Long Departed Southampton Hauliers (Part 1)

Went to spain in this non sleeper ERF ( must have been bonkers )
Pic taken at La Junquera. White transcon was Rodney Redgraves
Also in pic is a Wisharts volvo

holy crap mappo, did u sleep across the seats in that thing?

lespaul1765:
holy crap mappo, did u sleep across the seats in that thing?

Hi lespaul, yeh i did mate but hey i was a lot younger then.
You think that was bad, i did Benelux in this one ( not with tr. in pic though )

lol,unreal,i worked for gbe bournemouth for a very short time,lol… they used to have a day cab erf for shunting and short uk stuff, i saw that thing passing through the spanish border a few times…

Lespaul
just so,s you dont feel too sorry for me i did drive better trucks later

good cal man…
nice to see

Brilliant Pics Ton, Keep them coming matey…

lespaul1765:
lol,unreal,i worked for gbe bournemouth for a very short time,lol… they used to have a day cab erf for shunting and short uk stuff, i saw that thing passing through the spanish border a few times…

I can,t remember an ERF, sure your not confusing it with the couple of Atkinsons they had ?

nope, it was aday cab erf, had beacons on the roof, twin steer i think,ex fuel co. maybe shell

Here is one for Pat ,first time in Lorraine’s for this beauty,LTS Freight brought Centrale Routiere in Le Havre a rare sighting in Southampton ![/img]

Sorry Pat new scanner ! better size cheers

Hi here’s another guess the Mammoth Transport driver photo !!

Good Photo’s Brian…Heres one for you Pat, I Should think you prob know this guy i worked for Around 1987…

Nelson Stanley of Poole, Around 88 he got caught up in his car crusher and lost both his Legs,

Regards Kev

Nice one Kev, jack of all trades aye

here,s another one of mine

MaggieD:
Sorry Pat new scanner ! better size cheers

Hi Brian thanks for that I’m not sure if I ended up with that one for breaking or Dave Coombes might have had it. I remember a couple of old French 110’s with Trilex wheels from the same company.

Regards Pat

SB139:
Good Photo’s Brian…Heres one for you Pat, I Should think you prob know this guy i worked for Around 1987…

Nelson Stanley of Poole, Around 88 he got caught up in his car crusher and lost both his Legs,

Regards Kev

Hi Kev

I didn’t know Nelson but I did know Pete Stanley he came to my yard quite a few times to collect old cabs with a 6 wheel rigid with a big Hiab

Regards Pat

Here,s one for you Cluey

I took pic. you, Phil Dibden & Ron parked at routiers on N10

Hi Pat yeah remember Pete thats Nelson’s son but im sure you already know that ‘Good Bloke’ some of my pics are still blured so im going to invest in a scanner… Tony Good Pics mate as usual Regards Kev


Thought you Southampton boys might like to see this old girl. Taken at Codford cafe A36 about 1981

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