AEC resting in Malta.
Oily
oiltreader:
daibootsy:
ENTREE, S.WALES.Hello Dai, are you well. I remember Entress in the 60s on the then main London to Sth Wales trunk road, the old A40. Blue with yellow lettering was the livery I remember.
Oily
Entress used to remove all the maker’s badges and lettering from their motors. I was told by one of their drivers that they were against advertising other peoples products. When you think about it there must have been a mountain of these badges of all shapes and sizes and from all different types of truck, just scrapped. What sort of money would they fetch today? Cheers Haddy ( badge collecter )
haddy:
Entress used to remove all the maker’s badges and lettering from their motors. I was told by one of their drivers that they were against advertising other peoples products. When you think about it there must have been a mountain of these badges of all shapes and sizes and from all different types of truck, just scrapped. What sort of money would they fetch today? Cheers Haddy ( badge collecter )
Just like Tom Llewellyn at Econofreight then. The word Atkinson was removed from the front of my Mk II but I somehow managed to hold onto the silver knight and the ■■■■■■■ badge. 
hi oiltreader, sorry didnt get to see you, but will be back up soon, my uncle drove for entress he had a new maggie. Bill Entress fell out with Volvo and went onto daf trucks
ex entress seddon atkinson 400, entress closed in 1982, and riding bought 5 . s a sold one to buckleys brewery warrington.
Entress 8 wheeler atky.
Hi, Daibootsy
That photo of Entress’s Atkinson ,to me it sums up the British road haulage industry of the 50’s and 60’s.
It looks careworn and glad to be parked up after another hard day. No bling , no glory , no one lavishing attention on it.
It looks like what it is , a tool to do a job with, but don’t you think it looks great , it’s saying I’m a piece of history, like it or lump it.
Great photo Daibootsy.
Cheers Bassman
Bassman:
Hi, DaibootsyThat photo of Entress’s Atkinson ,to me it sums up the British road haulage industry of the 50’s and 60’s.
It looks careworn and glad to be parked up after another hard day. No bling , no glory , no one lavishing attention on it.
It looks like what it is , a tool to do a job with, but don’t you think it looks great , it’s saying I’m a piece of history, like it or lump it.
Great photo Daibootsy.Cheers Bassman
too true
daibootsy:
i worked for this firm in the late80s,
A tidy shot there Dai,judging by the 8 stud wheels it must have been very early 60’s,the later Reivers went on to 10 stud hubs the Albion Reivers were the workhorses of many fleets we aquired a “Mastiff cabbed” Reiver via a takeover in '76 but I soon “got rid” as artics were the name of our game and rigids,apart from one or two run-about 4 wheelers,were no use to us!PS IIRC the 8 stud Reivers were 18ton GVW and the 10 stud later ones were 20ton GVW ?
daibootsy:
one for bewick
Spot on Dai,they were the best firm of yesteryear in South Wales,well IMHO as a 1960’s trailer mate!!! Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
daibootsy:
one for bewickSpot on Dai,they were the best firm of yesteryear in South Wales,well IMHO as a 1960’s trailer mate!!! Cheers Dennis.
Aye Dennis I loaded off them all the time when I worked for Smiles for Miles Vivian Bowen was a great lad, If I loaded out of their depot at Gorsingnon he would give a hand to sheet up, Of course the loads had to be well sheeted as Tin Plate had to be kept totaly dry, Usually for Westhoughton MBC, Regards Larry.
Bassman:
Hi, DaibootsyThat photo of Entress’s Atkinson ,to me it sums up the British road haulage industry of the 50’s and 60’s.
It looks careworn and glad to be parked up after another hard day. No bling , no glory , no one lavishing attention on it.
It looks like what it is , a tool to do a job with, but don’t you think it looks great , it’s saying I’m a piece of history, like it or lump it.
Great photo Daibootsy.Cheers Bassman
Yes, I agree, and it’s one of the reasons that I don’t like photo’s of tired old vehicles that have come to the end of their working lives just being parked up in a corner or in a field and left to rot. Far better IMO to get the gas axe out, things wear out and are no longer viable, but to just leave then rotting away is wrong.
grumpy old man:
Bassman:
Hi, DaibootsyThat photo of Entress’s Atkinson ,to me it sums up the British road haulage industry of the 50’s and 60’s.
It looks careworn and glad to be parked up after another hard day. No bling , no glory , no one lavishing attention on it.
It looks like what it is , a tool to do a job with, but don’t you think it looks great , it’s saying I’m a piece of history, like it or lump it.
Great photo Daibootsy.Cheers Bassman
Yes, I agree, and it’s one of the reasons that I don’t like photo’s of tired old vehicles that have come to the end of their working lives just being parked up in a corner or in a field and left to rot. Far better IMO to get the gas axe out, things wear out and are no longer viable, but to just leave then rotting away is wrong.
The commercial preservation scene would be a lot poorer if redundant motors weren’t left to rot, you can’t restore one once it’s cut up and melted down!
Bernard
daibootsy:
hi oiltreader, sorry didnt get to see you, but will be back up soon, my uncle drove for entress he had a new maggie. Bill Entress fell out with Volvo and went onto daf trucks
Yes Dai we can arrange something, anyway a nice run of pictures there along with the welcome response that’s always generated with the older stuff.
Cheers
Oily