Even when the company folded Barry still ran one truck a Merc on traction for STS, the driver was Phil Dibden.
Fergie As I now live close to there where exactly in Cadnam/Bartley was Jim’s place please?
Regards Pat
ainacs:
Even when the company folded Barry still ran one truck a Merc on traction for STS, the driver was Phil Dibden.Fergie As I now live close to there where exactly in Cadnam/Bartley was Jim’s place please?
Regards Pat
Pat
Your asking me to go back 35 years or more, but if memory serves me, go past the cafe with the big lay-by on the right ( is it still there ? ) to the next X roads ( heading towards Cadnam ) a At X roads turn left ( New Inn Rd or Way ? ) then not far up that road left again into a close that finished into a dead end.The Bungalow was on a corner plot.
You’d never get away with running a Continental transport company in a residential road like that these days. !!
He also had a “shed” where he kept various spares and bits and bobs at Winsor, on the right, opposite a small lane ( Hill St ?),on the road running into Testwood . It was on the edge of the road, I guess it’s an estate now of houses.
Fergie47:
ainacs:
Even when the company folded Barry still ran one truck a Merc on traction for STS, the driver was Phil Dibden.Fergie As I now live close to there where exactly in Cadnam/Bartley was Jim’s place please?
Regards Pat
Pat
Your asking me to go back 35 years or more, but if memory serves me, go past the cafe with the big lay-by on the right ( is it still there ? ) to the next X roads ( heading towards Cadnam ) a At X roads turn left ( New Inn Rd or Way ? ) then not far up that road left again into a close that finished into a dead end.The Bungalow was on a corner plot.
You’d never get away with running a Continental transport company in a residential road like that these days. !!
He also had a “shed” where he kept various spares and bits and bobs at Winsor, on the right, opposite a small lane ( Hill St ?),on the road running into Testwood . It was on the edge of the road, I guess it’s an estate now of houses.
Thanks for that will have a look up there sometime, and no the cafe is sadly gone John and Shelia sold it about 4 years ago to New Forest Ice Cream who made it into an Ice Cream Parlour but that was short lived it’s now a care home I think, Shelia is still alive and still cycling around but poor John is dead.
There is an Eastern European running a burger bar in the layby from about 8.00am till 3.00pm.
This is the Cadnam end of the layby (Taken from across the road from my house) taken on 10/1/09 it was -8 that night 
Thanks again Regards Pat
Regards Pat
Did Jim have a house that backed on to his yard at Chandlers Ford? I called in to see him once one tea time in the winter. Think it would have been mid to late '70’s. I remember he was working in a very dark garage wrapped up in a coat and scarf. I was a bit taken aback as I thought it was all a bit primative. He asked If I would like a cuppa and I recall going through a gate into a garden and up to a house. I remember him telling me he wasn’t too bothered about running the wagons but Barry was keen to have a go. I think he was refering to the continetal stuff. When we got into the house/office Barry was on the phone ripping into one of their drivers, which again suprised me as the last time I had seen him he was hardly out of school, and even at this time I wondered how a probably older driver would respond to this! 
ainacs:
Fergie47:
ainacs:
Even when the company folded Barry still ran one truck a Merc on traction for STS, the driver was Phil Dibden.Fergie As I now live close to there where exactly in Cadnam/Bartley was Jim’s place please?
Regards Pat
Pat
Your asking me to go back 35 years or more, but if memory serves me, go past the cafe with the big lay-by on the right ( is it still there ? ) to the next X roads ( heading towards Cadnam ) a At X roads turn left ( New Inn Rd or Way ? ) then not far up that road left again into a close that finished into a dead end.The Bungalow was on a corner plot.
You’d never get away with running a Continental transport company in a residential road like that these days. !!
He also had a “shed” where he kept various spares and bits and bobs at Winsor, on the right, opposite a small lane ( Hill St ?),on the road running into Testwood . It was on the edge of the road, I guess it’s an estate now of houses.Thanks for that will have a look up there sometime, and no the cafe is sadly gone John and Shelia sold it about 4 years ago to New Forest Ice Cream who made it into an Ice Cream Parlour but that was short lived it’s now a care home I think, Shelia is still alive and still cycling around but poor John is dead.
There is an Eastern European running a burger bar in the layby from about 8.00am till 3.00pm.
This is the Cadnam end of the layby (Taken from across the road from my house) taken on 10/1/09 it was -8 that night
Thanks again Regards Pat
Regards Pat
Thanks for the picture Pat, haven’t seen that lay-by in years, we use to use it as a trailer park !!!
Sorry to hear John has died, nice bloke, I used that cafe virtually every day when I was on Smith of Maddiston at Nutsey Lane, great breakfast. I remember that the band “The Stranglers” use to use it before they became really famous, he had loads of their posters around the cafe. Nice memories!
BigG-Unit:
Did Jim have a house that backed on to his yard at Chandlers Ford? I called in to see him once one tea time in the winter. Think it would have been mid to late '70’s. I remember he was working in a very dark garage wrapped up in a coat and scarf. I was a bit taken aback as I thought it was all a bit primative. He asked If I would like a cuppa and I recall going through a gate into a garden and up to a house. I remember him telling me he wasn’t too bothered about running the wagons but Barry was keen to have a go. I think he was refering to the continetal stuff. When we got into the house/office Barry was on the phone ripping into one of their drivers, which again suprised me as the last time I had seen him he was hardly out of school, and even at this time I wondered how a probably older driver would respond to this!
