DM SMITH WISHAW

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Would that be the same Malky from Allanton, who worked for Strathclyde in Motherwell,

Dave.

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Sorry to here that Malky has passed on, had many good times when we worked for Strathclyde.
Dave.

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Can anyone tell me where the photo’s with the drivers standing beside their vehicles went.
I was going to show a friend ,but Ican,t find them.

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here guys a big thank you to all concerened gave him the pics the day a wee tear in his eye ta say the least especally jimmy mcanaw he says yir a wee ■■■■ he he cheers mate ps if yi git any mare

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stravaiger:
Hello Again Colin and big Jimmy. I thought the trail had gone cold on this one.
A few photo’s that came my way, and one that Iv’e borrowed.

The late Alex Forbes (Later to be Manager) near Lewisham depot with 41 (BGM 820) c1962

BGM 820 went on to a long careeer on the fairgrounds, and worked at least until the late 1980s.

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to mil996 hi hope your uncles feelin fine. have searched the net afew times for dm smith cos my da worked for them through the 60,s peter scullion was his name. the last atki he drove was kgm 679f .we left to live in ireland in 1970 and he died in 1981 .i can mind goin down to london with him as a kid .sorry ican only find one photo wich i,ll try to post .a few drivers names i can mind are big wullie little ,wee wullie cahoon brian forbes chick levell .can mind styin at the bell bar ,and charlies north of england.it was abig thrill seein all the photos posted here.thats all for now all the best scotchie

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hi guys…can anyone tell me the know abouts of a wee driver who once worked for dm.smith…the driver is peter mcmaster…i worked with him at blakes chilled distribution based at harthill…i last heard of him that he was driving with malcolms at newhouse

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sherby:

Thought I would share this picture with you all. It’s my dad’s (Malky McMillan) M A N parked outside his house in Pather Wishaw.

Cheers Rab.

Look at that sheeting!—its that tight it’ll make your eyes watter!!! Pity we can’t see the rest of the trailer!!! A skill that is just about dead now unfortunately.Bewick.

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am sure there must be a lot mare dm smith fotos oot there for a company as auld as they were

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Hi Jim,I notice the Smith Scania has Truswells,Sheffield name on it as well as their own.How long have they been involved with DMS?

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stravaiger:
Yeah! Almost 2 years to the day mil996 since you came on asking for pics and stories and sherby gets it going again, thanks sherby. How many other pics can we pull with a little effort? Think we’ll have to knock on doors :slight_smile:
I’ve just noticed some of my pics from page 1 are deleted :frowning: never understood why that happens, why some folks posts are the same; some showing, some missing. I’ll stick mine back on shortly, but before I do let me just mention that the sheeted trailer looks a bit raggedy at the front owing to the fact that on the way home from Immingham I called by Strathaven to hand in one of those rigid tow bars. That’s my only excuse dennis :slight_smile:

Anyone else with pics or stories?..jim

No probs Jim,it was tight and it sure as hell wouldn’t start flapping by the looks of it!!! Dennis.

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I met Dougie Smith a couple of times at the Kelvin Hall motor shows while visiting various stands(watering holes hic! hic!)in the lats 70s Bewick.

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