Trucking in the 80's Featuring the Rose Cafe in Chelmsford

A video made in the 1980's about the transition of transport from rail to road!

[@andrewhawthorn8289]

Leyland,foden ,erf, did we once make things in this country and men had proper skilled well paid jobs?

[@susansullivan9255]

Including bedford and ford .

[@ducati916SPS]

We did make thing's...they just weren't any good. 😂

[@tenerifereddog3943]

Not sure about truckers being well paid back in the day.

[@martinwebb1681]

Seddon Atkinson, Atkinson, AEC, Guy, Scammell, Seddon Diesel, Leyland, ERF, Foden, Dodge, Commer, BMC, Albion, Bedford and Ford. We made plenty of Lorries in the past, how times have changed.

[@wackynz3260]

ERF European road fuckers known here in NZ.

[@paulmills9340]

£1.80 for a breakfast!!! You’d struggle to get a cup of tea for that now!

[@mikewatte4478]

Well 1.80 in today's money is about 6 quid the exact price of a full breakfast with t n toast in most London cafe's

[@raymondosullivan1958]

You wouldn’t get a bag of taytos for that now

[@fastasfox]

This will make you laugh....a bag of walkers crisps in the service station will cost you £1.80 now and each bag of crisps cost 1.7 p to produce. nuts and I won't pay it.

[@toothlesspiranha9439]

Thanks Jemma Warren for puting the link to this video... love it!!

[@zincpatriot7227]

Great memories, was on general haulage uk in eighties and nineties, half the traffic and idiots compared to now, loads a plenty as we were still a nation that manufactured things, and they needed moving. Didn’t try the rose cafe, but they were plentiful, and cheap. No doubt most bought up by developers and covered with houses now. You don’t see many flatbeds now, bet a lot of drivers out there now have never roped and sheeted, lucky sods!. Retired now, and enjoying it, wooldent do it now for double the money, too busy out there.

[@jasonlowley5093]

Brilliant this my late dad was only into tippers but had mate John Welsh called him dipstick he was always checking his oil had late 4 legga d series took me all over country late 70s early 80s bugger school

[@Sobig315-k7k]

Ahh Brilliant !! i asked my dad to record this for me (VHS) back when this was on on .I think c1986..ish. I was away around Ireland delivering as a lad working as a drivers mate. When i sat down to watch it had only recorded about 3 minutes as the tape was full because my sister had come in and recorded Eastenders 😥😥😥I was so pissed off ! my poor dad was very embarrassed. ive been searching for this program ever since then and came across it this evening totally by accident , My Dad is gone from us 2 years tomorrow ! how unreal , Many thanks for uploading this . Brings back so many memories of 12 years of fantastic times out on all the roads💚💚🚚🚛🚚🚛 of ireland . ps imagine asking for a small salad in that cafe >>>🥓🧂🌭🍟🍟🍟🍗🍗🍖🍖🥓🥓🥓🍳🍳🍳

[@allisonconnor3310]

Great story I'm glad you finally got to watch it all.

[@888ssss]

this happened to me when by brother taped over my top gun video with scooby doo.

[@davebarber9510]

A colleague did a fishing video for my foster son that the remaining video was porn. Explain that to social workers lol great film. Thanks

[@northlincsfox243]

I went into the Rose Cafe a few times in the 1980s, usually when I was heading home from Chelmsford. I always remember the greeting from the chap working there. “Tea mate?”

[@big500]

Love the guy in the cafe… all the grub sounds delicious.. Apple crumble and custard 👍👍

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

I got hungry listening. Good home food and cheap.

[@terryleddra1973]

Does that come with chips as well?

We had a demolition gang of lads from barking & dagenham .. working at chelmsford from 1986-87 .. we all stopped at Rose Cafe every morning 7am for the ham off the bone .. egg & chips.. no exageration , it really was the best ham ive ever tasted..👌🏽👌🏽 great memories of that place.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@davidhookway1451]

"Everyfing what goes wiff chips!" Classic Brit cafe! I was waiting for the "Spam" skit!

[@pete9958]

Al 'right gov I'll 'ave 2 sausage, egg, bacon, beans, mushrooms no tomatoes and a fried slice. any chance you could do chips with that - Cheers oh and 2 slices of thick and a large Rosie lee great thanks - those were the days, sadly gone forever - I started driving trucks back in the early sixties and you'd get a breakfast like that for around 6/- (30p)

[@CARLIN4737]

Guy in the cafe looks a good lad. Homemade. Apple crumble and chips twice please mate.😉

[@choppergeeza]

Brilliant! Went the rose lots with my dad when i wasnt at school and he had to take me with him in his lorry......i had a big lesson on how bad language can be turned into a art form !

