PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

[DEANB]

Is the F88 with fridge a Greenaway from Cornwall used to do banana's, real memory jerkers on here boys, Buzzer.

Well done Buzzer, you were spot on ! Since my post this morning Paul has emailed me a better pic of it !

[michel]

To my knowledge, Unic never sold lorries in England during the 50/70th . But they sold a lot Unic George Richard ( founder of the factory) as taxis in the beginning of the 1900 th to London city.

[Bewick]

Join the "piggy back club" ! this was a common sight in the late 60's and into the 70's, particularly Scottish firms such as Sam Anderson. These two Bewick motors are on their way to Ellesmere Port IIRC when we had regular Russian pulp ships in and provided the bales of pulp were loaded straight onto "wheels" and didn't touch the dock the Mill didn't have to pay port fees ! so it was always a desperate panic to at short notice to get as many trailers into Ellesmere to load as much as possible straight onto trailers . The rest went into the Shed and we worked away on it over the following couple of weeks ! Cheers Bewick.

[coomsey]

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Is the F88 with fridge a Greenaway from Cornwall used to do banana's, real memory jerkers on here boys, Buzzer.

Hello Buzzer, sorry chap cant tell blew the pic up but where its on the move cant make the name out.

These Unic T 340 were built by Unic in their factory in Trappes ,west from Paris, the engine was a V8 one and gearbox was a 8 range homemade. The "group" cab was tilting , same as a Fiat one which did'nt on the Italian range.
It seems that the first one is from the Multi-Transport company who still exists in Le Puy en Velay ,but mainly owns Daf,Man and Mercedes.
The freight could be Michelin tyres.

Michel, Thanks for the information. Out of intrest,does anyone know if the Unic brand was sold in the UK ?
I know the Fiat with the same cab was,but a french driver was asking me if Unic's were sold here. Although i
remember seeing Unic's i dont know if they were actually marketed here ???

Whats the odds that Mr B says something about the sheets on James Reid Ford Transcon.
Another cracking set of photos again DEANB thanks.

Funny you should mention that i thought exactly the same when i saw the sheet blowing in the wind. If you
look at the driver it looks like hes checking his mirror ! Probably muttering to himself .


Starting with a fine looking Foden tipper !

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Thats an early F86

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Single axle trailer on the TM,you dont see many of them these days.

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ERF, was on here yesterday photographed in a different spot.

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What can you say.....

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Nice looking 6 wheeler TM.

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DAF

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Roman, i said originally that these were rare and then seemed to be posting alot of pics of them,thinking that
they must have been alot more common than i remembered. However Paul contacted me and assured me they
were rare but he always took a pic when he saw one ! Is that a Atkinson Borderer going the other way ???

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Seddon Atkinson 400

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Merc looks a bit tired,could do with a wash !

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My God Dean had the red Cliffe hill Foden for a day.The only red un the rest Tarmac khaki
ERF Murphy's sister above

[BonkeyDollocks]

Indeed Coomsey lad, I was told once it was a one off to celebrate the silver jubilee of '77. It's a superb photo.

And to Dean - I know a chap that is compiling a book on Tarmac's history and would love to include the pic in his book. Full copyright details will be included and Paul will be mentioned in the acknowledgements.

[rward]

I think that airflow wagon and drag was driven by Sid bishop from Caerphilly for airflow Blackwood and the catnic scania with that trailor topped would have been something wrong with it as we only topped if there was a problem these pictures of Paul gees are brilliant regards rowly

[kenfig bill]

Great stuff on this thread .........thanks DEANB ........That Caswell Borderer brings back memories ..........Coopers filters Llanfoist mostly in tautliners ........they also on occasions .......hauled chimney pots from a factory in Brecon ......magic ! ....Geraint .

[DEANB]

Thanks for that photo of J R Margrett's S-Atki, the driver of which was ...? Marshall. As a dedicated ERF fan, J.R. couldn't wait to get rid of the S/A- he reckoned that it spent twice as much time in the workshop (barn!) than the rest of the lorries put together.

Thanks for the observation Retired Old Fart !

Is that a Atkinson Borderer going the other way ???

No, it's a Motor Panels cab, so likely to be a Seddon or a Guy Big J

Cheers 240 Gardner i thought you would know if it was a Borderer or not !

