is that you uncle FRANKMACK i have the photo of that seddon oku819h with tankers on will try to put it on here hope u r well and aunt betty
sorry for got to say he told you had been to see himm with bob q and colin husler from garage
Hi Frank, well you have stirred the Ashys thread back to life, have you heard of the reunion we are trying to get going, Bradford area drivers well not just Bradford,A One .etc. etc. have you any comments on this.
Les.
steve brearley:
is that you uncle FRANKMACK i have the photo of that seddon oku819h with tankers on will try to put it on here hope u r well and aunt betty
steve brearley:
is that you uncle FRANKMACK i have the photo of that seddon oku819h with tankers on will try to put it on here hope u r well and aunt betty
hi steve frank here betty and me well gave old man mag with his truck he was over moon is he ok avent had chance to go again
frankmack:
lespullan:
frankmack:
bradfordlad9999:
peterq5422:
Ashworths thorneycroft wrecker which if i remember was painted yellow and is in a scrapyard on bowling back lane in bradfordyes its still in there only a couple of trucks servive in that scrap yard now stone yard
hi frank mack here i drove that motor powered by 180 gardner and 12 speed foden gear box when jack b0ught it had a hercules petrol engine i did many miles in it
Hi Frank, remember the old wrecker well slogging up Allerton Rd, I presume your the Frank I had many a pint with, Red Lion .etc. .etc. bumped into Dave Wilson a few weeks ago.
Les.hi les same old avent seen u for years had plenty beer in old days not seen dave for a while nice to hear from u
frankmack:
lespullan:
frankmack:
bradfordlad9999:
peterq5422:
Ashworths thorneycroft wrecker which if i remember was painted yellow and is in a scrapyard on bowling back lane in bradfordyes its still in there only a couple of trucks servive in that scrap yard now stone yard
hi frank mack here i drove that motor powered by 180 gardner and 12 speed foden gear box when jack b0ught it had a hercules petrol engine i did many miles in it
Hi Frank, remember the old wrecker well slogging up Allerton Rd, I presume your the Frank I had many a pint with, Red Lion .etc. .etc. bumped into Dave Wilson a few weeks ago.
Les.hi les same old avent seen u for years had plenty beer in old days not seen dave for a while nice to hear from u
eh up uncle frankmack glad to hear your both well the picture of the seddon dad had ive seen it in the mag but i have the original that barny had sent from germany and gave to [jud] as i say wil dig it out and post it on here.
del949:
Certainly looks like him! and he hasn’t altered much.
The trailer looks like it might be the one I had at Blackburns and Ashworths got when Blackburns folded.
ye thats me loaded at liverpool ur correct bout trailer jack bought a k reg big j he put agardner in it bob the dog drove it i think it had a perkins when it come to ashys
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steve brearley:
is that you uncle FRANKMACK i have the photo of that seddon oku819h with tankers on will try to put it on here hope u r well and aunt betty
steve brearley:
is that you uncle FRANKMACK i have the photo of that seddon oku819h with tankers on will try to put it on here hope u r well and aunt betty
hi steve frank here betty and me well gave old man mag with his truck he was over moon is he ok avent had chance to go again
frankmack:
lespullan:
frankmack:
bradfordlad9999:
peterq5422:
Ashworths thorneycroft wrecker which if i remember was painted yellow and is in a scrapyard on bowling back lane in bradfordyes its still in there only a couple of trucks servive in that scrap yard now stone yard
hi frank mack here i drove that motor powered by 180 gardner and 12 speed foden gear box when jack b0ught it had a hercules petrol engine i did many miles in it
Hi Frank, remember the old wrecker well slogging up Allerton Rd, I presume your the Frank I had many a pint with, Red Lion .etc. .etc. bumped into Dave Wilson a few weeks ago.
Les.hi les same old avent seen u for years had plenty beer in old days not seen dave for a while nice to hear from u
frankmack:
lespullan:
frankmack:
bradfordlad9999:
peterq5422:
Ashworths thorneycroft wrecker which if i remember was painted yellow and is in a scrapyard on bowling back lane in bradfordyes its still in there only a couple of trucks servive in that scrap yard now stone yard
hi frank mack here i drove that motor powered by 180 gardner and 12 speed foden gear box when jack b0ught it had a hercules petrol engine i did many miles in it
Hi Frank, remember the old wrecker well slogging up Allerton Rd, I presume your the Frank I had many a pint with, Red Lion .etc. .etc. bumped into Dave Wilson a few weeks ago.
Les.hi les same old avent seen u for years had plenty beer in old days not seen dave for a while nice to hear from u
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frankmack:
del949:
Certainly looks like him! and he hasn’t altered much.
The trailer looks like it might be the one I had at Blackburns and Ashworths got when Blackburns folded.ye thats me loaded at liverpool ur correct bout trailer jack bought a k reg big j he put agardner in it bob the dog drove it i think it had a perkins when it come to ashys
steve brearley:
eh up uncle frankmack glad to hear your both well the picture of the seddon dad had ive seen it in the mag but i have the original that barny had sent from germany and gave to [jud] as i say wil dig it out and post it on here.
steve brearley:
eh up uncle frankmack glad to hear your both well the picture of the seddon dad had ive seen it in the mag but i have the original that barny had sent from germany and gave to [jud] as i say wil dig it out and post it on here.
ramone:
scud:
Ididnt know they had a yard in Liverpool where abouts ? Iwas talking to Ralph Smith the other day after some photos of his seddon and his F88 loaded with wool for my book ; hewas telling me he used to subbie for ashworth when the wool job was slow but hed no photos.
