slatey:
a few more
zebedee nigel - Nigel Smith - called zebedee as he was always prancing around - was also know as ‘knickers’
shady - bv as explained by buzzer
beggsy - john beggs
paul who
paul beasant from bristol as explained by buzzer,. He was the third paul we had at the time - who?? - Les you would maybe also remember paul as before he came on for us, he worked for Keith Barrett driving a metallic blue f12 flatcab with a red rose trailer behind it.
He was on there with willy, plum, lex amongst others…
Just thought of some more with nicknames given by us,Les slater’s two brothers 1st John aka parcel john who did the Tuffnells job when we had it and his brother Malc aka Swarf short for swarfega who was our fitter for a while and of course Paul Stevens aka FT but cant print that on here or it would get deleted but most know what it stands for,i’ll keep thinkin and maybe come up with some more.
slatey:
in the time i have known you all some people i still
do not know there real names perhaps we can fill them in
starting from the top
the boss gill (mother)
buzzer john
horry james
■■■■■■ steven
gooj andy ?
longo
shirley
jed
bristol bullit
fireman dave morgan
george+mildred
mappo tony
mappos brother keith geordie colin
tutty dave
gibbo les
kwozzy
reader
rocky
tony 2
cluey
this is a start perhaps horry will carry on and fill the gaps and why the name
Hello Les
I was in Southampton a few months ago when my mate was buying a boat, I popped in to see you at the garage, but you had sold it! and as usual you were on holiday somewhere spending your millions…
Les and his lovely wife Pam were kind enough to put me up at their house several times over the years when i was ‘between trucks’… fantastic people.
My mate, (ex Keith Barrett/Red Rose) and fantastically sarcastic driver Paul Beasant, also know as ‘Paul Who’ was quite good at keeping out of the way when he could, which is how he got his name, because no one knew who he was lol.
I was an expert at keeping out of the way, not that I was anti-social or anything. I was just ‘creative’ with my work and did the ‘stealth’ jobs. In the 80’s and 90’s I worked for Buzza, PJK, Les LSC, Keith Barrett/ Red Rose, ■■■■■■■ Brothers, Jimmy Lister, Ralph Davies owner drivers and other owner drivers all at the same time, my ‘workload’ was busy and ‘diary’ was constantly full. I made good money for several years … as the Contract Driver, Casual Driver… or whatever you wanted to call me… I worked for John Buzza Davies a few times, and he tried to give me a job… which i was going to take… but we fell out (A disagreement about Kodak Northern France to Barcelona…and some ‘creativity’ if you can remember John?, We parted company amicably though!) I remember the traffic office was his house, (a little room on the side?) and he always had the worlds thinnest roll-up stuck to his lower lip which would flap about when he talked, ‘Shag’ and ‘Gel On’ were regularly used in every sentence, hee hee… Happy Days.
Geordie Colin (The one no one remembers at all, except for Les )
starting from the top
the boss gill (mother)
buzzer john - Buzzer as always on the phone constantly
horry james - Horry due to the fact I spent my youth in a Horizontal position - asleep, honest!
■■■■■■ steven - not sure why but Dave Morgan christened ■■■■■■ ‘■■■■■■’
gooj andy ? - Good old odd job
longo - Mick Long
shirley - Dave Rixon - he came to us already known as Shirley
jed - Paul Beadle, named Jed as in Jeremy Beadle
bristol bullit - Mark Earle
fireman dave morgan as already explained by Buzzer
george+mildred - zimmer + twinpeaks as explained by buzzer
mappo tony - TIR Tone or ‘Blue Denim’
mappos brother keith - he is known to us as Moppo.
geordie colin -
tutty dave - as explained by buzzer
gibbo les - name les gibbs
kwozzy - always had the hump - hence kwozzy modo
reader - steve read
rocky - steve cherett - am sure named rocky as he did not like driving up and down the mountains to / from italy
tony 2 - tony winter from chichester - as buzzer explained, had to be tony 2 as we already had the one and only tone at the time
cluey - peter clue - aka ‘arthur’ - buzzer used to call him arthur as he said he used to moan and groan and was as loud as arthur scargill
That’s it!
A few more;
Bermondsey Bullit, then just Bullit - Mark Patten
Wee Jock - John Elliott
Willy -
Silly Keith - Keith ?
Diamond Geezer - Steve Diamond
GAZ IOW:
Hi All - Steve Cherrett - ‘Rocky’ was so named because he liked to cross the Alps by the more rugged routes,
such as Mont Cenis, Genevre and Larch.
Heres somthing different its a photo of a commerative print presented to me by Volvo Trucks GB at the launch of the new FH range in June 1993.Its nice because its alimited edition of 500 and the one i have is 500/500 ,i was going to put it on ebay but i think Horry would kill me.We actually ordered four of the new model with out even setting eyes on it and they went on the road in January 1994.I did get to go to Sweden with Volvo to try and drive in late '93 and we have had a few since that first four,i suspect Horry could say exactly how many.
Hay all:
Don’t think any one has mentioned big Andy from the Worthing area yet,and Roy"Smiffy" Smith.There was a guy on Buzzers known as pig pen though he wanted to be known as shades,can’t remember his real name,Also Orvill, one of Jim’ll tip it’s mates
Shady already has a Volvo waiting for him John. Trouble is despite banging on for years about how he wants a Volvo now the chance arises he’s not so sure.
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