[@mistofoles]

I wonder if the apple pie comes with chips ?

[@jonbell3020]

Those were the days, I used to love the job back then. Just jacked after 13 years and zero bumps in the same job after the bastards insisted on a driver facing camera... in a sleeper!...39 years on the road on artics. Not for me any more fuck’em.

[@wackynz3260]

Artics are ancient , waste of space.

[@mistofoles]

Ham off the bone with egg and chips sounds pretty good...and a slice of homemade steak and kidney pie on a full English breakfast is nothing short of sensational !

[@COIcultist]

Most of the country is ignorant of the "Babby's Yed" (or babie's head) the steak and kidney pudding. Steak and kidney encased in suet pudding. Keeps forever on a bain-marie.

[@mistofoles]

@@COIcultist Indeed. Unfortunately, Wetherspoons do just that literally.

[@danielhulmes4119]

Timothy spall in the camper 😂😂

[@yan24to]

Barroy

[@europa2000man]

I think the motorway used for the films of Timothy Spall driving like a lunatic is the last section of the M25 before it was opened.

[@brashers759]

My Dad used to take us into the Rose when we were kids! Also used to regularly go to Jerrys cafe in Latchingdon. Happy childhood memories!

[@timstradling7764]

Never seen this before, didn’t have a TV back then, too busy up the road! Loved the juxtaposition of the various clips edited together in a seemingly random way. Always had the Tim Spall characters at the Commercial Motorshows at Earls Court in the 70s-80s as well as on the road - Aaaargh! Had to laugh at the farmer in the pig yard with the sound of sheep Baahing - What?? Nice one. Not forgetting Ian Drurys inimitable style and lyrics. All classic, thank you for uploading this treat.

[@633squadrongoodwin]

Terry and Pauline in the Rose Cafe............love `em !

[@vulgivagu]

The wonderful life of VHS tape. Technology changes for the better but not life.

[@grimaldispa7139]

'Basically anything that goes with chip's' hahahaha

[@thomasmacdonagh6827]

....and chips with more chips.

[@CARLIN4737]

Classic

[@john111257]

@@thomasmacdonagh6827 and spam without the chips

[@mark2too]

I thought the Apple Crumble would’ve come with Chips 🙄

[@doctorbohr1585]

We like trucking, we like trucking, we like trucking and we like to truck........

[@kevinharris-er3oc]

🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🚚👍

[@jimlondon1]

the old fashioned "transport cafe" is almost thing of the past. good ones are getting rarer now....

[@CARLIN4737]

Give us a double egg and chips love .😉

[@flipper2392]

Hardest part of the job is finding somewhere to get a decent meal.

[@vikingsmb]

thanks to the vegan nutters

[@wawawswfc4957]

Brings back good memories

[@wjones6606]

I'm not quite sure what to have.? Could you run through the menu again..

[@SWMIKE100]

Chips?

[@skippytv1956]

I remember this when it was on television & I loved it. Thanks for sharing

[@ashdowker4326]

thought i never see this again brilliant

[@memorymuncher2738]

Readings a book now Readings a text😮

[@daveconyard8946]

Nice Sound's Thank you. Ian Dury R.I.P.

[@MegaSsssdd]

whats the song please

[@daveconyard8946]

@@MegaSsssdd Clever Trevor, ian dury new boots and panties album 1977 😊😊👍👍

[@MegaSsssdd]

@@daveconyard8946 it’s the motorway song I can’t find only this clip of it

[@neilthomas4407]

F10 and T45 Road train,E12 ERF,2100/2300/2500 and a flat top 2800,ahh memories!! Got a auto Volvo FM 500 now!

[@freddymarcel-marcum6831]

You know what's not delivered by truck? Video tracking 🤣 just kidding mate

[@G7IQJUK]

WINCANTON ERF E14 NICE STEADY 60MPH CRUISE 1350 RPM TOP WACK &2100 RPM 80+MPH OFF THE TACHO .

[@adrianstevens9747]

Loved seeing seeing the e14. Takes me back to getting into my uncles brand new one.

