Carl:
marathon is that the plastic board factory in tielt belgium in ya pic,back in the 90,s i worked for as taylor and he subbed to chambers and cook for a while we would load out of widdowsons with cat diggers or parts for belgium germany or poland one of my reloads was at said factory
Hi carl no mate thats apack lokeren they pack cat parts still have 5 trucks a day goin to belgium with cat parts still cat diggers to swiss haveny done a load to poland in years.
ah been there mate down the road from the truckstop its changed since i last went back in the 90,s
I was on a dedicated run CAT to Swiss for Swiss outfit. 4 wheeler -lousy job. I drove all night back to Swiss on the night of the big hurricane, but I didn’t know it was a hurricane because i had the radio switched off ,how that piece of plastic stayed on the road beats me.Must’ve been the low centre of gravity of the load. Soon jacked it in.
Carl:
ah been there mate down the road from the truckstop its changed since i last went back in the 90,s
Yes carl about 5 year ago hr built another onto his old one we have at least one truck a day in there. harry i bet u had a low ride ERF lol.
Carl:
birdie central freight pics towards the bottom of this page mate ,no mate sorry im not carl sponcer
TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International) - OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UK
Thanks Carl i have worked it out now why nobody as many pictures of central freight because we did not long enough to have them taken
birdie:
Carl:
birdie central freight pics towards the bottom of this page mate ,no mate sorry im not carl sponcer
TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International) - OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UKThanks Carl i have worked it out now why nobody as many pictures of central freight because we did not long enough to have them taken
Hullo birdie,
“STOP” ? or “STAY AWAKE” ?
Cheers, Archie.
Archie Paice:
birdie:
Carl:
birdie central freight pics towards the bottom of this page mate ,no mate sorry im not carl sponcer
TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International) - OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UKThanks Carl i have worked it out now why nobody as many pictures of central freight because we did not long enough to have them taken
Hullo birdie,
“STOP” ? or “STAY AWAKE” ?
Cheers, Archie.
I like that 
MOC:
Archie Paice:
birdie:
Carl:
birdie central freight pics towards the bottom of this page mate ,no mate sorry im not carl sponcer
TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International) - OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UKThanks Carl i have worked it out now why nobody as many pictures of central freight because we did not long enough to have them taken
Hullo birdie,
“STOP” ? or “STAY AWAKE” ?
Cheers, Archie.
Sorry Archie i meant s–p but we was not aloud to do it or say it unless
birdie:
MOC:
Archie Paice:
birdie:
Carl:
birdie central freight pics towards the bottom of this page mate ,no mate sorry im not carl sponcer
TRUCKIN IN THE 80's (International) - OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT - Trucknet UKThanks Carl i have worked it out now why nobody as many pictures of central freight because we did not long enough to have them taken
Hullo birdie,
“STOP” ? or “STAY AWAKE” ?
Cheers, Archie.
Sorry Archie i meant s–p but we was not aloud to do it or say it unless
sorry hit the wrong button for one min i thought fingers was about to hit the front bit of my permit, as i was about to say unless it was to wake someone else up, good old days!
andy hudson is on here under the name vastly exp if its the same 1…he worked for Coleman Transport in bradford when i knew him
BAGSEY:
Having driven to Italy every week for thirteen years, i then got a job driving for “Fanchin” Trasporti based in Torrebellvicino near to Vicenza. I satyed tere for about 5 years. There were two other UK drivers there, 11 Italians and one Yugo driver.
Does anyone the where abouts of the following.
- Andy Hudson from Leeds. very outgoing lad, great fun and a good driver to be with spoke FLUENT Italian.
2)Micky Jubb, from London…Left the company to become a DJ on Radio Antenna Uno in BERGAMO. Then went to the Island of Gan in the Indian Ocean to drive a tipper making the new runway…Was latter nown to have returned to UK any Ideas. CheersHarry Baker
Geoff Gilberts
Brian Yeardley
David Croome
Fanchin TrasportiThank you all for all the photos and messages. I have just retired and really do miss the life very much. Please dont think me “Sad” person but after 38 years driving and last 5 doing Ireland to North Africa to suddenly come to STOP takes a lot of understanding.
Regards Harry
anyone got any Henry Longs ,Jack Ashworth ,Coleman Transport pictures ■■?
mobildave:
I used to live down the road from these lot…
I’m new on here, but lovin’ this thread.Looking back at the old photos & remembering the companies.
truckerash:
Some DAF’s. Lovely old motors.,…
These two pics are of interest to me especially growing up in Nuneaton…
Bedworth Haulage are still going strong today. They’re now based in Coventry with white & red livery.
Fairfreight were taken over by a French company, can’t remember the name though…
Looking forward to more pics…
geoffo do you remember the mercs fairfreight ran i used to play football on the pitches on 3m,s atherstone site on a sunday morning and watch the fairfreight motors leave for the continent,yeah bedworth are now part of m&r international cov
Hi Marathon,Great pics by the way.
Does Choppy (simon Choptiak) still work at c and c??
OK, bit of a long shot, but does anybody out there remember Max Beven from Tenbry Wells doing the Rome run with his F12, He started with Norman Jones on the livestock, before going solo with a Merc. Think he is still driving on livestock with Gilders these days.
regards Andrew.
Geoffo:
I’m new on here, but lovin’ this thread.Looking back at the old photos & remembering the companies.truckerash:
Some DAF’s. Lovely old motors.,…
These two pics are of interest to me especially growing up in Nuneaton…
Bedworth Haulage are still going strong today. They’re now based in Coventry with white & red livery.
Fairfreight were taken over by a French company, can’t remember the name though…Looking forward to more pics…
I knew some of the Bedworth lads and Fairfreight, but can only remember Pete off Bedworth Haulage, what is interesting in that photo is the number plate on the Fairfreight motor, The daf I had for 3 years on Richard Fords was EOJ 868V
found out today that bedworth is a company in its own right again the partnership with m&r international is now over
I saw a White topline and trailer with red strip along both and Bedworth haulage in red writing at the airport island on the A45 in Coventry last night
Carl:
geoffo do you remember the mercs fairfreight ran i used to play football on the pitches on 3m,s atherstone site on a sunday morning and watch the fairfreight motors leave for the continent,yeah bedworth are now part of m&r international cov
Hi Carl.
Yes I remember the Fairfreight Merc’s.Can you remember who bought them out?? I’m sure it was a French company, late 80’s early 90’s…
