Sid Unwin’s wagon NMB 513H the fastest of the 5 Gardner 120s (don’t ask me why). Snapped in 1986 it was off the road and had seen better days - starting to be canibalised for parts (wing mirror missing) Note the Chelford Market sticker in the window - knackered Leyland cab to the right
I worked at Jaguar Cars from 1980 to 1991 and we had a few suppliers from The Potteries.
Some I remember are Rists Wires & Cables Newcastle - yellow lorries, mainly Fords I think. They had a driver called Lionel Morton who had worked at Haydons and for Ron Marsh before Rists - we used to have a good old chin wag in the office when he was delivering - it would go, “Owat sirree art gooin on?” “I’m alllrate Lye” or “Jus meddlin” then we would do the “Cos kick a bo agen a wo yead it back n bost it?” The rest of the office were dumbfounded 
There was also Michelin and Dartcash Engineering from Stoke and Selectus up Biddulph Moor - sometimes my Uncle Fred would drop a load off in his little Leyland flat bed and need a mug of tea.
Happy days …
Gardner 120:
I worked at Jaguar Cars from 1980 to 1991 and we had a few suppliers from The Potteries.Some I remember are Rists Wires & Cables Newcastle - yellow lorries, mainly Fords I think. They had a driver called Lionel Morton who had worked at Haydons and for Ron Marsh before Rists - we used to have a good old chin wag in the office when he was delivering - it would go, “Owat sirree art gooin on?” “I’m alllrate Lye” or “Jus meddlin” then we would do the “Cos kick a bo agen a wo yead it back n bost it?” The rest of the office were dumbfounded
There was also Michelin and Dartcash Engineering from Stoke and Selectus up Biddulph Moor - sometimes my Uncle Fred would drop a load off in his little Leyland flat bed and need a mug of tea.
Happy days …
That name rings a bell.I was at secondary school with John Marsh,son of Ron Marsh in the mid '50’s.He was a portley lad,always had plenty of pocket money,used to keep all his mates in ■■■■.
Li Morton told me a story about when he drove for Ron Marsh in the 60s - seems Joe Boon (Haydons) had a faster wagon and would often overtake him after Li had left a market before Joe - one day on the M6 Li sees Joe approaching behind so picks up a newspaper (he’s already cut a hole in the middle of) to read in front of his face, wedging his knee under the wheel.
Joe passes, turns his head and nearly had a heart attack!
Maybe not a trick for today’s M6 …
OLD LIVESTOCK HAULIERS SHROPSHIRE
Check the above thread (page 
for a couple of cracking photos of Haydon’s wagons that not even I had seen before - blew me away just goes to show that you never know what’s out there …
had a phone call today to tell me Stan Ferneough as passed away.
the flying foden:
had a phone call today to tell me Stan Ferneough as passed away.
Hiya … Stan was bit of a lad, but he give alot of young lads and girls a chance in big/new tackle
i turned him down in the early years, but i was on a good number.he,ll be talked about for years to come.
Thats the second death i,ve heaed of from that area today…both a shock.
Have a good rest Stan
John
Hiya …Geoff is ada living that way or is he driving again. I thought he had gone to the desk now.
Geoff is that ERF 4 wheeler with a jennings sleeper still in your yard.i was up there last week and forgot to look. someone on TN wanted
a photo of the inside of one.I saw Claytons new toy quite nice…I was looking for Frithy ( not seen him for 30 years)or Carl…I saw Ian Massey
last weekend not seen him for 30 years.I asked about carol and his lad .he said that lad is 49 now GULP!!!.
I,ll be over that way this weekend all been well…still sorting the AEC.
John
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john not a clue if it’s still there or not will try and remember to have a look at weekend .frithy was down Ipswich with me for the weekend . no comment on the new toy but i do agree very nice.ada still lives in stoke just drives for Gary now .and medals in the running of it 
phots courtesy of dave cobby .more pic’s to post later on
dave also gave me these two to post but for the life if me i can’t remember who he said gave them to him 
Hiya … the harrisons look well. gordon always turned them out looking smart plus a good colour sceme.
where,s Dave working at the moment i have,nt seen him for years to talk to. good photo,s geoff.
The sign writer who used to do Harrisons work was EX beeches man working at supreem salt he
was a nice chap but could,nt hear a thing.I never knew his name.
