The mechanic:
Senior moment there Al.I already told you I sold it R J Rich.
We all have them Robert I post on so many threads in this forum I forget what Iāve said and where Iāve said it.
Reference old Transport Cafeās about 45 years ago I used to do a regular run to Baxters of Speyside carrying agricultural
produce up and seed potatoes back. There used to be a transport cafe on the A96 made from an old railway carriage, the
guy who ran it was called Bert. I once got snowed in there for three days, I think he had a bungalow straight opposit that
served as digs. regards Big Al
Any of you guys remember the 24 hr cafe at Lemsford herts ? used to go there early morning on the way back from the London Markets ā¦ a lot of guys from thorns used to get in there as wellā¦ excellent mixed Grill !!
You are correct about Toms Big Al Used to stop there mid to late 70s if there was nobody in the rooms He would leave us the key for wash room if we were cabbing it.
You are also right daf dave now called Janes
Going back a bit I know, but any Southampton lads remember the cafe between Ower and Romsey on the dual carriageway heading toward Romsey ?
Talking to an old mate last night, he reckoned it was the Jack OāLantern, ? probably long gone now, like the rest of them.
Hello Fergie 47
Yep , Jack O Lantern on the left on the old road half way up the hill towrds Romsey , at some time it had links with a Garage there selling and repairing cars but became a classy Thatched Restaurant . I had a BSA Rocket Gold star in the 80s that seized solid rght opposite .
Do you remember the little Cafe on the top of the Pepper Box on the left direction Sal;isbury , could just get parked up .
Frenchy
frenchy:
Hello Fergie 47
Yep , Jack O Lantern on the left on the old road half way up the hill towrds Romsey , at some time it had links with a Garage there selling and repairing cars but became a classy Thatched Restaurant . I had a BSA Rocket Gold star in the 80s that seized solid rght opposite .
Do you remember the little Cafe on the top of the Pepper Box on the left direction Sal;isbury , could just get parked up .
Frenchy
Frenchy,
I now remember that there was a garage as well. How time blanks the old memory box eh !
However, I DO remember taking your RGS, whilst you rode your 350 (or 500) BSA single to a classic bike show on the IOW one year back in the '80ās, so the old memory still works now and then .
I also remember the cafe at Pepperbox, and while we are in that area, the one on the Romsey to White Parish road on the left ? Belive its a close of houses now !
Right lads, Anyone remember the Tudor cafe on the A41 Nr Tern hill, I had spent many of hour there, Never the smartest place but good food,Must have been closed about 33yrs
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Right lads, Anyone remember the Tudor cafe on the A41 Nr Tern hill, I had spent many of hour there, Never the smartest place but good food,Must have been closed about 33yrs
Blimey,yes.Used to call in there when I was a van boy for Wallās Sausage,thatās 50 years ago!
Am I really old enough to know this?
Hello Fergy 47
It Mightve been the Shooting Star you rode but if you were complaining of backache it wouldve deafinately been the RGS on clip ons .
Id forgotten the Cafe at White Parish , it was a cracking Cafe with good Parking , blowed if I can remember the name Though , wasnt that the old A27 .
regards Frenchy
Anyone remember the cafe at Bassetts Pole, used to be next door to Eric Watts haulage depot. Donāt know what it was called though. The pub was across the road on the T junction but the road layout has all been changed now. My brother used to be able to draw the pub from memory years ago, as he spent so much time sitting outside, in my dadās wagon, waiting for him to come out! last time I went by there the cafe was an American Diner or Mcdonalds, something strange like that.
hiya,
is the sunset at penkridge still on the go its over thirty five years since i was down that way but used it regularly when travelling out of lancashire previous to that, theres maybe something on this thread about the place but i must have missed it was in there many moons ago when one of suttons dropped in literally came through the front wall he mis-cued coming onto the park noāone hurt though that was the main thing,
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
is the sunset at penkridge still on the go its over thirty five years since i was down that way but used it regularly when travelling out of lancashire previous to that, theres maybe something on this thread about the place but i must have missed it was in there many moons ago when one of suttons dropped in literally came through the front wall he mis-cued coming onto the park noāone hurt though that was the main thing,
thanks harry long retired.
Think the Sunset closed down about 18 years ago mate
harry_gill:
hiya,
is the sunset at penkridge still on the go its over thirty five years since i was down that way but used it regularly when travelling out of lancashire previous to that, theres maybe something on this thread about the place but i must have missed it was in there many moons ago when one of suttons dropped in literally came through the front wall he mis-cued coming onto the park noāone hurt though that was the main thing,
thanks harry long retired.
Think the Sunset closed down about 18 years ago mate
Yes i agree it has been shut about that long.Its now a small s/market[i think]its 9yrs since i last went that way.
hiya,
thanks for the info guys, if i had to return to the industry in this day and age iād need a sandwich box the size of a cabin trunk thereās nowt left open to get the old nosebag on but did manage to get get a decent feed at the quernhow (a1) one of my old regulars of time gone by, actually met a couple of old mates i worked with prior to chucking it about 8 years ago both past retirement age must be round the bend but everyone too theyāre own, rather them than me .
thanks harry long retired.
BigG-Unit:
Anyone remember the cafe at Bassetts Pole, used to be next door to Eric Watts haulage depot. Donāt know what it was called though. The pub was across the road on the T junction but the road layout has all been changed now. My brother used to be able to draw the pub from memory years ago, as he spent so much time sitting outside, in my dadās wagon, waiting for him to come out! last time I went by there the cafe was an American Diner or Mcdonalds, something strange like that.
Happy Hour cafe at Bassets Pole,i think,now Mc Donalds.Our breakfast stop on way to Cardiff from Leeds every wednesday.0n
āPoundstretcherā contract,what a job.Trailers with t/lift and pallet trucks,we were given hand-ball time to do job,tipped by Thursday lunch time,due back Leeds Friday late afternoon.Thatās why I moved to S.Wales!!!Lorry drivers disease too much spare time away from home!!!Park up Cardiff or Swansea centre then out on pull!!!
Eric Watts Haulage - thats a blast from the past!!
Whatever happened to them?
Ed
Packed it in years ago, think they may have owned the cafe at one time as well. I was told, a long time ago, he sold the land that the Belfry Golf Club was built on and if that was so I wouldnāt think he would have needed to mess about with wagons! The family had a farm and owned a lot of land along that stretch of road a few years back, but I donāt know if they are still there now. Perhaps some of the lads still in the Midlands will know.
Jacks Hill in Baldock on what was then the A! ā They used to spread butter on the bread with a shaving brush. Lots of āworking girlsā there too.
A great one was The Jungle at Shap just before the Leyland Clock on the old A6 ā all festooned with plastic flowers and fruit. I got snowed up for three days there in 63.
Jacks Hill in Baldock on what was then the A! ā They used to spread butter on the bread with a shaving brush. Lots of āworking girlsā there too.
A great one was The Jungle at Shap just before the Leyland Clock on the old A6 ā all festooned with plastic flowers and fruit. I got snowed up for three days there in 63.
Remember them all, the cafes that is not the working girls Many moons ago when I had my own lorries, during the summer we used to run Doncaster
to Covant Gardens 6 nights a week. I would do 4 myself and get a jobbing driver to do two (going rate was Ā£3.00 per trip) Jacks Hill at Baldock was a regular
stop for market boys. regards Big Al
last time I went by there the cafe was an American Diner or Mcdonalds, something strange like that. 
