I believe one of the last F88s was driven by one of my old drinking mates, Eddie Young.
thechink1968:
dee
Was this photo taken in Sedgefield layby?
v7victor:
thechink1968:
deeWas this photo taken in Sedgefield layby?
it was taken on the road from mainsforth to bishop middleham
cranedog:
v7victor:
thechink1968:
deeWas this photo taken in Sedgefield layby?
it was taken on the road from mainsforth to bishop middleham
Thanks i,m with you now.
no him well, he was a shunter with harry blatch and billy thompson
cranedog:
andrewv8:
John Tinkler had that Strato when I was at Coundon, then when He had a stroke it was sent to Magnet at Darlington.My dad used to work out of Coundon, Bob Littley
not sure if it was charcon f10,s i think concrete products and bricks
markwill:
cranedog:
some really old onesandrew what was the company that johns oldest son set up? i think they had offices in south mimms, im sure barry hargreaves was down there running it
is this the same john dee that went bust owing lots of people lots of money■■?
Andrew Morrison:
is this the same john dee that went bust owing lots of people lots of money■■?
Yeah,Lots of times!!!
bethmeganjordan:
no him well, he was a shunter with harry blatch and billy thompsoncranedog:
andrewv8:
John Tinkler had that Strato when I was at Coundon, then when He had a stroke it was sent to Magnet at Darlington.My dad used to work out of Coundon, Bob Littley
Was Billy the chap who had the day cab F10, fell off the trailer at Vaux’s and drove back to Coundon. Then found out He had broken His neck. Harry ended up down at Strand at Eaglescliffe sorting the loads out.
andrewv8:
bethmeganjordan:
no him well, he was a shunter with harry blatch and billy thompsoncranedog:
andrewv8:
John Tinkler had that Strato when I was at Coundon, then when He had a stroke it was sent to Magnet at Darlington.My dad used to work out of Coundon, Bob Littley
Was Billy the chap who had the day cab F10, fell off the trailer at Vaux’s and drove back to Coundon. Then found out He had broken His neck. Harry ended up down at Strand at Eaglescliffe sorting the loads out.
yeah that was billy , i got his F10 day cab when he went on the sick, no nights out for me lol
I used to sub contract to John Dee in Ramsgate on UK & Italy work 1980’s we used to run out with the John Dee F10’s based in Ramsgate but also met some of the Northern lads in Italy, I met up with a guy named ■■■■ a lot I think he died of cancer circa 19989 ? Back loaded a lot of Magnet Southern Kitchen stuff form the east side of Italy & cleared customs at Porden0ne.
Here we are tipping Magenta (Waste Paper)
Flyingrabbit:
I used to sub contract to John Dee in Ramsgate on UK & Italy work 1980’s we used to run out with the John Dee F10’s based in Ramsgate but also met some of the Northern lads in Italy, I met up with a guy named ■■■■ a lot I think he died of cancer circa 19989 ? Back loaded a lot of Magnet Southern Kitchen stuff form the east side of Italy & cleared customs at Porden0ne.Here we are tipping Magenta (Waste Paper)
dickie carr was his name you speak off, i knew him well and he worked for john dee/deeline, ran with him a few times to italy, used to load out of a firm called mobileclan for magnet,s in darlington then clear pordenone, i remember a guy in mobileclan who used to do the paperwork, i think he was called joseph, i used to take him thick cut marmalade over as he liked it, when i gave him it he used to grab the jar and my hand at the same time and give me a hug and a peck on the cheek, used to freak me out, thought he fancied me but was just the way they were i suppose the italian’s. good time’s, long gone i’m afraid.
scaniia141:
Flyingrabbit:
I used to sub contract to John Dee in Ramsgate on UK & Italy work 1980’s we used to run out with the John Dee F10’s based in Ramsgate but also met some of the Northern lads in Italy, I met up with a guy named ■■■■ a lot I think he died of cancer circa 19989 ? Back loaded a lot of Magnet Southern Kitchen stuff form the east side of Italy & cleared customs at Porden0ne.Here we are tipping Magenta (Waste Paper)
dickie carr was his name you speak off, i knew him well and he worked for john dee/deeline, ran with him a few times to italy, used to load out of a firm called mobileclan for magnet,s in darlington then clear pordenone, i remember a guy in mobileclan who used to do the paperwork, i think he was called joseph, i used to take him thick cut marmalade over as he liked it, when i gave him it he used to grab the jar and my hand at the same time and give me a hug and a peck on the cheek, used to freak me out, thought he fancied me but was just the way they were i suppose the italian’s. good time’s, long gone i’m afraid.
Dickie was a nice bloke always helped you out I had to wait over night once at that Mobileclan place & they put me up in a Hotel for the night with Dinner & gave me £250 Demurrage in lirer, Dickie changed it up for me in Pordenone Happy Days
dickie carr you speak of was my dad. he died of cancer in 1987 aged 46… i used to go away with him as often as i could when i was young and loved every minute of it. i know he loved working at john dee transport even though like all the driver he would moan about the wages! i remember lots of drivers … davey stores,micky wright,summer ronnie,mel hall,tommy johnson. peter johnson,bambi, richie, crooksy, the fitters nat and rocky, tommy maddison. baz in the office dennis calahan, peter newton
i had some great times and i knew my dad did as well, having a few pints was one of the things he liked but he did have a bit of a hot head at times, i like to think he passed a lot of knowledge to me as ive been driving now for 24 years (46 yrs old now) and have worked with a few of the drivers above storesy wrighty crooksy at peter cooks (6yrs) also worked at john dees for 2 years previous to that… last 13 ive been on car transporters…
from what i remember in my dads years at john dees the job aint the same anymore, drivers dont socialise like they used to… and aint got as much time for each other as in days gone by, thanks for reading this ian carr
Iancarr1968:
dickie carr you speak of was my dad. he died of cancer in 1987 aged 46… i used to go away with him as often as i could when i was young and loved every minute of it. i know he loved working at john dee transport even though like all the driver he would moan about the wages! i remember lots of drivers … davey stores,micky wright,summer ronnie,mel hall,tommy johnson. peter johnson,bambi, richie, crooksy, the fitters nat and rocky, tommy maddison. baz in the office dennis calahan, peter newtoni had some great times and i knew my dad did as well, having a few pints was one of the things he liked but he did have a bit of a hot head at times, i like to think he passed a lot of knowledge to me as ive been driving now for 24 years (46 yrs old now) and have worked with a few of the drivers above storesy wrighty crooksy at peter cooks (6yrs) also worked at john dees for 2 years previous to that… last 13 ive been on car transporters…
from what i remember in my dads years at john dees the job aint the same anymore, drivers dont socialise like they used to… and aint got as much time for each other as in days gone by, thanks for reading this ian carr
Thanks Ian you will always remember the Good Blokes who helped you… Happy Days Long Gone Now!
Just heard this week that Tony Crooks is now in a care home with dementia. Sad news