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PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Remember when going scotch (if from the south), or going down to the smoke (if from the north), was long distance?
When Middle East work was readily available?.
When driving a 111 or F89 meant you were truly the king of the road?
Recall those companies long gone, where every day was an adventure?

What ever happened to those drivers you spent hours with.. where did they go? and recollect on those characters in the industry sadly no longer with us.
This forum is for us all to indulge in a little nostalgia and remember with rose coloured glasses how much better it was in the olden days

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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby Ray Smyth » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:53 pm

DEANB wrote:Holmere Volvo F88

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Eden Vale Seddon Atkinson.

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Alan Fry Scania from Yeovil.

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Starlight Seddon Atkinson.

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Blue Circle Cement Constructor. Looks new.

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Anyone recognise the Renault ??? I think it was taken in Southampton ?

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Hovis Foden.

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John Compton Scania.

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Meachers ERF could do with a wash.

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I dont think we have had one of these on here before ? Windebank Bros International Mercedes.
Anyone know where they were from ?

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Hi Dean, Windebanks were from Portsmouth area, they did a lot of fruit & veg to
wholesale markets throughout the UK. Maggie D and Mappo will remember them.
Regards, Ray.
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby Buzzer » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:36 pm

Dean sadly John Compton passed in November just gone RIP, he came from Downton near Salisbury, Buzzer
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby ERF-NGC-European » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:51 pm

Thanks for posting the Crusader brochure and spec sheets, DEANB! They clear up a mystery for me: I've always thought that they were randomly fitted with Fuller 9, 10 or 15-speed boxes according to taste but it now becomes clear that 220 RR Crusaders had 10sp Fullers, 280 RR Crusaders had the beefier and newer 9-sp Fullers; and the 305 6x4 Crusaders had the 15-sp Fullers. Nice motors! I sat in one at Gaydon in June. Robert

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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby kenfig bill » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:25 pm

DEANB wrote:We have had alot of Crusaders on here.

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Hey Dean ,and Welsh crusaders as well !! ............Phillip Jones Fforestfach Swansea ........had about half a dozen on tinplate and Signode work .........Roger Marshall Newport did mostly Bell work .............Robbins probably had the most in the Swansea area ......V B Davies an immaculate fleet remember them at the Mond at Clydach hauling loads of nickel pellets .......awesome ...lol ..Geraint
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby oiltreader » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:31 pm

"Oily who does the ERF car transporter belong to ??"
Silcock and Collins colours Dean :)
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Postby moomooland » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:37 pm

oiltreader wrote: Silcock and Collins colours Dean :)
Oily


Here's a couple more....

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Postby oiltreader » Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:40 pm

Two courtesy of Graham Richardson of firms posted on your page Dean :)
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby FLOURPOWER » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:34 pm

DEANB wrote:Holmere Volvo F88

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Eden Vale Seddon Atkinson.

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Alan Fry Scania from Yeovil.

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Starlight Seddon Atkinson.

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Blue Circle Cement Constructor. Looks new.

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Anyone recognise the Renault ??? I think it was taken in Southampton ?

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Hovis Foden.
Another nice flourpower shot cheers Dean
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John Compton Scania.

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Meachers ERF could do with a wash.

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I dont think we have had one of these on here before ? Windebank Bros International Mercedes.
Anyone know where they were from ?

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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby FLOURPOWER » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:38 pm

DEANB wrote:T.H.Clements & Son ERF from Bennington,Boston.

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Blanford Plant Hire Leyland. Dont remember them Harvey ?

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JAKEY BRS Ford in your favourite colours.

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Greenwoods Foden with 2 trailers. How things ave changed you dont see this often now,it used to
be common to see trailers carried like this. I suppose the tautliners have taken over and fridges.

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COOP Foden
Is this a CO OP FLOUR motor?anybody know please?
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Anyone recognise the ERF bulker ???

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Sun Valley Volvo F86

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Oily who does the ERF car transporter belong to ??

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Morgan Hire Mercedes.

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Entress Volvo F7

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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 5:54 pm

Ray Smyth wrote:I dont think we have had one of these on here before ? Windebank Bros International Mercedes.
Anyone know where they were from ?

Hi Dean, Windebanks were from Portsmouth area, they did a lot of fruit & veg to
wholesale markets throughout the UK. Maggie D and Mappo will remember them.
Regards, Ray.


