Yes I remember twibell,Huey lemon lives just round the corner from me,he did a good stint as did jock Tate ,the yard at mobberley was tiny,it’s got luxury houses on it now,another driver called dave …,just can’t remember his name he now lives in Portugal,cheers gaz.
Phil Prestner Moore Warrington.
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glenmore:
HI petecud
My Dads name was Jimmy Caveney.petecud:
Hi Glenmore, what was your dads name,? I worked at pops in the 70’s
hello mate, i knew your dad cause he worked with my dad at pops, many an afternoon at the railway with a bottle of pop and some crisps while your dad, john holman and my dad had one for the road
GAZ70:
Yes I remember twibell,Huey lemon lives just round the corner from me,he did a good stint as did jock Tate ,the yard at mobberley was tiny,it’s got luxury houses on it now,another driver called dave …,just can’t remember his name he now lives in Portugal,cheers gaz.
The lad was Dave Walker how is Huey doing still in Moulton how’s his back I’ve know him sine I was a kid, Tatey passed a few years ago now always used to travel no faster than 45 mph on motorway. He used to work with my dad at Phibbs on Manchester Rd Knutsford in the 60s
tastrucker:
TIPIT:
Does anyone remember Hackney’s running this Mercedes LP1924, taken at the Chelford Show in 1973.
Can remember Edge from saltney by Chester having some before they moved to Wrexham. And i believe Farrells at kelsall had some too thank you Trevor
Hi Trevor,Farrall’s had 1418s and some 1924s,my Dad had a 1924 brand new when I was a nipper but it sadly caught fire one night where he used to park it near our house overnight,he had a Fiat 684t after that and he said there was no comparison,he really missed his Merc,there is a pic on here of their old Mercs somewhere.
Craig
TruckerCraig:
tastrucker:
TIPIT:
Does anyone remember Hackney’s running this Mercedes LP1924, taken at the Chelford Show in 1973.
Can remember Edge from saltney by Chester having some before they moved to Wrexham. And i believe Farrells at kelsall had some too thank you Trevor
Hi Trevor,Farrall’s had 1418s and some 1924s,my Dad had a 1924 brand new when I was a nipper but it sadly caught fire one night where he used to park it near our house overnight,he had a Fiat 684t after that and he said there was no comparison,he really missed his Merc,there is a pic on here of their old Mercs somewhere.
Craig
my friends dad drive the merc his name was lowe think his first name was charlie but not sure a sandbach man his son norman was fleet engneer at C.R.S
My Dad is now in his 40th year at Farralls.First artic I remember him driving was one of these Mercs.
stevieboy50:
glenmore:
HI petecud
My Dads name was Jimmy Caveney.petecud:
Hi Glenmore, what was your dads name,? I worked at pops in the 70’shello mate, i knew your dad cause he worked with my dad at pops, many an afternoon at the railway with a bottle of pop and some crisps while your dad, john holman and my dad had one for the road
Hello Stevieboy
I have the same memory of Saturday afternoons at the railway in Mobberley. Saturday morning was spent at pops yard washing my dads old foden then into the café for some breakfast, then to the railway all afternoon. Happydays
doby3926:
TruckerCraig:
tastrucker:
TIPIT:
Does anyone remember Hackney’s running this Mercedes LP1924, taken at the Chelford Show in 1973.
Can remember Edge from saltney by Chester having some before they moved to Wrexham. And i believe Farrells at kelsall had some too thank you Trevor
Hi Trevor,Farrall’s had 1418s and some 1924s,my Dad had a 1924 brand new when I was a nipper but it sadly caught fire one night where he used to park it near our house overnight,he had a Fiat 684t after that and he said there was no comparison,he really missed his Merc,there is a pic on here of their old Mercs somewhere.
Craigmy friends dad drive the merc his name was lowe think his first name was charlie but not sure a sandbach man his son norman was fleet engneer at C.R.S
Hiya i think Stuart Gibson drove that merc Hackneys.Stuart worked at ERF at one time. just thinking while we’re in Sandbach
has anyone got any photo,s of R O Jones lorries from Sandbach Jones run a hand full of ERF units. they was dark green with red chassis.
Cheers John
Maybe not the clearest of photographs , but there was another parked-up wagon blocking out the little amount of sunshine.
This Volvo FH and drawbar outfit looked the business , at Bentham Auction Mart recently.
Tomlinson Bros. must have been having a change from hauling hay and straw that day.
The 6 wheeler was carrying a cattle body which was formerly owned by E.C. Cadwalladr from near Chester.
The drawbar trailer was carrying a Williams`-built alloy cattle body.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Sorry about the quality of the above photos- scraping the barrel a bit!
Not strictly a Cheshire haulier but a Cheshire bodybuilder.
Especially for 3300John who I’m sure would have liked one of these almost as much as I.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Not strictly a Cheshire haulier but a Cheshire bodybuilder.0
Especially for 3300John who I’m sure would have liked one of these almost as much as I.
Hiya…thanks very much for that photo R O F. they would be before the time i was at Jennings who sneaked some of Bowyers work. i take it the chassis are
Thornycroft. very intresting
John
Yeap, both Thorneys, mate. I’ve always fancied a Trusty 8-wheeler but never had the cash or the space.
Retired Old ■■■■:
Yeap, both Thorneys, mate. I’ve always fancied a Trusty 8-wheeler but never had the cash or the space.
Hiya R O F have you seen the Hulland products one thats been restored to new(go to google and type in thornycroft then hit Images) its a pal
of mine done the resto it took from 1986 untill last year to do. the lorry is the last one sold into civilian use…R O F there was a right caracter
owned a 6 legger trusty in Macc his name was wobble a chap never to be forgotten, i,ve a photo of his lorry at home i’ll post it soon.
John
Couldn’t find the 6-wheeler Trusty, John, so I’ll have to wait until you post it. I did however find a load of other stuff that I had either forgotten about or didn’t know in the first place. Thanks for the pointer- fascinating stuff.
3300John:
doby3926:
TruckerCraig:
tastrucker:
TIPIT:
Does anyone remember Hackney’s running this Mercedes LP1924, taken at the Chelford Show in 1973.
Can remember Edge from saltney by Chester having some before they moved to Wrexham. And i believe Farrells at kelsall had some too thank you Trevor
Hi Trevor,Farrall’s had 1418s and some 1924s,my Dad had a 1924 brand new when I was a nipper but it sadly caught fire one night where he used to park it near our house overnight,he had a Fiat 684t after that and he said there was no comparison,he really missed his Merc,there is a pic on here of their old Mercs somewhere.
Craigmy friends dad drive the merc his name was lowe think his first name was charlie but not sure a sandbach man his son norman was fleet engneer at C.R.S
Hiya i think Stuart Gibson drove that merc Hackneys.Stuart worked at ERF at one time. just thinking while we’re in Sandbach
has anyone got any photo,s of R O Jones lorries from Sandbach Jones run a hand full of ERF units. they was dark green with red chassis.
Cheers John
Quite surprised that no one has mentioned the fact that Howard Hackney drove that MERC himself in the 70’s, while all his drivers had ERF’s.
I worked on Lathams at Middlewich on the salt then, and the word was that old Fred was indeed a hard taskmaster. Having said that, the salt job was hard anyway, no pallets in them days, or very occasionally, usually it was all handball…20 tons of it!!
Don’t think many would like to do it nowadays.
I don’t notice any information , photo`s etc regarding J Leech of Crewe .
I worked at thomasons for 19 years