[@marktynan4132]

I just got a heart attack listening to the menu 😂

[@deanmachell7814]

We used to meet at the Rose Cafe, in the mid 80s, before we set off for the scooter rallies. Great memories 😀

[@Snappychugdog]

What is the song called at the start of the video that goes "gone for 100 miles on a lousy night in the freezing fog on a country road where the ice is black and snow is white with 40 tonnes of dangerous load"?

[@mistofoles]

Wait a minute.....is that a documentary or a drama ? @4:09 , surely that's George Costigan, the bloke from RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO ??

[@thebigbowler]

What a great upload this is! Thank you.

[@eyeballpaul3276]

all that grub for 1.80 today you be lucky getting any change from a tenner for all that.

[@yan24to]

Is that Barry from Auf Widesein in the Bedford Cf camper.

[@garethjones8047]

Yes Timothy spall.

[@yan24to]

@@garethjones8047 Must be on the way back from the West Bromwich and District friendly building society.

[@garethjones8047]

@@yan24to spot on mate, hes been a great actor, I have much respect for the man.

[@CARLIN4737]

With the Ian dury soundtrack and Nigel driving down the motorway it's almost got a psychedelic feel to it. When the woman was at the trade show driving a virtual truck what on earth was the bloke doing standing in front of her!😉

[@alexrobinson2281]

Ian Dury greatly missed 😎

[@MarkSmith-tp6zc]

The CB rigs, cheap greasy spoon with fruit machine and a big artic with bed. Now that’s the real Britain.

[@CARLIN4737]

From about 33 minutes it's actually quite a difficult watch!😉

[@mikewatte4478]

Jeeze did you see that truckers breakfast. That's a heart attack on a plate. In London I order the early death special in my cafe and the owner always smiles

[@LandersWorkshop]

Breakfast for champions!

[@alexrobinson2281]

Bubble and squeak was missing 🤪

[@MarkSmith-tp6zc]

With dipped bread?

[@markellis796]

A young Timothy Spall I spot!

[@COIcultist]

I think that too, but, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet appeared on TV in 1983 and one of the drivers is talking about 38 Tonnes. I've tried looking up the jump from 32,520kg to 38,000kg and I can't find it, but I'm sure it came later. Would Tim Spall be doing this in the later 80s?

[@lukebell2683]

This is brilliant thanks

[@TRUCKAD38]

Just down the Road from Still there Used to go to school with the cafe Owners daughters Great times 👍👍

[@mistofoles]

Presumably most of the staff in this clip have moved on or are retired now ?

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

Yeah probably all in their 70s at least and hopefully all still with us.

[@john111257]

Crackin prices in the cafe

[@mistofoles]

WTF ?? Look at the state of that woman who's doing the cooking in the Rose Cafe' !

[@LandersWorkshop]

That is an Essex Rose right there my lad. She'll bounce you around the room like no tomorrow. :D

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

Sex on legs.

[@garryharriman7349]

The time that this film was shot seems like a long lost age and not very recent history. The British transport cafe really was such a vital component of the convayance of goods and sevices essential to the country on so may levels. Sadly, they have all been replaced by corporate chains that offer very little value for money. My late former father in law (my first wife's dad) was a lorry driver, a job he loved but had to give up due developing epilepsy. He loved his job and never really got over having to leave that career and vocation behind him. He was never the same after that and seemed to struggle financially and persoanly and became financially enslaved in a factory job that he did not enjoy and was not profcient at. I recently discovered he died about 12 years ago. I think of him now as I watch this and, indeed, all those men. (and women) who provided a vital service to the country. In memoary of Keith Bowskill, Wroot, Lincs. Thanks for eveything, Keith! PS: It was great to hear music track provided by the legendary Ian Dury and his talented band featured in this film! Lastly, the womdefully tallented Timothy Spall has certainly come a very long way since recording this!😂

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

It really was a different world where people had respect for one an other. They were fantastic simple days and unfortunately since the 2000s people have changed, less conversation and everything too convenient so no one no longer appreciates one another. Crazy it's probably less than 40 years ago.

[@Wettonbunker]

Brilliant. Loved watching this. Cheers

[@CycolacFan]

Every time I watch that intro of the trucks being overtaken I wonder what sort of steady cam mount they filmed it from that can drop from 15 feet to ground level instantly. Also just how close they came to those roadworks, doubt they got a second chance.

