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Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:00 pm
by tim
mucker28 wrote:hello tim i remember the stansted airport job i was on there for pryors at the time on a 215 cat digger a good peice of kit well made and strong . i remember the D7H and box think clive farrah used to drive it he got made up to a foreman shortly afterwards ,the 245 in the picture had a oversize bucket on it also greedy boards on the sides the old girl handled it well though . the bloke in the picture driving the foden roll on/off is tony gatfield he,s retired now but i still see him about a bit lives not far from me. THE GOOD OLE DAYS
Glad the pics brought back some memories mucker,I remember seeing the Foden roll-on off at RMC's pit at Bramshill a few years ago where Pryors were doing some muckshifting at the time
Tim
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 7:35 pm
by cranky the crane
Does anybody hear from the pavertt from pryors? they used to live near my parents, had lots of old vintage tractors
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:26 pm
by mucker28
Hello cranky its mucker yes i still see the pavitts i was with ricky today . he has still got loads of vintage tractors mate i ve known the pavitts for years now. Im into vintage and classic plant and vintage caterpillars also got one myself mate so where your parents from then mate .
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:56 pm
by cranky the crane
they live in coopersale near where there dad lives. do they come on this site mate? i dont know them personally but know of them and always see a pryor van outside.
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 8:52 pm
by mucker28
Hello mate ricky still lives in coopersale with his mum and dad but robbie is in north weald , as for the vans pryors sold all the vans they had the drivers had to buy there own motors for work now .Only vans about with pryors on are the fitter vans now as i said before pryors aint what it used to be the firm aint like it was in the gool old days
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:47 pm
by cranky the crane
No company is the same anymore mate. did notice no pryor vans around anymore.
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:06 am
by Jim M
I worked with an ex Pryor operator called Nick Dawkins down at the Langage power station job in Plymouth in 2007/08, Anyone know him?. He worked for Kiers as a supervisor on this job doing Groundworks etc.
Jim
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 10:18 pm
by mucker28
Hi jim yes i know nick dawkins i worked on pryors with him he was a foreman on there he is a nice bloke and good with the pen at the end of the week lol .nicks dad bert dawkins was also on pryors for years as a plant fitter a smashing bloke you still working with nick then jim .
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:49 pm
by Jim M
No Gary. I started on another job and didn't see the completion of the power station job we were on. I haven't seen nick since that job and i don't know if he's still working for kiers either. I do agree with you he is a thoroughly nice bloke and very handy with that pen of his
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Jim
Re: C J Pryor
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:45 pm
by mucker28
Hi jim i have heard that nick is still on kiers but dont know where is he working i saw his cousin last week and i asked him about nick but he said he is doing well on there so where you working then and on what mate