Thanks for the info Ray. :wink:


Buzzer wrote:Dean sadly John Compton passed in November just gone RIP, he came from Downton near Salisbury, Buzzer


Sorry to hear that Buzzer.


ERF-NGC-European wrote:Thanks for posting the Crusader brochure and spec sheets, DEANB! They clear up a mystery for me: I've always thought that they were randomly fitted with Fuller 9, 10 or 15-speed boxes according to taste but it now becomes clear that 220 RR Crusaders had 10sp Fullers, 280 RR Crusaders had the beefier and newer 9-sp Fullers; and the 305 6x4 Crusaders had the 15-sp Fullers. Nice motors! I sat in one at Gaydon in June. Robert.


No worries chap glad it helped. :D



kenfig bill wrote:="DEANB"We have had alot of Crusaders on here.

Hey Dean ,and Welsh crusaders as well !! ............Phillip Jones Fforestfach Swansea ........had about half a dozen on tinplate and Signode work .........Roger Marshall Newport did mostly Bell work .............Robbins probably had the most in the Swansea area ......V B Davies an immaculate fleet remember them at the Mond at Clydach hauling loads of nickel pellets .......awesome ...lol ..Geraint


They seemed to have a big following in Wales Geraint. :wink:



oiltreader wrote:"Oily who does the ERF car transporter belong to ??"
Silcock and Collins colours Dean :) Oily


Thats the one Oily,could not remember the name ! :roll: :lol:


moomooland wrote: Silcock and Collins colours Dean :)
Here's a couple more....


Thanks for the pics Paul. :D


oiltreader wrote:Two courtesy of Graham Richardson of firms posted on your page Dean :)
Oily


Thanks Oily for the pics. :wink: Paul sent me these two photos that he took about 2 weeks ago.
The two companies were featured yeaterday and he reckons its 20 years between the pics. :D :wink:

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FLOURPOWER wrote:Hovis Foden.
Another nice flourpower shot cheers Dean.


They must have had a large fleet "FLOURPOWER" as Paul and Mark certainly caught a few of their motors ! :lol:


FLOURPOWER wrote:COOP Foden
Is this a CO OP FLOUR motor?anybody know please?


"gingerfold" may know ?
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby JAKEY » Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:19 pm

Thank you Dean and PAUL.
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby gingerfold » Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:53 pm

FLOURPOWER wrote:COOP Foden
Is this a CO OP FLOUR motor?anybody know please?


"gingerfold" may know ?[/quote]

No, by the time the Foden was registered, 1981, all the CWS flour mills had closed and the trade absorbed by Spillers. As a guess I suggest that its from one of the CWS dairies, possibly Fole.
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby revman » Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:11 pm

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Anyone recognise the F86 ???

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B.L.Kirkham / G.N.Jones Transport ERF bulker.

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Bradley & Sons DAF tanker.

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Anyone recognise the Saviem bulker ???

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Castle Dairy's GUY

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P.J.Butler & Sons smart Bedford.

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Mansel Davies tidy F10 bulker.

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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 7:33 pm

JAKEY wrote:Thank you Dean and PAUL.
:wink:


gingerfold wrote:
FLOURPOWER wrote:COOP Foden
Is this a CO OP FLOUR motor?anybody know please?


"gingerfold" may know ?


No, by the time the Foden was registered, 1981, all the CWS flour mills had closed and the trade absorbed by Spillers. As a guess I suggest that its from one of the CWS dairies, possibly Fole.[/quote]

Thanks for the reply Graham ! :wink:



revman wrote:"DEANB"]Neil Hobson Volvo F88. Looks like that motor has done some Middle East work with the air con unit and it looks like Arabic writing on the bumper.


Sorry to hear that "revman" RIP.

Heres his motor again.

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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:13 pm

Watch out the Swede's are coming ! :lol: :lol:

Two iconic trucks from the 1970's, Volvo's mighty F12 and Scania's mighty 141 !

Will do a bit about these 2 in the near future.

Article from 1977.

Click on pages twice to read.

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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:14 pm

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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:14 pm

Any Leyland Octopus fans on here ! We have had a fair few on here.

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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:14 pm

The new Leyland Octopus preview 1975.

Click on pages twice to read.

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Road test 1976.
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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:15 pm

Leyland Octopus brochure.

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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:15 pm

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Brochure 2.

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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:16 pm

Anyone recognise the Scania bulker ??

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R.J.Matthew & Son Mercedes.

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Anyone recognise who the ERF belongs to ??

