Gardner 120:
A potted history of ERF 4 wheeler SMA 13H first registered in July 1970 and new to Woodwards of Macclesfield - Gardner 120 (engine no 173434) and chassis 19649 - bought by J Haydon 1973/74 and fitted with a silver cattle box - in service until the late 1980s - one of its finest jobs was when we used it to move house in April 1974 but it had been washed out well!
Growing up in rural Aberdeenshire 30s/40s/50s, farming folks flittings were mostly by cattle float, but sometimes by horse and cart or tractor and trailer.
Oily
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Quick lads, get some “best before” and “sell by” dates on this lot. 
Cheers to Gardner 120, VALKYRIE, Lawrence Dunbar and neversweat1 for fine lot of pics and info.
now a nice shot, topping Carter Bar, thanks to Lamerie.
Oily
oiltreader:
Gardner 120:
A potted history of ERF 4 wheeler SMA 13H first registered in July 1970 and new to Woodwards of Macclesfield - Gardner 120 (engine no 173434) and chassis 19649 - bought by J Haydon 1973/74 and fitted with a silver cattle box - in service until the late 1980s - one of its finest jobs was when we used it to move house in April 1974 but it had been washed out well!
Growing up in rural Aberdeenshire 30s/40s/50s, farming folks flittings were mostly by cattle float, but sometimes by horse and cart or tractor and trailer.
Oily
Well aye and SMA 13H was the perfect removal wagon - I think my mum gave her cousin (driver) a fiver! A good wash out, a few blankets and we were well away although a 16 ton cattle wagon, in the middle of Coventry caused one or two curtains to flutter in the new road as I recall
When my mum was a girl (mid 1950s) she recalls many a lift from Coventry to Biddulph (pre M6 of course) with her and my nan in the cab and my grandad and my uncle sat in the back of a flat bed - happy days!
H&S 
, who has ever heard of them, also squeaky bum time for the driver I guess 
Oily
Cheers neversweat1 for the pics JB reg on the Renault, Berkshire .
more wide and high loads.
Oily
Great stuff John, The Thorny is a 1942 Reg, Keep them rolling Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
Great stuff John, The Thorny is a 1942 Reg, Keep them rolling Regards Larry.
I forgot to mention its load of sisal, Most Likley from Hood Haggies who had a mill at Wallsend, They were taken over by Bitish Ropes. Regards Larry.
Mr, Stanfield, Great photos keep them coming just fantastic John ,i have a load of our old motors on Face Book but dont have any idea how to put them on ,Cheers Barry
Thanks Larry & Barry but I cant take the credit for the photos I found them in some old books I have and thought I should put them on here for all to enjoy.
All 3 of the Hadley Maxters were Reading registered Mr Oiltreader
Steve
Nice lot of B&W from Stanfield cheers the Thornycroft with the shaded lamps brings back memories of the wartime blackout, I remember local LDV coming round the doors with a handcart giving out gasmasks with instruction on how to put them on, blacked out windows, Ration Books with the treasured sweetie coupons, hey I’m digressing again.
Oily
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All 3 of the Hadley Maxters were Reading registered Mr Oiltreader
Steve
Cheers neversweat1 Warfield rings a bell from my car delivery days, I guess its swallowed up by Bracknell now.
Oily
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All 3 of the Hadley Maxters were Reading registered Mr Oiltreader
Steve
Cheers neversweat1 Warfield rings a bell from my car delivery days, I guess its swallowed up by Bracknell now.
Oily
There used to be a gap between the Met Office roundabout and Warfield but housing now bridges the 2 together.
Steve
These were kindly sent to me thanks to lurpak .
Oily
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oiltreader:
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All 3 of the Hadley Maxters were Reading registered Mr Oiltreader
Steve
Cheers neversweat1 Warfield rings a bell from my car delivery days, I guess its swallowed up by Bracknell now.
Oily
There used to be a gap between the Met Office roundabout and Warfield but housing now bridges the 2 together.
Steve
Being a scot the thing that always struck me was Jocks Lane on the outskirts of Bracknell and just before Warfield, in fact there was housing there referred to as Jocks Lane flats 
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Oily