What about ashworths otheryard ?Denholme? There must have been half a dozen units parked up in the village when i went through on a saturday afternoon.Have u seen this Peter Davies picture of 2 bradford wool, lorries
Also this Longs motor my dad had 1 identical to it both pictures are copyrights so cant be used
hi ramone frank mack here is ralph still knocking about that guy just could get some bales he used to put timbers out to get more on used to take balers to west country for us
ramone:
scud:
What about the tale of jack ashworth cutting a brand new aec mercury it two in order to lengthen it to get an extra tractor on ,this was done while the rep was in the office picking up the cheque .some or all of this could be true?i heard a tale of a driver going to see him and saying his wage packet was a pound short ,so he just opened another drivers pay packet and took a pound out of it and resealed it ,the driver said well he
s short now ,ashy replied ,therell be 1 idiot that wont say anything!!!
hi ramone frank again just read story bout jack cutting aec s up not quite right he bought two export models four leggers cut them up and made units out of them alan whitwam and fossie drove them lky592 and593
ramone:
scud:
What about the tale of jack ashworth cutting a brand new aec mercury it two in order to lengthen it to get an extra tractor on ,this was done while the rep was in the office picking up the cheque .some or all of this could be true?i heard a tale of a driver going to see him and saying his wage packet was a pound short ,so he just opened another drivers pay packet and took a pound out of it and resealed it ,the driver said well he
s short now ,ashy replied ,therell be 1 idiot that wont say anything!!!
hi ramone frank again just read story bout jack cutting aec s up not quite right he bought two export models four leggers cut them up and made units out of them alan whitwam and fossie drove them lky592 and593
YOUNGDAVE:
steve brearley:
eh up young dave thanks for asking about him he still not well still as bad as ever been to see him today i remember jack wood he still talks about the good times with ashys i remember once going to germany with my dad donald grice and woody woody had an f88 or f89 lefthooker not got ashys name on it think they got it from a firm called dcd white painted with orange &blue stripe around it ill tel him you were asking about him when i go next week .Thanks steve for getting back to me about your dad i new him along time before i worked at Ellisons but got to know better like said on my last post when i worked with him at Ellisons.One story was when he went to Italy with the Scania 112 he had, he took wrong turn,desides to turn round in field gets stuck.Little lad turns up asks your dad if he wants help your dad said if you can. Lad go’s away about an hour later half the village turn out with fire engines, police ,brakedown trucks the lot your dad thought it was hilarous they got him out and never charged in a dime they must have thought it was agood excerise.He loved going to Italy personly i never liked the place.Steve do you know if is old mate Vic’s still about.
hi young brearley frank here just read story when u went with dad and woody to italy woodys volvo was a left ■■■■■■ from crossroads i went for it it was in dcd livery bradly ended up with it jack got f12 on s plate r u good
eh up franky all gone quiet ant it talkin to little bob waite the other day said he not seen you in ages always remember you lot sat dinner in tap room in prince had a lot of double de clutch going on in there roping & sheetinsome good old boys or wot went to see old lad teusday trying to get a roap around one of the carers some things never change.
steve brearley:
eh up franky all gone quiet ant it talkin to little bob waite the other day said he not seen you in ages always remember you lot sat dinner in tap room in prince had a lot of double de clutch going on in there roping & sheetinsome good old boys or wot went to see old lad teusday trying to get a roap around one of the carers some things never change.
Hi, Franks batteries must have gone flat, if you see Bob Waite again remember him to me. [Edwards Bell days] Prince was a good pub then if you could stand the pace, and the smell of diesel, oh and the commitment that you should go home after being away all week. 
Les.
keith 2:
Hi Peter,i work for a Volvo dealer in Normanton,i am ex A ONE TRANSPORT fitter,we had a Bradford owner driver in today which I told him about this site,his son has some old ashworth phots and one of a asworth built trailer,he is going to bring them in on his next service.will post them when I get them,keith
Hi Peter,i have them photo copy photos,can you go to the A ONE reunion I will pass them on .keith
[Here is a picture of one of ashworths finest ,shame there,s no wool on it ,looking at it with all the spotlight on it i wonder if rughead drove it? I,m sure i,ve seen a picture if it before in colour as its probably a peter davies shot.
Cheer,s Richard.
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scud:
[Here is a picture of one of ashworths finest ,shame there,s no wool on it ,looking at it with all the spotlight on it i wonder if rughead drove it? I,m sure i,ve seen a picture if it before in colour as its probably a peter davies shot.
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What a great photo, where was it taken , any ideas … how`s the book coming on ?
ramone:
scud:
[Here is a picture of one of ashworths finest ,shame there,s no wool on it ,looking at it with all the spotlight on it i wonder if rughead drove it? I,m sure i,ve seen a picture if it before in colour as its probably a peter davies shot.
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What a great photo, where was it taken , any ideas … how`s the book coming on ?
Evening Paul.
Idont know where the photo was taken probably down south,the book is coming on steadily and making progress i,ve about 150 photos to sort through ,i,m going to be of work for 8 weeks starting in sept so i should be getting near with it.I,ll keep you informed.
Cheer,s Richard.
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Here,s another this time loaded with press packs out of wilson,s at bolton wood mill bradford ,i have this one in colour though and a full picture of the wagon but that,s going in the book.
Cheer,s Richard.
scud:
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Here,s another this time loaded with press packs out of wilson,s at bolton wood mill bradford ,i have this one in colour though and a full picture of the wagon but that,s going in the book.
Cheer,s Richard.
Another great pic , did you get any Longs photos?
ramone:
scud:
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Here,s another this time loaded with press packs out of wilson,s at bolton wood mill bradford ,i have this one in colour though and a full picture of the wagon but that,s going in the book.
Cheer,s Richard.Another great pic , did you get any Longs photos?
Yes i have a few ,i,m going to see Andrew Long sometime soon i understand he has quite a selection of the firms old photos.