hi adr was you on british leyland transport
pigpen:
hi adr was you on british leyland transport
Hi Pigpen, yes mate did my apprenticeship there late 70s-early 80s, when Transport was up BJ Henry’s old yard, great 5 years of my life 
Muckaway:
JAKEY:
Here Chris , was you driving Dens lush Roadtrain here , Den always had the rear windows covered , I reckon he was off .Did one of those ever pull a publicity trailer? I’m sure I remember seeing one somewhere, possibly the now defunct Witney Trade Fair?
Here you go new I had them somewhere I remember this day cos it was a Saturday & Den’ had a job to go & pick the exhibition trailer up from Longbridge, the day before I had passed my Class 1 aged 20, so obviously being keen as I asked if I could go with Den’ knowing he would let me do all the driving. I forget now where this Roadtrain had come from, we were always having them in & out of our yard at various times. The1 that really peed me off was when we had the Roadtrain that was won by Simon Sargent in the TRUCK mag’ competition in our yard, all chrome stacks/air horns the lot, it was kept there for about a month parked over in the corner out the way & no-one was allowed near it, I did sneak a quick drive round the yard in it but that was it 
Here we go!
The Red Arrows fan club of Stanford in The Vale
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Hey Chris was that Dens truck then ? , dont remember that one ! , but I do recallthe x reg Cruiser with the hydraulic 5th week which use to shunt the engine trailers .
JAKEY:
Hey Chris was that Dens truck then ? , dont remember that one ! , but I do recallthe x reg Cruiser with the hydraulic 5th week which use to shunt the engine trailers .
Hi Steve, can’t remember exactly where that Roadtrain was from, it could have been 1 of Longbridge’ wagons we’d knicked for a bit, they had them to replace their Crusader’s to pull the engines into Cowley every day! Too dirty to be Den’s regular motor!
Hi Chris , i see its got a gutter mounted cb twig , so im pressuming it had a regular driver ?
Old Hooky still my favourite pint.
I here that ROUTEMAN69 has a new toy !!! , pictures please richard 
JAKEY:
Hi Chris , i see its got a gutter mounted cb twig , so im pressuming it had a regular driver ?
Hi Steve, it was probably being driven by Jim Gray or Mick Hooper regularly, they were on what was called the Spare Group, they did the Motor Show’s, all the Show/demonstration work & all the European work so they tended to get the newer/better wagons when they came, even if they only at Cowley for a short time. Den went on that group when he came off nights, as you know Den was on nights for years, I was glad he came onto days cos he taught me so much!
If anyone gets the chance, have a look out for a book called Witney Then and Now by Stanley Jenkins. It’s got some great town centre traffic pics and includes Bernard T Frosts’ old offices where Langdale Gate now runs. Talking of pics I’ve found some I took of the old station yard being redeveloped into Sainsburys, I’ll see if I can reproduce and post them on here.
Alfred Groves (builders) of Milton Under Wychwood; Their shop burned down yesterday morning.
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They’ve got aggregate bays to the left of the picture, I used to deliver there regularly. Sometimes they’d order enough to give me a days’ work…A nice easy day, with a nice choice of places to stop for a break (or two!)
BigG-Unit:
Does anyone know where these were based and were they anything to do with the John Allen factory at Cowley?
Hi chaps as a lad back in around 1960,s i am sure i remember walking past these trucks while i was living in littleworth village near wheatley,there was also an landmark of a workshop and land belonging to R POWELL,there was a road just over the little hump back railway bridge next to the old track when it ran past wheatley
SNAIL:
BigG-Unit:
Does anyone know where these were based and were they anything to do with the John Allen factory at Cowley?
Hi chaps as a lad back in around 1960,s i am sure i remember walking past these trucks while i was living in littleworth village near wheatley,there was also an landmark of a workshop and land belonging to R POWELL,there was a road just over the little hump back railway bridge next to the old track when it ran past wheatley
Great pic BigG, hey Steve that’s Den’s old wagon , he drove for them for years! I keep meaning to pop round & see Faye (Den’s wife) & ask if she still has any of Den’s old pic’s I could have a look at!
adr:
SNAIL:
BigG-Unit:
Does anyone know where these were based and were they anything to do with the John Allen factory at Cowley?
Hi chaps as a lad back in around 1960,s i am sure i remember walking past these trucks while i was living in littleworth village near wheatley,there was also an landmark of a workshop and land belonging to R POWELL,there was a road just over the little hump back railway bridge next to the old track when it ran past wheatley
Great pic BigG, hey Steve that’s Den’s old wagon
Can’t remember now, if anyone knew the answer to my question when I posted the picture. 
Yes Chris , i can see Den polishing them chrome headlight bezels
the photo of hook norton haulage took me back to my early teenage years, I remember going to the factory the day this came off the production line, the frist new motor the old man bought. Many happy summers spent going down to spain in her. would love to find out what happen to her after he sold her if anyone knows where she is please let me know.