Now Now Dave,it is be nice to Roger week, I have sent some more photo’s to Chris, some of John bland who died five years ago on 7th July he was 62, Terry Taylor died early 90’s in his 50;s, so I think I am lucky to still keep breathing. 
Norman Ingram:
Now Now Dave,it is be nice to Roger week, I have sent some more photo’s to Chris, some of John bland who died five years ago on 7th July he was 62, Terry Taylor died early 90’s in his 50;s, so I think I am lucky to still keep breathing.
Norm, you have convinced me. I apologise for being cruel to old Roger,will be as old as him one day,if I keep breathing.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Fed up being nice let’s have a few brickbats and bullets to liven things up a bit, .
thanks harry long retired.
Dave
I have never claimed to have done as much as Norman or Harry but I can tell you this I drove my first truck 61 years ago all be-it not a long trip but to me at that time it was a trip to remember ,the truck was bright red with ladders hanging from each side ,a large bell in the centre above the steering wheel ,my trip to took me to a place I had not been before by myself I made that epic journey without a breakdown
that journey in my fire engine was to the top of the garden and back My actual taste of real truckdriving came 46 years ago in North africa Lybia to syria in a Scammell is that good enoughI hope so if you can better that I bow down if you can, join Harry and Norm in the old codgers club
Roger
sinbin31:
DaveI have never claimed to have done as much as Norman or Harry but I can tell you this I drove my first truck 61 years ago all be-it not a long trip but to me at that time it was a trip to remember ,the truck was bright red with ladders hanging from each side ,a large bell in the centre above the steering wheel ,my trip to took me to a place I had not been before by myself I made that epic journey without a breakdown
that journey in my fire engine was to the top of the garden and backRoger
hiya,
Well “sinbin31” well we’ve all done a bit oe’r the water my bit was in the Far East in the mid 50s as an 18 to 20 year national serviceman, which means Norm and myself and now your good self are all authorised to call ourselves The Three Codgers, welcome aboard.
thanks harry long retired.
sinbin31:
DaveI have never claimed to have done as much as Norman or Harry but I can tell you this I drove my first truck 61 years ago all be-it not a long trip but to me at that time it was a trip to remember ,the truck was bright red with ladders hanging from each side ,a large bell in the centre above the steering wheel ,my trip to took me to a place I had not been before by myself I made that epic journey without a breakdown
that journey in my fire engine was to the top of the garden and backRoger
Hi Roger,
No I can’t match your foreign driving experience.Have never been abroad,even though I passed the international CPC.
Had a smash many years ago which stopped my lorry driving,but am still involved with transport.
Have been on a shed roof,but not in a fire engine .
My Dad who was a lorry driver all his working life,was in North Africa as a driver in te army in WW2,he used to say about the conditions etc,which I would think were much the same as you encountered on your trips abroad.
The only Scammell I drove was an old routeman breakdown truck,which the fiirm I drove for had.I don’t mind joining the old codgers club,at least we can have a laugh.
Cheers Dave.
Dave the Renegade:
sinbin31:
DaveI have never claimed to have done as much as Norman or Harry but I can tell you this I drove my first truck 61 years ago all be-it not a long trip but to me at that time it was a trip to remember ,the truck was bright red with ladders hanging from each side ,a large bell in the centre above the steering wheel ,my trip to took me to a place I had not been before by myself I made that epic journey without a breakdown
that journey in my fire engine was to the top of the garden and backRoger
Hi Roger,
No I can’t match your foreign driving experience.Have never been abroad,even though I passed the international CPC.
Had a smash many years ago which stopped my lorry driving,but am still involved with transport.
Have been on a shed roof,but not in a fire engine
My Dad who was a lorry driver all his working life,was in North Africa as a driver in te army in WW2,he used to say about the conditions etc,which I would think were much the same as you encountered on your trips abroad.