To my knowledge, Unic never sold lorries in England during the 50/70th . But they sold a lot Unic George Richard ( founder of the factory) as taxis in the beginning of the 1900 th to London city.

Thanks for the reply Michel,appreciate it !

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Join the "piggy back club" ! this was a common sight in the late 60's and into the 70's, particularly Scottish firms such as Sam Anderson. These two Bewick motors are on their way to Ellesmere Port IIRC when we had regular Russian pulp ships in and provided the bales of pulp were loaded straight onto "wheels" and didn't touch the dock the Mill didn't have to pay port fees ! so it was always a desperate panic to at short notice to get as many trailers into Ellesmere to load as much as possible straight onto trailers . The rest went into the Shed and we worked away on it over the following couple of weeks ! Cheers Bewick.

Thanks for the pic Dennis ! I bet there were some big ques of trucks waiting to load,so they did not
get charged the fees !

Indeed Coomsey lad, I was told once it was a one off to celebrate the silver jubilee of '77. It's a superb photo.

And to Dean - I know a chap that is compiling a book on Tarmac's history and would love to include the pic in his book. Full copyright details will be included and Paul will be mentioned in the acknowledgements.

Thanks coomsey for your input again and the pic !

BonkeyDollocks, I have sent Paul a message asking him about the pic,but would imagine it will be fine
as he is pretty chilled ! Will let you know when i hear back from him.

I think that airflow wagon and drag was driven by Sid bishop from Caerphilly for airflow Blackwood and the catnic scania with that trailor topped would have been something wrong with it as we only topped if there was a problem these pictures of Paul gees are brilliant regards rowly

Long time no speak Rowly ! Thanks for your input,hope you are well,sent you a PM.

Great stuff on this thread .........thanks DEANB ........That Caswell Borderer brings back memories ..........Coopers filters Llanfoist mostly in tautliners ........they also on occasions .......hauled chimney pots from a factory in Brecon ......magic ! ....Geraint .

Thanks for your comments kenfig bill, Paul will be pleased its bringing back memories to so many people !



A couple of ERF's

Day cab Crusader.

Seddon Atkinson 400

Guy Big J

Immacualte 2800 Daf,must be new i would imagine. Unusual company name Ernest Waudsy !

DAF

Tidy 111 Scania.

Bedford TM training vehicle.

Scammell,from memory i think it was a Handyman ???

Foden,cab looks big in that picture ?

[DEANB]

One of Calor's ERF's.

Convoy of ERF's. The thing you notice about the pics when you can see a bit more road,is just how
quiet it was back then !

Guy Big J and ERF

Hicks Seddon Atkinson.

Bee's Scania.

ERF and Leyland.

Plain DAF

Mercedes.

Old Foden.

Foden.

[DEANB]

Some period adverts.

[240 Gardner]

Some period adverts.

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Hmmm... except Harry Parky's Atki isn't a Borderer!

I guess the advert dates from before the time when Frank Whalley was in charge of these things, rather than a Seddon predecessor

[coomsey]

Indeed Coomsey lad, I was told once it was a one off to celebrate the silver jubilee of '77. It's a superb photo.

And to Dean - I know a chap that is compiling a book on Tarmac's history and would love to include the pic in his book. Full copyright details will be included and Paul will be mentioned in the acknowledgements.

Think your right B D its in the old Cliffe colour.Dean/Paul pic must be early in her life, when I had her she had wooden greedy boards don't know why though cos don't recall any of the khaki ones having em

[coomsey]

Hope you don't mind me putting pic on but thought with Murphy's tippers winning the head count another would be interesting (not my pic)

[Buzzer]

Lorry driver of the year contest, do they still do that today ? just wondered but if they do the judges would have to be multi lingual eh, Buzzer.

[newmercman]

Fantastic thread.

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[Bewick]

This thread is an absolute treasure trove of shots from yesteryear and is the equivalent of the "Great Bubbleman's" thread that kept us all eagerly awaiting his next batch of shots from years previously. Anyway well done Paul and Deano ! Regards Dennis.

[DEANB]

Some period adverts.

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Hmmm... except Harry Parky's Atki isn't a Borderer!





I guess the advert dates from before the time when Frank Whalley was in charge of these things, rather than a Seddon predecessor

From memory that advert came out of a commercial motor mag from the 70s. I downloaded it a few years ago !

