Just passed my hgv medical,with no glasses,the doctor said that was good for a 68 year old,it must be down to those fillets I used to buy from the yank,as Bill charged to much,but I will stop driving lorrys next year,as I am the only english driver left on my agency,they tried to get me to work on christmas day for £6.25 per hour,all the poles and russians went in.Nice to hear that George is still around,does he want a job,no nights out though,lol.We wher lucky that all that meat was given to us in those days,cant even get a lettuse now every thing is scanned.In Spalding they are sending back the eastern europeens who dont work and sleep rough with £300,but they just come back,remember the bulgarians who came to yabsley st,lucker went into the toilet,came out quick,there was copper bolts all up the wall at the back of the toilet,he said to one of them have you got your aresole halve way up your back,ha ha.I miss it all. Terry
Tel, I always thought that McAuley was straight, except one day when he relieved me at Brighton and I had found a little lost lamb in the load. On the way home I cut the meat up all nicely jointed and mac didnt make no bones about his half. Tel I dont think you can give trucking up yet because us old retired lads who used to draw maps for you and tell you where the the best pubs were, still need your contributions. Bill.
william sparrow:
Tel, I always thought that McAuley was straight, except one day when he relieved me at Brighton
he obvously was’nt straight then… oo’eeerrrr missus 
Hi all,kindle 530 was you on union cartage?,just got back from spain,short holiday,I remember 2 union drivers leaving me stranded when my clutch went in toloser near san sebastion,one was george state brother in law,I cant remember the other one,3 days stuck on a blind bend,when I got to the border of portugal they turned there heads,not all the drivers were all that but most were.What are you doing now Ted?I thought I saw Bill on his mobility car it had twin headlamps and a ucc sticker on both sides,he ran over an old womans foot on the pavement,I suppose his eye sight is not what it use to be,well must go now as it is bed time took 2 ■■■■■■ halve hour ago,dont want to keep the old woman waiting. Terry
Hello Tel,just read your last letter.Dave and I have now retired and live down in West Sussex.Sad about the drivers ignoring you,not like the old days is it?Keep your eye on poor old Bill though,we don’t want him fading away.We’re still trying to get hold of Alan ■■■■■■ etc. but we don’t know if he has a computer.Keep up the good work Tel,there doesn’t seem to be many of us left.Regards,900X20,AKA Ted.
Hi Tel and 900x20, that fella kindle wasn’t a ucc man tel, just a pee taker, who probably worked for wyatts or Fridge Freight. this old boy is still keeping ok, but when I do get a motorised chair Tel I’m coming up there to run your bloody toes over, thats if you can get out of the cab. Keep On Trucking. Bill.
West sussex,is that near Brighton,to many gays there,as filthy lucker would say,the men with there sisters feelings,ha ha,Bill if you get a moblitey make sure its green,I think your bib and brace was that colour to go with the lorry you was driving,Was Alan the one who yous to say dear boy,always smart.I remember Charlie Kent we were in Liverpool with no digs,he got out of his old ERF with a pair of silk pyjarmers and a silk bath robe,to have a ■■■■■,he told me he liked Brighton,I releived him in Kuwait when he had to come home from Bagdad 1969,long time ago,then I had to go on to doha,Chris Wilson and me were invoved in a film in Kuwait called Wolvers dont eat meat,you can see it on the internet,Chris done the stunt work in it,burnt the cars in the desert.Well bed time now. Terry
Tel, the reason that you were left near the spanish border wasn;t that you were broken down. the way that I heard was that you spilt some tea on your map and couldn’t read it. typical of you. The film which you qouted is called Wolfs dont eat meat, I have just watched it and true enough two of our lorries are in it. Whilst you and Wilson were using our lprries for personal gain, poor old vestey was going skint. When I get my wheelchair I want a bright yellow one so drivers like you can see me.By the way George Curtis now looks in on the site. Keep paying my wages , Bill.
In the film,Chris was in front,we were told to do 25 mph,as they would quicken the film up as we both had camera men strapped to the dolly legs and the back of the trailer,Chris had served in the western desert during the war and wasent a big fan of the arabs,so he started to around 60 mph,the camera men were hanging on for dear life,the producer came past screaming to stop,when we did the crew was in no state to carry on filming,they through buckets of water over them,all Chris would say was fxxc them,he was so funny.Because of the heat I had to get big salt tablets for Chris as he started to go a bit funny,it affects the brain and joints,Because of what happend,the director who was Egyption was not going to pay us,but I got the money off him,I waas going to donate it to UCC old mens club,but I kept it.We both went on to Saudi,him to Jedda,me to Doha,and met back in Kuwait,where we were stuck as they stopped issuing visas through Iraq due to Saddam taking over the military,I was detained at the border Saffwan they said I was smuggling Persian carpets,they let Chris go,good bloke Chris,he waited for me in Istambul.Loaded with money we made our way home,well thats about it Terry
Tel, I was in Benghazi and Egypt in 1951 onwards, thats why I didnt volunteer for ME runs.But I did get a GSM for my time there, awarded in 2002. keep on trucking. Bill.
Hello Bill,Tel and all,hope you’re all well and good to see the sense of humour is still with us.Interesting about the filming episode,sounded race - ist? I see you reckon that George Curtis is looking in:have you got his log in name? No doubt he’ll like all the comments on our page re. the old firm.I’ve looked at the Vestey web site at Coulsdon,strange to see them start up again,sadly for them they won’t get the drivers of the same calibre as the UCC had!
Regards to you all,900x20.
I dont know if George is looking in,if he is I hope he will write in,I know now why Bill has bandy legs sitting on the camels hump,I dont know why Gaddafi is moaning about a no fly zone in Libya,they have had one for years over Dagenham,has Alan joint yet? Terry
Sorry to take you to task mate but get your facts right or you will have no credence at all, Kindle is not an ex Wyatt driver although i am and i dont take kindly to inferences. If you didnt work there then you have no experience of what sort of firm it was, just cafe tales like so many before you ,
hi Terry , Bill and all the others sorry I have not been on the site recently I am Dave Townsend I have had some problems getting logged in under my original name of michelin man, so its been easier to re registrar using this new name.by the way it is the proper name for the michelin man( clever that aint it.).George Curtis is aware the site is about he told me he could not get in,I will try again to get him to join but I will have to prise him away from his Golf.I sent a Xmas card to Alan ■■■■■■ and in it I asked if he was online ,gave him my e-mail address to get back to me so as to get him to join us on the site so far no reply.Again I will try to get in contact,both of these fellers have more stories to tell than me. It is lovely to know that are some genuine idiots out there and not just brother Ted and me.Regards to all.
Hi BIBENDUM, nice to see that you are back on site, I had a lot of trouble myself and then one day it let me in again. We have to wait a while for Tel to come back on, he is trying to catch up with his eastern europian mates up the road. The trouble is he doesn’t realise he’s past it, poor old soul.I have a photo of him in the reeperbahn, trying to sell Doug and me dirty photo;s. Catch you later. Bill.
Hello Ted and all,I think that Bill forgets that I was the youngest driver at the time on UCC,and was led astray by some of the older ones,Bill included,I still have a photo of Bill out side a club,which he took me to,he was wearing a long overcoat which I think he still wears now,we got in free as Bill was handing out flyers,he seemed to know the area well including the Eros center,we went on to drink that german sour milk out side the railway station.I havent driven much this year,but have started my panel beating and spraying again,for a local garage,as that I was trained for before I went driving,so if Bill wants my sat nav,I will sell it for a discount,it will fit on to his mobilty scooter.It would be nice Ted,if you could get the other drivers on this forum.love to all Terry ■■■