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aec mammoth major with 4 deck thornes livestock body. photo taken at shrewsbury market early 1960’sHow lovely to see this old AEC with a body for double deck of cows. I remember going to chippenham market bak in the early 60s & seeing Dougie Clays AEc 8 wheelers with two decks of cows. I’m so pleased to find this photo on here altough it’s not one of his lorries.
BB
i remember doug clay as a livestock buyer at banbury back in the 70’s
i have a photo of a doug clay aec but it is not one i took myself
I’d love a copy of that photo 143 topline. I started going to market with my father when I was 7 & the memories of those AECs have lived in my head for many years. I was at Gloucester one day, it must have been towards the end of Doug Clays days. As per normal, he, Bakers, Ernest Awre & les Weston were buying almost everything & you could virtually predict by breed which bulls they were going to buy each. I used to love it & it’s sad to visit B&Q where the old Gloucester market proudly stood.
I was watching a lorry unoad three old Bulls brought in to tranship onto lorries loading for Dougie clay & one of the three must have been the biggest Friesian bull I’ve ever seen. Doug clay even walked down to see him before he was loaded on a H H Williams trailer for his last trip.
Any chance you could post the photo of Dougie Clays lorry??
BB