Fascinating to see the numbers of vehicles shown in the coupe of pages of your abc/BRS book Chris. I remember BRS in Hereford,but didnât realise they had as many vehicles based there as that.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave/Keith,
Itâs a great little book, I canât remember where/when I got it now cos Iâve had it years. This is the cover, you can see itâs a re-print but you might still be able to get it somewhere, local book shops or maybe Nynehead Books could trace it.
Regards Chris
Hang on to it Chris,there was one on ebay at ÂŁ45.00. Well worth the money for the history and facts.
Cheers Dave.
! Gawd, makes the ÂŁ5.99 I paid look a bargain donât it .
Regards Chris
Fascinating to see the numbers of vehicles shown in the coupe of pages of your abc/BRS book Chris. I remember BRS in Hereford,but didnât realise they had as many vehicles based there as that.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave/Keith,
Itâs a great little book, I canât remember where/when I got it now cos Iâve had it years. This is the cover, you can see itâs a re-print but you might still be able to get it somewhere, local book shops or maybe Nynehead Books could trace it.
Regards Chris
Hang on to it Chris,there was one on ebay at ÂŁ45.00. Well worth the money for the history and facts.
Cheers Dave.
! Gawd, makes the ÂŁ5.99 I paid look a bargain donât it .
Regards Chris
You have a rare book there Chris, hang on to it.
Cheers Dave.
Fascinating to see the numbers of vehicles shown in the coupe of pages of your abc/BRS book Chris. I remember BRS in Hereford,but didnât realise they had as many vehicles based there as that.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave/Keith,
Itâs a great little book, I canât remember where/when I got it now cos Iâve had it years. This is the cover, you can see itâs a re-print but you might still be able to get it somewhere, local book shops or maybe Nynehead Books could trace it.
Regards Chris
Hang on to it Chris,there was one on ebay at ÂŁ45.00. Well worth the money for the history and facts.
Cheers Dave.
! Gawd, makes the ÂŁ5.99 I paid look a bargain donât it .
Regards Chris
You have a rare book there Chris, hang on to it.
Cheers Dave.
I keep it in the same box as Dads old Drivers Handbook etc, from when he was on BRS Oxford in the 50s!
Regards Chris
Fascinating to see the numbers of vehicles shown in the coupe of pages of your abc/BRS book Chris. I remember BRS in Hereford,but didnât realise they had as many vehicles based there as that.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave/Keith,
Itâs a great little book, I canât remember where/when I got it now cos Iâve had it years. This is the cover, you can see itâs a re-print but you might still be able to get it somewhere, local book shops or maybe Nynehead Books could trace it.
Regards Chris
Hang on to it Chris,there was one on ebay at ÂŁ45.00. Well worth the money for the history and facts.
Cheers Dave.
! Gawd, makes the ÂŁ5.99 I paid look a bargain donât it .
Regards Chris
You have a rare book there Chris, hang on to it.
Cheers Dave.
I keep it in the same box as Dads old Drivers Handbook etc, from when he was on BRS Oxford in the 50s!
Regards Chris
hiya,
Hereford wouldnât know the address but have loaded export cider from them
going via Liverpool and in later years when pulling 55ft trailers have loaded a
few pylons from Painterâs to all parts of Scotland always a very pleasant crew
in that traffic office who got you loaded and away as sharp as they could.
thanks harry, long retired.
When I first went to work for Turners of Soham at Fordham depot in the late 1980s they were still in the same yard and offices that had been the BRS Fordham depot. The traffic planning and day book was still done manually exactly as it had been done in BRS days. I hadnât been at Fordham for too long when Turners âmodernisedâ and built their new depot and headquarters just outside Newmarket. In the 1990s I was asked by William Spiers of Spiers of Melksham to write a book about his family company. On my first visit to Melksham to discuss the project with him I was surprised to discover that his traffic planning and recording was also done as it had been done in BRS days, when of course Spiers had been nationalised. I could have transferred from Turners traffic office to Spiers and picked up the systems in minutes and felt quite at home. I wonder how many other hauliers that re-started businesses after de-nationalisation of BRS continued to use BRS traffic management methods, even down to the driversâ report area and hatch for the traffic office?
