A01=Leslie Purdon
Author_Leslie Purdon
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Product details
- ISBN 9781905523597
- Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2006
- Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishers International
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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"Leslie Purdon lives and breathes trucking" - "Truck and Driver". It's the 1970s. Trucker Dennis Richardson (Rich) revels in the laughs and camaraderie of his life on the road. He sets up a transport company, North Kent, with two pals. Benny is the one with the short fuse; Rich tries to calm him down - when he's not winding him up. The irrepressible Chuckles has his own way of dealing with tachographs and then there's the indispensable Jean, the rock on which they rest. The determined team go through humorous, and sometimes extreme, exploits as they strive to stay afloat. They run legal when they can and cut corners when necessary, gambling on the new Scandinavian trucks that are changing the industry. They are cheated out of their earnings - but still come up smiling.
Leslie Purdon was born in Gravesend. His only ambition from infant school onwards was to become a transport driver like other members of his family. During the last months of his school career he played truant in order to haul hardcore in a five-ton Canadian Ford on private land from Gravesend aerodrome to a local building site. After leaving school he became a driver's mate, got his driving licence and was called up for national service. When Les was demobbed he drove eight-wheel Atkinsons on an A licence, working for Arnold's Transport at Gravesend. He went on to drive for Everard's road tankers, Tankfreight, Pickfords, Thomas Allen and for fourteen years with BP long distance. His final stint was with P & O before he retired in 1998 after 46 years in road transport. After he retired, Les recalled his early working years in Truckers North Truckers South. Much of his spare time is taken up with his 1946 OLAD Bedford which he and his wife Pauline take to many steam and road truck shows. He lives in Lordswood, Chatham, Kent, where he is known as 'the man with the vintage lorry'.
