Great photos Poikey, never heard of these, do you know anything about them?
It’s the same Rogers that’s still about. The same Rogers as mentioned in this thread, Rogers Transport, Engineers, Aviation, Millers and currently a Land Rover and/or Isuzu dealer.
Rogers have always been based at Castle Mills off Goldington Road and also had the mill that used to be between the olde St John’s station and Ampthill Road.
When the first Bedford bypass was in fruition, it was Rogers that had it moved due to it interfering with a runway on his land by Castle Mills lock.
Great photos Poikey, never heard of these, do you know anything about them?
It’s the same Rogers that’s still about. The same Rogers as mentioned in this thread, Rogers Transport, Engineers, Aviation, Millers and currently a Land Rover and/or Isuzu dealer.
Rogers have always been based at Castle Mills off Goldington Road and also had the mill that used to be between the olde St John’s station and Ampthill Road.
When the first Bedford bypass was in fruition, it was Rogers that had it moved due to it interfering with a runway on his land by Castle Mills lock.
Cracking old photo of Stanley Thurstons funfair Atkinsons from kempston, their motors were always immaculately turned out with stunning signwriting. Still have their yard in kempston but think they use it mainly as a maintenance yard, they have another yard where they park the vehicles now on the A603 at Cople/Willington.
Kempston:
Cracking old photo of Stanley Thurstons funfair Atkinsons from kempston, their motors were always immaculately turned out with stunning signwriting. Still have their yard in kempston but think they use it mainly as a maintenance yard, they have another yard where they park the vehicles now on the A603 at Cople/Willington.
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That brings back some memories!
Thurstons fun fair has been in Hitchin this week.
Thurstons yard has just reminded me…was/is behind a school. Now the burning question is…as you turn left and go towards Elstow Road, is the olde shoe shop still there?
Poikey:
Thurstons yard has just reminded me…was/is behind a school. Now the burning question is…as you turn left and go towards Elstow Road, is the olde shoe shop still there?
If it is,I wonder if my shoes are ready to collect!!!
Poikey:
Thurstons yard has just reminded me…was/is behind a school. Now the burning question is…as you turn left and go towards Elstow Road, is the olde shoe shop still there?
Yes or at least at the side of Up End school which I went to, burnt down years ago. The old shoe menders is long gone,
The rear sheet being short would allow a vast amount of water spray due to being right over the 3 axles,however perhaps the load wouldn’t have been negatively affected by the spray,but a nicely roped and sheeted load nonetheless.
Just down the road from me about ten minutes walk, seem to be running a lot of MANs at the moment, Don’t think they have been much of a Volvo operator for a while, still got a few Scanias as pictured.