The only Scammell I drove was an old routeman breakdown truck,which the fiirm I drove for had.I don’t mind joining the old codgers club,at least we can have a laugh.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Dave a shed roof and a Scammell Routeman consider yourself an Old Codger, welcome aboard, not even i dare go up on the shed roof.
thanks harry long retired
harry_gill:
Dave the Renegade:
sinbin31:
DaveI have never claimed to have done as much as Norman or Harry but I can tell you this I drove my first truck 61 years ago all be-it not a long trip but to me at that time it was a trip to remember ,the truck was bright red with ladders hanging from each side ,a large bell in the centre above the steering wheel ,my trip to took me to a place I had not been before by myself I made that epic journey without a breakdown
that journey in my fire engine was to the top of the garden and backRoger
Hi Roger,
No I can’t match your foreign driving experience.Have never been abroad,even though I passed the international CPC.
Had a smash many years ago which stopped my lorry driving,but am still involved with transport.
Have been on a shed roof,but not in a fire engine
My Dad who was a lorry driver all his working life,was in North Africa as a driver in te army in WW2,he used to say about the conditions etc,which I would think were much the same as you encountered on your trips abroad.
The only Scammell I drove was an old routeman breakdown truck,which the fiirm I drove for had.I don’t mind joining the old codgers club,at least we can have a laugh.
Cheers Dave.hiya,
Dave a shed roof and a Scammell Routeman consider yourself an Old Codger, welcome aboard, not even i dare go up on the shed roof.
thanks harry long retired
Thanks Harry,
I will get my membership card up to date ready for the induction into the
“Nottingham bus firm (middle east work) old codgers club”
Cheers Dave.
Here’s a few ME photos that “old codger” Norman asked me to post for him,so here we are posted by another “old codger” who never went over the watter with a wagon either unless you count the Isle of Wight and over t’ Severn Bridge,Forth Bridge etc etc
I’ve been on plenty of shed roofs and driven plenty of sheds as well,but they all earned me some brass 
The first four are of his friend John bland who died five years ago.
And this one is of Norman when he was in the R.E.M.E in the 50s - and don’t bloody laugh he says
Not sure which one is Norman on the group picture,anybody any ideas… 
hiya,
Chris i think t’isle o’ Wight warrants as o’er t’water i would’nt want to walk the bu##er.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Chris i think t’isle o’ Wight warrants as o’er t’water i would’nt want to walk the bu##er.
thanks harry long retired.
I never drove a tipper and never had the chance to use a tautliner either Harry so I can’t say I’ve done it all.
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Chris i think t’isle o’ Wight warrants as o’er t’water i would’nt want to walk the bu##er.
thanks harry long retired.
I never drove a tipper and never had the chance to use a tautliner either Harry so I can’t say I’ve done it all.
hiya,
Never a tautliner Chris but a lot of those old tilts, have done tipper and tanker work but always preferred flats and ropes and sheets, the trouble with the tankers and tippers was the runs was always the same but when tramping you was a free agent and could pretty well choose where you fancied going,I must have been a glutton for punishment some guys would have given a limb to have had the Bayfords fuel job at Leeds.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Chris i think t’isle o’ Wight warrants as o’er t’water i would’nt want to walk the bu##er.
thanks harry long retired.
I never drove a tipper and never had the chance to use a tautliner either Harry so I can’t say I’ve done it all.hiya,
Never a tautliner Chris but a lot of those old tilts, have done tipper and tanker work but always preferred flats and ropes and sheets, the trouble with the tankers and tippers was the runs was always the same but when tramping you was a free agent and could pretty well choose where you fancied going,I must have been a glutton for punishment some guys would have given a limb to have had the Bayfords fuel job at Leeds.
thanks harry long retired.
I used to see Bayfords running out of Immingham when on nights and days Harry,I think they loaded out of Lindsey Oil refinery at Killingholme,Petrofina.I liked tanker work,Evans were on spot hire and you got all over the place.
First photo is Bagdad Bill :- William Thomas, I think it was at the Harem, you can see the bridge, the next is Terry Taylor & Keith Shirley, I think they was taken at the top of the world, the next is Terry & Bill, the other chap is John Bland it was five years ago he passed away on July 7th in three photo’s, my army photo, go left from the bottom three chaps then three up, and see my hansome face , it is me by the VolksWagen. also TERRY TAYLOR was 55 when he past on in the 90’s
Chris Webb:
Here’s a few ME photos that “old codger” Norman asked me to post for him,so here we are posted by another “old codger” who never went over the watter with a wagon either unless you count the Isle of Wight and over t’ Severn Bridge,Forth Bridge etc etc
I’ve been on plenty of shed roofs and driven plenty of sheds as well,but they all earned me some brassThe first four are of his friend John bland who died five years ago.
