robinswh:
They had a large fleet of green Leyland comets mainly flatbeds in the 1960 s never liked them their drivers wouldn’t give me a lift when I thumbed it from coalville to ashby on my journey to school.
You should have shown them a bit of leg Wayne 
Before he met Mr Everard I presume
They reckon to flog a willing horse
fantastic photos Paul …those little kids would be my age now…didnt know they ever had fodens…they had a couple of normal control bedfords in the mid 1960 s. One was driven by a bloke called sam Haywood who bought one of the first thames trader in the district he became an owner operator at whitwick quarry this was about 1958. Give my thanks to Anita Marbrow for the great photos
robinswh:
fantastic photos Paul …those little kids would be my age now…didnt know they ever had fodens…they had a couple of normal control bedfords in the mid 1960 s. One was driven by a bloke called sam Haywood who bought one of the first thames trader in the district he became an owner operator at whitwick quarry this was about 1958. Give my thanks to Anita Marbrow for the great photos
Thought these pictures would draw your eye Wayne, the Fodens were ex Tarmac Cliffe Hill I think. None of mine on there, the Reiver at the far end was mine,L reg ex OD at Mountsorrel, good motor
robinswh:
I bet this was a pig to drive ….a 4 wheeler stretched into an 8 wheeler
the driver looks like a big lad though…bet he could cope with no power steering 
pete smith:
Just ordered this for you Paul! N.M.P
Very good of you Pete
CF yeti put me right on this guy, I think, but he may as well told my dog,cos I’ve forgotten
Never knew they had Dodges
