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Russ , Bill Semore did have a D6c (47j power shift) which was a usefull little blade,working on the M25, this was on hire to the main contractor, as Bill was not taking any further contracts on . apart from the existing contracts that were running when he took over Hamptons, part of the deal,was tha...

Ade Toon
Ade I knew your dad well, I do have a photo of him with others on M4 Lamborn contract.
John Penfold

Thanks for the Info Russ, Cannot say about any brother that Petter had ,as I dont know.I believe that when Chris Bradshaw left Dicks he went as a plant foreman with Micky on a site near Bagshott, you may know this already ,because Dick went bust some time before Micky did. .I was involved in checkin...

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Peter Chalton, was one of the best Cat D8 fitters around at that time, But he was a bugger with the girls.

Micky pierce started in the game on the very first section of the U.K motorway projects. the lancaster by pass, which Dick was awarded the Earthworks, Micky was a sub contactor to Dick as a transport owner, he had about 4 old leylands. After that he went into a bit of muckshifting. and was able to b...

Thanks for your reply, I remember Gordon kite well, after he left Dicks he worked as you say at Reddich it the Komatsu dealership under the then general manager Ross Mcall, another Hampton man, from the first M5 contract at Rubery You also commented on othe Muckshifters of the era, Micky Pierce was ...

Hi Craig.
Very simple I just dont know how to post on Classic I have no problem with emails. I shall probably ask my grandchildren for assistance, its old age you know.
Nice to make contact with you.

Best Regards,

John p

Daves,
Sorry mate, he sold the company to Cementation and not Costains, Who were in turn Purchased by the Trafalga House group.You are quite correct about his biggest loss though.

Best Regards ,
John P.

Tctractors Hello young fella, cannot truthfully say I remember David , There were a lot of fitters in Bentley workshops working under Norman (Lofty) Dowding, and lots in the field on different sites and locations, When Cemetation sold Hamptons to Bill Semore I stayed a further year with them, and th...

Come on lads, you seem to have missed out on the Scammel low beds he used to have, Owen Fury was the pilot on one prior to his upgrade to the Skania 110s.