The guy in the cab got black hair & a pressed linen shirt, DJ’s trademarks?
Was the tall guy Ron?used to have a tash.
harry:
The guy in the cab got black hair & a pressed linen shirt, DJ’s trademarks?
Was the tall guy Ron?used to have a tash.
So hard to tell Harry. The bloke with his hands on his hips & his back to the picture right in front of the 89 looks a bit like Clive White!
Tall guy with tash! Are you thinking of Ray Trusscot Harry?
jacko22:
Tall guy with tash! Are you thinking of Ray Trusscot Harry?
Definitely not Ray. This guy was tall ,had slightly Afro hair,tash & a Brummie.Good bloke.
harry:
jacko22:
Tall guy with tash! Are you thinking of Ray Trusscot Harry?Definitely not Ray. This guy was tall ,had slightly Afro hair,tash & a Brummie.Good bloke.
Lenny Henry? 
Suedehead:
harry:
jacko22:
Tall guy with tash! Are you thinking of Ray Trusscot Harry?Definitely not Ray. This guy was tall ,had slightly Afro hair,tash & a Brummie.Good bloke.
Lenny Henry?
Calling someone from Dudley a Brummie is about as offensive as it gets 
Trev_H:
Suedehead:
harry:
jacko22:
Tall guy with tash! Are you thinking of Ray Trusscot Harry?Definitely not Ray. This guy was tall ,had slightly Afro hair,tash & a Brummie.Good bloke.
Lenny Henry?
Calling someone from Dudley a Brummie is about as offensive as it gets
Sorry 
Oh i dont know isnt Dudley in the. .
Nice kipper tie mate … yes please,one sugar.
jacko22:
harry:
Leggetts was another regular i used to see. Was amusing to see the Volvo F12’s and f89’s “waiting” for the SLACK ATKI’s to catch up!
dont know where this was taken, reckon it was somewhere in Swiss.
Anyone have a clue?Muttenz. The driver in the check shirt was a Brummie & became an O/D.
The guy in the F12 is Dave Jeffries.That looks too dirty to be Jeffries motor Harry! Trying to read the plate in the picture -Dave had UMD 36S i got a picture but not very good
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Dave used to buy the daily paper each morning & put it straight on the cab floor to keep the footwells clean
Yeah,you probably right. There’s no air horns or wheel trims. It could be Ray.
Stewart xxxxxx was one of the other Ferry Freighting drivers along with Billy Moore.
harry:
jacko22:
harry:
Leggetts was another regular i used to see. Was amusing to see the Volvo F12’s and f89’s “waiting” for the SLACK ATKI’s to catch up!
dont know where this was taken, reckon it was somewhere in Swiss.
Anyone have a clue?Muttenz. The driver in the check shirt was a Brummie & became an O/D.
The guy in the F12 is Dave Jeffries.That looks too dirty to be Jeffries motor Harry! Trying to read the plate in the picture -Dave had UMD 36S i got a picture but not very good
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Dave used to buy the daily paper each morning & put it straight on the cab floor to keep the footwells cleanYeah,you probably right. There’s no air horns or wheel trims. It could be Ray.
Plus its an RHD F10, not an LHD F12
truckerash:
im getting a bit fed up with all these truck photos!!!
that’ll be the day !
so i thought id put a few more “arty” ones in, just to break it up a bit and to show those of you who wernt “lucky enough” to do the job in the “good ole days”, one of the best routes in Europe!
“Turn left at Macon” and you’re on the way to the Blanc…
it must be my age but i cant for the life of me, remember the right order for this set of photos, so id appreciate some help
i think it goes like this:on the way to Italy through Courmayer towards Blanc…
Stilts at Clueses…
Sorry to be a clever sod but that looks like nantua not clueses
courmayeur is in the Aosta Valley which happens to be in Italy. Your snap is approaching Monte Bianco from the Italian side.
chazzer:
Stewart xxxxxx was one of the other Ferry Freighting drivers along with Billy Moore.
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[attachment=7]A few more. The joys of Jayat
Ronnie Evans 141 at Bourg
Also at the Pub
Defoy 111
The Pub again! Spent an awfull lot of time at the Pub, McKellars second home
Clearing Dover, by the looks of the styling i would say an ex Russel Davies unit!
Dover again
Oh how i wish i carried me camera more often back then!
harry:
courmayeur is in the Aosta Valley which happens to be in Italy. Your snap is approaching Monte Bianco from the Italian side.
Top ones spot on but that bottom ones been taken from the national that runs alongside the a40 and looks like he’s heading away from the Blanc towards nantua then up over the old cerdon past the lady of cerdon
HI… new on here and not a driver but enjoy seeing the exchanges and pics of old trucks/trailers.
