servo88:
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Bloody hell I remember going off with my Dad as a kid in one of those.
Also an Albion,.a 2 stroke Commer,.an ‘S’ type petrol Bedford,.and a more ‘‘modern’’ BMC Austin,… brand new on a 66 ‘C’ reg twin headlights job.
I once tipped at a place in Carlisle around 82 and was surprised (and tbh thrilled 
) to see it parked up in a corner as scrap.
No camera phones in those days,. I would have loved a pic of it.
Just ignore me, I’m rambling and thinking out loud. 
Lawrence Dunbar:
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Looks like one of the ex DoT fleet S85s I drove when they were new.From memory they had the GYP prefix and numbers between 180 to 200 on the W.
Buzzer:
Wednesdays entry, Buzzer
Tinsley TransCafe, is that the one opposite Sid Harrison’s yard, and is it still there?
Spardo:
Buzzer:
Wednesdays entry, BuzzerTinsley TransCafe, is that the one opposite Sid Harrison’s yard, and is it still there?
The ERF in the picture was new to Stirlands
Hi Buzzer, Nice photo of the Thornycroft, I drove one in the 50s, Same body, But too close to the cab, when sheeting up, But a great wagon with Westinghouse air brakes on all axles,Thanks for posting it, Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Hi Buzzer, Nice photo of the Thornycroft, I drove one in the 50s, Same body, But too close to the cab, when sheeting up, But a great wagon with Westinghouse air brakes on all axles,Thanks for posting it, Larry.
Here’s another one but a six wheeler and I see what you mean about the headboard so close to the cab back, difficult to sheet well, Buzzer
Thanks to Suedehead, servo88, Lawrence Dunbar, Buzzer and Kempston for the photos 
also Franglais for the link .
Oily
Buzzer pic Bedford front tyres, no traction on muddy ground the lugs fill up, result slicks and useless on the other hand there might be a good reason for the tread being back to front.
Met this machine yesterday, no idea what it was until youtu.be/cbrrHtW9bOU
Oily
oiltreader:
Met this machine yesterday, no idea what it was until youtu.be/cbrrHtW9bOU
Oily
Chipping for green energy? 
A question for the, ahem, older contributors: From a drivers perspective, what were the best driving UK lorries of the 50s and 60s for comfort and ease of operating? Were there model that were aspired to but tended to be a let down?
Buzzer pic Bedford front tyres, no traction on muddy ground the lugs fill up, result slicks and useless on the other hand there might be a good reason for the tread being back to front.
Tyres on the front axle were usually opposite tread to the rears as they didn’t wear as quickly with the outer edges of the tread making road contact first and no need to have them like the rears if the front axle wasn’t driven when on a metalled surface, having them point first on the driven axle/axles gave better traction off road but wore more quickly on a road surface. Franky.
Thanks to Buzzer for the photos and Geordielad for the info
Buzzer’s photo of the Dutch? barge, I’d say is loaded with brewer’s grains, north of the border we call it brewer’s draff and in my youth it was fed to cattle. Back in the '60s a firm James and Son would be seen back and fore on the A4 out of London with Ford Traders and Bedford TKs with drags carting brewers grains one of the collections would have been from Fullers which was on the A4 at Chiswick, memory a bit foggy but pretty sure that’s where it was.
Oily
