Got chatting to a driver ( a subbie ) in our yard today as he was dropping a trailer off to be loaded and picked up 10 hrs later and he mentioned he was 77 and still loving the job and said if he could start again he wouldn’t change a thing. He was saying about how over 50 yrs ago he passed his test and the following week was off to Pakistan, he did tell me what he first drove but it escapes me now, i just couldn’t believe the enthusiasm he still had. I just wished i asked his bloody name as i’m sure he must be well known to some of you.
his names bonkers 
seriously though, good on him
Impressive 
I bet he has a few stories to tell
Drift:
I bet he has a few stories to tell
Yeah he sounded the sort of bloke i could have chatted to for a while but alas we were both a little tied for time.
I know a Driver in his 70’s and I’m quite concerned for him really.
He lives in a motorhome and he lives for truck driving.
But he has no family or any real friends. He’s friendly enough OK, but the friends he has are just other Drivers, just passing aquaintancies.
If he’s not working for any reason he descends into the depths of real despair.
It’s very sad.
Good on him, one thing I have always enjoyed is listening to old timers relating their memories, whether it be as a driver or, in my case a member of the show biz set. Started working in Theatres in 1981 having giving up driving, met some really interesting people during my 28 year stint in the theatre. Young or old they all had a tale or three to tell.
bald bloke:
Got chatting to a driver ( a subbie ) in our yard today as he was dropping a trailer off to be loaded and picked up 10 hrs later and he mentioned he was 77 and still loving the job and said if he could start again he wouldn’t change a thing. He was saying about how over 50 yrs ago he passed his test and the following week was off to Pakistan, he did tell me what he first drove but it escapes me now, i just couldn’t believe the enthusiasm he still had. I just wished i asked his bloody name as i’m sure he must be well known to some of you.
Was he driving a white fh for g e h from lancashire was he bald bloke 
Same here, old Dockers tales used to have me fascinated as I grew up practically on the docks and my family where Stevedores.
Loved going to work with my Dad and getting a tanner from all the guys on pay day 
I met an old lady over here in Canada about 6 years ago, she was almost 80, emigrated from South Africa with her husband some years ago as truck drivers and they were O/O’s and ran team but he had died a few years beforehand.
She now run’s the truck alone.
She is on stick’s and struggles to walk but drives it like she stole it.
She told me she needs the money but still loves driving and hardly spends any time at home.
A very very nice helpful lady.
If he’s happy fine but what a waste of a life just living to drive a truck, it’s like a farmer I know 77 him and his wife never leave the farm same with his 48 year old son.
Tony Bradfield must be around 78/79 now & he still does regular Morocco about the only brit that still does!
I met an old guy once who spoke of his early days on the lorries,it eventually transpired that he drove horse power meant precisely that.In those days of branch railway lines agricultural supplies and produce were shuttled the few miles by old dobbin.
seth 70:
bald bloke:
Got chatting to a driver ( a subbie ) in our yard today as he was dropping a trailer off to be loaded and picked up 10 hrs later and he mentioned he was 77 and still loving the job and said if he could start again he wouldn’t change a thing. He was saying about how over 50 yrs ago he passed his test and the following week was off to Pakistan, he did tell me what he first drove but it escapes me now, i just couldn’t believe the enthusiasm he still had. I just wished i asked his bloody name as i’m sure he must be well known to some of you.Was he driving a white fh for g e h from lancashire was he bald bloke
Yes he was bald, short and had some front teeth missing and yes it was a white FH but couldn’t see any livery anywhere, the trailer also plain white and a little tatty.
Drift:
Same here, old Dockers tales used to have me fascinated as I grew up practically on the docks and my family where Stevedores.
Loved going to work with my Dad and getting a tanner from all the guys on pay day
I’m an ex docker done it for 17 yrs at Portbury and Avonmouth, used to be a fantastic job when I first started.
jacko22:
Tony Bradfield must be around 78/79 now & he still does regular Morocco about the only brit that still does!
Tony’s 82 next birthday and still running Morocco, now there’s a book waiting to be written.
Ossie
Anyone remember the name of the driver off bowkers,mentioned on here a while back when he passed away.Think his first name was john.
regards dave
I know a guy who’s 74 who still does a bit due to him being bored sat at home on his own.
Dieseldoforme:
I know a Driver in his 70’s and I’m quite concerned for him really.He lives in a motorhome and he lives for truck driving.
But he has no family or any real friends. He’s friendly enough OK, but the friends he has are just other Drivers, just passing aquaintancies.
If he’s not working for any reason he descends into the depths of real despair.
It’s very sad.
are you talking about Dave P ?
Ive been teamed up a few times recently with a 73yr old guy whos just renewed his licence this week. Smashing, laid back fella who`s only too happy to share his experience in a friendly and informal style. He was telling me that back in the day, his learner driver training was a full 3wks (twin split crash box, no power steering etc.) A bit different from my 16hrs in a four over four range change!
Also said that one of his favourite jobs from a few years back was on the flour tankers.
OssieD:
jacko22:
Tony Bradfield must be around 78/79 now & he still does regular Morocco about the only brit that still does!Tony’s 82 next birthday and still running Morocco, now there’s a book waiting to be written.
Ossie
See his ol Daf heading up the A1 a few weeks back but it may have been Ray Razor Rice driving it.
Last see Tony in Bailen years ago, he sat reminising about the old Leggett days