Numbum:
Longwell Green Coachworks where the Bristol cabs were built. Conditions were a bit spartan.
Official photo taken in the lane outside the gate. Some photos have a manure heap behind the hedge.
Three photos taken at Spring Street depot Bristol. Just off the river. The one on the right has been recabed with an artic cab.
Three of the four HG,s that have been restored. The one on the left is the second one built and was presented to the museum in Bristol by BRS when it was withdrawn. I got it out on the road a couple of years ago and took it to a few shows including Lincoln Farm.
Nice to see that someone has got some useful info from the book I wrote about Bristol goods vehicles years ago. No firm was interested in printing it so Allen Janes and myself paid for it to be printed ourselves.This was pre computer days when all the photos had to be converted to dots and pasted up so it was a challenge. I still have some new copies, A4. 80 pages if anyone is interested in buying one please PM me.Cheers Phil Sposito (Numbum, but not anymore retired now the old Bristol was the last lorry i drove)
foden 01:
this is my Dad Stan Druse next to his albion where i dont know maybe rowley rd coventry ,what year would it be ,is the albion a artic any idea,s
Albions on BRS were usually 4 wheel rigids.
harry:
foden 01:
this is my Dad Stan Druse next to his albion where i dont know maybe rowley rd coventry ,what year would it be ,is the albion a artic any idea,sAlbions on BRS were usually 4 wheel rigids.
Harry thanks for the reply ,my Dad when on to drive car transporters for the rest of his life in coventry ,ie Rootes, Progressive,Furness and parker, cartransport,lathams,tolemans ,i belive you drove car transporters who was that for Harry ,Mark
foden 01:
harry:
foden 01:
this is my Dad Stan Druse next to his albion where i dont know maybe rowley rd coventry ,what year would it be ,is the albion a artic any idea,sAlbions on BRS were usually 4 wheel rigids.
Harry thanks for the reply ,my Dad when on to drive car transporters for the rest of his life in coventry ,ie Rootes, Progressive,Furness and parker, cartransport,lathams,tolemans ,i belive you drove car transporters who was that for Harry ,Mark
Going back to 1964 I got stuck on Tyburn Rd Birmingham one very smoggy night everything was at a stand still even the buses. I managed to get parked in the middle of the dual carriage way next to a BRS parcels van from Sheffield along with lots of other stranded drivers, the BRS driver if I rememeber said his name was Flash or perhaps Speed I not sure but he was a day man which meant he was stuck in Birmingham with no gear, anyway the Police were there & directed us to a house that did B&B, It was a shack of a place but a place to kip for the night was better than cabbing it, it turned out very well the really old couple were retired from doing transport digs, but they made us very welcome and fed us for a lot less than normal digs, in fact they enjoyed our company as we did theres, the following morning we got up at 630am & the sun was shining, & the BRS driver said ta ta I went on to Bodmin & I never saw him again, perhaps he is still about on this thread & may remember it like me ,I worked for Smiles for Miles in those days Regards Larry
great pictures Tidderson any more car transporters 
foden 01:
this is my Dad Stan Druse next to his albion where i dont know maybe rowley rd coventry ,what year would it be ,is the albion a artic any idea,s
Your Dad looks quite young there foden 1, to how I remember him with his white hair as i recall, I would have thought that was more likely London Rd, opposite french’s cafe.
foden 01:
great pictures Tidderson any more car transporters
Heres an old one from John Neasam Darlington early days of stockcar racing at Aycliffe any one know the make of cars on the trailer?
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Thats certainly 1 up on the old Ford D Series beavertail with an old Mark 1 Cortina on the back & an Alsation in the cab!
TIDDERSON:
foden 01:
harry:
foden 01:
this is my Dad Stan Druse next to his albion where i dont know maybe rowley rd coventry ,what year would it be ,is the albion a artic any idea,sAlbions on BRS were usually 4 wheel rigids.