And this one is of Norman when he was in the R.E.M.E in the 50s - and don’t bloody laugh he says
Not sure which one is Norman on the group picture,anybody any ideas…
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
Chris Webb:
harry_gill:
hiya,
Chris i think t’isle o’ Wight warrants as o’er t’water i would’nt want to walk the bu##er.
thanks harry long retired.
I never drove a tipper and never had the chance to use a tautliner either Harry so I can’t say I’ve done it all.hiya,
Never a tautliner Chris but a lot of those old tilts, have done tipper and tanker work but always preferred flats and ropes and sheets, the trouble with the tankers and tippers was the runs was always the same but when tramping you was a free agent and could pretty well choose where you fancied going,I must have been a glutton for punishment some guys would have given a limb to have had the Bayfords fuel job at Leeds.
thanks harry long retired.I used to see Bayfords running out of Immingham when on nights and days Harry,I think they loaded out of Lindsey Oil refinery at Killingholme,Petrofina.I liked tanker work,Evans were on spot hire and you got all over the place.
hiya,
Chris i used to do the odd load of gas oil from Killingholme if the Blackburn Meadows job was off for any reason this was early 1972 to late 1972 i was on regular nights,Bayfords was excellent employers and the pay was the best i ever earned apart from when i was doing a bit of freelancing on the heavy stuff when living in Lancashire that was cash-in-hand, at Bayfords had a brand new Scammell straight from a motor show, we might have had a cuppa together Chris.
thanks harry long retired.
hiya,
Chris i used to do the odd load of gas oil from Killingholme if the Blackburn Meadows job was off for any reason this was early 1972 to late 1972 i was on regular nights,Bayfords was excellent employers and the pay was the best i ever earned apart from when i was doing a bit of freelancing on the heavy stuff when living in Lancashire that was cash-in-hand, at Bayfords had a brand new Scammell straight from a motor show, we might have had a cuppa together Chris.
thanks harry long retired.
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We could well have sat and had a brew together Harry.
If we did it’s your turn to get 'em in 
Here’s a photo of Lindsey Oil refinery…Mobil,Fina,Total parked up and a Smith and Robinson ERF on t’weighbridge.I used to load white spirit at that gantry on the right.
And I’ve still got me permits,the last one was 1977.
hiya,
Chris it must be nice to have things stowed away like the above i remember having to have a permit/pass to get in there but when i left Bayfords i just binned everything that was my way, years at the BRS but nothing in the way of keepsakes and no photo’s did many odd loads, wide, heavy,high, "hated high"sore on the neck looking up for low wires and branches, there again never took pictures even tossed my old licences away, a pal of mine still has his BRS folder dating back to the 60s and he treasures it I binned mine along with all the information booklets ie where the depots were, were to get fuel wished i’d kept them those truck restorers at the Lincoln Farm would have loved them, bit of a rubbish driver really.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry , I had loads of stuff thrown away when I down sized from my house to a bungalow, lucky I hid somethings from my wife, then again if I didn’t watch my step, I may have ended in the skip! By the way did you like my flowers Harry.
hiya,
Nice show of flowers Norm, my garden/tip is all gravel with the odd weed poking through wish i had a pal who drove a concrete mixer i would turn it into a racetrack for the grandkids that would get the neighbours backs up, they annoy me with those damned barbeques they make me laugh they spend hundreds of pounds on a kitchen then cook on a smelly tin thing in the garden and eat food covered in fly crap the inventor of those things should be grilled on one but only when i’m away from home if anything would make me want to use a hosepipe it’s those atmospheric polluting contraptions, the authorities create smokeless zones then allow people to inflict those things on their neighbours, Norm i felt a bit ropey this morning but that little rant has made me feel heaps better.
thanks harry long retired.
Well done Harry, get it off your chest and feel better, last week on a monday, I felt under the weather, I packed up bowls early and went home, then I layed on the settee and went to sleep for three hours, when I woke up I felt a little better, the next day I was great and played well at bowls. Diabetes is most of my problem & my asthma , but at our age we all have something wrong, but I just keep putting one foot in front of the other, and say to myself it is another day. 