[@ToastedAlmond98]

Not to mention it's one continuous take - a full minute and thirty-five seconds long, I recently discovered!

[@72whoosh]

I remember sitting down as a kid to watch this on bbc2 after seeing it in the radio times,then the announcer said there was a program change,so I never saw it 😩 thanks for putting this on 👍🏼

[@CycolacFan]

@@72whoosh it was literally pulled at the last minute because of concerns over product depiction and advertising, I understand the original edit featured Volvo trucks more heavily and it was felt to be too much like an advert. This was the re-edited version that was broadcast a few months(?) later.

[@Nickbaldeagle02]

They probably used a drone with an iPhone attached.

[@CycolacFan]

@@Nickbaldeagle02 in 1987…?

[@brianahern3978]

I used to stop there on the way to Felixstowe in the late 70s and 80s when working on Jess b woodcock on the yang ming line the cafe.long gone

[@fishwars5979]

Timothy spall making an appearance.

[@sparenovations7176]

I'm sure those pigs sounded like sheap

[@Trident750UK]

Timothy Spall as Nigel..!!

[@joseloonybin5478]

who knew he aspired to be a trucker

[@mistofoles]

This is a documentary ? I'm confused...@4:04 - That's the bloke from "RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO " !

[@Dan23_7]

There’s even more of the same arsehole car drivers on the road today. It’s so good to see Leyland, ERF, Sed Akkies 🇬🇧🇬🇧 I’m from Leyland born n bred.

[@dicktate964]

thanks for puting this video up jim .days like this only seem like a short while ago but how things have changed . ;)

[@memorymuncher2738]

How much did he earn though?

[@wackynz3260]

My old man used to drive for Martintrux 70s and early 80s.

[@martinwebb1681]

Yes, they had a big fleet of Scania's I used to see them all the time in the 70s.

[@wackynz3260]

@@martinwebb1681 Old man took me all over Europe

[@wackynz3260]

@@martinwebb1681 Yes like 240-300 HP max, i been driving 620 730 HP Scania's for last 8 yrs.

[@SparkyOriginal]

I was at that commercial motor show at the NEC as a nipper! Remember the Scammell and still have pics of it tucked away.

[@LandersWorkshop]

Did you see the dolly birds roller skating past as well?

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

This is quite modern because l only ever had a duplicate weekly drivers book.

[@alexrobinson2281]

That’s coz ya an old duffer like me 😀 Seriously they were good days , proper drivers not steering wheel attendants and snow flakes like we have now

[@pintokitkat]

11:23 Timothy Small.

[@mistofoles]

"Ah, oi start work 'bout severn o'clock in the murnin' .."

[@unknownname1854]

Like the D 10 20s on the TNT trailer

[@yan24to]

Hey Jim!

[@mistofoles]

@11:22 - I'm confused , that's Timothy Spall...and isn't that Danny Dyer narrating ? Has this been re-dubbed ?

[@thecorbies]

Ian Dury narrating at least some of it. Danny Dyer wasn't even a kid when this was released!

[@CycolacFan]

Interesting hearing all the blokes saying how awful the roads are and all the ladies saying how much they enjoy driving…

[@andrewbaker3975]

Take me back I want to live there

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

A magical time when people were decent. We didn't know how good it was back then.

[@kenboyooo]

When Trucking About Was FUN . 🥳

[@shakeymike2003]

FEED EM TO THE PIGS ERROLL

[@johnquinn3195]

Nigel is a complete plonker

[@simes205]

I understand that my uncles mother owned and ran that place in the mid sixties!

[@christyler373]

wow its 2020

[@dryflyman7121]

9.18….that plate of food was obscene !! 10.50…..the great Timothy Spall, just before Auf Wiedersehen Pet days 🤣

[@zaftra]

and for the cameras

[@MGWilliams]

Not been to the rose cafe in a few years, wonder if everything still comes with chips?

[@BlueMac11]

aphex sampled the song at the beginning :o

[@this_is_a_tiny_town]

As in Aphex Twin?

[@BlueMac11]

@@this_is_a_tiny_town yea, check out /watch?v=SWzqTQgNYyw

[@DJ-Brownie-UK]

the abs was a load of crap , the sensor would always be defunct

[@hansgruber650]

7:54 damn son!

[@keithdeley7236]

Truck, lorry actually,why do we copy the American terminologys

[@Dan23_7]

Wagon 😂 In Lancashire 👍🏼

[@livingwithosteoarthritis.]