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Anyone recognise the 113 Scania ?? Looks like something "Way" on the door ??

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Wincanton Mercedes.

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Gibbs Transport Scania.

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AAG Distribution Volvo.

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Kay - Metzeler Volvo.

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Dave Parry & Son Volvo. Looks like the Newbury bypass.

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Brennan Transport Scania.

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Postby DEANB » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:16 pm

Think it might be a Haulmatic dump truck ?

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Berk Spencer Acids Seddon Atkinson.

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Bees Transport Scania.

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Rugby Cement ERF

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Cant make the name out on the ERF ??

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Heres a rare one,Wilson Generators Dennison.

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"JAKEY" BRS Midlands Scania.

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Robert will like this ERF of Turner Bros.

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Anyone recognise the Volvo F7,cant make the name out on the door ??

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Thorn Maggie.

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Postby JAKEY » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:26 pm

Thank you for the photo of the blue BRS scania and White trailer ,any one know what depot it was from ? :lol:
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Postby gazsa401 » Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:52 pm

The blue Scania 3 Series belonged to Clearway Distribution Nottingham
They ceased trading some years ago
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Re: PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION

Postby Chris Webb » Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:39 pm

Hi Dean.

The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris "240" Gardner knows about them. :D
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Postby Retired Old Fart » Thu Dec 06, 2018 10:45 pm

Chris Webb wrote:Hi Dean.

The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris "240" Gardner knows about them. :D


Am I having delusional memories again, or did Gist used to be BOC and before that Baker's?
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Postby ERF-NGC-European » Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:48 pm

Retired Old Fart wrote:
Chris Webb wrote:Hi Dean.

The ERF with the Marks and Spencer fridge trailer is one of Gist.Chris "240" Gardner knows about them. :D


Am I having delusional memories again, or did Gist used to be BOC and before that Baker's?


You are correct on all points ROF! I drove these (briefly) for Gist. They were spoiled by their crap Eaton 'S'-type synchromesh boxes. Robert

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Postby ERF-NGC-European » Thu Dec 06, 2018 11:52 pm

Yes indeed Dean, these 5MW-cabbed ERFs were an interesting alternative to the LV-cabbed ERFs: at least they were sleeper cabs! Robert

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Postby Me.Paul.101 » Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:11 am

DEANB wrote:Think it might be a Haulmatic dump truck ?

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Berk Spencer Acids Seddon Atkinson.

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Bees Transport Scania.

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Rugby Cement ERF

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Cant make the name out on the ERF ??

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Heres a rare one,Wilson Generators Dennison.

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"JAKEY" BRS Midlands Scania.

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Robert will like this ERF of Turner Bros.

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Anyone recognise the Volvo F7,cant make the name out on the door ??

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Thorn Maggie.

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Hi guy's, The LV ERF straw transporter looks like possibly J Richards of Newent, I could of course be completely wrong. Looks like a tidy outfit whoever it is. I will show a mate of mine tomorrow as he was from over that way.....Cheers, keep up the fantastic photo's and chat. Always look forwards to looking in as you can never predict what's coming next...
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Postby Retired Old Fart » Fri Dec 07, 2018 3:48 am

Me.Paul.101 wrote:
Hi guy's, The LV ERF straw transporter looks like possibly J Richards of Newent, I could of course be completely wrong. Looks like a tidy outfit whoever it is. I will show a mate of mine tomorrow as he was from over that way.....Cheers, keep up the fantastic photo's and chat. Always look forwards to looking in as you can never predict what's coming next...

I never thought of John Richards, Paul. He and I drank in the same watering hole many years ago. At that time he was asking my advice on whether or not to invest in some ex-BRS LAD Chieftain units with half a dozen Scammell-coupled trailers for his fledgling hay & straw business. I tried to put him off the idea due to the fact that he was planning on dropping the trailers in various Cotswold farmers' fields and I pointed out that a) they weren't suitable for dropping on a field where, if it rained heavily he may have to dig them out and b)I could imagine that stability would be a problem when he had loaded bales eight or nine high on such a vehicle. I never did find out if he took my advice as I politely refused his kind offer of becoming his transport manager ("Driver", to me & you!) preferring instead the better-paid and easier work offered by BRS at Merrin End.
Silly note: On his nightly visits to the said premises, John would open the sliding driver's door of his Morris LD van, whereupon his collie would leap out and they would race the final half mile to the bar. I don't think John ever came first!
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