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  7. Nottingham Hauliers

    in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum

    Posted

    HI CATZ /

    Nice of you to answer, I am now living in Swinton , Manchester, but still miss Nottingham, I will be 75 in March and I look back

    on my life , and were iv,e been , but I would not change it for anything. I have met some great people and have great memory s, but I would

    not go back on the road with all the red tape involved in it, I had 43 years in the transport ind, and retired in 2003,

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  8. Nottingham Hauliers

    in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum

    Posted

    Catz /

    you say you were at Marshalls in 1979- onwards , can you recall :- John Taylor, John Tinker, Dennis Wright, Jim Alvey, Fred Preistman, and many

    more , I worked for Marshalls twice in my life time , as Driver & in the Garage under Transport Repairs as charge hand mechanic, also work up

    Balloon woods under Keech,s in their Garage. Best job I ever had ,

    Dennis Merrin.

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  9. Nottingham Hauliers

    in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum

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    Michael Booth, I think you find me right when I say Stirland & Dakin were once as furniture removers in their early days, they had a furniture warehouse & depositary

    at the top of Talbot st near canning circus, in their very early days.

    when their partnership collapsed, Jack Stirling, for a short time , joined force with A.R.Marshall, and the company went under the flag of M&S Transport

    once again they split and they went under their own way.

    after some years , J Stirland was bought out by Transport Development Group. and Marshalls sold up under circumstances and the land was developed to build Morrisons store.

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  10. Nottingham Hauliers

    in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum

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    Frank, The names you are after, would that be Malc Pridggin & Sid Freestone, before Sid came to Marshall,s he ran the pub called the Appolo,

    next door to Marshall,s on Hucknall Lane I don't think it is there now , I believe it has been demolished.

    I knew them some years ago as I used to drive for Marshall,s , and also I was a charge hand in the garage. (Transport Repairs)..,

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  11. Nottingham Hauliers

    in Pete's Nottingham Transport Forum

    Posted

    steel cowboy, I worked with Bill (jock) Kelly some years ago, when we both Drove for F.V.S (Freeman Volkers & Stuart) from Stockton on Tees.

    He did the night Trunk from Nottm- to - Stockton and back, I was on regular days running West Midlands & London.

    He was a bit of a lad, But a great bloke to get on with. There were three artic,s and six drivers based in Nottm at the time , the day men

    parked the trucks to were they lived,

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  19. Baker And Plumb

    in Nottingham Companies Then and Now

    Posted

    Hi Dave 48,

    Dennis coming back to you, My surname is Merrin, the one and only, they only made one mold of me, and then they destroyed it, ha ha It was not a bad job, While I worked for them ,I used to service and repair their trucks at a weekend, for a few bob extra, as I was a timed served diesel fitter as well.

    Dennis Merrin.

  20. Baker And Plumb

    in Nottingham Companies Then and Now

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    Hi Dave 48,

    I also Worked for Baker & Plumb, between 1961- 1963, as a Driver delivering furniture . We used to load at the back on woolaton st and our Garage was on Percy st, Basford. Had some great moment while delivering, especially down the meadows area.

    some of our runs used to take us to the east coast,Sked,Mablethorpe, Chaple, etc,but that only once a month, the rest was local.

    It was surprising were folk came from to buy goods ( cash only store). over all it was not a bad job, but the wage,s was rubbish.

    Dennis..

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  24. Nottingham, and the rest.

    in + Av Yer Say +

    Posted

    Getting back to DVD,s I have a double dvd on Nottingham between 1920--1980, made by The Media Archives for Central England.

    It has a running time of 165 minutes. very interesting. Disc 1 , the old market sq ,goose fair, heart of the city, celebration & royalty,

    war & commemoration, life on the water , a city of culture.

    Disc 2, Textile & lace, Raleigh, post war, reshaping the city, and champions & heroes.

    All made up by the University of Lincoln,

    also a 18 month calendar called Golden years of Nottingham, with some very interesting photo,s in it.

    Dennis.

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