Fergie47:
Anyone remember this Smith of Maddiston Guy ? It was the only one finished in those colours. Mick Hennessey drove it for a while, untill he and Bobby Knox left to go to Smithers, when they were based at Lex Tillisons. I had the oppertunity to join them, but prefered to stay on general haulage work. I drove it for about a year after Mick left. The thing that sticks in my mind was the short stubby exhaust, which, by the time you reached Penrith on the way to Scotland, you were deaf . Also,no dodgy nights, as it stuck out like a sore thumb.
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Hello Fergie47
When dads over next i will show him the pic.Im sure he knew Mick Hennessey.I see what you mean about having a dodgy night out,you cant beat the old tackle.
Fergie47:
Anyone remember this Smith of Maddiston Guy ? It was the only one finished in those colours. Mick Hennessey drove it for a while, untill he and Bobby Knox left to go to Smithers, when they were based at Lex Tillisons. I had the oppertunity to join them, but prefered to stay on general haulage work. I drove it for about a year after Mick left. The thing that sticks in my mind was the short stubby exhaust, which, by the time you reached Penrith on the way to Scotland, you were deaf . Also,no dodgy nights, as it stuck out like a sore thumb.
I only drove one big j that was enough, biggest load of crap I ever drove.
R-JACKO:
Hello Fergie47
When dads over next i will show him the pic.Im sure he knew Mick Hennessey.I see what you mean about having a dodgy night out,you cant beat the old tackle.
Hello Jacko
And remind him about Bobby Knox will you? nice guy, went back to Scotland after living in Southampton for many years. Last time I heard anything about Bob was when he went to see Mappo in Glasgow hospital, after he fell off the motoway brige near the Clyde, in one of Sea Routes S.A’s ( Pictures on this thread somewhere ) Lucky bloke that old Mappo !!!
R-JACKO:
Hello Fergie47
When dads over next i will show him the pic.Im sure he knew Mick Hennessey.I see what you mean about having a dodgy night out,you cant beat the old tackle.
Hello Jacko
And remind him about Bobby Knox will you? nice guy, went back to Scotland after living in Southampton for many years. Last time I heard anything about Bob was when he went to see Mappo in Glasgow hospital, after he fell off the motoway brige near the Clyde, in one of Sea Routes S.A’s ( Pictures on this thread somewhere ) Lucky bloke that old Mappo !!!
Now now Fergie, not so much of the bloody old…What does that make you then.
Charlie…i was also gonna point out that it was a Guy, but did,nt wanna hurt your feelings mate. That,s a pint you owe me.
R-JACKO:
Hello Fergie47
When dads over next i will show him the pic.Im sure he knew Mick Hennessey.I see what you mean about having a dodgy night out,you cant beat the old tackle.
Hello Jacko
And remind him about Bobby Knox will you? nice guy, went back to Scotland after living in Southampton for many years. Last time I heard anything about Bob was when he went to see Mappo in Glasgow hospital, after he fell off the motoway brige near the Clyde, in one of Sea Routes S.A’s ( Pictures on this thread somewhere ) Lucky bloke that old Mappo !!!
Now now Fergie, not so much of the bloody old…What does that make you then.
Charlie…i was also gonna point out that it was a Guy, but did,nt wanna hurt your feelings mate. That,s a pint you owe me.
What you people don,t know is that I was actually looking at a different picture.As an old Rawlings man I was taught not to lie.I didn,t want to spoil your fun.If you believe that you will believe anything! I don,t think that it will cost me much as most of you are on medication and can only drink tea.I hope so anyway Dont mind buying you a pint Tony as you are one of the decent guys on here.Regards Charlie
Hi Jimski. Only the one then.Don,t want you being ill. Gazzer should be over in time for harvesting.He sent me a pm saying that he will pay for the food.Good boy Gazzer Regards Charlie
hello rich just found that pic of gary,s 48 turbo star on iveco thread talk about power , ask toney bradey about it when i pulled him and the atki wrecker plus volvo i thinck he was nevous to say the least
mappo:
Went to spain in this non sleeper ERF ( must have been bonkers )
Pic taken at La Junquera. White transcon was Rodney Redgraves
Also in pic is a Wisharts volvo
The driver of the wisharts volvo could have been my dad his name is wullie nisbet he drove an F88 for wisharts and his one didn,t have anything on the grill and i,m pretty certain the other F88 wisharts had all had things like the scrolls and badges across them.from son of a truck driver
Hi Alan,
Hope you are well, nice pic is that the one Dad drove ? I remember Jock Walker showing me a pic of a Thames Trader he drove at Rungis Market Paris, I think you could see Charlie one, and Mappo in the background with their horse & carts ! they used to change horses at Rouen
The A D Forsey’s driver in the pic seems to have a bit of a lean on,must have been out with your Dad for the night
I’m sure Brady will remember Gary’s 190.48 saw him last week,showed him a letter he wrote to me in 1983 applying for a job,he’d been some places then! and I still took him on, good old days.
