This is a March 1970 shot of the entire Bewick fleet standing at the Paper Mill one Saturday about mid day. The Bedford KE was a recent addition and was driven by one of my younger Brother’s who had turned 17 in the previous December and when he passed his test I bought the new Bedford which was 10 ton gvw and fitted with a nice 17ft light Ali/wood flat it could carry 7 ton comfortably ( 8ton was a regular payload !) We had the 4 speed changed for a 5 speed box and the 20 gal tank swapped for the slim 45 gal coach tank. We also had the Tecalamit autolube system fitted. It ran up and down on distance work and at one time my Brother “got in” at Starch Products Slough and they had him running up and down to Scotland loaded both ways !
Those were the days ! Cheers Bewick.
