Found this one at the bottom of page one?
gerbil sb152:
hi all poped over to warn mr sheppard that he is going to get invaded in august he is looking forward to it i think. just so happen’d that it’s his birthday today so timed it just right told him could be a big turn out this year so you had all better be thereif you miss it you will only be sorry when its to late.
Hi gerbil, i reckon you,re right mate and there will be a record attendance this year…lets hope for fine weather
cos i think we,ll be overflowing into the beer garden.
As most of you attending will be aware, there will be an auction of donated goodies to raise money for The Rowans Hospice.
Please give generously and lets raise a few quid…See you there.
Hi Tony
What are you doing on here at this time of day why arent you up the road getting OVERTIME lol
Rich
I could ask the same question of you Rich…but then i suppose you being a rich
owner driver you dont have to work weekends.
Hi Tony surprise to see you on here !! I’m just sorting things out here mate then flying out tonight !! 
Won’t be calling this week mate it’s £1.55 a minute out there, see ya next week !!
Regards Jim
Blimey Jim, i,d thought you,d be gone by now mate.
Have a good holiday and dont worry about us poor souls slogging away. 
Oh and dont forget my stick of rock…Do they sell that in Dubai ■■?
Not sure if I have put this on before but does anyone remember Blockrete they had a yard around the corner from where I lived many years ago at Mount Pleasant near the level crossing?
mappo:
Blimey Jim, i,d thought you,d be gone by now mate.
Have a good holiday and dont worry about us poor souls slogging away.
Oh and dont forget my stick of rock…Do they sell that in Dubai ■■?
Hi all Hi Tony I was in the pool today thinking of you all was 42 here in Dubai Fabulous place but blimey Tone could you get a twenty foot container full of fifty pound notes !! I’m goonna need em !! expensive or what !! And I know you’ll enjoy the drive out here 
Thinking of you all Regards Jimski
My Grandfather worked at Blockrete for over 20 years in the batching plant. Hence why most of our garden at home (when i was kid) had fancy block paving and decorative concrete block walling!!! I never remember how it got there as my Gandfather didn’t drive and my Dad only had a motorbike then! Must have fallen off the back of a lorry like the one pictured!
enjoying this read from a ex southampton driver
this is my 3rd atempt so far!!! i am a ex soton driver, i mated at bakers in the sixtys, then went to jack hill at botley as a mate, then steersman on the big trailor, i started by driveing career at hills, ime wll retired now, and only just got in to computers!!! i have some photos of various job i did at hills, i hope to get tem on in later days, i am open to any help or advice for future attemps on this contraption!!!
Welcome Trunker88.
The secret is getting your fotos onto the computer. You can scan them (if you have a scanner) or you can foto them if you have a digital camera (easiest and quickest although not a perfect copy).
It is best to keep them small foto files 1mb or there abouts otherwise they take an age to upload or fail to upload completely!
There is a help topic at the top of the main forum. Have a read of that and come back for any more help from the Noels on here 
Bakers and Hills are well covered on this thread.
cheers gazza, been to my mate and he wiil ride shotgun with me re photos, a.s.a.p as i said all new to me!! will look for bakers later on. i have enjoyd what ive read bring back a lot of good times.
Hi Trunker08 welcome to the best thread on ere !! looking forward to your photos and story’s to go with em! Regards Jimski
trunker08:
cheers gazza, been to my mate and he wiil ride shotgun with me re photos, a.s.a.p as i said all new to me!! will look for bakers later on. i have enjoyd what ive read bring back a lot of good times.
