Hello once more,great pics and info from 240…keep it coming mate. 
A mixture today lads.
On the last pic,never seen an F88 with 3 windows in the rear of the cab… 
Cheers Bubbs. 
hiya,
nearly 60 pages Bubbs, bet you’re good for the ton plus, and not one dull page have enjoyed everything posted by yourself and all the other contributors thanks very much.
thanks harry long retired.
bubbleman:
On the last pic,never seen an F88 with 3 windows in the rear of the cab…
Cheers Bubbs.
Or a DAF 2800 
harry_gill:
hiya,
240 was Denis Marsden a former Blackburn BRS driver who became an O/D if so i worked alongside him in that depot he’ll be in his 70s now.
thanks harry long retired.
Hello Harry
I don’t know if he worked for BRS, but I suppose that he could be that sort of age now. I think I’m right in saying that he did a spell as a lighthouse keeper at some stage.
knowall:
Just a final word about Johnny Hemelryk…He must have done more than four years in the service of MAT at Barking, I started at MAT as a 16 year old in
1972 and he was there then and for a while afterwards.I remember him well, and his motor, especially the brass plated engine parts - from memory the original
livery of the truck had "official MAT agent’ in a circle on the front where the Bowker logo is now.As an inexperienced kid masquerading as a Traffic Clerk, I was scared stiff of him, he could be a bit blunt -
as my boss told me “ask him, don’t tell him, and it will get done”.A great example of the many great characters I met in my years there.
K
Yes, I’m sure you’re right that he worked on the MAT job for longer than that - I think that that was the life of the original contract that the motor was on.
We’ve all been that teenager masquerading as a traffic clerk, haven’t we!! You’re absolutely right about asking John to do jobs - but isn’t that how to treat anyone for whom you’re setting a task??!! Certainly, if you approached him on the basis that you knew what you wanted to achieve but were seeking his advice, he was always extremely helpful and often came up with ideas that you’d never thought of, and which worked better than your own!
These are the logos that were applied - MAT on the o/s/f wing and ACJ on the n/s/f wing:
Plus “Gt.Britain-Continent” over the top of the radiator.
Wheel Nut:
bubbleman:
On the last pic,never seen an F88 with 3 windows in the rear of the cab…
Cheers Bubbs.
Or a DAF 2800
I noticed that as well with the DAF 2800, Wheel Nut, but I think they might be day cab versions coz the sleepers deffo didn’t have a window in the middle of the back panel.
Regards
Dave Penn;
Hi again,Thanks to Harry for his piece,dunno if I can make 100 pages…I expect the moderators will tell me to call it a day as the thread is taking a fair section of space…there must be a limit.
Anyway a few Commers and Dodges today.
Hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
Hi Marc,
Your latest offering brought back a few memories. I drove a Commer Maxiload ,also a Dodge K series, much prefered the Commer with the two stroke engine,a good solid lorry.
Cheers Dave.
The Lex Wilkinson S/A … brings back memories worked there in 1981 for 12 months, flying machines, but the most boring job I ever had.
another a-one transport pic brilliant thanks bubbs keep em coming 
Hi Bubbleman
I know its been said before but you have a wonderful set of pics of wagons. All credit to you for keeping them and posting them…may we never reach the bottom of the pile!!
I remember the first firm I worked for having a spanish dodge on demo, I used to ride shotgun then as I was only a teenager at the time…it absolutely flew and pulled like a train but was a little thirsty I believe…
Same firm had a couple of K-series tractor units in the sixties with ■■■■■■■ V8’s. It was a shame they didn’t go as well as they sounded 
.I suppose that may have had something to do with a 28 ton gross tractor trying to tug along 32…
Slightly off topic, the bosses son had a D-series 28 tonner, same engine, and to try to get it along a bit quicker he had a two-speed axle fitted to go with his 9 speed range change! All that lot was enough to make a grown man cry at times…
Next firm, probably well known to you, F.G.Bond and Son. Always had a 100% dodge fleet, mostly four wheelers but 1 six wheeler as well. I had their last dodge six wheeler new in '86 until I moved on in '93. Commando cab, V8 turbo and 9 speed fuller…lovely truck to drive, well suited to the quarries but not the most reliable, it has to be said!
Enough for now…
Keep up the good work, its thoroughly enjoyable thread
Regards Paul
That pic of the Lex Wilkinson Sed Atk 400. Did they do M/E ?
Is it me (must stop listening to Wogan) but it looks like an Arab stood at the side of the cab checking “papers” at the side of the cab at some border crossing
Hi bubbleman. Great pics as always,the multi vehicle pic takes me back to the seventies when I was a young mechanic doing breakdowns, repairs and recovery on the A74.(great times). The f88 does not have three rear windows but a split front screen ,and was a pig to fit a screen in. Keep up the good work as nostalgia keeps me from going mad with the weather we have had lately.
Hi again,a bit of a rush today…a mixture.
The last pic about the O/Ds taking a rate cut and being happy about it…yeah,right
Cheers Bubbs.
Hello…Sed/Atkis today.
Hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
Hi again,another mixed bag.
Hope these are of interest.
Cheers Bubbs.
hiya,
always thought those Cargo Care outfits looked the part Bubbs.
thanks harry long retired.
Harry,I’d thought the J.R.Adams motor would have been more up your street mate.
Bubbs.
hiya,
bit nearer my street Bubbs but saw them daily the C C motor was a bit more minimal on the decor which is more “up my street”.
thanks harry long retired.
Nice to keep the memory of OB alive. There was an OB thread somewhere looking for pictures.