Catch up with you soon
Regards Richard
Hi Alan,
Hope you are well, nice pic is that the one Dad drove ? I remember Jock Walker showing me a pic of a Thames Trader he drove at Rungis Market Paris, I think you could see Charlie one, and Mappo in the background with their horse & carts ! they used to change horses at Rouen
The A D Forsey’s driver in the pic seems to have a bit of a lean on,must have been out with your Dad for the night
I’m sure Brady will remember Gary’s 190.48 saw him last week,showed him a letter he wrote to me in 1983 applying for a job,he’d been some places then! and I still took him on, good old days.
Catch up with you soon
Regards Richard
Hi Richard.I remember those days so well.Brought a tear to my old eye.Myself and Mappo had a deal with Hampshire Rose Growers for manure ( I nearly said s–t then) Also we had a deal going with a farmer next to The Forge for oats and hay.Sad day when steam came in. No plus on coal Happy days.Have you contacted GazIOW re the old boys outing to Alton.Terry Sparrow is starting to mumble.Bad sign Regards Charlie
Does anyone remember a driver, Pete Humphries who drove for Hatton’s ?
He left there and went on to the Continental company from London, that had a depot on the Chandlers Ford Ind Est, they had 4 and 6 wheel Maggie tractor units ( Richard, can you remember them ? was it SCA Freight ? ) He slipped off a ladder stripping a tilt and hurt his back, I worked with him on Smith of Maddiston at Totton for a while, he later became a car salesman at a garage in Winchester. Haven’t heard anything about him since then, and that’s 40 odd years ago.
Bonjour Dave,
Hope you are keeping well, yes it was S.C.A. I think Graham Richardson was on there before he went to Eurohaul, and another Graham who went on to Solent Shipping. I cannot remember a guy called Pete Humphries, but then I was only 3 at the time
Charlie, You could get a plus on coal, the bird in the first garage over Tancerville Bridge, her name was Ann Thracite, Gaz IOW (still missing from under the pier in Sandown) always stopped there and came away with Nutty Slack , I think that’s what he said !
Regards to all
Richard
MaggieD:
Bonjour Dave,
Hope you are keeping well, yes it was S.C.A. I think Graham Richardson was on there before he went to Eurohaul, and another Graham who went on to Solent Shipping. I cannot remember a guy called Pete Humphries, but then I was only 3 at the time
Charlie, You could get a plus on coal, the bird in the first garage over Tancerville Bridge, her name was Ann Thracite, Gaz IOW (still missing from under the pier in Sandown) always stopped there and came away with Nutty Slack , I think that’s what he said !
Regards to all
Richard
Hi Richard.I remember Gaz IOW saying something about slack nuts,but I thought he was talking about his wheels Re the second Graham who was on Solent Shipping,I have a photo of him and his wife taken at Beaune Transports .That was the old place up in the town before they built the new one close to the autoroute.When I can get my eight year old great grandaughter to sort things out I will put them up.Regards Charlie
MaggieD:
Bonjour Dave,
Hope you are keeping well, yes it was S.C.A. I think Graham Richardson was on there before he went to Eurohaul, and another Graham who went on to Solent Shipping. I cannot remember a guy called Pete Humphries, but then I was only 3 at the time
Richard
Still alive and kicking Richard, and you ?
Graham Richardson, there’s a name from the past. As an apprentice in the workshops at Hill of Botley ( along side the ageing Monty Theobauld ) if ever there was a chance to go as mate on the heavy haulage I’d take it. One of the first trips was with Bill Miles,and Graham as mate, and me as “second mate” with the Thorneycroft Antar, and a sodden great low-loader, to collect a Tank from Swansea Docks and deliver it to REME at Andover. We broke down every other day, and with no motorways, it was all on “A” and “B” roads, took a week. Fully freighted she’d do 1 mile to the gallon, or less, and the oil consumption was just as bad.!! ( Rover V8 Meteor diesel engine ) When Graham was 21 he got to be a driver at Hills, but my memory fades as to what motors he drove then.
I saw him from time to time over the years ( as you do ) then caught up with him again when he was an O/D and bought the red Iveco 480 ( ex-show motor ? chrome stacks and bumper, and plenty of bling) from Pitters. Some tool that, in it’s day. I took it to the test station at Salisbury one time with a tri-axle test trailer, Jesus, did that thing pull ! didn’t know it was on the back, till you tried to stop the sucker. Do you know what happened to that Motor ? I haven’t seen or heard about Graham for sometime, is he still around do you know ?
Hi Dave,
I have just re read my post and realise I meant Graham Richardson went to Solent Shipping,and the other Graham, Graham Wainwright went to Eurohaul, and yes I remember the Iveco I think it was a limited edition which came from the factory as you say all blinged up.
I haven’t seen either of the Graham’s for some time I think one of Gazzer’s friends is in touch with Graham Wainwright.
Here’s a pic of one of my Iveco’s a 190.48 which GAZIOW drove,you never had to worry about the slop in the tank,she just kept pulling, once he could get it past Valerie’s lay-by
You may recognise the trailer
Regards Richard
Happy days.Have you contacted GazIOW re the old boys outing to Alton.Terry Sparrow is starting to mumble.Bad sign Regards Charlie 
