bit before my time 
the old man used to run this - probably late 50’s and into the 60’s
wasn’t new when he got it though
old cattle hauliers from the west country C J alway taunton F trott and son taunton DA miles bridgwater Fred blew highbridge Roland ham rooksbridge Bartletts worle weston s mare Hardings banwell E C Marsh Blagdon J White Flax bourton Auther Weeks I wonder if anybody rembers these or any more
Neil B:
old cattle hauliers from the west country C J alway taunton F trott and son taunton DA miles bridgwater Fred blew highbridge Roland ham rooksbridge Bartletts worle weston s mare Hardings banwell E C Marsh Blagdon J White Flax bourton Auther Weeks I wonder if anybody rembers these or any more
I know some of these old hauliers go a bit outside Somerset & a few may be outside the time frame asked for, but here’s a few I remember, perhaps they deserve a mention & I’d love to see photos of them posted.
Walter Bye & Son Berkeley. Charlie Brimble Farrington Gurney, Wilf Harris also Farrington Gurney. Cobdens of Martock. David Watts Shepton Mallett. Frys from Blagdon. Reg cambridge Kingswood. A.F.Cook Frampton Cotterell. Ivor Jones & son Almondsbury. Troughtons Transport Falfield. Rex Terret Berkeley. Northovers Pilning. Austin Pearce Oldbury. Graham Harraway Yatton. Tony Crew Pucklechurch, Raymond Webb Brinkworth. J.T.Carpenter Crudwell. Jeff Farrow Somerset. A.J.Stokes Chippenham. N.B.Tite Cerne Abbas. Les Baber. Peter Candy Bath. The wonderful character Humphrey Shackell Hamswell near Bath, what a lovely man.
So many lovely names from the past, sadly not many still running. Wouldn’t it be lovely if this thread brought out photos of all of them.
BB
NICE TO HEAR ALL THE OLD NAMES I REMEMBER FRY BLAGDON LYONS AND YOUNG HARAWAYS (HAVE A PHOTO OF VOLVO ) NORTHOVER BROS A F COOK
HAVE GOT SOME PHOTOS WILL LOOK FOR THEM
Neil B:
NICE TO HEAR ALL THE OLD NAMES I REMEMBER FRY BLAGDON LYONS AND YOUNG HARAWAYS (HAVE A PHOTO OF VOLVO ) NORTHOVER BROS A F COOK
HAVE GOT SOME PHOTOS WILL LOOK FOR THEM
It would be lovely if you have some to post Neil, this thread has had my head rattling tonight with some of the old firms from my childhood days. I was talking about a few of them with an old Ex cattle haulier in a tyre company this afternoon, I couldn’t belive finding this thread tonight.
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HERES ONE TO GET YOU STARTED.ILL PUT THIS ON MY DAD ,AS HE HASNT
WORK OUT THIS PHOTOBUCKET CARRY ON YET
HOPEFULLY THE RIGHT SIZE NOW
Neil B:
NICE TO HEAR ALL THE OLD NAMES I REMEMBER FRY BLAGDON LYONS AND YOUNG HARAWAYS (HAVE A PHOTO OF VOLVO ) NORTHOVER BROS A F COOK
HAVE GOT SOME PHOTOS WILL LOOK FOR THEM
Hiya …neil B… welcome on board, you’ll waste some time now reading through this lot but it keeps you in touch with the old days.
John
Hi All I certainly remember Roly Ham from Rooksbridge (& some of the others now you have jogged my memory) I grew up in the same lane and a few years after he died I bought his house and yard, lived there for 26 years.
Gavin
hi gavin do you remember rolys morris commercial i remember going to see it when new about 1949 i think this the last lorry he had what year did he pass away dont suppose there was any photos left in the house
Some lovely photos, I’ve got a couple but haven’t worked out how to get them on yet. Keep them coming please.
BB
Just bumping it to the top hoping for some more photos.
BB
not quite somerset ,but when i was about 12-13 , used to grab a ride with Henry durnells drivers in his Thames Trader wagon from Marshfield ,to the local markets in Chippenham and Bath, and in the holidays to Walls factory in Atlas road ,Acton, with pigs collected from local farms in the day, and taken to London at night, all before the M4 was built,but much more interesting .especialy one night when we fell over on a roundabout on Western Avenue! pigs everywhere,but not one hurt!. Happy days…chris
hi there ihave remmbered a couple more james from hemyock cb morrel crech st michael nr taunton patton bros ilminster s j ling halford
I know these are from the 1960s but I remember seeing Cobdens of Martock lorries at Chppenham market. Another was David Watts, I can’t remember whether he was from Ston Easton or Shepton Mallet. I hope someone finds some more photos & posts them.
BB
Somehow I ended up posting two identical entries, sorry.
BB