Hello schubert58 or should I call you ‘Apple’? I Never forget a driver Roy, I can recall you were mates with Kevin Garner who at the time lived in Hillingdon. He is still about and occasionally bumps into our lads. He is on for Matthews of Yarmouth now. Hope you are well.
Heres a cutting from 2000 from the daily Echo with Horry in the fore speaking his bit.Just like the frogs to go on strike ,but at least they stuck to there cause unlike us brits we could not do that if we had 1000 gallons of evostick to help us.It cost us a lot of time and money but we are still here.
Blimey thats a while ago now. There were quite a few strikes around that period and if I remember the ‘logjam’ strike was due to one of ours being surrounded by logs. It happened to ‘Blakey’ who has posted on here in the past. He made it all the way up through France on D treble roads, through the hedgerow etc and sure he got to about Rouen before he was incarcerated by the protesters. He was blocked in for getting on either a week or just over a week. Subsequently, the load was thrown in the bin when he made it back to blighty. Think it was a load of grapes from Bari. I can remember the newspaper photographer telling me to look frustrated, annoyed, whatever. It was quite difficult to do this as behind the photographer there was a tractor unit on the fuel pump in the yard, with several of the lads trying to make me laugh when it was time to say ‘cheese’. Jocky Clarke was stood on the catwalk with his trousers down performing stretching excercises!! I bet he won’t remember that though!
hello horry i thought you would get it yeah i knew kevin from old charles ward int days and i think concorde express i havent seen or heard of him since i finished with your good selfs but i dont know how he compairs mathews to davies because i would not but that is my opinion i dont do it any more still got my licence but i think with all the c p c and that i wont bother to renew it again i am 58 now anyway i will stick to the machines dozers +diggers glad to here you are all ok maybe i will get to pop in one day and see you all bye for now Roy aka APPLE
schubert58:
hello horry i thought you would get it yeah i knew kevin from old charles ward int days and i think concorde express i havent seen or heard of him since i finished with your good selfs but i dont know how he compairs mathews to davies because i would not but that is my opinion i dont do it any more still got my licence but i think with all the c p c and that i wont bother to renew it again i am 58 now anyway i will stick to the machines dozers +diggers glad to here you are all ok maybe i will get to pop in one day and see you all bye for now Roy aka APPLE
Hi roy, Kevin Garner eh now theres a blast from the past when he was here he swore he would be here till he retired but that never materialised,the longest serving driver we have is Roger Limburn aka wuwa which stands for wind up walk away.
i cant really say a lot about that because i was not long service material (2 months) so he done better than me i allways regreted leaving but we all make some mistakes in life at least i done it right and didnt leave the lorry or anything left on good terms.
there is always a bright way of looking at things & thru the eye of a Davies driver is one of the best & at the end of the tunnel was light 
Usually when theres light at the end of the tunnel Andrew some one flicks the switch and it all goes dark again.As said in the bible Jesus said “let there be light” and Moses being a bit of an electrician flicked the switch and you could see for miles and miles.
Buzzer:
Usually when theres light at the end of the tunnel Andrew some one flicks the switch and it all goes dark again.As said in the bible Jesus said “let there be light” and Moses being a bit of an electrician flicked the switch and you could see for miles and miles.
Hi John,
Didn’t Paul do that when he worked on your trucks,and I think you told him to “Go Forth” 
Regards
Richard
MaggieD:
Buzzer:
Usually when theres light at the end of the tunnel Andrew some one flicks the switch and it all goes dark again.As said in the bible Jesus said “let there be light” and Moses being a bit of an electrician flicked the switch and you could see for miles and miles.Hi John,
Didn’t Paul do that when he worked on your trucks,and I think you told him to “Go Forth”
Regards
Richard
Hi Richard I am remembered for in the past for saying " FT your an idiot " but as we have said in the past he was either Mr Kipling if you catch my drift or absolutely useless
This picture from our album has been defaced by some one writing J.F.G.P.O. on it and for those who have worked for us know what letters stand for , but who are the two persons in the shot.Answers on a postcard please,first prize is a jar of pickled shallots.
Hi John ain’t got a clue ! But I’ll be visiting Tracey Island tomorrow bout just fore lunchtime !! 
Mickey Long and … ■■?
Regards Jimski
Jimski:
Hi John ain’t got a clue ! But I’ll be visiting Tracey Island tomorrow bout just fore lunchtime !!
Mickey Long and … ■■?Regards Jimski
Just guessing ,i think his first name is Roy as he looks like he just got of his hoss. Left your gear with Horry mate.
Cheers John your a gent ! You out on the hosses tomorrow then John ■■
Regards Jimmer
Jimski:
Cheers John your a gent ! You out on the hosses tomorrow then John ■■Regards Jimmer
No not 2mor Jim got to dump the forest ■■■■■■ left on my pickup from last weekend and go to the butchers and get some grub for the horses ,wil catch up later cheers.
hate to say this john but i think it should be j f g o p .
do we know who it is in the picture with longo or is it gooj
Hay there; looks like the back of Shirleys head pushin Longo towards a Bar… 
The gentleman on the right of Longo - aka ‘Moonraker’ - Lots of pics posted of him a month or two ago either here or on Southampton page…
Horry:
The gentleman on the right of Longo - aka ‘Moonraker’ - Lots of pics posted of him a month or two ago either here or on Southampton page…
He also worked for BKG ( better keep going ) and before that for the family firm, but who is he . Answers on a postcard.