PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[vwvanman0]

The erf rigid with the union jack on the front looks like bisley office furniture. Great pics as ever.

Steve

[smallcoal]

Hi dean the Volvo with carline on is a subbie it’s stallards they had carline on to get in places

[buzzer]

Dean the truck with FHR is F.H.Roberts a Southampton based company involved in newspaper distribution and warehousing, Buzzer

[robthedog]

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Anyone recognise the Volvo FL10 ■■?

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The FL10 could be STS ? Buzzer or tribsa will know

[marktaff]

vwvanman0:
The erf rigid with the union jack on the front looks like bisley office furniture. Great pics as ever.

Steve

Hi Steve,

This ERF is indeed a Bisley motor

[marktaff]

Hi Dean,
Lovely pic of this Pickfords 6 legger…this would be one of the first batch of 6 leggers they put on the road in 1997…but here in this pic as had a new lease of life with a new paint job in the new colours and logo in the last couple of years.
I much preferred the old Allied logo but you cannot stop progress

Regards Mark

[chris_webb]

The photo of the Solstor,South London Storage,wagon reminds me of the times Solstor used to backload out of Wincanton Maltby,usually for Snodland,Dartford or Aylesford.They were usually owner drivers pulling Solstor trailers and were all nationalities including Turkish which was a challenge language wise as not many folk in Maltby spoke Turkish.

[pete_smith]

Clive Price are from Hereford, been at it a fair few years usually running Scania’s but i can remember a couple of Ford Cargo’s that snuck in to the fleet!

[carl_williams]

marktaff:
Hi Dean,
Lovely pic of this Pickfords 6 legger…this would be one of the first batch of 6 leggers they put on the road in 1997…but here in this pic as had a new lease of life with a new paint job in the new colours and logo in the last couple of years.
I much preferred the old Allied logo but you cannot stop progress

Regards Mark

Hi Mark,
If you are correct that van must have been about 20 years old when it went in for re-paint. I must admit it looks in remarkable condition. However it makes you wonder what’s going on at Pickfords. Just a few months ago I saw about 6 vans for sale on Trucktrader all under 2 years old. Why would anyone sane keep 20 + years old when parting with almost new?

Any thoughts or gossip?
Hope you have a good New Year

Carl

[ergomatic_man]

DEANB:
Coutts Volvo.

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Anderson Transport Volvo FL10. Cant remember if we have had one on before.

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Kings Scania. Looks like fruit / veg company.

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Wrights Volvo tanker.

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Pete’s Haulage Scania 113. Not sure where they were from ■■

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Imagine this is an owner driver ?

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A.Purchase Renault. Dont think we have had one of these on before ?

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Howard ERF.

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Hargrave International Volvo. Used to be big DAF users back in the 80’s and shipped through Poole alot.

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Moran & Sons ERF tipper. think moran only runs the 1 tipper now goin back a few years i remember him running quite a fleet in particular his aec marshall with late leyland grill on it,also erf bseries 6 wheelers,and leyland cruisers that had been converted from units into 6 legger tippers,and a y reg c series erf tractor unit used with a low loader,which went over the rd opposite motans yard to reban transport who run a good old classic fleet.

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[ergomatic_man]

pete smith:
This motor was once owned by Brian Dobson in Birmingham, was white with red stripes, then passed on to a lad who pulled tippers, then sold on to a lad in Aldridge who sprayed it in this colour, moved on again to another lad from Brownhills,

was it dave fernyhough who run that scania from brownhills?

[flourpower]

DEANB:
Some odds and sods.

Click on pages twice to read.

1961 advert.

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Never seen one of these Morris Minor artics ■■?

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Boalloy 1967.

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Leyland 1969.

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Nice bit of Irish flour couple nice Leyland tankers thankyou not seen them before cheers Flourpower.
1973 Crusaders.

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Morris Bros ERF.

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[deanb]

vwvanman0:
The erf rigid with the union jack on the front looks like bisley office furniture. Great pics as ever.

Steve

Thanks for the name Steve !

smallcoal:
Hi dean the Volvo with carline on is a subbie it’s stallards they had carline on to get in places

Thanks for the info John.

Buzzer:
Dean the truck with FHR is F.H.Roberts a Southampton based company involved in newspaper distribution and warehousing, Buzzer

Thanks for the name Buzzer ,can say they ring a bell wih me.

robthedog:
Anyone recognise the Volvo FL10 ■■?

The FL10 could be STS ? Buzzer or tribsa will know

Thanks for the possible name Rob.

Chris Webb:
The photo of the Solstor,South London Storage,wagon reminds me of the times Solstor used to backload out of Wincanton Maltby,usually for Snodland,Dartford or Aylesford.They were usually owner drivers pulling Solstor trailers and were all nationalities including Turkish which was a challenge language wise as not many folk in Maltby spoke Turkish.

