PRIDAY METFORD GLOS BOUGHT BY SPILLERS THEN SHUT DOWN USED TO BE GREEN AND CREAM LATER ON.
Hello,I am Ray Smyth,I was a registered carrier with Rank Hovis at their new distribution depot at Westhoughton,near Bolton,
from August 1979,until December 1997. Early 80s I bought several Ford D Series 13 tons GVW Curtain Siders from Rank Hovis
Reg Numbers GYF 628N,HHX 310N,LYK 434P,OYT 105R, I also bought a D Series 16 Ton GVW,Reg No PYM 50R,then a single axle
Trailer with “Granary” curtains,and an unusual 25 ft step frame curtain trailer,with 2 axles on 16 inch wheels,which I eventually
sold back to Rank Hovis,it was sent to Belfast. Regards, Ray Smyth.
hello ray , i worked for f r somerset in the 90s and we took stock from canklow to westhoughton . i can remember some of the lorries you listed . cracking place westhoughton , good lads in the warehouse , always one of my favourite runs , regards , dave
Ray Smyth:
Hello,I am Ray Smyth,I was a registered carrier with Rank Hovis at their new distribution depot at Westhoughton,near Bolton,
from August 1979,until December 1997. Early 80s I bought several Ford D Series 13 tons GVW Curtain Siders from Rank Hovis
Reg Numbers GYF 628N,HHX 310N,LYK 434P,OYT 105R, I also bought a D Series 16 Ton GVW,Reg No PYM 50R,then a single axle
Trailer with “Granary” curtains,and an unusual 25 ft step frame curtain trailer,with 2 axles on 16 inch wheels,which I eventually
sold back to Rank Hovis,it was sent to Belfast. Regards, Ray Smyth.
Do you have any photos Ray?
Hello Rank Hovis Lads.
Hello Rigsby,We probably met several times at Westhoughton. Little Kenny (Shagger),Frank and Martin were the Fork Truck Drivers.
Hello Flourpower,Yes I do have some Rank Hovis lorry photos,As soon as I learn how to put them on here,I will do so.
I am a latecomer to computers and anything digital.
Kind Regards, Ray Smyth. raysmyth@fsmail.net
rigsby:
hello ray , i worked for f r somerset in the 90s and we took stock from canklow to westhoughton . i can remember some of the lorries you listed . cracking place westhoughton , good lads in the warehouse , always one of my favourite runs , regards , dave
How u Doin Dave u awreet Mate? Cheers Chris
aye , plodding on and bothering none chris . i’m an unpaid security guard for the next week , son and his wife off to spain for a week . he had a nearly new caravan nicked off his drive last time they went away . hopefully he’ll bring me some cheap ■■■■ back ( can’t/won’t kick the habit) , bit late now after 60 years . hope all is well with you and the family , cheers , dave
When I was on trunk for the BRS in the early 60’s I would be overtaken on the M1 by a couple of Hovis Leyland 8 wheel flour tankers which were flyers and somebody had worked on the pumps on these and I wish I could have gotten them to work on the Leyland 600 in the Bristol I was driving…Tony
Hi Tony,I am Ray Smyth,Ex Rank Hovis subby/owner driver. My experience of Leyland 600 engines,They were generally very good,
Late sixties I did 2 years driving buses and coaches for Ribble Motor Services here in the North West. The Leyland Leopard coaches
had 5 speed gearbox and high ratio diff,and would easily romp up to 80mph.
Regards, Ray Smyth.
Hy Ray, yes the Leyland 600 was a decent engine, although I prefered the AEC engines and lorrys, but these short wheel based W24 Octopuses were probably the fastest of their type I had come across and they sounded like they had been opened up, one trick with the Leyland was to put a pin hole in the venturi pipe but these had been properly opened up I should think, which was a surprise with a company like Hovis, now Sammy Andersons AEC’s well that was different…Tony
rigsby:
aye , plodding on and bothering none chris . i’m an unpaid security guard for the next week , son and his wife off to spain for a week . he had a nearly new caravan nicked off his drive last time they went away . hopefully he’ll bring me some cheap ■■■■ back ( can’t/won’t kick the habit) , bit late now after 60 years . hope all is well with you and the family , cheers , dave
Aye wer Doin awreet Dave Thanks mate, we Got another grandaughter now keeping us Busy LoL"“”
CJA1:
rigsby:
aye , plodding on and bothering none chris . i’m an unpaid security guard for the next week , son and his wife off to spain for a week . he had a nearly new caravan nicked off his drive last time they went away . hopefully he’ll bring me some cheap ■■■■ back ( can’t/won’t kick the habit) , bit late now after 60 years . hope all is well with you and the family , cheers , daveAye wer Doin awreet Dave Thanks mate, we Got another grandaughter now keeping us Busy LoL"“”
she’ll keep you even busier as she grows up . our granddaughter is 26 now and getting wed next year , grandson is 24 and engaged , where have the years gone ■■ never mind though , you love them to bits don’t you , cheers , dave
rigsby:
CJA1:
rigsby:
aye , plodding on and bothering none chris . i’m an unpaid security guard for the next week , son and his wife off to spain for a week . he had a nearly new caravan nicked off his drive last time they went away . hopefully he’ll bring me some cheap ■■■■ back ( can’t/won’t kick the habit) , bit late now after 60 years . hope all is well with you and the family , cheers , daveAye wer Doin awreet Dave Thanks mate, we Got another grandaughter now keeping us Busy LoL"“”
she’ll keep you even busier as she grows up . our granddaughter is 26 now and getting wed next year , grandson is 24 and engaged , where have the years gone ■■ never mind though , you love them to bits don’t you , cheers , dave
Aye Thaa Reet Theer Dave Two Grandsons 25 n 23 n Gt un 7yrs Just feelin it some Days LoL""■■?
FLOURPOWER:
OLD RANKS PHOTO
Hi “FLOURPOWER” this is a great photo of old wagons 1928/9 I would think, Are they Lancias by any chance ? Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
FLOURPOWER:
OLD RANKS PHOTOHi “FLOURPOWER” this is a great photo of old wagons 1928/9 I would think, Are they Lancias by any chance ? Regards Larry.
Hi They are Swiss Saurers Larry cheers Keith.
FLOURPOWER:
Lawrence Dunbar:
FLOURPOWER:
OLD RANKS PHOTOHi “FLOURPOWER” this is a great photo of old wagons 1928/9 I would think, Are they Lancias by any chance ? Regards Larry.
Hi They are Swiss Saurers Larry cheers Keith.
Thank you, Regards Larry.
