Charlottechicken Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Edward Stobart (of Eddie Stobart truck fame) has died aged just 56. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Oh,what a shame. Both my girls have 'Stobies' named for them, & we have had great fun over the years Stobie spotting I loved Eddies work ethos,that even as a trucker,you should look smart,be polite & wear a shirt & tie. I have never met a rude Stobie driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 good grief...56 is very young RIP Eddie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Oh goodness, how sad and sympathies to The Stobarts. Saw a documentary about the Company a while ago and was SO impressed; shirt and tie for all drivers etc. Very professional! We always play an 'Eddie' game on long car journeys; at the start each one 'guesses' how many 'Eddies' we'll see throughout the journey and the nearest wins! Won't be quite the same now! Casserole Korma Kiev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 We always play "Ooops, word censored!"s ("Ooops, word censored!"ert Dentressangle trucks) and Stobs ( Stobarts) on any journeys! RIP Eddie Stobart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Blimey, 56 !!! Heart problems, I gather. His father started the company here in Cumbria and Edward who later ran it sold it to his brother to pursue other things. PS How do you get a lorry named after you? I recall there was a competition to find one of the trucks with a instead of a name and if you spotted it you were put in a draw to have a name inscribed on one of the lorries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy ben grace Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 God bless you Eddie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 We were fan club members & spotters,so we got a book with all the truck names & details,which we ticked off as we saw them. I think we just wrote & applied to get the trucks named for the children I still have the official naming certificates in their baby books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