I have been working in International freight, transport and forwarding since i was 16 (i,m 54 now) starting at 16 with Interlink Forwarding and i was one of the founders of the Leeds depot in the 80’s for Cavewood, working as Eurpean operator and Traffic manager, i am surprised at the lack of photo’s/posts ref Cavewood who were one of the innovators of European groupage servcies to the continent, so if anyone has any then that would be appreciated.
i worked with some of the most experienced drivers in the North when Cavewood took over the remnants of ‘group company’ Cawthorn and Sinclair Ltd, we had, Eddie Charlton, Keith Tindle, Brian Robson, John Dutton, Ron Taylor, George (Geordie) Longworth, Kenny Potts and what they didn’t know about european trucking in those days (much harder than now !) wasn’t worth knowing - the stories were amazing ,
many a happy hour spent in the pub with them !
cheers
gary
GESTJS75:
HI… new on here and not a driver but enjoy seeing the exchanges and pics of old trucks/trailers.I have been working in International freight, transport and forwarding since i was 16 (i,m 54 now) starting at 16 with Interlink Forwarding and i was one of the founders of the Leeds depot in the 80’s for Cavewood, working as Eurpean operator and Traffic manager, i am surprised at the lack of photo’s/posts ref Cavewood who were one of the innovators of European groupage servcies to the continent, so if anyone has any then that would be appreciated.
i worked with some of the most experienced drivers in the North when Cavewood took over the remnants of ‘group company’ Cawthorn and Sinclair Ltd, we had, Eddie Charlton, Keith Tindle, Brian Robson, John Dutton, Ron Taylor, George (Geordie) Longworth, Kenny Potts and what they didn’t know about european trucking in those days (much harder than now !) wasn’t worth knowing - the storied were amazing ,
many a happy hour spent in the pub with them !cheers
gary
hiya,
I knew Bryan Robson very well and also (Dickie Parker) sadly both long departed,
i never did the international thing, Dickie lived opposite me and Bryan a short
walk away.
thanks harry, long retired.
bigr250:
richmond:
You forgot car tax on a bit of cotton, do try and get the complete
Set…I didn’t think anyone else did the £25 for 6 months car tax ‘sketch’!!
Ross.
PS, always attatch the cotton to the far side of the holder, (I believe) it came away from the screen easier.
ha ha remember the old string on task disks and one hits always ran on white thought 
460MC:
harry:
courmayeur is in the Aosta Valley which happens to be in Italy. Your snap is approaching Monte Bianco from the Italian side.Top ones spot on but that bottom ones been taken from the national that runs alongside the a40 and looks like he’s heading away from the Blanc towards nantua then up over the old cerdon past the lady of cerdon
That is definitely Nantua and he’s heading home
It’s been a long time, but was the routiers down there called the Monkey House 
GESTJS75:
HI… new on here and not a driver but enjoy seeing the exchanges and pics of old trucks/trailers.I have been working in International freight, transport and forwarding since i was 16 (i,m 54 now) starting at 16 with Interlink Forwarding and i was one of the founders of the Leeds depot in the 80’s for Cavewood, working as Eurpean operator and Traffic manager, i am surprised at the lack of photo’s/posts ref Cavewood who were one of the innovators of European groupage servcies to the continent, so if anyone has any then that would be appreciated.
i worked with some of the most experienced drivers in the North when Cavewood took over the remnants of ‘group company’ Cawthorn and Sinclair Ltd, we had, Eddie Charlton, Keith Tindle, Brian Robson, John Dutton, Ron Taylor, George (Geordie) Longworth, Kenny Potts and what they didn’t know about european trucking in those days (much harder than now !) wasn’t worth knowing - the stories were amazing ,
many a happy hour spent in the pub with them !Hi Gary here is a pic of an ex cavewood LHD F12 i bought second hand in the early 80’s,i know its not in cavewood colours but its something.We had it converted to a six wheeler in 1983 when the weights went up,Hartshorn from Birmingham fitting a Granning lift axle this we also did with an F89 ex Geoff Gilberts from Spalding area,this was a cheaper option and as there were not to many 6 wheelers around second hand at that time,the reg was HWL 972S so hope it rings a bell for you,cheerio for now Buzzer.
cheers
gary
does anyone recocnise this old bus. remember picking up a yung old boy in Northampton, David Abbott
said take him with you to Spain he wants to take some photos of trucks. So I did and he did.
On the way home we were overtaken by a fancy Dutch truck he hung out of the window to get his pics,
The Dutchmans seat cover handed him a pic of there truck as they went by and vanished into the distants.
I wonder if he remembers ? Jim