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Hope you don't mind me putting pic on but thought with Murphy's tippers winning the head count another would be interesting (not my pic)

Thanks again coomsey for your input. Nice pic !

Lorry driver of the year contest, do they still do that today ? just wondered but if they do the judges would have to be multi lingual eh, Buzzer.

I dont think they do "driver of the year" anymore i cant recall reading about it for years ? Reckon you
are right about the judges !!

Fantastic thread.

Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Glad you are enjoying it.

This thread is an absolute treasure trove of shots from yesteryear and is the equivalent of the "Great Bubbleman's" thread that kept us all eagerly awaiting his next batch of shots from years previously. Anyway well done Paul and Deano ! Regards Dennis.

Appreciate the comments Dennis, Paul will be chuffed so many people are enjoying the memories ! Hopefully alot more to come !



A quick question to you all. Who were the largest fleets back in the 1970s ??? I can remember BRS , Pickford's must have been pretty big and the other company that seemed to be huge was Christian Salverson.
Who else ????



I used to know all the different types but without looking it up what type of Leyland is this one ?

Tidy ERF

Mercedes

ERF. The tipper trailer sides seem very low on that ? What would that be for tarmac ????

Leyland or AEC

Some Volvo "porn"

Tidy ERF

ERF tanker.

Foden. I think these particular Fodens have so much character about them.

ERF

[DEANB]

BRS Leyland, is it a buffalo..

Geest Foden

Rugby cement ERF

F86 bulker.

Leyland buffalo ?

Marathon same company as above.

Mercedes day cab.

ERF

Scania

Seddon Atkins look tidy.

[DEANB]

A few period adverts of the time.

[ramone]

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

[coomsey]

Some period adverts.

seddon8.jpg

seddon9.jpg

Hmmm... except Harry Parky's Atki isn't a Borderer!





I guess the advert dates from before the time when Frank Whalley was in charge of these things, rather than a Seddon predecessor

From memory that advert came out of a commercial motor mag from the 70s. I downloaded it a few years ago !

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Hope you don't mind me putting pic on but thought with Murphy's tippers winning the head count another would be interesting (not my pic)

Thanks again coomsey for your input. Nice pic !

Lorry driver of the year contest, do they still do that today ? just wondered but if they do the judges would have to be multi lingual eh, Buzzer.

I dont think they do "driver of the year" anymore i cant recall reading about it for years ? Reckon you are right
about the judges !!

Fantastic thread.

Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk

Glad you are enjoying it.

This thread is an absolute treasure trove of shots from yesteryear and is the equivalent of the "Great Bubbleman's" thread that kept us all eagerly awaiting his next batch of shots from years previously. Anyway well done Paul and Deano ! Regards Dennis.

Appreciate the comments Dennis, Paul will be chuffed so many people are enjoying the memories ! Hopefully alot
more to come !



A quick question to you all. Who were the largest fleets back in the 1970s ??? I can remember BRS , Pickford's must
have been pretty big and the other company that seemed to be huge was Christian Salverson. Who else ????



I used to know all the different types but without looking it up what type of Leyland is this one ?

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Tidy ERF

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Mercedes

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ERF. The tipper trailer sides seem very low on that ? What would that be for tarmac ????

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Leyland or AEC

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Some Volvo "porn"

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Tidy ERF

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ERF tanker.

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Foden. I think these particular Fodens have so much character about them.

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ERF

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Mk 2 octopus Dean, I had R reg from new.Leyland engine 9sp fuller would leave Gardner for dead. Good drivers motor bad gaffers motor

[HRS]

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Hi ramone,
The Octopus, so light drivers checks included tightening up chassis bolts.. ha !! put me right on the AEC, what was the Marshall Major, ?? Harvey

[MaggieD]

Hi Dean,

Many thanks to you and Paul for all the photo's,great to see them all out working and earning,as already mentioned not many of us carried a camera in those days,and also couldn't afford the developing and printing costs on £20 a week !

Regards
Richard

[MaggieD]

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Hi ramone,
The Octopus, so light drivers checks included tightening up chassis bolts.. ha !! put me right on the AEC, what was the Marshall Major, ?? Harvey

Hi Harvey,

Hope you are keeping well, the Marshall Major from memory had the AV760 engine,and was available as a 6x2/6x4/8x2/8x4 Rigid,it had a bit more power than my old Marshall 6x4 with the AV505 I had on round timber down Dean's part of the world.

