Reading these posts and looking at old commercial motor archive’s tonight has brought back so many happy childhood memories, but what has made me smile the most is some of things my dad and friends used to say, and its made me think.
why was everything big a flyer, why was a knackered motor hammered, why did every fleet have a flyer and a hammered motor? and whichever my dad was driving was better because…?
why did my dad have to drive a Bedford TK when his mate had a bigger TM, and how did he spend all day in a truck only to get in a van and carry on at night?
why did everyone wear sunglasses in the 70’s.
I won’t mention his references to lady’s its not allowed now days.
How does it take me longer to get to London (the smoke) in a quicker motor, that’s a lot nearer than when I was age 8 than it did then? was it the big breakfast I used to get.
what is a roundtowit? cus me dads been getting a roundtowit for years.
does anyone else remember anything about the 70’s apart from the best trucks around (from a child’s point of view that is)
like loads of my gang had.had to park it at my local boozer 
same again,early '80’s,when i rolled up in my new tractor unit,SedAk 400,YRP 64S,which we were allowed to take home in the good old days,‘you’re not leaving that ■■■■■■■ thing on my drive’ 
he relented though 