Harry thanks for the reply ,my Dad when on to drive car transporters for the rest of his life in coventry ,ie Rootes, Progressive,Furness and parker, cartransport,lathams,tolemans ,i belive you drove car transporters who was that for Harry ,Mark
Tidderson,
The Leyland PRESTCOLD is interesting to me ,Prestcold was in my day the refridgeration arm of Pressed Steel and we used to deliver commercial fridges throughout the uk from cowley ,trailers were tail lift 25ft carrimores usually,often pulled by the infamous Morris Saurer in Prestcold colours.obviously at some point the fleet was used for body carrying as well.
Please keep the brs pics coming!— toshboy
Mostley Ford Prefects I would say, there was another fellow racer called Norman Fitch from Fishburn I think, they called themselves the Mighty Midgets,I used to race there myself Number 99, F/1. It was a good fast track. Regards Larry
Lawrence Dunbar:
Mostley Ford Prefects I would say, there was another fellow racer called Norman Fitch from Fishburn I think, they called themselves the Mighty Midgets,I used to race there myself Number 99, F/1. It was a good fast track. Regards Larry
Nice to know that, used to go my self from the late 50s till it closed,Vic
Another name has just come back to me The Yellow Cab Co, they used to fly with the liitle Fords ,great stuff. I was at Bellvue a few weeks ago for the F1 qualifying rounds, The late Stuart Smiths sons did very well [rememeber Wild Cat when he first came to Aycliffe knocked Tony out of the contest,. Im going to Northampton in Sept. to watch the world finals , Regards Larry
v7victor:
Lawrence Dunbar:
Mostley Ford Prefects I would say, there was another fellow racer called Norman Fitch from Fishburn I think, they called themselves the Mighty Midgets,I used to race there myself Number 99, F/1. It was a good fast track. Regards LarryNice to know that, used to go my self from the late 50s till it closed,Vic
Re stockcars, a classic pic of stockers from that era, i have followed them since 1965 and they have grown to 700hp american v 8 s mostly chevrolet ,but i keep to the nearer ones these days -northampton .coventry ,birmingham, kings lynn, and skegness,travelling is so expensive on a pension !!. -----toshboy
very true!!
Great to see this again ,
adr:
My Dads Drivers Handbook from 50s-60s when he was a Tramper out of BRS Oxford.
hiya,
Still got mine but don’t have a clue where it’s stowed, the last entry was the most important thing for the driver never “pink lint” when you carried one of them yeh the old Ops 6 they financed me a few ■■■■-ups.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
adr:
My Dads Drivers Handbook from 50s-60s when he was a Tramper out of BRS Oxford.hiya,
Still got mine but don’t have a clue where it’s stowed, the last entry was the most important thing for the driver never “pink lint” when you carried one of them yeh the old Ops 6 they financed me a few ■■■■-ups.
thanks harry long retired.
Whats the betting that “H” checked his tyre pressures every day before setting off,and removed all flints and sharp objects from each tyre? Aye “and pigs might” !!! Anon!
Bewick:
harry_gill:
adr:
My Dads Drivers Handbook from 50s-60s when he was a Tramper out of BRS Oxford.hiya,
Still got mine but don’t have a clue where it’s stowed, the last entry was the most important thing for the driver never “pink lint” when you carried one of them yeh the old Ops 6 they financed me a few ■■■■-ups.
thanks harry long retired.Whats the betting that “H” checked his tyre pressures every day before setting off,and removed all flints and sharp objects
from each tyre? Aye “and pigs might” !!! Anon!
hiya,
ANON, you got it in one everything by “the book” even moved the rig forwards a bit to make sure I hadn’t missed owt left the tyre pressures to the “trailer boy” he had bigger boots than me, “90” all round Harry !! thanks Gav now get in the shed and stay awake or else it’s a dose of the “knotted rope” no no “H” anything but the knotted rope , anything !! no the knotted rope.
thanks harry long retired.