John
them 2 comart pics are brill where was the top one taken
Carl:
them 2 comart pics are brill where was the top one taken
it looks like aosta to me but i may be wrong
Lower one looks like the Steel Works.
the flying foden:
to be honest Steve thought there was more but can’t find them on my PC or laptop so god knows what i have done with them.i think he is trying to get some pics of Barry Morgan from his Morgan overland days will ask him next time i speak to him if he had any luck . cheers Jeff
any body else who knows who is on the pic feel free to tell us all
the on on the far right i think is ray Gould
after a very enjoyable natter on the phone with ray Gould i can now put a few names to some of the faces in the photo.
back row left to right 2nd Mick Garvey(cantrells transport )3rd either son or step son of harry gill. far right ray Gould
front row left to right 1st Gary Garvey(cantrells transport )2nd jock(cantrells) 3rd jack Morley (Thor transport )
Hi
Come across this site on a bit of paper ive had for a few years been looking through the replies looks like a lot of you are older than me im 56 yrs young been driving since 1978 when i started with BRS tunstall depot in those days remember parking in london on the shoreditch high street lorry park nicknamed the ramp seeing a few of the stoke hauliers there, loads of beresfords drivers used it, tooley street was another place good old days eh.
In the early eighties i was driving for Longton Transport in those big j4s with the gardener 180 some had got the 240 engine then the leyland buffolos and marathon.
Wish i had taken some pics of all the trucks i had seen and driven the only one i have are when i drove for cookson matthey out of duke street fenton they used to keep there trucks tidy will have to fish some out they used Leyland’s in the early nineties then volvo FL10 and i finished with a scania been left there in 1999
been at the co-op at talke till now and if you are thinking that place is shutting down yes it is theres 8 drivers left emptying the warehouse our last day is 10th december bloody hell its been thirty years since ive been on the dole.
Some of you guys that were driving for comarts / moorlock etc i really fancied continental work but never got the opportunity as i got older the appetite soon wared off.
Steve
Some of the old companys i can remember: wilds/ becketts not heard them mentioned, way before my time
Steve
the flying foden:
the flying foden:
to be honest Steve thought there was more but can’t find them on my PC or laptop so god knows what i have done with them
any body else who knows who is on the pic feel free to tell us all
the on on the far right i think is ray Gouldafter a very enjoyable natter on the phone with ray Gould i can now put a few names to some of the faces in the photo.
back row left to right 2nd Mick Garvey(cantrells transport )3rd either son or step son of harry gill. far right ray Gould
front row left to right 1st Gary Garvey(cantrells transport )2nd jock(cantrells) 3rd jack Morley (Thor transport )
Good God Jack morley with hair My dad drove with him at Brit European in the 80s. I clearly remember driving Wrexham to Dover to pick them both up one Friday night so they could have Bank holiday Monday at home instrad of weekended in Dover,a good bloke for sure,drove one of the MAN 321s on tankers.
Does anyone know what he is doing these days
Dicko1:
Hi
Come across this site on a bit of paper ive had for a few years been looking through the replies looks like a lot of you are older than me im 56 yrs young been driving since 1978 when i started with BRS tunstall depot in those days remember parking in london on the shoreditch high street lorry park nicknamed the ramp seeing a few of the stoke hauliers there, loads of beresfords drivers used it, tooley street was another place good old days eh.In the early eighties i was driving for Longton Transport in those big j4s with the gardener 180 some had got the 240 engine then the leyland buffolos and marathon.
Wish i had taken some pics of all the trucks i had seen and driven the only one i have are when i drove for cookson matthey out of duke street fenton they used to keep there trucks tidy will have to fish some out they used Leyland’s in the early nineties then volvo FL10 and i finished with a scania been left there in 1999
been at the co-op at talke till now and if you are thinking that place is shutting down yes it is theres 8 drivers left emptying the warehouse our last day is 10th december bloody hell its been thirty years since ive been on the dole.
Some of you guys that were driving for comarts / moorlock etc i really fancied continental work but never got the opportunity as i got older the appetite soon wared off.
Steve
welcome to the site steve .any phots you have of stoke firms please post them .do you remember John hemmings ,mickey hall and John Bolton from your brs days.or ray benson& jeff tyson from longton transport . is john lindon still with the co- op at talk
John linden was not with the co-op when i started 11 yrs ago but most of the lads knew him, on the brs only saw some of the drivers when parked down the road the names don’t ring a bell, on longton i was there in early eighties on a temp contract doing 2 and 3 days a week those names don’t ring a bell either.
Steve