JOHNXL70:
Ted sticks in my mind, living at Southam Zoo and loving his drink,having bets if he’d turn up on a Monday morning after being on the beer all weekend,used to dread running with him because you’d be in the Bull when you’d finished work,i remember the names of the others thats about all,(the memories not so good now).Mick has been out of transport since 2001 when Rugby Forwarding finished,thats the last time i went over the water,he now owns and runs Stanton Lakes Stoney Stanton (good food and drink).Yes my lads name is Bill
Dieseldog66:
John, yes Ted Redsull was at Cov when I was there, Dave Duckett, Frank Walsh, who left and went to Mortons, Ernie Baylie, Rodney Rowe, Tom Aurbutin ( spelling), I met Mick in Dover one day, I had no Idea he had anything to do with lorries, he came over to me by DFS hadn’t seen him since school, and haven’t seen him since, whats he doing now. My lads were at school with you lad, Bill? , is it.
Hi John. Is it Mick Lambert that runs stanton lakes ? Is that stoney cove ?
I went for a job at Rugby forwarding, as Mick Price is a really good mate of my dads, when i worked out i be working twice as hard and be away a lot more than i already was for the same money i turned it down.
My dad also worked for Bernard Grainger. My dads name is Hughie Hill don’t know if you know him at all, he worked for Bernard about 1983ish.
Hi Nick,it is Mick Lambert that runs Stanton Lakes,it’s the jet ski centre not the cove.I didn’t start with Bernard till late 84,i started doing the BTG Stuttgart round trip,which trip was your dad on?
Slope:
JOHNXL70:
Ted sticks in my mind, living at Southam Zoo and loving his drink,having bets if he’d turn up on a Monday morning after being on the beer all weekend,used to dread running with him because you’d be in the Bull when you’d finished work,i remember the names of the others thats about all,(the memories not so good now).Mick has been out of transport since 2001 when Rugby Forwarding finished,thats the last time i went over the water,he now owns and runs Stanton Lakes Stoney Stanton (good food and drink).Yes my lads name is Bill
Dieseldog66:
John, yes Ted Redsull was at Cov when I was there, Dave Duckett, Frank Walsh, who left and went to Mortons, Ernie Baylie, Rodney Rowe, Tom Aurbutin ( spelling), I met Mick in Dover one day, I had no Idea he had anything to do with lorries, he came over to me by DFS hadn’t seen him since school, and haven’t seen him since, whats he doing now. My lads were at school with you lad, Bill? , is it.
Hi John. Is it Mick Lambert that runs stanton lakes ? Is that stoney cove ?
I went for a job at Rugby forwarding, as Mick Price is a really good mate of my dads, when i worked out i be working twice as hard and be away a lot more than i already was for the same money i turned it down.
My dad also worked for Bernard Grainger. My dads name is Hughie Hill don’t know if you know him at all, he worked for Bernard about 1983ish.
JOHNXL70:
Hi Nick,it is Mick Lambert that runs Stanton Lakes,it’s the jet ski centre not the cove.I didn’t start with Bernard till late 84,i started doing the BTG Stuttgart round trip,which trip was your dad on?
Slope:
JOHNXL70:
Ted sticks in my mind, living at Southam Zoo and loving his drink,having bets if he’d turn up on a Monday morning after being on the beer all weekend,used to dread running with him because you’d be in the Bull when you’d finished work,i remember the names of the others thats about all,(the memories not so good now).Mick has been out of transport since 2001 when Rugby Forwarding finished,thats the last time i went over the water,he now owns and runs Stanton Lakes Stoney Stanton (good food and drink).Yes my lads name is Bill
Dieseldog66:
John, yes Ted Redsull was at Cov when I was there, Dave Duckett, Frank Walsh, who left and went to Mortons, Ernie Baylie, Rodney Rowe, Tom Aurbutin ( spelling), I met Mick in Dover one day, I had no Idea he had anything to do with lorries, he came over to me by DFS hadn’t seen him since school, and haven’t seen him since, whats he doing now. My lads were at school with you lad, Bill? , is it.
Hi John. Is it Mick Lambert that runs stanton lakes ? Is that stoney cove ?
I went for a job at Rugby forwarding, as Mick Price is a really good mate of my dads, when i worked out i be working twice as hard and be away a lot more than i already was for the same money i turned it down.
My dad also worked for Bernard Grainger. My dads name is Hughie Hill don’t know if you know him at all, he worked for Bernard about 1983ish.
