PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

Stanfield:
F Edmondson & Sons operated from a depot next to Sadler Tankers on White Lund Ind Est Morecambe during the 70s/80s and I believe they are still operating to this day. They used to run quite a tidy fleet of Mercs at the time. If i remember correctly one of his sons was called Peter.

Cheers John for your comments. Yes they are still going !

Bewick:
Hiya Dean, pleased to see the thread is still going strong ! I did see you had posted that article about Shap Fell this morning but I had to go into town so couldn’t respond ! I have read it on a previous occasion, it was out of a Truck Comic IIRC and some of it must be taken with a “pinch of salt” if I may say so I didn’t know any of the three Chaps in the article but I’ve heard of them. Fred Tuer and Jimmy Hayhurst were from the village of Morland between Penrith and Shap and they were both big Leyland men and dealt with salesman Tony Bingley of Hudson Engineers the Leyland/ERF Dealers from Sandside near Milnthorpe. I wasn’t a fan of Leylands as you may have guessed ( or the Hudson salesman ! ). If the Jack Wilson in the article was in fact J. R. Wilson of Penrith well I bought 3x 3 year old B reg. P cab 112’s via a dealer Pal which were from J. R. Wilson when they were packing in. I got them at the rate of one per month over 3 months and the first two were immaculate but the last one must have had a Rottweiler driving it ! I had agreed the same price for each of them but in the seconhand World you sometimes just have to “stand on” which I did. Our lads in the workshop did a fair job of bringing it up standard and it was allocated to a Driver who lets say wasn’t over fussy about his cab interior, good Lad but just not the cleanest or tidiest ! The 3 112’s had been well looked after servicewise and they did us a fine reliable job as I recall’ They had consecutive reg nos. B130/1/2 JAO IIRC. Happy Days Cheers Dennis.

Cheers Dennis, thanks for the info. “last one had a Rottweiler driving it”

moomooland:
The family-owned company of F Edmondson & Sons of Morecambe Lancashire was established in 1948.
Specialist in the field of furniture transport, distribution and delivery they are still going strong today.
In December 2013 the then Prime Minister David Cameron visited F Edmundson & Sons in Morecambe as part of his tour of the North West when he met owner Russell Edmondson and his staff.

Nice black and white pic Paul,thanks for the info.

Bewick:
Anyone recognise the Scania ■■? Looks like the last name is Hill ■■?

The Scania 81 was operated by West ■■■■■■■■ Duncan Hill from Maryport and IIRC he mainly would have been a subby of BRS in the late 50’s early 60’s then when they closed he would run out of Albright & Wilson Whitehaven ( formerly Marchon Chemicals) that load on the trailer is probably an A&W load and I’ve got to say that is a “fly sheet and a half” but demonstrates the pride the W. ■■■■■■■ Lads took in their S & R craft ! The firm still trades as Duncan Hill but has been owned by the Nixon family for many years now and I think they are into tankers nowadays IIRC. Cheers Dennis.
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Well spotted Dennis, thanks for the name.

Bewick:
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This was the last and worst of the three P112’s I mentioned in my previous post Dean, during it’s time on the fleet it did nothing but run up and down to N. East Scotland with Paper to Forfar or Kirriemuir and back from Montrose/Dundee/Grangemouth with woodpulp to Milnthorpe.Cheers Dennis.

Thanks for the pic !

Chris Webb:
Okells Ales ERF

Okells Ales brewed int Isle of Man by Heron and Brearley,Douglas. Good pint.

Thanks Chris !

Stanfield:
D Hulme was based in Dukinfield Cheshire and ran a lot of stone from the quarries around Buxton0

Cheers John for the info.