Thanks for the memories Chris, i particularly liked “not many folk in Maltby spoke Turkish”

pete smith:
Clive Price are from Hereford, been at it a fair few years usually running Scania’s but i can remember a couple of Ford Cargo’s that snuck in to the fleet!

Thanks Pete for the info,we have had a few of them on here,looks like a tidy fleet.

Carl Williams:
“marktaff” Hi Dean,
Lovely pic of this Pickfords 6 legger…this would be one of the first batch of 6 leggers they put on the road in 1997…but here in this pic as had a new lease of life with a new paint job in the new colours and logo in the last couple of years.
I much preferred the old Allied logo but you cannot stop progress

Regards Mark

Hi Mark,
If you are correct that van must have been about 20 years old when it went in for re-paint. I must admit it looks in remarkable condition. However it makes you wonder what’s going on at Pickfords. Just a few months ago I saw about 6 vans for sale on Trucktrader all under 2 years old. Why would anyone sane keep 20 + years old when parting with almost new?

Any thoughts or gossip?
Hope you have a good New Year

Carl

Good input Mark and Carl. I think Mark is right that probably was one of the original ones from 1997 as the pic was taken in 2003.

I never liked the look of those 6 wheeler Pickford’s motors.

ergomatic man:
“DEANB”

Moran & Sons ERF tipper.

think moran only runs the 1 tipper now goin back a few years i remember him running quite a fleet in particular his aec marshall with late leyland grill on it,also erf bseries 6 wheelers,and leyland cruisers that had been converted from units into 6 legger tippers,and a y reg c series erf tractor unit used with a low loader,which went over the rd opposite motans yard to reban transport who run a good old classic fleet.

Thanks “ergomatic man” for your comments. Moran sound like Harts they used to like converting trucks/tippers to what they
wanted.

FLOURPOWER:
“DEANB”
Nice bit of Irish flour couple nice Leyland tankers thankyou not seen them before cheers Flourpower.

Cheers “FLOURPOWER” Heres a Spillers AEC !

[deanb]

Chris Waite Scania live stock truck.

Peak Waste Volvo.

Anyone recognise the Foden tipper ■■?

Ken Abram Foden.

Swain Volvo FL7 from Kent i believe.

Anyone recognise the Iveco ? Imagine hes hauling scrap ■■

Anyone recognise the Scania 113 tanker ■■?

Tradeteam Volvo. Looks like his load has moved.

DFDS Logistics MAN.

Massey Wilcox Mercedes.

[hot_rod32]

The white Maggie on page 396 in Javelin transport colours, they came from Wellesbourne in Warwickshire. Their yard was on the main road into the village just past the old Fountain Cafe on the left hand side. I think they finished in the late 80s.

[hayday]

DEANB:
Tesco MAN.

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Anyone recognise the DAF ■■

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CJB DAF ■■

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Currie European Scania.

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Carline Volvo.

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TNT MAN.

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B&Q Scania.

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Anyone recognise the Scania tipper ■■

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Omega Scania.

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JME Scania,not sure what the initials stand for ■■

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I think JME was John Etchells, IIRC the director and same colour scheme as the Vitafoam company from Middleton, Manchester. He may have started hiz business from the final days of Blue Dart (similar colour scheme)

[tribsa]

Hi Rob & All

I think the FL is STS UK lorry probabaly working for Eurolink which was the sister company in partnership with John Southerland ( I think thats the correct spelling ) as the did mostly containers to & from the Far East.

F H R is Frank Herbert Roberts now Roberts Distribution from Eastleigh run by his sons.
Cheers

Rich

[deanb]

Hot rod32:
The white Maggie on page 396 in Javelin transport colours, they came from Wellesbourne in Warwickshire. Their yard was on the main road into the village just past the old Fountain Cafe on the left hand side. I think they finished in the late 80s.

Thanks for the info “Hot rod32”, good stuff chap.

hayday:
“DEANB”

JME Scania,not sure what the initials stand for ■■

I think JME was John Etchells, IIRC the director and same colour scheme as the Vitafoam company from Middleton, Manchester. He may have started hiz business from the final days of Blue Dart (similar colour scheme)

Intresting information “hayday” thanks for posting.

Heres a few Blue Dart / Vitafoam motors. If anyone is intrested popped an article on about Vitafoam on page 329.

tribsa:
Hi Rob & All

I think the FL is STS UK lorry probabaly working for Eurolink which was the sister company in partnership with John Southerland ( I think thats the correct spelling ) as the did mostly containers to & from the Far East.

F H R is Frank Herbert Roberts now Roberts Distribution from Eastleigh run by his sons.
Cheers

Rich

Thanks for the info Rich.

[deanb]

Still miss not seeing F.B.Atkins trucks on the road who were from Finder,Derby.

A big concern that are no longer with us who did alot of European work and therefore had an office in Poole docks and
an office in Cherbourg. Swains of Stretton and Axminster transport also both had offices in Cherbourg in the 1970’s.

[deanb]

F.B.Atkins & Sons Transport brochure.

Click on pages twice to read.