Long Departed Southampton Hauliers (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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Tony
As seen as nobody has ask what MIFS stands for? Everyone must know, I DON’T so Please Tony do tell.
Badger

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Well Pat Scorey and George Eames came in today

PBC did have coal yard at Fishers Pond used 8 wheelers to take scrap to Midlands or Wales then coal back, then they cut them down into tractor units and started TIR work. Spirit of Dot a Foden that went into the drink in Le Havre loaded with candles was such a vehicle!

Tony as regards Mick or Mike I asked Pat and he said Mick Madgewick a short ex taxi driver who got into debt with Frank Allen and had to work it off in the yard for a long time, something to do with running money sticking to his fingers apparently.

Regards Pat

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Hi Pat, I think old Scorey P may have forgotten Mick Hayes who was a good buddy of Bob Emerton-Crutch. I remember them roaring around in Bob’s Pontiac Parisienne convertible wearing stetsons. This is who Mappo’s probably talking about.

As regards Mick Madgewick, he was something else, once caught cooking up in his cabin on the Thoresen ferry. His debt to Frank Allen was (allegedly) incurred through selling a full book of UTA tickets for £20!!! He always wore overalls and hobnail boots, summer and winter all over Europe. :laughing: :laughing:

Regards GAZ

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Hi Gaz

I thought that Tony had worked for Mick Hayes driving the ex BRS Middle East Marathon above!!

Regards Pat

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Yeah Pat you’re right and just when I thought the dementia hadn’t got me!!! :laughing:

Regards GAZ

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GAZ IOW:
Yeah Pat you’re right and just when I thought the dementia hadn’t got me!!! :laughing:

Regards GAZ

Regards Pat

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Senior moment over Pat what I should have said was Mick Crane!!!

Regards GAZ

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shady:
Another good day out at Victors Burgos…before and after… :sunglasses: :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

Looks to me like just another excuse Shady to have a carrahillio or two. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

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Badger:
Tony
As seen as nobody has ask what MIFS stands for? Everyone must know, I DON’T so Please Tony do tell.
Badger

Badger…MIFS is a 40 odd year old joke mate.
When i was a nipper of 16 or 17 years young , i worked with Fergie47 and Jim Street for a fruit and veg. firm in Park Gate.
I worked in the warehouse loading and unloading the lorries while Fergie was a driver.
The company used to supply Woolworths stores in the south with daily orders of fruit and veg,eg. a dozen boxes of this,
half a doz. of that, etc.etc.
I used to load a hand pulled trolley ( called a dilly i think ) from around the warehouse and then unloaded from that onto
the lorries.
You may have noticed Badger that i " get a bit of stick" on this thread, well i did then too. :unamused: :unamused: :unamused:
They used to refer to me as Mapsons International Freight Services. :blush: :blush: :blush:

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ainacs:
Hi Gaz

I thought that Tony had worked for Mick Hayes driving the ex BRS Middle East Marathon above!!

Regards Pat

Correct Pat, and thanks for asking P. Scorey… It was indeed Mick Madgewick i was thinking of.

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GAZ IOW:
Yeah Pat you’re right and just when I thought the dementia hadn’t got me!!! :laughing:

Regards GAZ

Sorry Gaz, but i think all hope is lost. :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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:laughing: hi there pat, havent been on for a while,hope everything is fine your end, just a quicky old friend, do you remember an old time continental driver by the name of brian hobbat, used to operate out of white parish, he is seventy ish now but am in contact with him and is doing ok,(retired now) he was well known in soton in the 60/70 reguarly running all over europe,always used po/townsend thoresons ferries. :unamused:

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Hi All
Does any know if Clapcotts had any Scammell Highwayman s I found one a few months ago in that colour & yellow undrneath ?
Were all there lorries new or did they buy second hand ?

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davepenn54:
Just thought that some of you guys on this thread might have known ‘Hanzy’
I’ve put it on the ‘Davies International’ and the PDF threads.

This is a link to an article that was in my local paper today about a driver who passed away recently :cry:
halifaxcourier.co.uk
The Final Journey for a Lorry Lover

His wife said in the article that, Alnis Hans (Hanzy) from Halifax, last job was with ‘Davies International, Hampshire’ and he used to go away for six weeks at a time, and that he had done European work for all of his driving life.

If any of you guys worked with him I hope this hasn’t come too much of a shock, he was only 56 :exclamation:

My condolences to his family and fiends.

Regards
Dave Penn;

shame of course, i worked with him briefly at murfitts around 1996 - believe he worked for W&W (billy) Potter also, subbing to offshore transport at scunthorpe doing spain late 80s

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Fergie47:
Sorry Pat, it’s an F89. Think there were 3. One became Prince’s wrecker after they finished with them.

this thread totally passed me by, so belated thanks to fergie and anyone else who posted photos and info on armstrong’s F89s - i will TRY to post a photo of the model i did, just don’t hold your breath anyone :unamused: :smiley:

VAA278R is pictured in patrick dyer’s great F88/F89 book as a 6x2 tractor unit pulling a kangaroo trailer, obviously also after P&O had got shot, same paint scheme but not liveried

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just a quick heads up , as jj72 has mentioned patrick dyer , i’m sure most of you will know about his second great book on scania 110 , 111 , 140 ,141 , this features some local hauliers inculding , ainacs and waters bros among others , cheers for now , :slight_smile: .

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jj72:

Fergie47:
Sorry Pat, it’s an F89. Think there were 3. One became Prince’s wrecker after they finished with them.

this thread totally passed me by, so belated thanks to fergie and anyone else who posted photos and info on armstrong’s F89s - i will TRY to post a photo of the model i did, just don’t hold your breath anyone :unamused: :smiley:

VAA278R is pictured in patrick dyer’s great F88/F89 book as a 6x2 tractor unit pulling a kangaroo trailer, obviously also after P&O had got shot, same paint scheme but not liveried

bump - just for the thanks to people, hate to be thought of as rude and ungrateful :wink: :smiley:

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Cor blimey it,s been quiet on this thread this week-end.
Anyway i came across these on the web and thought they,d be of interest to you older
lads on here…ie. Fergie47, MaggieD, Tribsa etc. etc.
Here,s hoping you,ve not already seen them.

PS…I received a couple of e-mails this week via tnuk and i deleted them by mistake before
reading them, so if you sent them and read this please re-send…Ta

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Hi all

I heard some sad news last week John Gregory a well know local lorry dealer here in the South has died at the early age of only 62, I believe the funeral is on Friday.

Regards Pat

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Thanks for the Info Pat,
I did,nt know the guy personally, but that,s tragic. Too young to go at 62 years old.
Condolences to his friends and family.

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Hi another pic from Marc’s (Bubbleman) excellent Scrapbook thread with a Southampton connection!
A Bakers ERF with an ERF made trailer!

Rgards Pat

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Hi Pat & All
Pat can you copy the bonneted Atkinson on to the Southampton thread please as it lives here too.

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Hi Richard is it this one you meant?

Regards Pat