Bedford Lorries, you used to see them everywhere

I took this shot one Saturday in 1961 when I was 13 or 14,in Castle street Kendal,it was driven by a Kendal lad,Arthur Wilson who would have been about 22 at that time,he had previously driven for Fred Shaw of Lindale but left him to work for Cyril and Nelson Wearing.They were regular sub-contractors to Robsons of Carlisle but this load of two steel plates was from McKelvies and was destined for Walker Steel Bolton.It must have been a holiday week as I had a trip with this load on the Monday,we reloaded at Tate & Lyle in Liverpool back to a Wholesale grocers in Kendal and I even gave a hand to un-load on the Tuesday morning.IIRC he then had to go Carlisle to Robsons for a reload.Anyway,the motor! it had a Leyland engine,probably a 350 or maybe a 375 and an Eaton 2 speed axle,it had about a 21ft wood ali flat and from memory the steel plates overhung the back end by a few feet which did cause quite a bit of flapping fore and aft !! Happy days,cheers Bewick.