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No sorry, no more photos but it was quite a large yard for its time with smallish offices and a small office staff. It was a very fast growing company which was able to service a fast growing road network throughout the country. It was a happy place to work, Dad loved his lorries and being able to t...

Thank you John, I remember your name well and most of the other names on the list. Do your remember Tommy Lamb, he must have travelled around with Dick Hampton from site to site. He was an Irishman, lovely man, very generous. His wife was called Madge and he had two sons, I cant remember the name of...

Hi Ginger, how lovely to hear from you and to know that you are well and enjoying yourself in France. I hope that you enjoyed looking at the photos that I posted on this site, I have lots more but just a the moment I can' t use my own computer as I have a trapped nerve in my neck (very painful) and ...

Hi Duncan, Many thanks for your reply, it is lovely to think that someone remembers my Dad - it is all such a long time ago now. The early days of Dick Hamptons were good old days and Hamptons were very good local employers. I have lots more photos that I will put on this site as soon as I have time...

So sorry to hear of the death of David Richards. I am sure my Dad would have remembered him as he was travelling between sites in the 60s and early 70s. Sadly my Father died in 1973, not long before Dick Hampton himself. ad really enjoyed his working life and made many friends, it was a great testam...

Thanks for your comments Bertus, I am glad you enjoyed looking at them. I will sort through the photos and post them here. As you say, it was all a long time ago now and Dick Hamptons Earthmoving Ltd was a rapidly growing company during the years that road and motorway building was at its peak. My F...

Hi my name is Mary. I thought there may be people who would remember Dick Hamptons Earthmoving Ltd. who had a headquarters and yard at Blacknest Nr Alton Hampshire. My Father worked there from the start of the company at Blacknest in the late 1950s until he died in 1973. He loved his lorries and tra...

Thanks Bertus - do you remember those days?

Does anyone remember Tommy Lamb? he had a son Michael (Mickey) and a younger son Danny. I believe Mrs Lamb's name was Madge. They were a lovely family, Irish I believe and travelled around from site to site. I remember visiting them in the caravan at Rochester Kent in the early 1960s.

These photos are of the opening party at Blacknest, late 1950s. Dick and Mrs Hampton opened the new Company headquarters and held a staff party to christen the new Caterpillar tractor which I believe was the 2nd one that they had. In the early days Mrs Hampton drove the tractor in daylight hours. My...