Old Firms in Oxford Area

Stephenson’s Commer Superpoise.
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Collet crane and Cowley Concrete lorry.
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Another Cowley Concrete lowloader.
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Another oldie.
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Anyone remember this company.
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Going back a bit on the corner of Castle Street and Paradise Street.
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Yet another.
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Chippy lemonade lorry.
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Halls Brewery dray.
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Keeping the memory stirred, an early Banbury Buildings Bedford.
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Clanfield Milling and Straw Rope Company.
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Anyone come across them.
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More later with quite a few Ameys

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Some good old pic’s there oiltreader :smiley: :smiley: lets have the Ameys ones.

Yeah! wonderful Eddie, some lovely ol’ motors and long forgotten firms! That Mac Fisheries van would have been something like the set up of the one my dad did the milk collections on, cab wise, his would have been a flat. I think I may have said on here before, he would set the hand throttle and run alongside, in winter, to keep his feet warm! :laughing: Seeing the Wards removal van just reminded me of another firm my dad worked for and that was Rainbows Removals, on the Abingdon road. As for the Banbury Buildings S type Bedford, they had a few of them on Tuckwells, late '50s, they were a bit harsh! :neutral_face:
Does anyone have any history of Cowley Concrete? Who’s set up was it and did Dykes Bros. do anything out of there? :confused: Anyway great stuff chaps, keep finding 'em, they are truly wonderful ! :sunglasses:

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Yeah! wonderful Eddie, some lovely ol’ motors and long forgotten firms! That Mac Fisheries van would have been something like the set up of the one my dad did the milk collections on, cab wise, his would have been a flat. I think I may have said on here before, he would set the hand throttle and run alongside, in winter, to keep his feet warm! :laughing: Seeing the Wards removal van just reminded me of another firm my dad worked for and that was Rainbows Removals, on the Abingdon road. As for the Banbury Buildings S type Bedford, they had a few of them on Tuckwells, late '50s, they were a bit harsh! :neutral_face:
Does anyone have any history of Cowley Concrete? Who’s set up was it and did Dykes Bros. do anything out of there? :confused: Anyway great stuff chaps, keep finding 'em, they are truly wonderful ! :sunglasses:

HI BigG-Unit. Cowley Concrete was at Radley road Abingdon -they made all types of pre -stressed structures for the construction industry–the were bought out by AMEY who were able to expand the operation as well as supplying transport and aggregate etc also amey-chivers was set up there to supply pre fab housing .one large early contract was to supply the M4 Chiswick flyover with very large beams .For a while i was based there at the works----toshboy

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Nice pic Muckaway, that’s about the time my Dad was on there, with Toshboy, bet he’ll like that 1 when he sees it!

Hello Nathan ,where ARE you getting these pics from absolute crackers–i feel as though its my birthday today -its like being reincarnated!!

BRS Kidlington -the result of Tommy Milehams being aquired due the nationalisation-Milehams had Bedfords galore (an east london silvertown firm) they done a lot out of cherwell cement works— but the ERF-- that was ex Tuckwells-an A licence takover and sent to milehams kidlington. this was the truck responsible for towing me over Shap in the snow one winter -i had a mk5 seddon artic at the time --one trip i shall never forget !----------------------------toshboy

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Anyone remember this company.
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Hi Oiltreader
Yes remember them .based in the Oxford covered market -on W C Amey i used to daywork regularly for them --collecting potatoes from local farms -delivering to the colleges and best of all unloading bananas out of rail trucks and taking them to a gas lit ripening store in st ebbes usually forgetting a few bunches under the passenger seat !!!----toshboy

Hi tosh boy , if you were at kidlington depot , do you recall a fitter Ted starling ? he lived at kidlington as well .

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Hi tosh boy , if you were at kidlington depot , do you recall a fitter Ted starling ? he lived at kidlington as well .

Hi Jakey. I was not based there but would have worked out of there at times -knew a few drivers of course but no fitting staff, while im on i remember a den blackwell at long lane along with doug charlett (tyres) both drivers with me -before your time?

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