Hercock- Simpson were coal merchants in Leicester back in the 1950s when I was a kid
tenerife:
Another hs driver i remember was barry owen . and chris .granny. geary is still driving as a temp for walkers crispstufty
Hi Tenerife did you work for hercocks regards roger
Hi Rog. No i Started just as fred and malc were up scudamore road I drove an f7 with mbh livery and stayed till it was arrivehaul then eventually followed chris (granny) geary to parkers meats leicester I am still in contact with chris and remember a few drivers from the time
don robinson squeaky bill graham (quassy) furness terry evans taffy paul warner davy donald mick h parkes mick parsons and mick cole there was an oldish driver named bob can´t remember his last name he drove a m.a.n .
thats about all i can remember at the minute rog .
tufty.
just thought of a couple more taffy was tom lacey his daughter was a friend of my ex missus . dennis mason . and bobs surname was hoskins i think am not 100% sure rog its been a while i remember doing changovers with him at dover .
tenerife:
just thought of a couple more taffy was tom lacey his daughter was a friend of my ex missus . dennis mason . and bobs surname was hoskins i think am not 100% sure rog its been a while i remember doing changovers with him at dover .
It was Bob Hoskins, I had his old MAN (A222 HNA) when it became MBH at Coalville, my first driving job back in 1986,
For the info Terry Evans drives a Daf105 for BAxters at Ellistown , he is in good health and retains his sense of humour !!!
mick_n3:
tenerife:
just thought of a couple more taffy was tom lacey his daughter was a friend of my ex missus . dennis mason . and bobs surname was hoskins i think am not 100% sure rog its been a while i remember doing changovers with him at dover .It was Bob Hoskins, I had his old MAN (A222 HNA) when it became MBH at Coalville, my first driving job back in 1986,
Thats it Mick can remember the reg now , Chris Geary told me it was hawkins it must be one of them , I must have know you if you were working at vulcan way Mick was you there for the Arrivehaul days too .
Tufty.
Stralisnumerouno:
For the info Terry Evans drives a Daf105 for BAxters at Ellistown , he is in good health and retains his sense of humour !!!
Thanks for that Stralisnumerouno if you see him send him my regards he was a great workmate always had a laugh and yes a great sense of humour.
Tufty.
paul warner is at denbys
tenerife:
Hi Rog. No i Started just as fred and malc were up scudamore road I drove an f7 with mbh livery and stayed till it was arrivehaul then eventually followed chris (granny) geary to parkers meats leicester I am still in contact with chris and remember a few drivers from the time
don robinson squeaky bill graham (quassy) furness terry evans taffy paul warner davy donald mick h parkes mick parsons and mick cole there was an oldish driver named bob can´t remember his last name he drove a m.a.n .
thats about all i can remember at the minute rog .tufty.
Hi Tenerife thanks for your reply mate can you send my regards to chris geary nice to hear he is ok I spoke to graham furness a few months ago he seems ok had a heart attack but wouldn’t bother him ,love to hear from some of the other lads Tenerife, I left hercock continental 25 years ago but have good memorys about all the lads you mentioned and more, i worked for parkers meat before I went to hercocks it was good firm then but young and wanted to go tramping you no how it is, cheers Tenerife speak soon mate.
Hi to all got some names to go throgh for you starting from continental to uk then thay all whent mix to continental and uk best i can remember cos i am old now at 49mmmmm here we go. sid robinson terry pogers bill pogers cliff kipper feet jones dave higeins chris geary gill chambers dave speak ted woods tommy lacey sqeaky bill roger collins roger king grayham quazi furnace bob hawkins bill spencer ■■■■ sarul george the comb marsley dougi astil don robinson micky coles denis mason brian leywood dave bright barry owen angie parma micky matts david donald phil morley terry tots spanish john terry evans tim limpit dave tufty bauer terry somthing and his brother from notingham paul warner ian anderson and his dad ? joe streathers hamilton parkes dougi bailey kev johnson mick parsons. some only did a few trips to eu. the names are not in order add more names if i forgot some. I am not good on the computer new tek old man. hi rog c and quazy hope you to ok . rog allways i remember yugo trip just befor christmas 19■■ . got some photos to post some time. granny g.
chris geary:
Hi to all got some names to go throgh for you starting from continental to uk then thay all whent mix to continental and uk best i can remember cos i am old now at 49mmmmm here we go. sid robinson terry pogers bill pogers cliff kipper feet jones dave higeins chris geary gill chambers dave speak ted woods tommy lacey sqeaky bill roger collins roger king grayham quazi furnace bob hawkins bill spencer ■■■■ sarul george the comb marsley dougi astil don robinson micky coles denis mason brian leywood dave bright barry owen angie parma micky matts david donald phil morley terry tots spanish john terry evans tim limpit dave tufty bauer terry somthing and his brother from notingham paul warner ian anderson and his dad ? joe streathers hamilton parkes dougi bailey kev johnson mick parsons. some only did a few trips to eu. the names are not in order add more names if i forgot some. I am not good on the computer new tek old man. hi rog c and quazy hope you to ok . rog allways i remember yugo trip just befor christmas 19■■ . got some photos to post some time. granny g.
