Thanks to coomsey, Buzzer and stevejones for the photos 
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Oily
A well shod Octopus credit to SCP for the photo.
ye tks oiltreader she very nice inside a beauty
Suedehead:
Buzzer:
Fridays follies, BuzzerLove the pic of the AA patrolman but what is he doing, looks like some kind of jack ?
It is a frame to raise the front of the car to fit a towing ‘ambulance’ underneath, the frame stayed in place and the Land Rover would couple it with a straight tow bar. We had one at the garage I worked at. Ours had solid tyres though, if you went above 20mph the tyres expanded with heat and came off of the rims! 
Pete.
Seeing that Chevette (the one on the right for those who don’t know) reminded me of the one my sister had in about 1978/79.
Winter morning, three inches of snow on the bonnet, it would start first turn of the key.
Any hint of mist or fog and it was hair dryer or fan heater on the electrics for ten minutes before it would even think about starting!
Tyneside
stevejones:
me new ride volvo vnl 760
Nice to see you back Steve.
coomsey:
I want one ! NMP off FB
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What is it? The bonnet looks a bit like an Oz Chamberlain.
essexpete:
coomsey:
I want one ! NMP off FB
0What is it? The bonnet looks a bit like an Oz Chamberlain.
Ford radiator cowling I think.
One of Byker Stations Volvo Fire Appliance’s, I would have done some some work on that and similar before retiring, in fact we did too much work on this model the build quality was poor compared to earlier models which were very reliable. I lost count of how many windows I replaced in the cab doors that got cracked. The runners would fall out when the window was lowered and as soon as a Firefighter slammed the door shut the glass would rattle and strike a screw holding a bracket inside the door and shatter. Door seals came loose, any amount of electronic faults and the worst was the rear brake calliper pistons being bent with hard braking and they couldn’t be wound fully back to replace pads so the whole calliper needed replacing, Discs also suffered cracking which they did at least resolve eventually. Many discussions and arguments with the local dealer over these vehicles. I suppose they kept us in work! Franky. By the way I had to change my user name and re-register due to a new PC that didn’t have my password for the site and for the life of me I couldn’t recall it or have it written anywhere, such is life!
Geordielad:
By the way I had to change my user name and re-register due to a new PC that didn’t have my password for the site and for the life of me I couldn’t recall it or have it written anywhere, such is life!
Happened to me too Geordielad, way back in 2004, but I hadn’t even got a new computer. 
Never did find out why. 
mushroomman:
Photos courtesy of Manchester Libraries.They are not all doing a Dodgy are they Chris.
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Eyup Steve.I thought they might be Scouse dockers getting a lift home at end of their shift,cheeky sods asking drivers for that favour when they did eff all but watch.Some got dropped off a bit further out than they wanted…
Chris Webb:
mushroomman:
Photos courtesy of Manchester Libraries.They are not all doing a Dodgy are they Chris.
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Eyup Steve.I thought they might be Scouse dockers getting a lift home at end of their shift,cheeky sods asking drivers for that favour when they did eff all but watch.Some got dropped off a bit further out than they wanted…
Classic Chris, my thoughts exactly, mind you the first explanation struck a bit of a chord as well. Oh, what fun we had standing in the rain at the side of the road with a limp bit of paper as a please, and all for a few moments with our beloveds, and a 10 bob profit.
Chris Webb:
mushroomman:
Photos courtesy of Manchester Libraries.They are not all doing a Dodgy are they Chris.
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Eyup Steve.I thought they might be Scouse dockers getting a lift home at end of their shift,cheeky sods asking drivers for that favour when they did eff all but watch.Some got dropped off a bit further out than they wanted……
Funnily enough my mate who drove an artic for Mrs Housley at Cromford mentioned this on friday. He was held up at L’pool docks for no apparent reason and then realised that as they knew he was going back along the East Lancs road they were waiting until late afternoon before they unloaded him so they could get a lift home! They all piled on the trailer which had no headboard and some of their feet were only inches away from the propshaft. Anyway he was determined that he wasn’t stopping until he got at least to Huyton so planned his run at the lights so as not to stop, he jumped a few but managed it. They never bothered asking him again!
Pete.
Actually lads, the top photo is titled Manchester Bus Strike 1946. Lorries took people home.
As regards The Liverpool Dockers you are all correct.
Back in the eighties we were on contract to I.C.I. and the usual driver, Frank was going on his holidays for a week and I was asked to cover the Liverpool/ North Wales run.
Frank warned me about the foreman at Seaforth Docks who would make you wait to be tipped if he knew that you were going back along the East Lancs Road anytime after midday. As it was my last delivery I didn’t mind but I had to drop him at a big pub on the left hand side which I think was on the corner of Queens Road, Walton. I have just tried to find the pub on Google Earth and it’s not there now so does anybody know if there used to be a pub there on the corner. 
I only dropped the guy off twice but I remember both times him saying “it’s O.K. driver, you can drop me here, I can walk the rest of the way”. 
