I’ve got no idea why I’ve put this pic’ on 
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play with
I had one like that Chris,a Douglas with the Leyland 600 engine…
A feeble attempt at a moody/magnificent night shot while tipping into the storage tanks at Cryo’ Worcester! (i know it’s crap, but practice will hopefully make perfect!).
Chris Webb:
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play with
I had one like that Chris,a Douglas with the Leyland 600 engine…
Hi Chris, thats a bit of a beast makes mine look like a milk-float 
shakysteve:
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play withadr were you at Bibby in the days of Stuart Carrall ? Steve.
Hi Steve, Stuart Carrall? The name definately rings a bell, was he a driver? Chris
Hi Chris , dens Roadtrain was a bloody great truck , when i was a lot keener i use to drool over this w agon when he pulled into Sandy lane with empty stillages .
Chris
Have you got any pictures of the Cruisers ? , I remember them replacing the Buffalos with brand new Cruisers for shunting 
, the shunters were hiping on the cb for days over there new wagons, all of them had night heaters etc and some of them ever went on the road .
adr:
shakysteve:
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play withadr were you at Bibby in the days of Stuart Carrall ? Steve.
Hi Steve, Stuart Carrall? The name definately rings a bell, was he a driver? Chris
Chris ,no Stewart worked in the office along with Phill Knight,maybe stock control? Steve.
JAKEY:
ChrisHave you got any pictures of the Cruisers?
Are you referring to the small Leyland tractor unit, or people who meet in the layby at Middleton Stoney after dark?
shakysteve:
adr:
shakysteve:
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play withadr were you at Bibby in the days of Stuart Carrall ? Steve.
Hi Steve, Stuart Carrall? The name definately rings a bell, was he a driver? Chris
Chris ,no Stewart worked in the office along with Phill Knight,maybe stock control? Steve.
Got him, blonde hair, liked a pint & a laugh, he was stock control, his desk was over in the far right hand corner of the office when you looked through the drivers window!
Chris
JAKEY:
ChrisHave you got any pictures of the Cruisers ? , I remember them replacing the Buffalos with brand new Cruisers for shunting
Hi Steve,
No mate sorry I haven’t, Wincanton took over just after I left so I didn’t get to take pics of the fleet after that, some of the pics of Den’s Roadtrain were his & others I took when out with him or just calling in the yard at a weekend!
Chris
adr:
shakysteve:
adr:
shakysteve:
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play withadr were you at Bibby in the days of Stuart Carrall ? Steve.
Hi Steve, Stuart Carrall? The name definately rings a bell, was he a driver? Chris
Chris ,no Stewart worked in the office along with Phill Knight,maybe stock control? Steve.
Got him, blonde hair, liked a pint & a laugh, he was stock control, his desk was over in the far right hand corner of the office when you looked through the drivers window!
Chris
What about Phill Knight did you know him ? Steve.
Hi ADR, you must remember Reg Conner who was one of the shunters at Bibby’s around the late 90’s, he was an agency driver like me then he became a company driver and did the shunting, there was also a blonde(?) ■■■■■■■ dispatch who used to wear tight leggings…
Hi Nathan , LEYLAND CRUISERS 1623 , but i do like a nice blonde
shakysteve:
adr:
shakysteve:
adr:
shakysteve:
adr:
Our old shunter at Bibby/Budweiser at Bicester, gota admit I didn’t mind doing the shunting, 12 hr shift but you were kept busy & with the walky-talky & clip-board you virtually ran the yard so the time flew bye! & this was a fun bit of kit to play withadr were you at Bibby in the days of Stuart Carrall ? Steve.
Hi Steve, Stuart Carrall? The name definately rings a bell, was he a driver? Chris
Chris ,no Stewart worked in the office along with Phill Knight,maybe stock control? Steve.
Got him, blonde hair, liked a pint & a laugh, he was stock control, his desk was over in the far right hand corner of the office when you looked through the drivers window!
ChrisWhat about Phill Knight did you know him ? Steve.
I remember the name, I’m trying to put a face to it! The trouble wit Bibby was there were so many people there full-time, office/warehouse/drivers, & so many agency in & out all the time, it was a knightmare remembering all the names! I did days & nights on there, but I prefered nights, the work/runs were so easy it was staggering! Chris
chazzer:
Hi ADR, you must remember Reg Conner who was one of the shunters at Bibby’s around the late 90’s, he was an agency driver like me then he became a company driver and did the shunting, there was also a blonde(?) ■■■■■■■ dispatch who used to wear tight leggings…
Hi Chazzer. Reg Connor, another name I knew straight away but trying to put a face to! I think the blonde in the leggings must be Jackie? When I first started on there I was 1 of the 1st half dozen drivers they took on, when I went for the interview it took place in a porta-cabin in the yard cos they were still building the place, Jackie was the 1st planner there & with all the hassle of a new depot it was chaos for her, but she was a good girl & got on well with the drivers, had a few giggles with her
Were you in there when a load of the racking in the warehouse fell down? It was only a few months after it opened, I had a phone call telling me to go & load out of the old Bibby/Bud’ depot at Kingswinford & keep doing so until I was told to stop, I was going through divorce No.1 at the time so being away more suited me & I had just been given 1 of the 4 twin-steer FH12s that had come, R161 GCK was mine, although Kingswinford was crap to load out of, join the queue on the 1 way & wait your turn, 2-3-4 hrs pick a number 
But then, although they had been offered the chance to re-locate, the blokes there were losing their jobs so…!
regards chris
I was told today, that McArdle have taken all the Euro 4 and 5 McKenna wagons and sent them to London depots; Trouble is, the McKenna men have now got the cast offs…with a promise they wont be laid off for 2 years.
Tuckwells’ loading sharp sand at Gill Mill