OLD LIVESTOCK HAULIERS SHROPSHIRE

[143topline]

nice one andy of the f86 laid to rest on ground under the railway bridge. looked there a few times myself but alas never took any photos

[143topline]

i have a photo of an erf 8 wheeler of sj morris will try to post it over the weekend

S J Morris also covered Shropshire, I have been told this vehicle is parked in shed in Trefonen

[jonmea]

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Hi jonmea,
Derek retired a few years ago,had a four wheeler FL6 curtainsider the last few years he was operating.
Cheers Dave.

thanks for that Dave.

[Kate]

Bowker Brothers did livestock haulage, and although i have loads of photos of the lorries, I don't have any of the stockboxes. I do however, have loads of happy memories of playing around these lorries as a child.
A couple of names I remember being on the stock there were Harry Jarrett, and Joker Preece.

Also one of the drivers from ET Rowlands who drove a stock box was Bill Allen, and I do have a recent photo of him. A face that tells a thousand stories, and I'll post it up as soon as I get the OK from him.

[Dave the Renegade]

Just over the border,from Shropshire,here's one of M E Edwards and Sons of Llanfair Caereinion .

[143topline]

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photo taken at craven arms cattle market 1961?
left to right
commer of frank barret from oswestry, leyland beaver of a e jones ludlow, bedford of jukes leintwardine, austin of richard edwards from clun and another bedford of jukes

[143topline]

thats got the photo on now , the description is on the previous post

[Dave the Renegade]

Hi 143,
I remember Jukes well with the AEC's and Bedfords,they used to do quite a bit of general haulage in the 60's,they did quite a bit for Passey Nott & Co from Kington,who my Father drove for,they used to fetch quite a bit of bagged slag from Margam,also other bagged loads,also Archer's had Stock lorries as well,from Leintwardine.
Cheers Dave.

[Denis F]

Nice pics


Keep them coming

( out of my area so can't really add anything )

[atkidave]

a question for 143topline. Who's B series was this? It's got a shropshire reg, would it have been Parry's or Pugh's or someone else?

[143topline]

the erf b series was j& s a wood from redditch, sheep dealers
photo at bridgnorth mart(old)

[finnly300]

sorry it`s only just over the border.The fatherinlaw and brotherinlaw were fitter`s for bowkets of Tenbry

[Dave the Renegade]

Hi Fin,
The Constructer was a good lorry,there are several still around as you know. Powys Petrolium have got two of them on the same work as you do,the driver who delivers here swears by them,handy to get in tight places and plenty of grunt.
Cheers Dave.

[ianto]

constructors were good waggons a bit rough when empty if you had the old albion axles i had one a 27 foot flat with sleeper cab a 2421 with a fuller gearbox ianto

[143topline]

hi fin
thanks for putting the bowketts pic on. i saw it a few times but never managed a photo,
tjhere is a photo of a bowketts roadtrain at smithfield on eurowheels.com

[143topline]

alick archer , leintwardine albion clydesdale at llangollen sheep sale

[atkidave]

the erf b series was j& s a wood from redditch, sheep dealers
photo at bridgnorth mart(old)

thanks for that John. i wandered who's it was. Another question for you. Where were J. R. Pritchard from? Did you ever take photographs of any of Pugh's Atki's?

[tonyb70]

There is a dvd about alf arrowsmith from market drayton,Ithink he is still working his old motor.


Tonyb

[Basilbrush]

Brilliant photos, lovely to see those old cattle trucks, they bring back lovely memories for me. Anyone got any more to post? I'd love to see some of A.F.Cook lorries from Frampton Cotterell near Bristol. I did thousands of miles with the drivers of this firm when I was a boy & I've some wonderful memories from those days.

H.H.Williams from Hardwicke near Gloucester were also a good firm to see at the markets. I've watched them load at Glouceser many times, they used to take most of the Bulls & hundreds of barren cows away from there each week.

Harraways from Yatton near Bristol also stick out in my mind, I remember seeing their first artics in Chippenham market back in the late sixties & recall the amazement of the farmers looking at their first Scania 110 with a sleeper cab saying about it having a bed in the cab.

Raymond Webb, David Watts. Stokes, Charlie Brimble. Walter Bye & Son, J Fry from Blagdon. Midland meat packers & Dougie Clay all spring to mind. There were many others but it was a long time ago. I wish I had pictures of them.

I'm so pleased some people had cameras with them & photographed & posted these lovely lorries.

BB

[Basilbrush]

There is a dvd about alf arrowsmith from market drayton,Ithink he is still working his old motor.


