Ah yes Buzzer…i remember it well the Bridge road cafe.
Excellent grub with a friendly service and good company and a bottomless tea pot…proper tea as well
no tea bags there i recall…happy days indeed.
Horry…alright mate, i hold my hands up, you,ve still got it after all… lol
Tony when I first went to live in “Thorndale” Bridge Road there was a little café where the Chinese place is now, it was a wooden shack in those far of days and run by a couple of old ladies who lived in one of the bungalows just across the road. When they retired they pulled it down and built the brick chinky. Don’t know if you remember I used to park just this side of the bridge when I only had one truck 40 years ago that was, sometimes Dave Chivers parked there too with his D series Ford and boat trailer, later he sold all his permits and hence the beginning of Chivers European which was financed by Anna Banana as we used to call her, company name Italfrutta and her sons also had a company called Arrigonfrutta run by Frank and Steve Guest, hence that’s when we used to load out of “Pirotecknicks” real name Pirechini Secondo’s place. Always good loading there first thing in the morning and the fruit chilled overnight, not like many others who loaded at nine at night and the frigo revving it’s nuts of all night, and then called that one of the three days allowed to get it home, MH moment’s them cheers Buzzer.
PS. thanks for the update on VTA Blakey.
DeanB Think I accidentally wiped of your PM please send again. I know the person you mentioned back in the da and this would be interesting cheers Buzzer.
dieseldennis2:
John thanks for the info on VTA could only think of 1 guy that would run that with a low loader . Could of belonged to Wally Balsdon he runs some quite heavy stuff and plant transport near Exeter .
The garden is looking well , how long are you going to keep the sucklers on for autumn sales or longer ? are you running the scania horsebox yet or is it still in bodyshops .
great to see photos of the blue and whites the boys have been doing you proud . cheers dennis
Hi Dennis I have learned that a chap called Mark Hostick has added VTA 872S to his collection making three in all, now that is collecta hollic cheers Buzzer.
Dont know if this has been put on before,but i was not going through 180 odd pages to find out ! 
Click on each pahe and its clearer to read !
Hi Dean this was posted on the very first page of this thread, thanks anyway Buzzer.
Ex Davies driver and old mate John Heaton sadly passed away this morning after losing
his battle with cancer. RIP John.
RIP John Heaton known as Axle to most of you, a name we gave him when he worked for us at Davies also Ocean Clipper on the CB, not always the easiest of drivers to give instruction too but that was John. Sincere condolences to Sue and the rest of the Family, John and Jill Davies.
Hi All
Sincerest condolences to family & friends another great man lost.
Rich
Rip John keep on trucking in the highway in heaven mate spit the dog
Sad news and condolences to all John’s family and friends.
R.I.P. “Axle.”
Sincere condolences to John’s family so sorry to hear this our thoughts are with you all.R.I.P. Axle
Cliff Luxton.
RIP John ( Axle ) Top Man , another good old boy . Thoughts with Sue & family at such a sad time. Reader & Wendy . X
RIP great mate - will miss you . Condolences to our “Axle” family all of our thoughts are with you at his very difficult time. Stay strong as he himself would have done , we share your grief, we are all with you . A great man and friend has left us…
Joe Carty.
Just a picture of VTA 872S in the company of her new stable mates bought by Mark Hostick before auction,Buzzer.
She looks like she’s in a good stable John other 2 look well . I think they look better without the stacks Imho cheers dennis
mappo:
Ex Davies driver and old mate John Heaton sadly passed away this morning after losing
his battle with cancer. RIP John.
Well as it was ■■■■■■■ down this morning decided to go jam making, this is the gooseberry the strawberry was already in storage. Now have to suffer the wroth of the Boss as I probably have not cleaned the cooker enough, cheers Buzzer.
Just to let you all know, Johns funeral is on Friday 19th, at 1345 hrs at Portchester Crematorium.
