gerbil sb152:
Hi all hope your all well how did you get on at Gaydon jimmer.
Hi Kev Gaydon went well for me this year although I missed most of the day Saturday I had to go for a scan as I had a lump appear on my neck but that’s another story !!!
I 1st prize for best US which was a Mack R600 Maxidyne I was asked by Jazzandy to have a go at it, from his book “50 shades of Tarmac”
And I got 1st for best Volvo of Geoff Gilbert’s F89 SJL 262S which after Gilbert’s had it Buzzer had it and Mappo used to drive it.
Jim, great effort…photos of your models, taken at the right angle in the right setting, would be indistinguishable from the real thing… well done mate …
GeorgieBoy
That a lovely little outfit, really Smart
My 1st artic was a 2300, felt like the king of the road, a little bit underpowered by the time i had it
but lovely beds in the Daf’s so always sleeped well.
regards
Jeremy
Ray Smyth:
Hello Ray Smyth again. My only picture of a Robert Baillie Atkinson,FPO 13C,on the A58 between Halifax and Rochdale,
returning to Wigan from Bradford, No M62,It was being built at the time. Note the unusual headboard,It had just been
rebuilt with a new cab,following young Mervyn rolling it over on the old A34 near Steventon (Oxon),fully laden with
3000 trays of Guernsey Tomatoes.
Fergie47:
Anyone remember these, depot in the Docks near Ranks Mills
Hi Fergie my brother was shop steward there !! Even I worked there back in the 70’s
Small world eh Jim…think there was also a wine depot close by, was it South African Wines ? they had Leyland or AEC Ergo cabs, light red, bordering on pink-ish… Also use to deliver to a wine depot at Testwood, with bottles from Alloa Glass, think they ran AEC’s with tandem axle tankers…maybe they did the bottling for SA Wines…
All along time ago now Jim…
As old timers go, they don’t get much more senior than Lenny Passingham, whom I caught up with on my last stint in the UK at Hampshire Grain. Lenny is quite happy to tell you he is “78 you know” and still doing part time work for Mid Hants bulk. Formerly of Warrens Alton, subcontracting for Rawlings and STS back in the day!
This puts him in the same class of yore with Mick Hellawell, whom I believe is recovering well from his major operation.
That,s my old mate Robin Pike…he and his brother John both worked for Henry Smithers, same time as i did…
John later worked with me at Transport Services and is now retired and living in Italy…
Robin now lives in France and coincidently i was chatting with him just yesterday…
mappo:
That,s my old mate Robin Pike…he and his brother John both worked for Henry Smithers, same time as i did…
John later worked with me at Transport Services and is now retired and living in Italy…
Robin now lives in France and coincidently i was chatting with him just yesterday…
Load of instant house walls on the trailer from REEMA construction, Baddesley if ime not mistaken Tone. cheers Buzzer.
Transport Sevices next !!
