Hi all, me again this is what happens when you retire and sit at home getting board. 
Kevin,
You are correct nothing changes,I do worry about you 2 !!
John shame you and the Boss couldn’t make it,I hope Stevens wife is ok and makes a swift recovery.
Regards
Richard
Hi Deanb…thanks for posting Bakers photos ,re Dave Jack. aka jacko, I was a mate when he was,I mated 9311TR,
With the infamous Don Few!!!,any ex Bakers men/mates on here will know him!!!..M
Blow me I once ha an Ariel Arrow motorbike 718 TR came from Alec Bennett’s in Portswood, Buzzer.
MaggieD:
Kevin,
You are correct nothing changes,I do worry about you 2 !!John shame you and the Boss couldn’t make it,I hope Stevens wife is ok and makes a swift recovery.
Regards
RichardRIchard , My Dear Boy.
Very many Happy returns on you’re 70th.
You’re lookin well on it.Will pm you soonish.
All the very best.
Balders.
No problem JAB, others have asked the same question but not with such an audience as we had! All the others tittering behind you,
no names, no names!
I also had a photo of the pro gay activists pledging their love for each other but I thought it was unsuitable and image defamatory for our profession. We’ll consult our lawyer from Wellow on this, Moderators might have to remove the photos.
As for me…ah well, known in my circles for having a 15 minute nap, just to reinvigorate myself!
Gazzer I know this has been posted before but some time ago thought I would give you a little Mary Hopkin’s moment as it is nostalgic, cheers Buzzer.
Great photo John isn’t it. One of the only ones where I had my Chingford’s trailer on, CFP8.
Great duo, me and TIR Tone! Enjoyed our time on there.
gazzer:
Great photo John isn’t it. One of the only ones where I had my Chingford’s trailer on, CFP8.Great duo, me and TIR Tone! Enjoyed our time on there.
Hi Gazzer,
Mappo’s motor looks like C reg,yours is a W reg must be a very early G!obetrotter?
pete smith:
gazzer:
Great photo John isn’t it. One of the only ones where I had my Chingford’s trailer on, CFP8.Great duo, me and TIR Tone! Enjoyed our time on there.
Hi Gazzer,
Mappo’s motor looks like C reg,yours is a W reg must be a very early G!obetrotter?
Pete twas the first in the UK if im’e not mistaken but Gazzer will put you right, Mappo.s was the first new motor I ever bought, cheers Buzzer.
Buzzer:
pete smith:
gazzer:
Great photo John isn’t it. One of the only ones where I had my Chingford’s trailer on, CFP8.Great duo, me and TIR Tone! Enjoyed our time on there.
Hi Gazzer,
Mappo’s motor looks like C reg,yours is a W reg must be a very early G!obetrotter?Pete twas the first in the UK if im’e not mistaken but Gazzer will put you right, Mappo.s was the first new motor I ever bought, cheers Buzzer.
Hi Buzzer,
Hows the shoulder doing? I thought it was an early reg for a gobstopper, bet it was one of those “am i doing the right thing” moments when buying that motor of Mappo’s? Cheers Pete
Pete think any of us buying a truck new for the first time is a bit nerve racking but very exciting too, £36,300 and summit was the cost back then but what a joy driving a new truck no one else has had the best out of before you get it. Since then I have bought dozens of new trucks and Horry my eldest son is always very particular on detail when they are delivered. Started buying new in a big way in the early 90’s as interest rates were low and fixed so it was a bit of a no brainer, then I always bought with a three year extended warranty and then went again at the 3 year mark buying 12 a year so no major bills and kept the fleet modern. Not sorry to be out of the day to day now as I really believe we had the best days in the job, Buzzer.
Buzzer:
Pete think any of us buying a truck new for the first time is a bit nerve racking but very exciting too, £36,300 and summit was the cost back then but what a joy driving a new truck no one else has had the best out of before you get it. Since then I have bought dozens of new trucks and Horry my eldest son is always very particular on detail when they are delivered. Started buying new in a big way in the early 90’s as interest rates were low and fixed so it was a bit of a no brainer, then I always bought with a three year extended warranty and then went again at the 3 year mark buying 12 a year so no major bills and kept the fleet modern. Not sorry to be out of the day to day now as I really believe we had the best days in the job, Buzzer.
Buzzer,
I never bought new,thought about it but always had that “what if” in the back of my mind, when banks went belly up in 2008 everyone was fighting ovef the work so i sold eveything had 6 months off and went driving for the same company I’m transport manager for now,I had 12 years at it and done ok but glad I’m out of it but glad I’ve done it as well, Cheers Pete
Buzzer:
pete smith:
gazzer:
Great photo John isn’t it. One of the only ones where I had my Chingford’s trailer on, CFP8.Great duo, me and TIR Tone! Enjoyed our time on there.
Hi Gazzer,
Mappo’s motor looks like C reg,yours is a W reg must be a very early G!obetrotter?Pete twas the first in the UK if im’e not mistaken but Gazzer will put you right, Mappo.s was the first new motor I ever bought, cheers Buzzer.
Hi all,
The “Joker” was the first Globetrotter sold in the uk, I got Truck Mag and commercial motor involved and they had a photo shoot at Princes, have looked for the picture over the years but alas, no luck. Harvey
HRS:
Buzzer:
pete smith:
gazzer:
Great photo John isn’t it. One of the only ones where I had my Chingford’s trailer on, CFP8.Great duo, me and TIR Tone! Enjoyed our time on there.
Hi Gazzer,
Mappo’s motor looks like C reg,yours is a W reg must be a very early G!obetrotter?Pete twas the first in the UK if im’e not mistaken but Gazzer will put you right, Mappo.s was the first new motor I ever bought, cheers Buzzer.
Hi all,
The “Joker” was the first Globetrotter sold in the uk, I got Truck Mag and commercial motor involved and they had a photo shoot at Princes, have looked for the picture over the years but alas, no luck. Harvey
CM carried out a road test on “one of the first 6 Globetrotters sold in the UK”. Volvo Trucks (GB) Ltd provided a Brian Yeardley unit which was coupled to an Aquila kangarou trailer.
Truck had a short review of the Globetrotter shown at the NEC show
Great pics …
Where’s Mappo then? He’s very quiet at the mo…■■
@ pete smith: As Harvey says, EAA 770W registered on the 08.08.80 and used that day. EAA 769W (EC Transport of Poole) was registered the same day but not used for about a week afterwards.
The photo of the Yeardley truck was taken by me on the A6 in France just by chance. I’m sure the driver’s name was Paul. His went on the road on the 15.08.80.
So The Joker was THE first Globetrotter ON the road in the UK. There are “V” reg trucks but they were imported from Europe later on.
