Chicken bald back

[Charlottechicken]

Edward Stobart (of Eddie Stobart truck fame) has died aged just 56.

 

RIP

[Cinnamon]

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

[Couperwife]

good grief...56 is very young

 

RIP Eddie

[soapdragon]

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

[Mrs Webmuppet]

We always play "Ooops, word censored!"s ("Ooops, word censored!"ert Dentressangle trucks) and Stobs ( Stobarts) on any journeys!

 

RIP Eddie Stobart

[Old Speckled Hen]

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.

[poppy ben grace]

God bless you Eddie.

[Cinnamon]

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