Big Unit.
Never ever went to the C/F yard, so can’t help you on that one. You,re right about Barry,s attitude, he was certainly put against the wall a couple of times. When I knew him he was barely out of nappies, hence the name Gladys, we never took any notice of him then, he was just a boy. Maybe things would have been different had Jim continued to run it, who knows.
bon jour bon amie,just thought id post this mate,when we left cadnam,to go to chandlers ford, i helped them to move over there and stayed with jim for about4yrs after, i owe jim so much,and i remember coming back from italy for him one xmas,got back in to soton late , went up the yard and jim met me to say once i had parked up to come up to the house and have something to eat, joan cooked us a nice meal, then we started on the drink, there was me jim barry les barnes kenny batton and joan,(sad day when she passed away)anyway we are all merry when all of a sudden barry said something to jim and jim went right into one with him, but ill never forget what the last word were that came out of jims mouth before barry stormed out, the words were,nipper your not my son as far as im concerned, that man sat there is (pointing at me,) well it went deadly silent as you can imagin, needless to say the party was over, Jim got me a flat behind the yard, in kings road, and i lived there till i left, me and barry never got on after that, i can remember crips heavy haulage parking some of there big jays in the yard to. i also remember jimmy lamb(great bloke)and my old mate BINGO,rip. 
have a great weekend and not to much of that plonk,bev. 
Hi there pat, could you ask pat scory if he remembers a lad from salisbury call kenny selwood, had one of the first BERLIETS that they had, tell pat that he is still with us and last i heard was running selwood plant hire in oxford, he might remember him from his bottle dyed blond hair, left PBC to go and work for frence dairy farmers, running brittany for the cheese and butter, back to the uk.bev
hi bev i bet you don;t remember me. gary from skillbeech. you was working for mo baker . i now work for mo;s son russ at pentalvers. last i saw you . you were on maritime nice to see you on here
regards gary
BigG-Unit:
Did Jim have a house that backed on to his yard at Chandlers Ford? I called in to see him once one tea time in the winter. Think it would have been mid to late '70’s. I remember he was working in a very dark garage wrapped up in a coat and scarf. I was a bit taken aback as I thought it was all a bit primative. He asked If I would like a cuppa and I recall going through a gate into a garden and up to a house. I remember him telling me he wasn’t too bothered about running the wagons but Barry was keen to have a go. I think he was refering to the continetal stuff. When we got into the house/office Barry was on the phone ripping into one of their drivers, which again suprised me as the last time I had seen him he was hardly out of school, and even at this time I wondered how a probably older driver would respond to this!
So Bev Wyatt : Did I visit Jim at Cadnam or Chandlers Ford do you reckon? Thinking about it now it could have been a bit earlier than I said.
well BIG G you almost certainly went to hursley road, and that would have been 1972/3, if you went up to the house, that were you were mate(chandlers ford)regards bev.
well what a small world garry, yer i remember you old friend, hey those were the days mate what a crack we had, if you can remember, give my best regards to mo and russel mate, i would like to start a thread on here for mo, but dont have any p[ics to put up mate, bloody hell mate got to fly got a cmion stew on the boil, keep in touch garry mate. regard bev.
Another pic from Bubbleman’s Scrapbook thread with Southampton intrest back to the Man’s of C Morgan and Sons Waltham Chase. It looks very much to me to be Derek Morgan holding the door open.
Regards Pat
> bev wyatt:
> )i also remember **jimmy lamb(**great bloke)[/u]
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> Not a very good pic of Jimmy Lamb, but if you knew him you,ll
> recognise the top of his head. ha ha.
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> Bev, did you know Larry in the drivers seat. He lived in Andover and
> was only firing on one lung. Always good for a cuppa in the mornings.
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> The other one is me.
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gazzap:
hi bev i bet you don;t remember me. gary from skillbeech. you was working for mo baker . i now work for mo;s son russ at pentalvers. last i saw you . you were on maritime nice to see you on here
regards gary
Hi Gary, I didn’t know you could write!!
Give l my regards to all at Pentalvers
mornig mappo, nice pic of the boys, yes i knew larry very nice bloke but i didnt no he was firing on one lung mate,is he still with us■■? see what you mean about mr lamb,table top lamb i used to call him,lovly guy is he still about do you know■■? regards bev.
hey sorry mappo,but i can remember seeing you about on the ferries mate but i left squibby just before he took on them old deutches,think he had the post contract down to turin if im not mistaken,regards bev.
hi gavin,looking at the colour sceem on your truck always reminds me of a wounderfull site down at kehle boarder (strasbourg/german boarder)when i pulled into the tir park there during the early 70th,low and behold sat there were about 30 of iran containers yank macks mate, what a site, wish id taken a pic, i think most of the drivers were korean.regards bev.
is there any ex squibbs drivers on this site no were i can contact an old mate of mine,(LES BARNES)!!!
bev wyatt:
:lol: is there any ex squibbs drivers on this site no were i can contact an old mate of mine,(LES BARNES)!!!
Not 100% sure, but I think he got out of driving sometime back.
If anyone knows Tony Kimber, he’d probably be the best bloke to ask.