Thanks TIR how are you now on the mend I hope?
Of course I knew you would get it straight away!!!
Yes Ennis came in on Thursday stayed most of the afternoon and had a good chat with myself Pat Scorey and George Eames and of course he brought in some pics for me to put on here, I must say he did look very fit and well!!
Regards Pat
Hi all another of Paddy Keoghans pics this time an ex Richard Barber (J&R Autos Southampton) Scania 111 GEV380T I sold to him and he took to Middle East, here it is after he sold it notice the bigger artillery wheels fitted!
Regards Pat
ainacs:
mappo:
Hi lads, before any smart ■■■ mentions my name… it was,nt me.
Pat…his initials would,nt be H.S. by any chance.■■?
Hi Tony you got one part of his initials correct
Regards Pat
Just a guess Pat.Would he be a Stratton? Regards Charlie.
charlie one:
ainacs:
mappo:
Hi lads, before any smart ■■■ mentions my name… it was,nt me.Pat…his initials would,nt be H.S. by any chance.■■?
Hi Tony you got one part of his initials correct
Regards Pat
Just a guess Pat.Would he be a Stratton? Regards Charlie.
Hi Charlie look above to a previous post by his brother Nobby
Yes it is Ennis Stratton.
Regards Pat
Bit late there Pat.I had left it overnight.When I sent it just now,all these other postings popped up.Sorry! Regards Charlie 
Ps .Been waiting two months for a call from Nobby.He must have run out of small change.
Hi All,
Here’s another pic in the spot the driver series,not as old as Pat’s but still 25 years old,anyone know who these 5 are ? A clue none of them is Mappo although they could be his children
Also a couple of local dealer demo’s.
Charlie & Jim thanks for the pm’s I’ll be in touch.
Regards MaggieD
MaggieD:
Hi All,
Here’s another pic in the spot the driver series,not as old as Pat’s but still 25 years old,anyone know who these 5 are ? A clue none of them is Mappo although they could be his children
Also a couple of local dealer demo’s.
Charlie & Jim thanks for the pm’s I’ll be in touch.
Regards MaggieD
Hi Maggie D, I’ll have a shot at one and leave the others to someone else. Could the second from the left standing be “Randy” Rands ■■?
second the left is randy rands exskillbeech second on right is mick watson.one in the middle i think is a bloke called brian the brains .poto taken outside shirrals dukes keep .mick is still at skillbeech[quay warehousing] regards gazzap
I thought that the one in the middle is John Nash.Who is the ugly bugger on the right? Regards Charlie
Hi All does any body remember these drivers, a driver who used to do groupage with a ridgid for Eurohaul think his name was Jim married a young Lady from Thailand lived in the Millbrook area,or Roy Talman (Winky ) or Dave Chivers owner driver for Eurohaul…anyone ■■?R Jimski
well done maggieD it’s about time we had some pics of a decent & professional southampton company let’s have some more the guy that did the groupage for eurohaul was cliff (rip) worked for r&a as well.
MaggieD:
Hi pdw,
Thanks for that link
Was that you on the telly the other night ?
Regards
Richard
hi richard (maggie d) , yes you are right , that was waters bros on tv the other week , i am not actually a waters myself , just someone who has know them for over 25 years , i helped restore a scania 143 of theirs about 10 years ago thats still out working now and attends the truck show circuit as well , i have had a hgv for 15 years and worked for a few local firms in that time , but a change might be on the cards as i have just passed a new forest hackney/private hire badge test ,
here is the news story from the other week (might not play on all media players , slow streaming)
itv.com/meridian-west/tree-f … ject77363/
and here is a few random pics of waters bros from over the years
cheers pdw 
Hi Kev( Gerbil) that right it was Cliff and thats bad news mate Im saddend to hear that, Did you get my P.M. ? R Jimski.
TIR original
well spotted, hope you are well.
gazzap
2 out of 3, and spot on with the location.
charlieone
correct,one on the end his initials are M.C. drove for Duncan Barbour at one time.
Jimski
Pic of Cliff Roberts (RIP) great bloke.
Will try and post some pics of Winky.
gerbil sb152
I’ll find some more pics !
Regards
Richard
Hi Rich( MaggieD )thanks for the pic of Cliff yeah he was a lovely fella i think of him with his Wrangler jacket on and the collar turned up always reminded me of James Dean. God bless him.Looking forward to you ringing Rich. R Jimski.
Hi Kev, yeah i did get your P.M. thanks, although all thoese years have gone by it still comes as a shock when you hear some thing like that.
any how i got it. so you must be getting the hang of this modern techno oligy. R JImski
Hi another of Paddy Keoghans pics a Volvo this time with his son Aaron!
Regards Pat
MaggieD:
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charlieone
correct,one on the end his initials are M.C. drove for Duncan Barbour at one time.Regards
Richard
Hi Rich, i,ve been racking my little brain on this, i recognised him immediately but couldn,t remember his name until now. It,s Mick Collier aint it ■■
Great pics by the way Pat, pdw and Maggie D
Hi Tony,
Well done correct answer, don’t know where he is now last I heard he was working for a security company driving one of the money vans.Do you remember he was one of Duncan Barbour’s Southampton drivers with Barry Stafford,Dave Elkins,and Kevin from Stockbridge.
Hope you are keeping well mate,catch up with you soon give my best to Ken.
Regards
Richard
MaggieD:
Hi Tony,Well done correct answer, don’t know where he is now last I heard he was working for a security company driving one of the money vans.Do you remember he was one of Duncan Barbour’s Southampton drivers with Barry Stafford,Dave Elkins,and Kevin from Stockbridge.
Hope you are keeping well mate,catch up with you soon give my best to Ken.Regards
Richard
Hi Richard that was Kevin Connolly (RIP) he worked with Barry Stafford at Sea Route Ferry before Barbours, alas he died a few years ago.
Regards Pat