Harry Monk:
Simon:
Ray.G:
Owner driver for archbold in early nineties no phone, no night heater and only 300 horses (f reg iveco 300 30) a good 15mph up m blancMany a good weekend at carisio thoā¦ Is it still there?
Carisio is still there !!!
Still there, been tarmacked now though.
Nice to know its still going.
The pic is quite sad though,not a single Em Rogers,Murfitts,Rennie Hogg,Tompson Jewitt . . . (i could go on) . . lorry in sight 
Suedehead:
Harry Monk:
Simon:
Ray.G:
Owner driver for archbold in early nineties no phone, no night heater and only 300 horses (f reg iveco 300 30) a good 15mph up m blancCarisio is still there !!!
Still there, been tarmacked now though.
Nice to know its still going.
The pic is quite sad though,not a single Em Rogers,Murfitts,Rennie Hogg,Tompson Jewitt . . . (i could go on) . . lorry in sight
Is that a Kentvale topline on the right?
Suedehead:
Nice to know its still going.
The pic is quite sad though,not a single Em Rogers,Murfitts,Rennie Hogg,Tompson Jewitt . . . (i could go on) . . lorry in sight
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I thought EM Rogers were usually found up the road in Santhia, that was where they used to hang out when I used to be down that way.
I wonder whether they miss us down there now that the EEās have taken over the job, Iāve spent vast fortunes in there when weekended as have many others through the years, I bet the bar takings dropped a fair bit 
newmercman:
Suedehead:
Nice to know its still going.
The pic is quite sad though,not a single Em Rogers,Murfitts,Rennie Hogg,Tompson Jewitt . . . (i could go on) . . lorry in sight
I thought EM Rogers were usually found up the road in Santhia, that was where they used to hang out when I used to be down that way.
I wonder whether they miss us down there now that the EEās have taken over the job, Iāve spent vast fortunes in there when weekended as have many others through the years, I bet the bar takings dropped a fair bit
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Perhaps they are enjoying a bit of peace and quiet? 
Did get a bit leary in there some weekends
You soon learned when a trip over the road to The Palladini was the best thing to do, in later years a car park full of white and blue lorries from Cambridgeshire was a good sign that things would get messy after a few Nastroās 
newmercman:
You soon learned when a trip over the road to The Palladini was the best thing to do, in later years a car park full of white and blue lorries from Cambridgeshire was a good sign that things would get messy after a few Nastroās
Only cos yer a wimp
I never weekended there. I much preferred Milano city centre (free parking at Via Stevenson, company contract).
The Duomo, the Castello, museums, parks, the flea markets (where there were big stalls buying n selling old phone cards to collectors). Later on in the day Rob Roys, The Bar Magenta, The Dutchmans, restaurants (of whichever nation you wanted) and many other ways of emptying your pockets 
Simon:
newmercman:
You soon learned when a trip over the road to The Palladini was the best thing to do, in later years a car park full of white and blue lorries from Cambridgeshire was a good sign that things would get messy after a few NastroāsOnly cos yer a wimp
I never weekended there. I much preferred Milano city centre (free parking at Via Stevenson, company contract).
The Duomo, the Castello, museums, parks, the flea markets (where there were big stalls buying n selling old phone cards to collectors). Later on in the day Rob Roys, The Bar Magenta, The Dutchmans, restaurants (of whichever nation you wanted) and many other ways of emptying your pockets
Spent a fair bit of time in the city myself, pulled a little bird in Piotello, she used to take me out to bars and stuff there, itās a very different place to the outskirts where we mostly hung out, before a proper tour I was never a lover of the place, preferring Verona or Florence for example, but having seen the other side of the place it became one of my favourite cities, although the fact that Monica could breathe through her ears may have had a lot to do with that
I also never saw a proper punch up in Carisio, plenty of squaring up and posturing, but nothing entertaining really, pretty much like all the tales you hear about the Murfitt drivers, they were the Stobart of the international game I suppose, everyone was having a dig at them all the time, mind you some of them were worthy of their reputation I used to eat off the a la carte menu and it was as good as any other similar place, in pre limiter days it was also reachable in time for a few swift halves if you got an early boat from Dover and it made a good halfway stop on a regular job I had to Caserta 
I spent a lot of time in Carisio for RH. Stella behind the bar was good as gold. As was tony (who ive been told still works there?)
I remember catching a bus from the stop (on the motorway!!) into the centre of turin one weekend. Seven or eight of us all wearing shorts and vestsā¦ being dropped off in the centre of turin with all the stylish italians pmsl.
Rh had some new trailers with āOY RH AB FINLANDā livery just after the euro came in. The amount of times i got stopped and asked if i had any finnish euro`s by the italians was mad.
I never went in the palladini but santhia was an occasional stop on a monday when carisio was shut.
Happy days
Carisio was the place to be, been a little bit tipsy there many times during the 90s
Also remember (getting back on thread ) a small cafe next to a scrapyard in Brescia that had a pay per unit phone in another room. We used to ask to use the phone to call ālocalā but rang Ukā¦she never sussed out what we were doing.
mmmm, I wonder where the British drivers got their reputation from
Everyone is an expert on Murfitts except me and I used to work there.
They gave a novice like me a chance to cut my teeth on International Work. They had the right cards for everything and paid me every penny I was due (including all expenses).
Some of the drivers were bumper weight numpties but they were anyway and they probably would be now (if they are still alive). I have happy memories of all those times in Carisio when everything was still ānewā.
As for the OT the truck Iām sat in now is only the second truck Iāve ever had with a fitted phone in nearly twenty years. I never had one at all in Europe untill I got a satillite system in my new truck at H&S in 2001.
W
AlexWignall:
Everyone is an expert on Murfitts except me and I used to work there.
They gave a novice like me a chance to cut my teeth on International Work. They had the right cards for everything and paid me every penny I was due (including all expenses).Some of the drivers were bumper weight numpties but they were anyway and they probably would be now (if they are still alive). I have happy memories of all those times in Carisio when everything was still ānewā.
As for the OT the truck Iām sat in now is only the second truck Iāve ever had with a fitted phone in nearly twenty years. I never had one at all in Europe untill I got a satillite system in my new truck at H&S in 2001.
W
I agree with you mate.
They gave me my first commercial International trip.
The one time I was anywhere near a fight, it was between a couple of Yeardley drivers, in Macon. A couple of days later another brit I met happily informed me that my Murfitts compatriots had been up to their usual tricks, fighting in Macon. He was quite crest fallen when I told him I was the only Murfitts driver there that night and I hadnāt had a punch-up with myself, but a couple of Yeardleys boys had.
Stuff em. Let em believe what they like. Those many of us who were there know the real story. Nor am I claiming the Murfitts drivers were angels, they had their fair share of arses, but they had some REAL Characters too
They were a pretty good company, they payed decent money and didnāt short change you. They would give almost anyone the chance of a start on Euro work.
It was a bad day when Norfolk Line finished their asset stripping and shut the doors.
Funny to think that Murfitts and the like wasnāt really that long ago.
A younger driver at our place recently asked me how to get into International Work. I simply did not know what to suggest, the best I could come up with was to email some Dutch firms.
I think I was lucky to have a firm like Murfitts to go to when I started out.
W
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Belgium.
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France
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Et encore.
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Even Paddy got in on the act.Just when everybody was getting mobiles
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Luigi.Beat the gittones anyday!
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Magnifique!
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French again
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Portugal
