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Worked for Eddie Stobart with your name on a Lorry?

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BabyGrooverBug · 30/04/2026 19:25

Anyone work for Eddie Stobart and get their name on a lorry?

How did you feel about it?

Did you go down and see the lorry in the car park from time to time?

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Saisong · 30/04/2026 23:48

There was a thread on here a 'few' years ago called something like 'The Eddie Stobart method of naming girls' - where you had to name your next female child after the first Stobart truck you saw.

SabrinaThwaite · 30/04/2026 23:42

HoppityBun · 30/04/2026 20:27

I used to love seeing Norbert Dentressangle!

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I’m sure Norbert Dentressangle used to get quite a few letters published in Viz, along with his mate Hapag Lloyd.

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BabyGrooverBug · 30/04/2026 22:43

AsACloud · 30/04/2026 21:43

I work for them. Didn’t have my name on the truck as didn’t want to but got to name two so chose family and friends names…they were delighted 😂
The drivers didn’t get to choose the names. There was often a 2 year wait to get your name chosen and a lot were done via charity donations/auctions or naming after someone’s child for a family that had suffered a loss, as per PP comment.

Thanks, that's made my night!

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kdoia · 30/04/2026 22:37

The stobart family are now involved in Logistics development group

Needmorelego · 30/04/2026 22:37

Gingernaut · 30/04/2026 21:49

😱😱😱

Scrubsy looks like a prototype Cyberman

Jesus! He's terrifying!!!

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He originally didn't have the face.
Somebody somewhere decided it was a good idea to do that 😂😂😂

Nat6999 · 30/04/2026 22:32

There are very few Stobart lorries left, Culina have taken over, I follow an HGV driver on YouTube & he did a delivery to what was a Stobart depot, all the trailers & some of the HGV units were all waiting to be scrapped.

CorvusPurpureus · 30/04/2026 22:24

That’s worse than getting a tattoo! Imagine if she runs off with an ice cream van guy & for years after you’re driving around with her name on your truck.

I suppose if any of the drivers are swingers, they could discreetly signal to other interested parties by truck swapping?

sanityisamyth · 30/04/2026 22:20

Hungrycaterpillarsmummy · 30/04/2026 19:49

I thought it was just random women's names?!

They were traditionally the name of the driver’s wife or girlfriend.

HarrietSchulenberg · 30/04/2026 22:04

I think I still have our Steady Eddie video tape somewhere. It was given to me by a fiend who worked at Stobart in Warrington at the time. Must have been about 20 years ago now Shock.

Gingernaut · 30/04/2026 21:49

Needmorelego · 30/04/2026 20:05

I'd probably go and say hello to "my" lorry.
I say hello to the robot cleaners they have at railway stations.
Although I am slightly terrified of "Scrubsy" who works at Charing Cross Station so I am keeping on his good side.
(picture incoming....)

😱😱😱

Scrubsy looks like a prototype Cyberman

Jesus! He's terrifying!!!

AsACloud · 30/04/2026 21:43

I work for them. Didn’t have my name on the truck as didn’t want to but got to name two so chose family and friends names…they were delighted 😂
The drivers didn’t get to choose the names. There was often a 2 year wait to get your name chosen and a lot were done via charity donations/auctions or naming after someone’s child for a family that had suffered a loss, as per PP comment.

MrsMoastyToasty · 30/04/2026 21:36

We would Eddie spot on our way to Scotland. When we first started going up the M6 wasn't open all the way up to the border so the A road took you past their HQ.
DH worked for a competitor- hauling not just any food, but M&S food...

Tillow4ever · 30/04/2026 21:25

HoppityBun · 30/04/2026 20:27

I used to love seeing Norbert Dentressangle!

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Omg me too! I loved the sound of the company name l. I thought I was alone and weird!

Snooks1971 · 30/04/2026 21:15

I’m having a fever dream
or one of those wafty dreams you have after having a wee at 5am

GardenCovent · 30/04/2026 21:13

TakeALookAtTheseSwatches · 30/04/2026 19:53

No but me and my husband punch each other every time we see an Eddie Stobart

Ditto
It was also great for keeping the kids amused on long car journeys to see who could spot one first

Needspaceforlego · 30/04/2026 21:12

TheCumbrian · 30/04/2026 21:08

They got bought out by Culina a few years ago and the old style lorries hardly exist these days.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/05/eddie-stobart-transport-firm-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse

Thanks for that. I have wondered what happened to them.

realsavagelike · 30/04/2026 20:58

HoppityBun · 30/04/2026 20:27

I used to love seeing Norbert Dentressangle!

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YES!

Cyclebabble · 30/04/2026 20:54

I do not know if they still own it, but I went through Southend Airport a few times which they did. All of the service vehicles were made to look like Stobart trucks and they had names on. Nice place. Little things amuse little minds like mine.

ERthree · 30/04/2026 20:49

The drivers can name the cabs. They name them after the Mums or wives.

ScorchedEarthAdjacent · 30/04/2026 20:37

A family member worked for a company that had close links with Eddie Stobart. Family member died unexpectedly and her employer arranged for her name to be on a lorry. Her immediate family were invited to see the lorry. I look for it every time I’m on a motorway

mumofoneAloneandwell · 30/04/2026 20:36

New life goal unlocked 🥰

MyGirlJ · 30/04/2026 20:36

ToffeePennie · 30/04/2026 20:18

A friend donated a big bunch of money to have her daughter’s name put on one. the money went to the charity of the year
Another friend, her daughter loved seeing the Lorries and was determined to get her name on one, but sadly, she died when she was just 3. The company found out (I may have written and told them) that my friends daughter loved them and they named their next newest lorry after the daughter. My friend loved it because “she’s off having adventures”

Aw that's really choked me up. What a lovely thing to do ❤️

HoppityBun · 30/04/2026 20:27

Vitrolinsanity · 30/04/2026 20:09

I googled, the first were Tammy, Dolly, Suzi and Twiggy. Eddie’s mam Nora got one and Fusilier Lee Ryan is the exception to women’s names.

We love seeing ES trucks on the motorway and always hoot and wave.

Back in the days we also made a game of Safeway lorries: would they have salmon, would they have strawberries? Anything to while the time.

I used to love seeing Norbert Dentressangle!

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