Regards, Nick.
I can’t remember. Was a long time ago I think he only worked for him for a short while till he got his own truck back on the road.
JOHNXL70:
Hi Steve, It was EUD823K (I think) fleet no 30
shakysteve:
JOHNXL70:
Banury Commercial Buildings,sorry Cliff these are the only ones I can find
John ,any idea of the reg or fleet no of the banbury buffalo ,Steve.
Cheers John ,only asked as i have a B/W photo of XWL927K fleet no 35 taken in Southampton years ago when it was new.i remember the driver saying what the hell do you want to take picture of a lorry for .im glad i did ,steve.
Hiya,Steves asked me to put this on for him .Cheers Bubbs
JOHNXL70:
Hi Steve, It was EUD823K (I think) fleet no 30
shakysteve:
JOHNXL70:
23Banury Commercial Buildings,sorry Cliff these are the only ones I can find
John ,any idea of the reg or fleet no of the banbury buffalo ,Steve.
Cheers John ,only asked as i have a B/W photo of XWL927K fleet no 35 taken in Southampton years ago when it was new.i remember the driver saying what the hell do you want to take picture of a lorry for .im glad i did ,steve.
Hiya,Steves asked me to put this on for him .Cheers Bubbs
Thanks for that Bubbs & Steve, semi low trailers eh, that would have made the job alot easier.
dieseldog6:
Right does anyone have any photo’s or stories of these outfits.
Mortons of Coventry (Mortons BRS)
Brady Transport Coventry
Mousley Trucking, when they were at Siskin Dr
GKN Foundations
Cartransport BRS
Furness and Parker
Progressive Deliveries
Canley Car Deliveries
Motor Packing
Red House Motors
Ellis Greaves
Any body remember another Bayton Rd company called, M.I.D (Mainland Industrial Deliveries-I think) with two tone blue livery??
dieseldogsix [Cliff] you have a great memory can you answer this ,we use to travel with our Dads out of rowleys rd turn left out of the yard down to the roundabout turn left on the A45 to go north pick up the m6 ,turn right to get on the m45 m1 to go down south ,but there was times when turning right out of yard down to the t junction where you lived and turn left ,but where did that journey take us to ,i cant remember for the life of me cheers mark
The Royal British Legion Club and the Baginton Oak Pub or if it was work related the Alvis factory
foden 01:
dieseldogsix [Cliff] you have a great memory can you answer this ,we use to travel with our Dads out of rowleys rd turn left out of the yard down to the roundabout turn left on the A45 to go north pick up the m6 ,turn right to get on the m45 m1 to go down south ,but there was times when turning right out of yard down to the t junction where you lived and turn left ,but where did that journey take us to ,i cant remember for the life of me cheers mark
foden 01:
dieseldogsix [Cliff] you have a great memory can you answer this ,we use to travel with our Dads out of rowleys rd turn left out of the yard down to the roundabout turn left on the A45 to go north pick up the m6 ,turn right to get on the m45 m1 to go down south ,but there was times when turning right out of yard down to the t junction where you lived and turn left ,but where did that journey take us to ,i cant remember for the life of me cheers mark
Ok Foden, you would turn right, go in to Baginton , turn left in the village, fork right by the airport and follow it through Stonleigh village, where you turned left towards the Chesford Grange, if you had Spitfires on the top you could go straight on under the low bridge, but if you had TR6’s on you had to go right toward Kenilworth then left through Leek Wooton and join the Warwick bypass, as the Kenilworth bit wasn’t finished, before the Warwick bypass, instead of going to Stoneleigh you would go left after the split at the airport, at the bottom of the hill, you would go left over Cloud Bridge and down to the Ryton to Leamington road (Rugby Road), then straight through Leamington and Warwick, Stratford, Evesham, Tewkesbury, then on to SW or Wales.
Dieseldog66:
Thanks for the info John, I always like that throaty sound from the Badgers, can you remember the reg of the Lynx you had, I was there when we had them new!
Keitheric29, I remember that Fiat of Browns, when I was learning for my HGV, Mousley use to put us on pulling tractors out of Banner La, running them down to Livingstone Allpak just behind Watford Gap, police would let you go through the emergency exit in those days, and a 40 ’ single axle, with the axle right on the back.
I was on for a firm in Ayr and we carried Massey Combine Harvesters from Kilmarnock and occasionally we went to ALLPACK and allways went in and out from the services. Eddie.
I think he only worked for him for a short while till he got his own truck back on the road.
