Long Departed Southampton Hauliers (Part 1)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS OLD TIME LORRIES, COMPANIES AND DRIVERS (INTERACT
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BUMP. Just to keep it near the top ! :smiley:

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:unamused: bon jour bon amie, hi there frenchy, hows the weather over there mate, just reading the post about the swinging of container in offers yard, the guy your on about that stood on top of the boxes is working for pentalver in soton, many a time i watched him stand on the chain hooks and get lifted high up (even in a force nine wind)on to the boxes, how he never met a nasty end ill never know, he certainly wasnt afraid of hights,wouldnt be able to do it now, all this rubbish of health and safty we have today,its a bloody joke and getting worse, i also remember loading out of heinz, did you know a driver from salisbury that worked there,they called him trout mouth,big fellow, used to see him thumbing a lift back to salisbury when he finish for the week think most drivers in soton had given him a lift home,if they were going his way.
all the best matie, take care,keep tipping the red,its good for you. :laughing: :laughing: BEV.

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:laughing: hi pat,just looking at that pic you put up of eric bakers motor,that brings back a few momories,not sure if thats,not my old motor , but i certainly drove one just like it for eric, she had a wooden cab, not totaly sure now but think she had either a 100 gardner in her or a 150 gardner,she was coupled to a david brown four speed gear box, and had a manual range change, with a max speed of 32mph. those were the days.bev. :sunglasses:

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Hi Bev. Was George Hollbrook on for Eric when you were on there.

Regards Shiney Boots

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Hi all, pat did i see john shaw driving norman offers old daf 85 i think it was on friday ,if it was’nt him it must have been his twin.

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Hi Gerbil just to but it in you may have done but more likely it was Southwest Trucks

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tribsa:
Hi Gerbil just to but it in you may have done but more likely it was Southwest Trucks

Hi Gerbil I would agree with Richard that he now works (part time I believe) for Southwest Truck repairs out of Eling Wharf.

Regards Pat

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Hi another of Rob Rymers pics

This time a Dallas AEC

Regards Pat

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Hi All Pat& Gerbil
Spoke to SWT & Jonny was not driving theirs last week so I think its a double.He was in the workshop on Friday.
Pat Dallas are from Kingston not Southampton, but as its such a nice photo I will let you off .
I also have some photos of Dallas’s Scanias.

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Hi Pat heres a V8 Dallas for you.

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Hi Pat another old swede this is a Dallas contract hire lorry

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tribsa:
Hi All Pat& Gerbil
Spoke to SWT & Jonny was not driving theirs last week so I think its a double.He was in the workshop on Friday.
Pat Dallas are from Kingston not Southampton, but as its such a nice photo I will let you off .
I also have some photos of Dallas’s Scanias.

Hi Richard I never claimed that Dallas were from Southampton but the pic was taken in the Southampton area not sure where though but I have another couple of Dallascoming through Twyford!!!

Regards Pat

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ainacs:
Hi Richard I never claimed that Dallas were from Southampton but the pic was taken in the Southampton area not sure where though but I have another couple of Dallascoming through Twyford!!!Regards Pat

Put them on anyway Pat :smiley: Could one of them be a Scania 80 :open_mouth: My uncle used to run an ex Dallas 80 M reg

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lemonmouth:

ainacs:
Hi Richard I never claimed that Dallas were from Southampton but the pic was taken in the Southampton area not sure where though but I have another couple of Dallascoming through Twyford!!!Regards Pat

Put them on anyway Pat :smiley: Could one of them be a Scania 80 :open_mouth: My uncle used to run an ex Dallas 80 M reg

No Lemonmouth I think they are AEC’s again!

Anyway not sure if the next one is a Southampton Haulier! but I dare say someone will tell me

The information on the back of the pic is as follows;

’ Cyclone Unit for Marchwood. From Emsworth to Botley 5pm -8pm 28/8/62 PC Tetley.’

The haulier is S M tidy I like the wide load warning painted on the side

Regards Pat

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Hi Pat,

Great pics, I think S M Tidy came from Brighton.
Regards MaggieD

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This one is for Chris

Fareham 29th June 1961 9.15am till 11.15am

Another of Rob Rymers pics this time Hills of Botley stuck with a long load at Fareham. The cutting from the Southern Evening Echo read as follows;

BIG TRAILER BLOCKS FAREHAM STREETS
Queues form as Traffic is brought to a standstill.

Traffic in Fareham was brought to a standstill for more than an hour today when a 100ft trailer failed to make a sharp tuning from West Street into High Street.
Police diverted traffic away from the centre of Fareham but long queues quickly formed. At one time when the trailer became stuck right across West Street, traffic stretched back to Cosham and for a mile back to Wickham.
Vehicles from Gosport were diverted round Fareham and Portsmouth bound traffic was diverted through the back of the town.
Kept waiting in the warm morning sun, the motorists many of them tradesmen, were slowly losing patience.
One lorry driver who had been waiting half an hour told a reporter ‘I am working on piece time and this delay means a loss of money for me’
The trouble started when the trailer belonging to Hill and Co of Botley and carrying parts of a gantry from Littlehampton to Dunfermline, Scotland–failed to negoiate the 90 degree bend into the High Street
A fitter was called and he removed one of the bollards but the traffic sign to Wickham stopped the trailer fom making the tricky turning and it was left stranded across West Street with the front on the pavement.
Cars passed under the the back of the trailer while it was stationary, helping to ease the situation.
After half and hours wait a bulldozer arrived on the scene and to cheers of the crowd of onlookers and motorists the traffic sign was jerked out of the ground.
VICTORY SMILE
With this obstacle removed the trailer edged it’s way round with the driver Mr John Murphy of Locksway Road, Milton giving a huge victory smile.
Mr Murphy who has to drive the trailer to Scotland told a reporter " This was where we expected trouble, we passed here last night in a car and I knew it would be difficult".
“We left Chichester early today and had no trouble in getting this far, which included going through the roundabouts at Paulsgrove, this is the best argument for a by-pass that I have seen”
Mr Murphy added that the trailer was scheduled to do the round trip to Scotland in a fortnight.
His mate Mr M McAlpine who sits on the back of the trailer to make sure it clears all obstacles, intervened " It will take a fortnight to reach Scotland at this rate"
Once the trailer made the turning , traffic slowly cleared with police help, but motorists were still very angry.
Why take aload this size by road? was the question our reporter was continually asked.

Regards Pat

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Hi Pat
Dont care where they come from just like to see the pics, only taking the mick.
I googled S.M.Tidy & as Maggie says there is a couple of construction firms in Brighton & a haulier at Cemex (RMC) House Thorpe Egham which isnt trading so perhaps they are connected to the construction industry as well.

Cheers Rich

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Me again
The Hill book says they were 100’ long & was 1of 8 loads from Littlehampton to Dunfermline & were crane gantry sections.

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Hi Lemonmouth
There is an 80 in the back ground of the 4 wheeler shot could it be! I will try to find some more Dallas pics . I also have some books of Dallas I will be digging like a Jack Russell.

Bye Rich.

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Hi all thank’s for yhe info on mr Shaw the guy i saw was a dead ringer for him .Great piece on the Cris Hill 100 ft load interesting for me born and bred in fareham so do we assume they got the other loads round ok. did you know that was me waved to you on monday richard. :laughing: