cattle wagon man:
Hi Leyland 600,
Thanks for the additional info. regarding Hughes & Beattie `s depots.How about this for a compact tipper with a difference ?
Bearing the name of D Reed of Dalston , Carlisle , it was shining in the afternoon sunshine at the recent Carlisle Vintage Rally .
Surely there`s not many E.R.F. s 4 wheeler tippers with a sleeper extension , and looking as good as this !
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
HI SWAIN/CWM/LEYLAND600. CLAUDE HUGHES NEVER HAD ANY 2 STROKE FODENS - THEY WERE ALL GARDNER 6LWs. EXCEPT FOR 1 X ERF KV TWIN STEER WHICH HAD A 5LW GARDNER. THERE WERE 3 X TWIN STEERS / 2 HAD TRAILERS ON THEM. 4X8WHEELERS AND 1X4 WHEELER WITH A 4LK GARDNER.HIS DEPOT WAS AT BOTCHERBY MILL AT THE BOTTOM OF GREYSTONE ROAD.THE CAR HE HAD WITH THE 4 LK WAS A LAGONDA [WHICH LATER BECAME MY DADS COMPANY CAR /HE WORKED THERE FOR 12 YEARS/ I WORKED THERE FOR 3 YEARS AS A TRAILER BOY] . THERE WAS NO WHITE STRIPE ON THEM. THE YARD THAT WAS ON WIGTON ROAD BELONGED TO CLAUDES BROTHER MATT UNTIL HIS DEATH. THE B.R.S. DEPOT AT CARLETON ALONG WITH THE ST.CHRISTOPHER HOTEL[NOW AN INDIAN RESTUARANT] AND THE 2 HOUSES ATTACHED TO THE HOTEL PLUS THE FODEN GARAGE ALL BELONGED TO CLAUDES SISTER GERTIE WHO LIVED IN A BUNGALOW FURTHER DOWN LONDON ROAD { WE USED TO HAVE TO GO AND DO HER GARDEN FOR HER ]