[keith]

ksh I remember les blackburn nickname whirlybird he use to be coming back from yorkshire with his first load before any of the other gilbraith drivers had got out of bed and I worked at gilmartins the same time as frank hargreaves he lived on charter street then but would only drive a four wheeler despite bobby martins the managers pleas big blow for les losing his licence after the big fog crash on the m6 cash For a period at jacks I was shop steward and attended many meetig with fred mostly at manchester where he was to finish up anyway as a fulltime officer we had some hairy meetings moreso with our brothers from liverpool last time I heard of fred he was living in bury but when I knew him he lived in owen street