Hi Chris great to here from you mate nice to here your all good hey all those names, bring back some cracking memorys love to here from Dobbo and Micky Coles and the rest of the boys, hey Chris some trip that Yugo one old Kingys arse must have knipped up when he skidded into that ditch and trees, cold old night on that mountain above Sarajevo, but what a great adventure hey mate, have lost all my photos Chris be great if you could post your photos on here Chris look forward to seeing them, look forward to your and anybody elses reply, hear from you soon mate Rog.(sorry about the spelling )
chris geary:
Hi to all got some names to go throgh for you starting from continental to uk then thay all whent mix to continental and uk best i can remember cos i am old now at 49mmmmm here we go. sid robinson terry pogers bill pogers cliff kipper feet jones dave higeins chris geary gill chambers dave speak ted woods tommy lacey sqeaky bill roger collins roger king grayham quazi furnace bob hawkins bill spencer ■■■■ sarul george the comb marsley dougi astil don robinson micky coles denis mason brian leywood dave bright barry owen angie parma micky matts david donald phil morley terry tots spanish john terry evans tim limpit dave tufty bauer terry somthing and his brother from notingham paul warner ian anderson and his dad ? joe streathers hamilton parkes dougi bailey kev johnson mick parsons. some only did a few trips to eu. the names are not in order add more names if i forgot some. I am not good on the computer new tek old man. hi rog c and quazy hope you to ok . rog allways i remember yugo trip just befor christmas 19■■ . got some photos to post some time. granny g.
hi chris im roger kings lad he has passed away now,i remember every one of them you have named especially from my days in the garage mickey matts was still in Italy last I heard paul warner is on denbys brian laywood went to widdowsons till he retired phil morley was and I think still is at asda last I heard ian Anderson was on for a company I cant remember the name now think they have a yard next to scania on the old a50 at groby joe and Hamilton went to artisan not sure if joe is still with us ,I drove for kev Johnson for a very short time doing Italy it didn’t last long I think ■■■■ sarul ended up over Stamford way with a pub Graeme furness is on here some where its nice to see you are still about
Aunt Peg:
hanson:
gunnerheskey:
Come to think of it hanson, i remember seeing the FB88 wrecker ! Do you remember Hercocks Mandators before the volvo’s.he first had one of them with a drag on when he started there think they used to do a lot for metal box when metal box was at loughboro road,i also remember when my dad first started there some of the f88 was white i remember being told at the time that they had done saudi,wether that was tru or not i dont know.
just a passing thought do you remember a firm at queniboro they only had two or three trucks think they was called wilkinson/wilko im pretty sure they did saudi,I worked in the office at Hercocks Leicester in the early 80’s and my hubby Geoff worked at Hercocks in the garage for over 20 years. Geoff knew your dad really well and used to visit him on occasions. We thought you may like to see this photo.
that’s truck was geoffs baby and he didn’t like any one else driving it
hi rog/hanson good to see you are ok. yes cold night in the sarojavo mountains in the snow all right. I remember kingy yes your dad hanson r.i.p. going to bed in the ditch vertigal how he slept ido not know. he ran out of derv the first day then he got a flat battery on the train to get him of it. i think it was the same trip you will know rog. lots more on that trip rog I remember a kid pulling a bottel of whisckey out of my hands i said you are to youg then irealised he was a miget. allways think of that trip befor christmas.twe more names to add tolist dan daley good old boy and martin / cliford i think irish lad. hercocks did not do saudi thay did do two trips to bengazi one driver was quazithe rest mmmm ? i did not wont it get more money doing italy more to follow + potos. granny.
dan daley ended up working down the scrap yards for years just of abbey lane
hi to all, heres some photos of white Volvos Hercocks first had, one of which was mine, befor then i had a Layland links then after the Volvo i had DAF 3300 they did 75MPH but not me we all drove at the speed limit!!! mmm! lol
Granny
Crikey granny its weird seeing you with hair 
Hi Chris good photo’s before my time mate have you got any more to upload , I remember nearly all the names you mentioned good memory’s a mate I often wonder what Don Robbo and Micky Cole’s are up to, looking forward to more post’s from you and other’s. ps sorry to hear your fringe is at the back now! cheer’s mate.