"Heavy Haulage through the years"

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moomooland:
Pictured here on the A6 at Hazel Grove is an aircraft fuselage en route to Woodford from Chadderton.

Woodford Aerodrome was built by A.V. Roe & Company (Avro) to receive components from its Newton Heath and Chadderton sites, carry out final assembly, undertake test flights and deliver the finished aircraft.

Cheers moomooland! Any info perchance on the modification? Worked quite properly by the looks of it.

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This cracking shot of Pickfords moving a transformer was taken on the A580 East Lancashire Road near St Helens.

The cafe in the background is the long gone Carr Mill Cafe now empty and bricked up.

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[jsutherland]

moomooland:
0This cracking shot of Pickfords moving a transformer was taken on the A580 East Lancashire Road near St Helens.
The cafe in the background is the long gone Carr Mill Cafe now empty and bricked up.

A great picture moomooland. Must have been quite a challenge back then with for example the brakes not being what they are today and a big danger of them overheating. I guess legislation was a tad more relaxed back then

[jsutherland]

Here is a picture of a modern truck - quite a difference.

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J.B. Rawcliffe & Sons Ltd.

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Sunter Brothers Ltd Guy Invincible Reg No 802 FVA pulls out of the long gone Distington Engineering Company Ltd of Workington with a steel vessel on board.
Known locally as Chapel Bank Distington Engineering closed down in 1980 and the foundry was demolished in 1982.
Here’s a bit of trivia…
The “Distington” connection in the naming of the plant was a wartime deception.
Initially given the name of “The Distington Haematite Iron Company”, the only connection with the village of Distington - five miles away - was that the ornate gates on Chapel Bank’s main entrance came from Distington Hall. The plant was later re-titled the "Distington Engineering Company Ltd.

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Elliot of York Scammell tractor unit pictured transporting Glasgow tram No 1282 to Crich Tramway Museum in
Derbyshire after it was saved for preservation.

Glasgow 1282 pictured in 1985 at Crich after extensive restoration which took many years.
Photograph courtesy of the late J.W. Sutherland.

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Fantastic pictures. Taken in a fine country as well (Scotland) [emoji3]

moomooland:
1Elliot of York Scammell tractor unit pictured transporting Glasgow tram No 1282 to Crich Tramway Museum in
Derbyshire after it was saved for preservation.

0Glasgow 1282 pictured in 1985 at Crich after extensive restoration which took many years.
Photograph courtesy of the late J.W. Sutherland.

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Thanks to Peter Schöler for these.
Oily

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Sunters heading through Seaton Carew en-route to Hartlepool.

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Pictured here running solo through Lowestoft a former World War 2 Diamond T 980/981 prime mover M20 Reg No HDW 107 operated by Wynns Heavy Haulage of Newport.
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[deanb]

Annis.

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Patrick Johnny Deano Moomooland and Oily and anyone I have missed where do they all come from,I .m with Patrick though the older units do attract me more these days probably as I remember before heading for a warmer climate working on Scammels and driving AEC Matador wreckers and seeing iconic Diamond Ts bopping around how its changed anyhow I wish to tap your collective knowledge and tell me what those small round tanks/barrels are used for on the top of this lorry storage pack/stack.Seems a shame when you add a third axle you have to build a skyscraper behind the cab to accomodate the fuel tanks.
If that was here in Oz tanks that size are usually filled with amber fluid.
Cheers Dig

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DEANB:
Annis.

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Dean strikes again! Top article. Thanks Dean.

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