A couple of oldies here taken in Milford Street Manchester.
Dewhurst Butchers were seen regularly around the Manchester area during the 60s
Don’t know who the Leyland belonged to,anyone any suggestions
Don’t know who the Leyland belonged to,anyone any suggestions
Stanfield:
A couple of oldies here taken in Milford Street Manchester.
Dewhurst Butchers were seen regularly around the Manchester area during the 60s
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Don’t know who the Leyland belonged to,anyone any suggestions
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Might it have been one of Jarvis Robinsons from L/Pool John ? Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Stanfield:
A couple of oldies here taken in Milford Street Manchester.
Dewhurst Butchers were seen regularly around the Manchester area during the 60s
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Don’t know who the Leyland belonged to,anyone any suggestions
0Might it have been one of Jarvis Robinsons from L/Pool John ? Cheers Dennis.
Well its defo a Liverpool Reg Dennis, & I agree with you on the Jarvis Robinson being the owner, Regards Larry.
Hi Mr Scammell, great pics, cheers for that 
. I’m trying to figure out where on the A96, Keith side of the Ashgrove would be my guess.
Here’s another McWilliam of Huntly wagon, this time in Inverness.
Oily
turps:
p3 and yes only true drivers can drive this
Didn’t realise it was a recovery jobbie. Wouldn’t fancy dragging too much weight with that P3, though.
Having a wee bit of a problem with main boiler room connections 
anyway sticking with type, one or two from Highland.
Oily
Jos Millican E.R.F, there s a video of this erf on you tube, jos millican proper work truck.
windrush:
Retired Old ■■■■:
Unusual to see a Trojan in pick-up form: most of them seemed to be vans, a large proportion of which were from Brooke Bond tea. Weren’t they chain driven, or are my brain cells withering again? And I seem to remember that they were Perkins P4 powered.Those were not chain driven but I think that the Pre War two stroke ones were. I am pretty certain that the engine was a Perkins P3, not a P4, just imagine coping with all that power!!!
Pete.
They still made two strokes after the war. A mate had half a dozen of the heaps, one was a Brooke Bond van, and that was a two cylinder two stroke. He also had a petrol dropside pick-up, a P3 powered 12 seater minibus, a forward control 30cwt van, and a couple of others, all with one thing in common, bloody awful!
Bernard
I never had the “pleasure” of driving one but it seems no-one has a good word to say about the things. Did they manufacture their own 2-strokes or were they proprietary units?
Retired Old ■■■■:
I never had the “pleasure” of driving one but it seems no-one has a good word to say about the things. Did they manufacture their own 2-strokes or were they proprietary units?
It was their own design. I saw one stripped out once, a strange contraption, it was a long time ago, so bear with me. If I remember correctly it had six cylinders and pistons, only four of the pistons worked in the conventional way, the other two forced a pre-charge in, working a bit like a supercharger. I think it only had two spark plugs, the pistons firing in pairs, so it sounded like a two-cylinder. Obviously no valves, with it being a two stroke, but a sump with oil in. Despite all this technology, the two I drove were useless, slow, and wouldn’t pull the proverbial skin off a rice pudding. The 3 cylinder Perkins powered bus with a three speed box was just as bad, pulled quiet well but painfully slow
Bernard
daibootsy:
Jos Millican E.R.F, there s a video of this erf on you tube, jos millican proper work truck.
Cheers for the pic Dai … for my part I can’t seem to make any progress with uploading, it’s gone from sporadic to nonstop .
Oily
albion1938:
Retired Old ■■■■:
I never had the “pleasure” of driving one but it seems no-one has a good word to say about the things. Did they manufacture their own 2-strokes or were they proprietary units?It was their own design. I saw one stripped out once, a strange contraption, it was a long time ago, so bear with me. If I remember correctly it had six cylinders and pistons, only four of the pistons worked in the conventional way, the other two forced a pre-charge in, working a bit like a supercharger. I think it only had two spark plugs, the pistons firing in pairs, so it sounded like a two-cylinder. Obviously no valves, with it being a two stroke, but a sump with oil in. Despite all this technology, the two I drove were useless, slow, and wouldn’t pull the proverbial skin off a rice pudding. The 3 cylinder Perkins powered bus with a three speed box was just as bad, pulled quiet well but painfully slow
Bernard
I seem to remember a 2-stroke motorcycle engine which employed a similar idea- single cylinder with an extra piston working “upside down” in the crankcase, effectively force-charging the fuel mixture into the combustion chamber via conventional ports. As I recall, this was more of a success than the Trojan version as regards power but the idea seems to have died a natural death.
Stanfield:
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Cheers John(Stanfield), cracking pics my contribution is lacking this last few days, text ok, pics, struggling.
Oily