Leicester's Bygone's

[robinswh]

Aec mammoth major

[robinswh]

another couple of aec mercuries

[carryfast-yeti]

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Aec mammoth major

no greedy boards i'd love to see him take his first corner ..at speed!

[nick lambden]

Great pictures. That's the way to load .No sheet.

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[robinswh]

must have kept the windscreen repair shops in full employment !1 I m not absolutely sure on this but I think the 2 aecs were ex beeney

[nick lambden]

My Albion 4 wheel flat PHE635G. Taken 1976.



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[nick lambden]

Miller's tar plant being delivered to Bardon quarry.1950s.

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[robinswh]

bexton and smith

[nick lambden]

I have driven Bextons Dodge in the early to midd 70s ,was in better condition then. Also I have done repairs on it.

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[nick lambden]

2 Bexton and Smith Atkinson 8 wheelers.Ex CTS Tamworth.

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[carryfast-yeti]

I have driven Bextons Dodge in the early to midd 70s ,was in better condition then. Also I have done repairs on it.

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can you do a few more repairs on the little dodge,nick? look's a nice restoration project

[nick lambden]

Yes that's a big job Bextons had alot of lorry's parked up like that . Don't know what happened to them when they sold the yard. It's now houses.

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[robinswh]

a couple more

[robinswh]

Moores of ashby early Leyland comet...fast motor but hard to stop 2 Orpwoods donisthorpe

[Spardo]

Moores of ashby early Leyland comet...fast motor but hard to stop 2 Orpwoods donisthorpe

I can believe that, Hedly Shaw of Stapleford had one of those with the cab smashed in, always parked alongside the garage as a warning.

[carryfast-yeti]

how old is that Comet then? must be early '60's ?

[robinswh]

definitely pre 1958 they stopped making comets with this cab design the LAD cab came next.....and air brakes much later I would guess this model around 1955.

[robinswh]

cliffe hill quarry early 1950 s second one 1960 s

[nick lambden]

My MAN ex Enderby Transport, Omega Iveco unloading Canberra fusalarge East Midlands Areopark 1990s

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[coomsey]

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Nmp off F B

[carryfast-yeti]

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Nmp off F B

TAY 473 is still registered on the Gov website! wonder if it is sitting in a barn,waiting to be re-discovered?

[robinswh]

How do I access the government website ? TAY would be leicestershire about 1958 or 1959 .

[carryfast-yeti]

How do I access the government website ? TAY would be leicestershire about 1958 or 1959 .

go on the Gov.uk site,click on 'check vehicle MOT history'.

it has TAY down as Seddon Atkinson Uknown,colour Green,fuel diesel,date first reg. 22 June 1959.

[robinswh]

Thank you very much I have a new investigative tool now.......I think this atkinson was built around 1955 it still has the wooden cab ...and for some reason not registered in the uk until 1959.

[B.Wadsworth]

WAS THE ATKI UNIT , BEXTONS, AN EX ALFRED DEXTORS LIVERPOOL , Cheers Barry

[robinswh]

looks like it

[carryfast-yeti]

Thank you very much I have a new investigative tool now.......I think this atkinson was built around 1955 it still has the wooden cab ...and for some reason not registered in the uk until 1959.

i found out from that site that the Matchless motorcycle i have just bought was last taxed in 1979!
back to the Atki..John Ellis & Sons were bought out by one of my old employers,Redland,and their old works at Barrow still had the name on one of the buildings..may still have! must have a snoop around one day

[robinswh]

1964 commer TNH272 one of batch of about 12 my late father drove TNH265

[coomsey]

The girls nmp

[coomsey]

Joey Pallet was a rum fella, did a bit for him. There can't have been many left on the production line after this gal ,nmp