Was that Timothy spall at the motor show

[@kierandoherty5860]

The birth of hip hop.

[@DJ-Brownie-UK]

10 pints , 5 hrs kip then back behind the wheel of a weapon of mass destruction , dear oh dear

[@wackynz3260]

Was more 10 j's

[@rorythetiger5198]

Would love to know the song at the start where truck are on the motorway

[@mistofoles]

Sounds like Ian Drury singing a song specifically written about the cafe'/

[@CARLIN4737]

Didn't expect the rap!

[@LandersWorkshop]

That's a ballad!

[@daveconyard8946]

What a Brilliant Post , Thanks Keep safe 👍

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

Who narrates? Same voice as 1985 Allo Gotta Toshiba ad.

[@zaftra]

The Toshiba Ad was Alexis Sale.

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

The ad music was derived from his song Allo John gotta new motor but think the voice of the Robot is Ian Fury.

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

Ian Dury sorry

[@zaftra]

@@emmetdonnelly2072 you asked who the narrator was. The music is Ian Dury and the Blockheads..

[@emmetdonnelly2072]

Narrated by Ian Dury.

[@dandyhighwayman4521]

What is the song? Can't find it anywhere

[@jonbell3020]

Clever Trevor. Ian Dury and the Blockheads from the album New Boots and Panties. 👍

[@ElvisPresley68]

Ahhhhh 38 tonne those were the days 😂😂😂😂 And then at 4:16 he gets a bloody frisbee out 😂😂😂😂

[@wackynz3260]

56 here.

[@garethjones8047]

Chips was very much the theme.

[@pronsiasmacraghnaill2320]

What is the title of the Ian Dury song at the start?

[@owenator83]

I've been trying to find out for ages. Neither Shazam nor Soundhound have been any help... Can only assume it was written especially for the programme and therefore never released. Sadly.

[@CycolacFan]

Apparently its called Rose Cafe and has been released on a couple of albums.

[@CycolacFan]

A year on and I've still never found it, do wonder if I was lied to about it being released...

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@CycolacFan The end credits have a song called Fool on the Road. I wonder if it's that?

[@CycolacFan]

@@LandersWorkshop suspect that’s just the incidental music used when the blue camper van is being driven about but I’ll look into it just in case. Thanks 👍

[@victordunn6490]

Shug English, a legend!!!

[@chrise2339]

Shug.. The wee guy getting his hair cut was very well known.. The Tartan Express

[@trampre411]

I hope Nigel don't buy a BSA motorcycle god help us !!!! .

[@fredgrove4220]

What's wrong with BSA's? I've had many over the years, and I love 'em.

[@trampre411]

Its a joke Barry au wiedersehen pet .

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

Wtf it's supposed to be about the cafe very miss leading

[@Mothertrucker896]

Read the title carefully, Trucking in the 80s ‘FEATURING’ the rose cafe.

[@mistofoles]

Is the Rose Cafe' still there today ?

[@andrewharvey6400]

no

[@mistofoles]

@@andrewharvey6400 Really ? That's a shame, what happened to it ?

[@andrewharvey6400]

@@mistofoles Actually I was wrong It did close but it seems it's back. but not really a transport cafe these days.

[@ELITEDEMON991]

The rose cafe is kind of still there on 3 mile hill, not too lorry driver friendly because of the parking, still worth a visit in passing though 😎

[@neilthomas4407]

Searched everywhere anyone know where I can get or what Ian Dury album Rose Cafe is on?

[@CycolacFan]

I've been searching myself since 1987, no one has ever heard of it under that name, Jackknife Frank or anything similar. I suspect it might have been a one off recording since, obviously, Ian is also the narrator.

[@chrise2339]

My dad ( getting the haircut) once said ...the film crew were in lorry park set up to view the trucks pulling in, my dad was asked to pull back in & they shot it..bull horns on top of an orange DAF ,Bryce company .. so ' is this rose cafe film have unseen footage? that was cut .. ? I know trucknet UK spoke of some sorts also .. Begging ??????? Long time ago tho Jim

[@joseloonybin5478]

clever trevor is the name of the track not sure what album it's from

[@joseloonybin5478]

new boots and panties

[@CycolacFan]

@@joseloonybin5478 that’s the name of one track used but we’re after the main music used at the beginning where the line of trucks in driving down the dual carriageway.

[@chrishague8063]

Love these old tapes ❤