Great thread Nipper Been wanting to get back on here for a “very long time” but you all know what it’s like
Anyway enough of that old rubbish. Here I am and here are some lovely old Rokold piccys
Im from Northampton and one day I noticed this “new” company doing fresh fruit and veg. What was the connection here then Nipper? I know it was something to do with Roklod 'cause thier own trucks were always in and out and the DAF 2800 pictured here is one of their’s resprayed. Any ideas…
A mate of mine Steve Chapman used to drive this one for a time
I used to see a few owner drivers pulling Rokold fridges. Any ideas who this was?
John Cooper from Bedford ran this 141 himself and then sold it to Rokold who painted it in their colours.
These next dozen photos are from Neil Jarrold. Hope you don’t mind me putting this lot on here Nipper
this my fave Rokold truck ever…
and a couple more subbies
And WHAT IS WRONG with photobucket? I just spent an eternity resizing all the pics to “medium” only to find them all coming out at different sizes AAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH
Hope you don’t mind me putting this lot on here Nipper
Hi Truckerash
Have no problem whatsoever with you posting pics on here mate, the more the merrier . Some crackers there goin back a few years. Know some of the trucks but not all. Robin had a couple of other companies, the one above VHB and JCS (the initials of his 3 sons) if you ever saw those around. Same colours as Rokold with different name. Not sure the reason’s behind them though. Just another string to the bow.
Dont know who the White Commander belonged to. Someone may post the answer though.
The 141 looked great in Rokold colours and was driven by Tim Clark. Les Tidy came from Coopers and drove the ARDO truck. Kevin Hannaford’s 112 in Dover in the old colours was a lovely truck. PHIL S on here will love the one of his old Waters truck . The space cab was a lovely truck indeed
That may be me in the Mercedes .
Yes, photobucket has been pants of late
Thanks for adding the pics, mail coming your way Ash
Chris B:
Ian, thanks for your kind words mate, sounds like youve had your fair share of troubles to. If you packed in continental work in 1999, Im very impressed with your memory. I have got a job to remember what I did yesterday let alone 9 years ago . Nice to here from you again. Chris.
Cheer Chris
My memory is OK mate. Got a piccie somewhere of you and I parked next to each other at “Victors” one weekend, will dig it out. Do you remember that one? 7 Ralph’s there including you, NNNNeville, Savage and others■■?
You and me in Victors one weekend . Rare sight there of you in the corner stationary with the curtains closed
Even rarer sight . 2 with their curtains closed making 3 on the same weekend . Only kiddin Chris
welcome back ash
theres a rokold motor in that documentry truckers to istanbul theres a scene where h is coming back thru the former yugoslavia and a rokold f12 goes the other way iv paused the film there more than once but i cant read the reg
Carl:
theres a rokold motor in that documentry truckers to istanbul theres a scene where h is coming back thru the former yugoslavia and a rokold f12 goes the other way iv paused the film there more than once but i cant read the reg
Go back to page 2 of this thread and you will find an explanation
Andy L:
nipper can you get kevin/gloria to post some pictures it would nice to hear from him
Nipper:
Andy
If you know Kevin as well as I do you will know he is not the quickest dog out of the traps . Been asking him for 3 weeks to post some pics and when I saw him for a cuppa yesterday I mentioned you were on here to him. Watch this space and you may see him in year or two .
Lets not wait for him, here’s a few more of his
About time you were on here but looks like you havin a few probs Carrot . If ya need any advice mate, just run across 6 lanes and 3 barriers of Italian motorway and ask like last time
Nipper:
Seen a couple of pics and a couple of mentions on here, I worked for em for 7yrs in 2 spells but first went as a passenger in the early '80’s. Shipped out Zeebrugge, tipped USAF camp in Germany, weekended at Carisio,
loaded peaches at Vignola I, Monday and made our way home
tipped London Wednesday night. Shipped back out to Belgium and loaded Thursday
and tipped Beejam, Milton Keynes Friday. Loved every minute of it
Didnt realise at the time I’d work for Robin a few years later . Here’s a few of the trucks I drove/had
First truck I drove there was Geoff’s “Hippo truck”
Left shortly after I got this truck new. Went walk about and came back 3 yrs later
see you got a gilberts wedged in next to you! could well have been my old man!
Been wanting to get back on here for a “very long time” but you all know what it’s like 
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. Nice to here from you again. Chris.
. 2 with their curtains closed making 3 on the same weekend 
er found some pics
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