Tonyb

I've seen some potos of that lovely Dodge, it was still working when it was featured in a truck magazine. I wonder if he'd mind if pictures were posted of it.

BB

[Dave the Renegade]

Knighton market,with the Shropshire hills in the background.

[Trev_H]

There is a dvd about alf arrowsmith from market drayton,Ithink he is still working his old motor.


Tonyb

I've seen some potos of that lovely Dodge, it was still working when it was featured in a truck magazine. I wonder if he'd mind if pictures were posted of it.

BB

Hi,

I saw Alf Arrowsmiths Dodge on the A5 at Gailey last week, its still working and still looks very smart. I would have taken a photo but I was going the other way, plus its a bit tricky on a motorbike

[andrew brick]

Hi Norman Jones ran Annow (think it was a anagram for anonymous !.) to get around the restrictive international permits used in the early 1970`s, He ran and still runs a cracking fleet of vehicles, the chaps got sence ( big Volvo fan) . I think he used to run a couple of F89 left hookers as well, 330bhp. big power against the home grown atci 180`s. my cousin Max Bevan used to drive for him, he now drives a big Scania for Gilders (shame its not a Volvo though !)

[andrew brick]

DFO 20, Albion Clydesdale lorry & Thornes stock box.

[andrew brick]

two stroke Commer & stock box,you could always tell when a commer was coming,either uphill or down dale you couldnt mistake them.

[andrew brick]

HWP45N .. 240bhp F88, driven by Derek Brick. Derek was a big volvo fan in those days,his first one was GFO792L,which was a F86 6 legger,which was bought new from Griffin Mill in 1972 I would love to know if anybody has a picture of this truck.

[Dave the Renegade]

two stroke Commer & stock box,you could always tell when a commer was coming,either uphill or down dale you couldnt mistake them.

Hi Andrew,
Good pics, I drove a Commer Maxiload for Clarence Griffiths, BFO347D great lorry,only thing with a twostroke,they wouldn't shaft going downhill,no point in changing dow,but they did have excellent brakes. Norman Lewis of Llanyre had several of them like yours.
Cheers Dave.

[andrew brick]

XCJ 564 T,274 bhp LB111,driven by Rhys Jones. Our first Scania,dad wanted to buy another F88 but by this time Volvo had stopped making them and dad didnt trust the new F10, after quickly thinking about a Leyland Marathon we saw sence and bought the Scania.
I remember Roy Edwards ( M A Evans and latterly Knighton Trucks) questioning our choice and I remember him saying that Scanias were "nothing but trouble" to be fair at this time he was a big E R F man,the first Scania that Roy had was a second hand 111 driven by Brian Kitchen.
Strange the twists of time !.
Before this Rhys had a P reg F86 unit, good little truck,but to be fair it wasnt quite up to the job,Brian Jones (wiskers) from Presteigne drove this Volvo after Rhys. Rhys did see it still working pulling a tipping trailer inthe late 80`s,but probally long bitten the dust now.
I would love to find some photos of this little Volvo.
ps noice those bloody awlfull mud flaps on the trailer,the laws were changing and Malcom at DVLA Llandod was reading to many leaflets !.but side rails still not needed.

[andrew brick]

Hi Dave, unfortunatly I never got to drive the Commer,although I well remember it coming down Gwernaffel bank with the brakes squealing well.
(Did loads of miles in the Albions though)

[Dave the Renegade]

XCJ 564 T,274 bhp LB111,driven by Rhys Jones. Our first Scania,dad wanted to buy another F88 but by this time Volvo had stopped making them and dad didnt trust the new F10, after quickly thinking about a Leyland Marathon we saw sence and bought the Scania.
I remember Roy Edwards ( M A Evans and latterly Knighton Trucks) questioning our choice and I remember him saying that Scanias were "nothing but trouble" to be fair at this time he was a big E R F man,the first Scania that Roy had was a second hand 111 driven by Brian Kitchen.
Strange the twists of time !.
Before this Rhys had a P reg F86 unit, good little truck,but to be fair it wasnt quite up to the job,Brian Jones (wiskers) from Presteigne drove this Volvo after Rhys. Rhys did see it still working pulling a tipping trailer inthe late 80`s,but probally long bitten the dust now.
I would love to find some photos of this little Volvo.

Perhaps Rhys has some photo's of it Andrew,although I expect he was like the rest of us,never carried a camera. I remember the F86,good lorries,but I expect they were too light to pull a trailer into some of the farmyards where you needed the weight for traction.
Cheers Dave.