd Bert Trant stood on a trailer in the Southampton baths car park down the docks to address us , BRS ran grimby Fish from the depot in Hampton Park , with stinking BMC threepenybits , they had Boots contract ,and pirrelies and our own canteen but by 1973 there were trailers piled three high , rusting with cracked chassiss , tractors being parked up and drivers leaving for better paid companies in town including me. The only new lorries that came home while I was there were Two 110 Scanias and a Crusader in 1971 to 2 , I was still driving a 1969 AEC Mandator , great Lorry but broke down every trip , I was on such a trip when she packed up , the following day I got an Intrview with Henry Smithers.
Are there any BRS Drivers left from Southampton , because I don`t want to be the only fella fling the BRS Flag .
Still got my BRS Folder . Frenchy.
The first line of this post is the biggest load of bollox I have ever read, but Hey! seeing as it’s near Christmas my comment might set off an interesting “craic” over the holiday period but it’s a pity we have not got the likes of Alf Sutton, James Smith and Bob Hanson and many other old time hauliers to get involved and give us the real “low down” on the short comings of the BRS “experiment” it would have made for interesting reading !! Cheers Bewick.
You could ask Tom Riding he is still going strong 
Nice one, Lance! Careful he doesn’t come down to get you in one of those Gardner 8-powered heaps of cr*p from Walton-le-Dale.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Nice one, Lance! Careful he doesn’t come down to get you in one of those Gardner 8-powered heaps of cr*p from Walton-le-Dale.
And you can rev up and ■■■■ off ROF for a start ! And yes I’m sure that Tom could relate a few tales about the BRS experiment , I didn’t omit his name on purpose I just quoted some of the “Star” hauliers from yesteryear who are no longer with us ! Cheers Bewick.
Some of my Oxford depot photos I collect ,this thou was a Swindon roadtrain on the A420 ,we helped pull out .
Oxford depot Commer two stroke BJO 440D .
Oxford contract , I did 7 years on the drawbars after coming out the workshops .
Another contract .
Was "jocks " road train TAG171 ,got trashed after Jock went on Vetrotex contract and this ended up as every one drove her , pictured at Wallingford ready for a trunk to Atherstone .
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Andy Shaw’s Daf E842CVO .
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D124 HEU Habitat contract , before we painted it green , Bernard Woodwards had this Bernard did 50 years service for Oxford depot .
Ex Habitat , ended up being contracted back to Habitat but on the general haulage fleet , Bernard had this for a while .
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