Punchy Dan:
dectez:
Punchy Dan:
0has anyone had or seen a Alpha 1 rear steer ? I know where there’s an axle that will fit from a scrap one the spring hangers are the same but I can’t remember how it steered with out going back to look .i am thinking off fitting on mine .Think you have got to much time on your hands Dan why don’t you get a job
Lol,what’s happend to your back door ? Looks like it’s from a 70s B series ?
Not many no what it’s all about
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I wonder if Judkins (later ARC) ‘pyramid’ at Tuttle Hill is still a Nuneaton landmark, we used to call in there occasionally for granite for the tar plant at Ballidon when Mancetter couldn’t supply enough 6mm?
Pete.
windrush:
I wonder if Judkins (later ARC) ‘pyramid’ at Tuttle Hill is still a Nuneaton landmark, we used to call in there occasionally for granite for the tar plant at Ballidon when Mancetter couldn’t supply enough 6mm?Pete.
I could not tell you Pete, I know the Quarry was being used for tipping but it was late 90’s since i have been near there.
The text with this Foden FG picture states that it was powered by an 8cyl Gardner 150hp and 8spd transmission, one of only eight with this spec built for the UK market. Logan of Muir of Ord were a major Civil Engineering company in their time, hydro dams, roads, bridges etc., Willie Logan was a legend, he started Loganair in 1962 and it’s still going today. Thanks again to my late friend Ronnie Cameron.
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I wonder if that was the colliery where the Anson Museum now stands John? There is a model of the Poynton area from many years ago in the museum showing the local pits etc, worth a visit.
Pete.
Punchy Dan:
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You should of turned round with that camera!
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hi larry ,do you remember this foden from fergies .i used to look after the vintage fleet for a couple of years after ,old harry[ pev] peverley retired and drove this vehicle on many occassions ,.its now owned by a collector in wakefield and still turns up now and again at rallies , is there a date set yet for next drivers get together at christmas ,i will keep an eye on here if a date is posted ,hope to see you there .cheers… paul
pete smith:
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Great photos Pete, The Lancs Steel works at Irlam brings back memmories I used to deliver fire bricks there in the 60s from Henry Forsters at Backworth when I drove for Smiles for Miles, Then sometimes back load from the CWS margarine factory nearby,Regards Larry.
paul ward:
hi larry ,do you remember this foden from fergies .i used to look after the vintage fleet for a couple of years after ,old harry[ pev] peverley retired and drove this vehicle on many occassions ,.its now owned by a collector in wakefield and still turns up now and again at rallies , is there a date set yet for next drivers get together at christmas ,i will keep an eye on here if a date is posted ,hope to see you there .cheers… paul
Hi Paul, I do remember the old S 18 Foden, Harrys pride & joy, He drove a Foden S 18 when he was at Hewitts at Morpeth It was a stoker He used to do all the pole boggie work, Old Alec Hewitt who ended his days at Fergies could tell some good old stories about those good old days in transport, Old Harry was a great lad to know as well as Alec, I wonder what they would have thought & said about the haulage game as it is today, 
, I will see you at the Labour Club Bash at Xmas all going well my friend, Regards Larry.
Foden demonstrator on long-term assessment with Spillers Milling mid-1970s. The driver was Harry Carpenter, a Spillers employee for all of his working life, man and boy. Location, Spillers’ Homepride Mill, Dock Road, Birkenhead, the main core building in the background still exists as an apartment block.
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Foden demonstrator on long-term assessment with Spillers Milling mid-1970s. The driver was Harry Carpenter, a Spillers employee for all of his working life, man and boy. Location, Spillers’ Homepride Mill, Dock Road, Birkenhead, the main core building in the background still exists as an apartment block.
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Hi Graham,
Used to collect wheatfeed there down a chute inbetween two buildings and later used to tip wheat on front of building, reverse off street and had to line yourself up with your grain hatch and a hopper 2 foot square, Cheer’s for posting.
