coomsey:
pete smith:
coomsey:
oiltreader:
Posted on Past and Present, just twigged it should be on here.
OilyWell I,ll go to the bottom of our stairs Pete. Seem to think some of Hudsons mid 70s were Dodges but only went there a dozen times. Are they still going, they ought to be if they were skimming a ton off loads or maybes he had got foot on brake by mistake !!■■ Mid 70s they were that black with red trims like the big boy pic
While I,ve got you n this is a long shot.You may have read that I used to do 5/6 loads of scrap engine/gearboxes from N London up to black land, havn,t a clue where only that the yard were on street of terraced houses, they,d knocked 1 or 2 down n that were entrance n that you had to back in n no weighbgidge. The yard were 3 or four of the gardens n seem to think that all they did were engine stripping. Don,t suppose you know who/where not much to go on I know but “your the man” cheers PaulHi Coomsey,
I cannot remember the Dodges, before my time! The only place I can think of for the engine breaker was in Princes End Tipton, inbetween a pub and a railway cutting? There was an engine breaker past Hudsons on right hand side as well! Cheer’s PeteTipton is ringing bells big time, “your def the man” Over the 8 yr I were on scrap we used to go to so many yards something to do with scrap price I,ve always supposed, difficult to recall when you run to them for a few months n then not again for a year or two. Then most are houses now, I were service engineer last 10yr n visited black country regular n couldn,t for the life of me put R Oaks on the map, shopping centre I,m told, you wouldn,t have had a bet on that in the 70s eh ?
If it was Tipton then it would be Mick the Pigs yard, next door to a pub called the Great Western I think, yes Round Oak is now the Merry Hill Shopping centre!