Neville:
The lads at SDM … Dave, Martin, Jim are all Ex Rokold people and actually still do a lot of the old work from those days. Top company to deal with
Thats the connection…
You may well know a bloke called Mike Dawson, used to be a Rokold driver, now Traffic manager at Faccenda, used to be in the office at Ocean Trailers.
That is one excellent looking outfit. 
Always loved the Rokold livery. Photos very much appreciated.
now thats what i call a truck that looks bang on 
chee_RS_ boys
Wheel Nut
I think Maurice worked there and left very shortly after I started. Met him once in Dover one night on the stairs 
on one of my first trips. Had a few guys from around that area, Phil Sutton (ex Waters), Ian Pugh (ex Mark Young) and Ian Gutteridge (ex, was its Morritts?)
Dreva
1997 i’m sure. Got a call one morning heading down M5 to Bridgewater and office says “oh, by the way, as of 0915 this morning you work for Wincanton!”. I left within 6 months
Buzzard Boy
SDM, Steve (no longer there) Dave and Martin. Mike Dawson, never heard of him sorry. He was not on European side while I was there up to '97, we did have a UK side. He may have started after I left.
Mr Mappo 
Yeah, bit slow on the up take 
. Couple more to come for ya and the others if interested. Dont want to bore anyone with my life story 
A few more older ones first it anyone’s interested 
. couple not my pics.
Just when the livery was changing
Nipper:
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Very nice…a proper truck!!
Cheers Nipper. I will show these to our friend Allison who spent lots of time travelling with Maurice in their younger days
I think I loaded chips from here when I worked for Norman Lewis Tankers. (yeah, I know) I was confused too.
We were quiet and subbed a few loads from Callant in Zeebrugge
Nipper,
great photos, always thought Rokold rigs looke superb on the road, painted this for my art exam at school when I was 16, taken from a comm motor picture I think, added background.
Can do much better now, but was really chuffed with this at the time !!
Regards
Ant
Yep I always thought Rokold were good looking lorries, I’ll take the DAF Space Cab, but it needs a sunvisor, they always look bare without them.
Willie Roadstar:
Nipper,great photos, always thought Rokold rigs looke superb on the road, painted this for my art exam at school when I was 16, taken from a comm motor picture I think, added background.
Can do much better now, but was really chuffed with this at the time !!
Regards
Ant
Very good. Be this one then Ant
Double exposure
Few more of my Scania
Sutton Scotney services
Les Ulis, Paris. ( ya gotta love that trailer )
Yugo/Austria border, Maribor on way home from Greece.
Mont Blanc, Italian side
waiting/loading Birds Eye, Grimsby
about time nipper it has only taken me 5/6 months bullying you for those rokold pics ok,ok iknow your busy ,busy ,busy,nip anyway brilliant pics love-em hope theres more to come especially a9 rokold so watch this space lads ; still not sure which is tops pjk or rokold perhaps we can get a second opion from another member on here good thread nip good on ya , perhaps your old friend tony -mr mappo could be the judge of which is tops, mind you thats if hes been to specsavers yet ha,ha, tony only joking , all the best lads from nippers dad
Nipper:
Few more of my Scania
I’m just loving this thread Nipper. That Scania looks the business well worked and unwashed. Please keep them coming.
Nice photos Nipper.
The Wincanton shed TD 815 next to the “Hippo” artic sent shivers down my spine,what a heap that was!
Wincanton bought Rokold out sometime in the 90s I think and we inherited some of their trailers at Maltby,still in the Rokold livery,and they were all in good order.They had a depot,amongst others at Upper Heyford I think it was or maybe another ex USAF base in Oxfordshire.
Can’t remember exactly,grey matter going into neutral.
Interesting to see Dreva’s comment about leaving 6 months after Wincanton taking over - I know what they were like too! 
wasnt there a magazine article about a white road commander running for them, had a plate saying " daves rig" if i remember right…
awhile ago now, so?? i could be wrong…
Chris Webb:
Nice photos Nipper.
The Wincanton shed TD 815 next to the “Hippo” artic sent shivers down my spine,what a heap that was!
Wincanton bought Rokold out sometime in the 90s I think and we inherited some of their trailers at Maltby,still in the Rokold livery,and they were all in good order.They had a depot,amongst others at Upper Heyford I think it was or maybe another ex USAF base in Oxfordshire.
Can’t remember exactly,grey matter going into neutral.
Interesting to see Dreva’s comment about leaving 6 months after Wincanton taking over - I know what they were like too!
lespaul1765:
wasnt there a magazine article about a white road commander running for them, had a plate saying " daves rig" if i remember right…awhile ago now, so?? i could be wrong…
Yeah, got that. It was a Long Distance Diary circa '79. 2 part story tipping France I think then running to Spain for ■■? cant remember .
Not scanned and posted that, thought it may come up on LDD thread
Will scan if it does not soon
I think the PJK trucks just beat Rokold but it’s a close run thing. Pulleyn probably have the edge on both of them though. Why did Robin East sell out to Wincanton ?. It seemed to happen very suddenly and they didn’t seem to really want it. Did Robin hit a financially sticky patch or just want out ?.
dreva:
Chris Webb:
Nice photos Nipper.
The Wincanton shed TD 815 next to the “Hippo” artic sent shivers down my spine,what a heap that was!
Wincanton bought Rokold out sometime in the 90s I think and we inherited some of their trailers at Maltby,still in the Rokold livery,and they were all in good order.They had a depot,amongst others at Upper Heyford I think it was or maybe another ex USAF base in Oxfordshire.
Can’t remember exactly,grey matter going into neutral.
Interesting to see Dreva’s comment about leaving 6 months after Wincanton taking over - I know what they were like too!
Sorry dreva,read the post wrong mate. It was nipper who left after Wincanton took over.
Nipper:
Willie Roadstar:
Nipper,great photos, always thought Rokold rigs looke superb on the road, painted this for my art exam at school when I was 16, taken from a comm motor picture I think, added background.
Can do much better now, but was really chuffed with this at the time !!
Regards
Ant
Very good. Be this one then Ant
Double exposure
Nipper,
Thats the one - thought I’d added the background in, but obviously not, still got the origanal in my loft.
Regards
Ant
