JAKEY:
Hi toshboy , only name rings a bell is haines " hoppy haines" , from Blackbird leys ? , he was still there where when I was a workshop fitter at 16 , he was on the night trunk to South wales , He is still alive but wont speak for some reason
Hi Jakey, Oh yes hoppy was a well known character,worked with him a lot,to shotgun with him was an education in driving apart from starting off he rarely used the clutch-could time the revs to perfectionâgreat driver glad he is still alive!
I also used to trunk to Llannenni from Osberton radiators --change trailers at Raglan and return easy job except in the snow over the Cotswolds, later spent time shunting at radiators with Jim Barret (shop steward). --toshboy
harry_gill:
Nowt to do with the Brown Bear Dennis i was carrying out planned maintainence for the J&H driver you know âknights of the road and all thatâ the J&H lad had a wooden leg and his kick wasnât giving a true reading so just giving him the benefit of my expertise my boots always recorded 90 PSI.
thanks harry long retired.
The jobs not the same now Harry with all that Elf and safety. Drivers with wooden legs probably have to have them calibrated to ensure that they kick the correct tyre pressure and wear a high viz sock.
Hi tosh boy , yes hoppy is still about , I see him in Headington shopping but tryied speaking to him but he would not talk .
He said he didnt know me , even though I rattled off people he worked with etc . . I checked i didnt smell and then walked offf
JAKEY:
Hi tosh boy , yes hoppy is still about , I see him in Headington shopping but tryied speaking to him but he would not talk .
He said he didnt know me , even though I rattled off people he worked with etc . . I checked i didnt smell and then walked offf
hiya,
Thereâs an old saying JAKEY that goes âthereâs nowt as queer as folksâ I think youâve proved it to be true.
thanks harry long retired.
Hi Harry , I was on yts in the workshop when Hoppy was on the road and use to talk to him all the time , even remember the cania he turned up at night when he fell asleep , TAC 193 ex Hereford scania 112 .A699MHO
Gentlemen!
Just to let you know that their will be another BRS Gathering at the Lincoln Farm Cafe on July 15th 2012. My good friend and fellow Lorry Driver Robin Masters is busy organising this event as we speak!
Here are a few photos taken before my Driver (Robin ) and his boy (Me!) took to the road last year to head for the Lincoln Farm.
The Gaffer sheeting the the Drag.
Me helping (â â ?) him.
A work of Art!
Ready for the Trunk!
We hope we will see you all next July
Alex & Robin.
hiya,
Hereâs hoping the health holds up well enough to do a return trip next July thoroughly enjoyed my 2010 visit great day out.
thanks harry long retired
harry_gill:
hiya,
Hereâs hoping the health holds up well enough to do a return trip next July thoroughly enjoyed my 2010 visit great day out.
thanks harry long retired
I heard a rumour that you and your mucker Norm were Barred,probably just a rumour but usually thereâs no smoke without fire! The lady who ran the digs is still on tranquellizers I believe!! thought sheâd put all that drunken âcarry onâ behind her with the advent of sleeper cabs! Apparently she thought sheâd returned to 1959 some sort of âtime warpâ when she saw a BRS waggon and trailer go past her house,but sheâs still confused as to which one of you was the Driver,thought you were both daft Mates and the drivers were in another dig!! Anon.
alexsaville:
Gentlemen!
Just to let you know that their will be another BRS Gathering at the Lincoln Farm Cafe on July 15th 2012. My good friend and fellow Lorry Driver Robin Masters is busy organising this event as we speak!
Here are a few photos taken before my Driver (Robin ) and his boy (Me!) took to the road last year to head for the Lincoln Farm.
The Gaffer sheeting the the Drag.
Me helping (â â ?) him.
A work of Art!
Ready for the Trunk!
We hope we will see you all next July
Alex & Robin.
A little short trailer that! what length will it be? 14/15ft,maybe its just an optical illusion but it looks tiny behind the waggon! I remember the Athersmiths from Barrow had short trailers behind their 8 leggers.The Crane trailer at Bradyâs behind the Octopus was 18ft long with no headboard.Cheers Dennis.
hiya,
Dennis only 14â 6" if my memory is still working could carry 6 tons the Bristol was allowed 14 tons plenty big enough for me in those days well I was only a lad.
thanks harry long retired.
harry_gill:
hiya,
Dennis only 14â 6" if my memory is still working could carry 6 tons the Bristol was allowed 14 tons plenty big enough for me in those days well I was only a lad.
thanks harry long retired.
Thanks for that authorative explanation âHâ a canny 'lal trailer that.I bet it would have groaned a bit with 10ton of tar coil steel on itâs back! Anyway where is the outfit loaded for? I reckon thee and me could just about manage 250 miles,whats the passenger side like for getting your head down? hope its comfortable!! Come on âHâ sort them gears out there all in the one box!!! Cheers Dennis.
I speak with authority on the subject of âGetting your head down on the passenger sideâ of the Bristol. Forget it! Itâs impossible!
I had forgotten about the racket these old lorries make. Good job I watched a lot of those Red Indian pictures when I went to the Saturday Matinee when I was a kid. Hand signals were the order of the day! (âWhite man speaks with forked tongue!â and all that stuff!)
As for the space for myself, it was cramped, to say the least. (Or is it Iâm too fat these days?)
I said to Robin that if (With the weight we both carry these days!) Vosa stops us for a weight check, HE would get done for axle overloads (And there were two of them!)
My friend Frank MacDougall has an Albion Victor and is it noisy! I dont remember them old wagons as noisy as that but they must have been.
Present day drivers (Iâm reluctant to call them Lorry Drivers!) dont know their living the life of Riley.
I speak with authority on the subject of âGetting your head down on the passenger sideâ of the Bristol. Forget it! Itâs impossible!
I had forgotten about the racket these old lorries make. Good job I watched a lot of those Red Indian pictures when I went to the Saturday Matinee when I was a kid. Hand signals were the order of the day! (âWhite man speaks with [zb] tongue!â and all that stuff!)
As for the space for myself, it was cramped, to say the least. (Or is it Iâm too fat these days?)
I said to Robin that if (With the weight we both carry these days!) Vosa stops us for a weight check, HE would get done for axle overloads (And there were two of them!)
My friend Frank MacDougall has an Albion Victor and is it noisy! I dont remember them old wagons as noisy as that but they must have been.
Present day drivers (Iâm reluctant to call them Lorry Drivers!) dont know their living the life of Riley.
Alex
Well said and analysed there Alex there is no doubt that the motors of old had little or no sound insulation,apart from a thick covering of rugs and blankets!!! The Octopus wasnât too bad for âa heed doonâ but that was 40 odd years ago! I donât fancy trying now!! Those little Albion 4 cyls,although very dependable and frugal,(a bit like a Scotsman I suppose!!) were noisey little buggers ( again a bit like a Scotsman 'wi a wee dram inside 'o him!!) Looks like your gaffer was having a bit of trouble sheeting the wee trailer,the way he is crouching! Happy days all the same Cheers Dennis.
How about these two Brs trucks , the scania was from Hereford depot but about two years old ended up at Oxford it was on the South Wales trunk , Ivor Parry drove it on nights and the late Bernard Woodwards on days .
Later ended up with any one driving and then a shunter .
. I checked i didnt smell and then walked offf 
, TAC 193 ex Hereford scania 112 .A699MHO