gingerfold:
When I first went to work for Turners of Soham at Fordham depot in the late 1980s they were still in the same yard and offices that had been the BRS Fordham depot. The traffic planning and day book was still done manually exactly as it had been done in BRS days. I hadnât been at Fordham for too long when Turners âmodernisedâ and built their new depot and headquarters just outside Newmarket. In the 1990s I was asked by William Spiers of Spiers of Melksham to write a book about his family company. On my first visit to Melksham to discuss the project with him I was surprised to discover that his traffic planning and recording was also done as it had been done in BRS days, when of course Spiers had been nationalised. I could have transferred from Turners traffic office to Spiers and picked up the systems in minutes and felt quite at home. I wonder how many other hauliers that re-started businesses after de-nationalisation of BRS continued to use BRS traffic management methods, even down to the driversâ report area and hatch for the traffic office?
hiya,
Yes âgingerfoldâ and you knowing the BRS traffic offices were always over-staffed,
as Iâve heard said, rather the opposite the offices in those days usually had just a
couple in the traffic office handling the day to day running of the transport side
of the operations and a couple of staff doing the clerical side in the back office
somewhere, I remember the collection and delivery notes were normally
handwritten and the clerks were usually approachable unlike some of the larger
âprivateersâ I have had to deal with over the years, you got your collection notes
stuffed in your hand with a come back when loaded and get your delivery notes.
thanks harry, long retired.
Another ABC book from the 60s.Inside a picture of a Bradford Maudsley
The caption says its a 12 wheeler,more impressive for the young lads who bought these books at the time I suppose !!
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
hiya,
Wow âTIDDERSONâ where did you find that, thanks very much I did know that it was
the BRS that got the most of the oneâs that were made through nationalisation and
the one I drove had been a Ministry of Supply requisition and used throughout World
War2 and thankfully the one I drove had been converted to self starter the one in
the pic looks like itâs still hand cranked a lot of fun on cold frosty mornings.
thanks harry, long retired.
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
Sheâs an owd 'un Harry,registered Leicestershire County Council 1941.
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
Sheâs an owd 'un Harry,registered Leicestershire County Council 1941.
hiya,
Chris the Mikado was produced from 1939 to 1943 and there wasnât all that many
made, when re-introduced I think after the war ended it was rebadged as the
Meritor before becoming part of our favesâ AEC the one I drove must have been
one of the first ones built It was a heavy old sod on the handlebars I remember I
only ever overtook stationary vehicles with it and that was only if the parked up
driver hadnât seen me approaching in his mirrors, I could clear the East Lancs Rd
by just coming into view they knew that if they got behind they stayed there.
thanks harry, long retired.
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
Sheâs an owd 'un Harry,registered Leicestershire County Council 1941.
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
No trailer but it looks like there is a mate . . . unless its a lhd
Retired Old â â â â :
Written by a graduate of the American School of Lorry-Spotting, no doubt!
hiya,
Seeing the old Maudslay âeightâ wheeler, one of my very first jobs as a ânewbieâ
was driving a Maudslay Mikado of 1939 vintage this would be 1957 and yes it
was still pulling a trailer doing the cotton from Liverpool to various Lancashire
cotton mills bloody killer work and I didnât reign long, the trailer boy being one
of those J Arthur Rankerâs wasnât much help which me being new to the loading
roping and sheeting side of things made it really hard graft, just wondering if
this âtwelveâ wheeler is a Mikado it looks about right and there wasnât so many
made I have never seen a picture of that particular model, Iâve looked on a few
Maudslay websiteâs they are mentioned but Iâve never found a picture, ah well
one day one might turn up, but I aintâ driving it, not with that trailer âOAPâ boy.
thanks harry, long retired.
Todayâs the day! Sorry no trailer or mate. Peter
Sheâs an owd 'un Harry,registered Leicestershire County Council 1941.
So are you Chris me old mate!
Thas rayt theer Harry.Grandson says I should be carbon dated.
adr:
Loaded & ready to roll, right now the important stuff, where we stopping for breakfast?
This a shot taken at Distington Engineering,Workington in the 1950âs,I believe that during the ânationalised eraâ when there was a big shipping order the local BRS depot at Howgate,Whitehaven, couldnât cope so they would draught in motors from other areas.Great shot! and there are other shots âfloatingâ about of BRS motors leaving DEC with similar loads.Cheers Bewick.
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Another ABC book from the 60s.Inside a picture of a Bradford Maudsley
