I to remember this accident very well, and somehow, I think but ,not definitely it occurred on a friday night in June 1983.
The reason I know so well, not perhaps the date exactly, but I was heading over the water, and I was always leaving on a friday night / saturday morning, and this particular time I was told to avoid this route because of the accident, and on the return to do the same.
Anyway either way it’s quarter of a century ago!!! 
I can’t remember…something about actual dates I think. Sometimes the cognac does the talking ; anyway I think i was in Italy when I heard about it & the word at the time was that the route would be closed permanently . It was all Bush Telegraph in those days so little bits got added or lost on the way.
OK Harry, the same thing happens with me and as I said I wasn’t looking to get into some big disagreement about when this tragedy happened. What it has shown though is that whenever it happened a lot of us remember it and how it affected our day to day working lives, whether we were over the water or just doing our bit in the UK, it brought the Anti-Lorry brigade out in force and the even bigger traffic jam of the M25. I’m sure the A-L B still think that a train will bring the croissants & baguettes to their front door on time every morning 
I remember going past when it was all cleared up & was surprised to see how little damage was done to the houses .The small walled gardens took most of the impact.It just looked like the usual renovations that were going on all along that route .To read & hear about it I was expecting a three mile wide nuclear disaster zone. Pity about the French lads .
To Ash for his absolutely brilliant photographs and to everybody else on this last few pages THANK YOU IT’S BRILLIANT, we forget these things, but I have been part of these years, WoW!! I’m a bit ■■■■■■ at the moment but I’m really impressed. By the way Was that East London fridge firm Eldridges?? they were from Canning Town.
harry:
France
Prato
Italy
The late Marcel in Basel.
truckerash
This was the truck I was driving when I spotted the Partrick lads on a roll-over.
My email thing wouldn’t take these snaps on board so here you are
Harry i did a trip to Shiraz With my Uncle in 1974 for Fretitalia ,Do you remember JOCK ■■?
Carl:
coffers posted these a while ago so i thought id crop em a bit and ad one ive found of chambers and cook brum
I think its the beginning of Commercial road, end of Liverpool street, after coming from Tower Bridge, and you did a left turn at Aldgate East, into City road I think, and then North End road, and the roundabout at the bottom of Holloway road, anyway the other big clue, is a big red bus, and some black cabs, never seen them in Stoke…
Alan
its definatley london with the routemaster bus and cabs in the back ground.
The Underground station behind the cab is
a clue as well.
i showed my dad today and he reckons its up by victoria coach station.
ahem it’s ALDGATE EAST station, on the one way system down from smithfield 
we established that about a month ago on another thread 
jj72:
ahem it’s ALDGATE EAST station, on the one way system down from smithfield
yeah and it’s in Chesire for anybody that’s interested…
jj72:
ahem it’s ALDGATE EAST station, on the one way system down from smithfield
sorry jj. 
I remember Eldridges, again, my old man worked for them for a while, he used to drive an Atki Borderers if memory serves.
jj72:
ahem it’s ALDGATE EAST station, on the one way system down from smithfield
aldgate pump(gardeners corner)turning into commercial street. spot on, it is aldgate east underground.
jessicas dad:
jj72:
ahem it’s ALDGATE EAST station, on the one way system down from smithfield
sorry jj.
consider yourself absolved my son I can’t remember which thread I posted it on, so I can’t expect any bugger else to
The Red Lion Pub and lorry park in the middle, stopped there many a time.
dieseldog6:
The Red Lion Pub and lorry park in the middle, stopped there many a time.
i should think half the drivers in the country have been there at some time or other, the old spitalfields fruit market is only 200 mtrs away from where the photo was taken. how many hours have been wasted in that place?
many an hour wasted use to be parked in the cage waiting to tip for
itlia fruits peaches from itlay then at 12.00am in you go and tip,market club
was open at 02.00 am for a quick pint
loosechange:
many an hour wasted use to be parked in the cage waiting to tip for
itlia fruits peaches from itlay then at 12.00am in you go and tip,market club
was open at 02.00 am for a quick pint
IIRC the early pub in the market was called the gun, somebody will correct me if i`m wrong.
