Hi Dave, I found these 2 photos last weekend. I remember the steamers on the Dock Road
in Liverpool in the early 60s. I recall there were Bibbys,and also Criddle Sentinel Steam
short wheelbase tractors, chuff-chuff-chuffing along past the Pier Head,usually pulling
a drawbar trailer loaded with sacks of grain or animal feed.
Whether Criddle PD 1854 was ever owned and operated by Criddle, I do not know,
it has a Surrey number plate, perhaps it became a “Criddle” only in preservation.
I am sure some Sentinel expert will kindly supply us with the answer.
The 2nd Sentinel KG 1123 could have been originally with “Cardiff Gas Light & Coke Co”,
because it has a Cardiff Number Plate. I was at the Model Railway Exhibition at
Merchant Taylors School last Sunday, and by pure chance, I got chatting to an ex lorry
driver who showed me 3 photos of Jarvis Robinson Transport Leylands. as soon as he
sends them to me, I will post them on here. I have just put a photo of an “Echo Van”
on the Scrapbook Memories thread. Kind Regards, Ray Smyth.