Regards
Richard

[DEANB]

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Thanks for the reply,Paul will be pleased !

Thanks for your input again coomsey.

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Hi ramone,
The Octopus, so light drivers checks included tightening up chassis bolts.. ha !! put me right on the AEC, what was the Marshall Major, ?? Harvey

Cheers Harvey, Tightening up chassis bolts....

Hi Dean,

Many thanks to you and Paul for all the photo's,great to see them all out working and earning,as already mentioned not many of us carried a camera in those days,and also couldn't afford the developing and printing costs on £20 a week !

Regards
Richard

Indeed Richard he had to stop for a period himself due to the costs !

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Hi ramone,
The Octopus, so light drivers checks included tightening up chassis bolts.. ha !! put me right on the AEC, what was the Marshall Major, ?? Harvey

Hi Harvey,

Hope you are keeping well, the Marshall Major from memory had the AV760 engine,and was available as a 6x2/6x4/8x2/8x4 Rigid,it had a bit more power than my old Marshall 6x4 with the AV505 I had on round timber down Dean's part of the world.

Regards
Richard

Thanks for the info.



Tidy 89.

DAF

ERF

DAF

Leyland

Atkinson

ERF

F89 heavy haulier

F88

ERF

[kingswinford kit]

Great shots again that David Morris ERF 8 tipper rings a few bells ,think ROF ,will be able to fill us in on that one ! regards Keith .

[DEANB]

Dennis would like the way thats been sheeted !

Scania

Foden

Scania

Scammell trunker i think ??

Marathon

Guy

F88

Foden

Day cab TM Bedford.

[DEANB]

Indeed Coomsey lad, I was told once it was a one off to celebrate the silver jubilee of '77. It's a superb photo.

And to Dean - I know a chap that is compiling a book on Tarmac's history and would love to include the pic in his book. Full copyright details will be included and Paul will be mentioned in the acknowledgements.

Hello chap, Paul has contacted me today and says thats fine he can use the photo. If you PM me your email address i will send it over once Paul has sent me the full scale scan of it. He did mention something about
50% of the profits of the book !!

[gingerfold]

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Thanks for the reply,Paul will be pleased !

Thanks for your input again coomsey.

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Hi ramone,
The Octopus, so light drivers checks included tightening up chassis bolts.. ha !! put me right on the AEC, what was the Marshall Major, ?? Harvey

Cheers Harvey, Tightening up chassis bolts....

Hi Dean,

Many thanks to you and Paul for all the photo's,great to see them all out working and earning,as already mentioned not many of us carried a camera in those days,and also couldn't afford the developing and printing costs on £20 a week !

Regards
Richard

Indeed Richard he had to stop for a period himself due to the costs !

Great photos again Dean , I think the Leyland is an Octopus and the one further down is an Aec Mammoth Major . Keep up the great work

Hi ramone,
The Octopus, so light drivers checks included tightening up chassis bolts.. ha !! put me right on the AEC, what was the Marshall Major, ?? Harvey

Hi Harvey,

Hope you are keeping well, the Marshall Major from memory had the AV760 engine,and was available as a 6x2/6x4/8x2/8x4 Rigid,it had a bit more power than my old Marshall 6x4 with the AV505 I had on round timber down Dean's part of the world.

Regards
Richard

Thanks for the info.



Tidy 89.

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What a turn up, one of Ron Hennessey's tankers. I was speaking to him only recently and he will be chuffed that there are photos out there of some of his fleet. I dare not put his "history" on here, suffice it to say he was one of the industry's characters.

DAF

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ERF

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DAF

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Leyland

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Atkinson

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ERF

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F89 heavy haulier

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F88

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ERF

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[Retired Old Fart]

Great shots again that David Morris ERF 8 tipper rings a few bells ,think ROF ,will be able to fill us in on that one ! regards Keith .

When I saw the pic of the Morris ERF it rang a few bells, Keith, but although I recognised the 8-wheeler, I just couldn't get the lonely memory cell to proceed with any further details. The lorry I remember, the name I also remember but I'm afraid we will have to rely on someone with a better memory to provide more information. It may have helped if the address had been a little clearer- my calor gas-powered PC doesn't do the technology for that!
Anyone help?