Wasn’t there a chap called Tom drove for RS Hills, I think he used to be on Barker & Geary’s with Pete Phippen ? and didn’t John Smith (Animal) work there as well ?
Regards MaggieD
Hi all, don’t remember a bloke called Tom the guy before was called Taffy new him quit well he was there a few years when they only had the one then slowly got bigger got up to five or six, yes animal did drive for them so did big graham dont now his other name was on bkg and know on maritime. 
ainacs:
Another of Bubblemans pic with local interest.R S Hill from near Fareham was it Cams Hall Farm?
Regards Pat
Cor blimey Pat, that takes me back a bit.
I did,nt drive for them but i bought a second hand 30ft caravan from
them when i first got married in 1971. Cost me £400.
I DROVE FOR JIM SQUIBB WHEN HE WAS AT CADNAM RIGHT UP TILL HE HANDED EVERYTHING OVER TO BARRY AND NORMA, THE TWO TRUCKS THAT YOU MENTION IN YOUR MESSAGE, WELL ONE WAS DRIVEN BY MYSELF AND THE OTHER BY JOHNNY FALKNER,AND YES THERE W2AS A LOT OF TALK ON THE LINK SPAN THAT NIGHT ABOUT THE NUMBER PLATES BEING THE SAME, BUT WHAT CAN I SAY,(BETTER NOT)WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO MY OLD MATE LES BARNES,WOULD ANYONE NO HIS WERE ABOUTS???IF SO TELL HIM TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ME. AS FOR THE STOPPING YOU HAD FROM THE OLD BILL YOU HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD, AND YES JIM WAS THE BEST WITHOUT A DOUBT NOT ONLY AS A SPEEDWAY RIDER BUT AS A BOSS, THEY WERE THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE, NEW TO THIS SITE BUT BOY ARE THERE SOME OLD LONG LOST FREIND ON HERE, THE WIFE IS NOW A PC WIDOW FOR SURE. REGARDS, TO ALL OF YOU THAT KNOW ME OUT THERE. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL. BEV.
A couple more pics courtesy of Bubbleman, with Southampton interest
Pitter Bros the oldest haulier in Southampton
The late Colin Harris ran 3 Maggies on for STS years ago.
Regards Pat
Another Maggie from Southampton Pat.
Cheers Marc.
bubbleman:
Another Maggie from Southampton Pat.
Cheers Marc.
With what looks like an LTS tilt if I am not very much mistaken Marc!
Regards and thanks Pat
I think I posted the Eurohaul F86 but not the F10, mainly driven by “Nick the Greek”.
Hi Gary this was it’s BIG sister Pic courtesy of Bubbleman (Marc)
Regards Pat
I would like to wish all you “Old Truckers” a Very Happy Xmas and good health and happiness for 2009 , This is a great site with some fantastic memories , keep it going !!! Perhaps we should all raise a glass Xmas day to the memory of our departed fellow Old Truckers ,often spoken of on here. I certainly will . Seasons greetings to you all , “Old Trucker”
A Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all
Regards Pat
hi there pat,just relized who you are,only joined last weekend so am bit of a greenhorn at this, but hope to get better, dont know if you know but larry is driving for a lowloader firm out of melksham,i was sat in the cafe at felixstow about 6monthes ago and this voice shouted out my name i looked round and low and behold it was larry,small world isnt it i had not seen him for 20yrs, so you can imagine we burnt a fair bit of derv and clocked up a few miles.well what can i say pat it gave me great pleasure to see the legend of soton on this site, an old mate to, mr pat scory(dont think ive spelt that right sorry pat)last time i saw pat was in cariso and we had quite a few drinks together, first met him on PBC, thats a few years ago, im now 63yrs but still a trucker on an ashpalt sea., i worked for quite a few soton hauliers,ERIC BAKER,HAMMER INTERNATIONAL,JIM SQUIBB,PBC, BRAIN HOBART, NICHOLS in you yard,MO BAKER,MC GREGOR CORY,ARMSTRONGS.IF YOU SEE PAT GIVE ME A MENTION AND WISH HIM THE BEST FROM ME. back to yourself pat i wish you a very happy christmas and a good new year. take care mate.
Hi Ben Wyatt
I was just lucky and got great divers who could bring back the trucks (I hate that word) that I sent out every week!
Nice to speak to you but who are you? PM me please!!!
Regards Pat
Hi all well that’s Christmas over now for the New Year
Another one of Bubblemans gems but this has me a little puzzled as I thought that C Morgan and Sons from Watham Chase just outside Southampton were lorry breakers,into trailer rental and at one time a MAN dealership can’t remember them being heavily involved in haulage accept for loading their own export containers!!! I dare say our learned readership will know better
Regards and a Happy New Year to All
Pat
Pat
There was a C (? ) Morgan at Shaftsbury,could it be them ?
kerbut:
Pat
There was a C (? ) Morgan at Shaftsbury,could it be them ?
Kerbut
No, this is Charlie Morgan at Waltham Chase, near Bishops Waltham.
They were a very bid breaker of vans, lorries, and ex military vehicles, and had a big export business., mainly to the third world countries.
The business is nothing like it use to be in it’s hay day in the '50.s - '60’s and '70,s. The truck repair workshop is now for MOT’s of cars / vans.
As far as I’m aware ( I use to live a mile away from them ) they never ever had a haulage business., just for their own export of vehicles and containers. Before they had the MAN franchise, I think they had the Foden, but that was way back.
Kerbut I think that was C B Morgan and weren’t they dark green in colour? I think they may well still be operating not sure though!
Thanks Fergie, in Eric Morgans day they were massive in the breaking game and had yards all over the place, Derek now runs the business and unfortunately it is a shadow of it’s former glory.
I wasn’t sure about the transport side but you have confirmed what I thought, I know that they had a fair trailer hire fleet, I think we hired a lowloader off them a few times years ago, and I often saw export containers being loaded in their yard with one of their MANs on the front.
Regards Pat
Hi all happy New Year
This is new to me but here goes
Idont rember C.Morgan ever having a haulage fleet only to deliver & collect parts espcially ex MOD cages They did have a trailer renal service.
The front garage which sold MANs is called Rosehill Garage and yes they were Foden dealers before
My farther bought a couple from them just as thet became MAN dealers in about '73/74.
Spartrucks at Andover became the Foden dealer reverting to the fullSparshatt name but were not as good as Ron Morgan who runs the garage
Tribsa
Morgans at shaftesbury , not sure if they are still going?? was , if i am correct , something to do with Craig Vincent , He owned SMV of Yoevil , by coincidence , SMV are MAN dealers !!. Morgans are dark green and run MAN"s !!! The plot thickens !!
I dont think the two Morgans are related buit as always could be wrong.
The ones from Waltam Chase are two tone blue & were connected with brooklyn land rover in Chadlers Ford Now part of SHB Group
Morgans of Shaftsbury are still going and a member of this site maintains some of their trailers