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Hello trunker08 and welcome
If you are who i think you are you know my dad Dave Jack (Jacko)ex Bakers.Would be great to see your Bakers photos
Regards Jacko
R-JACKO:
trunker08:
cheers gazza, been to my mate and he wiil ride shotgun with me re photos, a.s.a.p as i said all new to me!! will look for bakers later on. i have enjoyd what ive read bring back a lot of good times.…
Hello trunker08 and welcome
If you are who i think you are you know my dad Dave Jack (Jacko)ex Bakers.Would be great to see your Bakers photos
Regards Jacko
hello jacko sorry no bakers photos at mates house scanning hills photos learning by trial & error, trying to up load photo`s
hellow r jacko, yes i am who you think i am!! re bakers, i had a job prior at hendy as apprentice tractor mechanic and hated every momment of it, iknew of a driver who lived not far from me, went to see him and his dad was there talking to eric bakers dad, he gave me a note to give to eric and job done as they say.i mated less tull first week, did a dock job then first away job was to king geo dock london for wooden piles for bournmouth peir, load and night out in tooly st!!! home next day ,a saturday. after that i was enybodys mate fore a while, then ended up with said driver near to were i lived, every thing was good, 1st job move a 22rb on the a 303 nr andover, dinner in gills cafe, long gone imust of been on bakers nr 3 yr, then a show down re meal break etc, up shot i left as only yard gopher. i whent to sea!!!god time but not my cup of tea, whent to jack hill then things took off, i was mate then steers man on the big tr thourley enjoyed the job. then one day it was suggested i whent driving first lorry was a bmc something■■? and 1rst run was to shell oill at wandsworth!!load and back, then on to a leyland ihad that a good while, then cercumstances made me move up north, got a job on-----brs!!roaming suited me, then did a trunk to ipswich, the n ended on fish trunk nights to bristol temple meads, by that time i was settled to a family life, moved up here 28 yr ago and so on an so forth.at bakers i knew rocky barret,bruce and the son,jhonny searl, brian pore,reg green, the stoodly boys and there dad bill bod min in the garage, les tull, etc, ihave only one bakers pic and that is with dave baird loaded with cat walk f ile give a low down re hills next timeor greenwich, ile give a few words re hills next time, when we have sorted sending photos, re gards to your dad and all on here. ps spelling not my best point!!! cheers
Jacko ,maybe you or your mates may remember a ex Bakers unit ERF 180 ,6 speed D/BRown box ,reg no OOW 354 G ,ANY info please Yours Barry
b.waddy:
Jacko ,maybe you or your mates may remember a ex Bakers unit ERF 180 ,6 speed D/BRown box ,reg no OOW 354 G ,ANY info please Yours Barry
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Hello b.waddy
When i next see dad i will have a look at his photos for 00W 354G
Regards Jacko
trunker08:
hellow r jacko, yes i am who you think i am!! re bakers, i had a job prior at hendy as apprentice tractor mechanic and hated every momment of it, iknew of a driver who lived not far from me, went to see him and his dad was there talking to eric bakers dad, he gave me a note to give to eric and job done as they say.i mated less tull first week, did a dock job then first away job was to king geo dock london for wooden piles for bournmouth peir, load and night out in tooly st!!! home next day ,a saturday. after that i was enybodys mate fore a while, then ended up with said driver near to were i lived, every thing was good, 1st job move a 22rb on the a 303 nr andover, dinner in gills cafe, long gone imust of been on bakers nr 3 yr, then a show down re meal break etc, up shot i left as only yard gopher. i whent to sea!!!god time but not my cup of tea, whent to jack hill then things took off, i was mate then steers man on the big tr thourley enjoyed the job. then one day it was suggested i whent driving first lorry was a bmc something■■? and 1rst run was to shell oill at wandsworth!!load and back, then on to a leyland ihad that a good while, then cercumstances made me move up north, got a job on-----brs!!roaming suited me, then did a trunk to ipswich, the n ended on fish trunk nights to bristol temple meads, by that time i was settled to a family life, moved up here 28 yr ago and so on an so forth.at bakers i knew rocky barret,bruce and the son,jhonny searl, brian pore,reg green, the stoodly boys and there dad bill bod min in the garage, les tull, etc, ihave only one bakers pic and that is with dave baird loaded with cat walk f ile give a low down re hills next timeor greenwich, ile give a few words re hills next time, when we have sorted sending photos, re gards to your dad and all on here. ps spelling not my best point!!! cheers
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Hello trunker08
There are a couple of names there i remember.Les Tull drove for Russell Davis for years mainly on TML contract if i remember correctly.
Bill Bodmin ended up at Henry Smithers as head of engineering.I think dad has a photo of Brian Pore and Bill Bodmin i will put it on at some point.All the names you mention ive heard dad speak of those drivers.I think dad mated with Reg Green for a while.Have you spoke to dad lately?
Regards Jacko jnr