Did anyone else get sent to the bakers for a lovely , hot crusty loaf, only for mum to discover that, on the way home, a mouse had nibbled through the crust 
Sorry, oily, I’m hijacking your thread again with my nostalgic ramblings 
Retired Old ■■■■:
Sadly, yes
The square tins were handy for storing all sorts of things but were like gold dust. I think the shopkeepers must have been charged a deposit on them.
I remember tea and sugar being weighed out of bulk storage as well. And what about those blocks of salt, wrapped in coated paper which had to be broken down when you got home?
Hi ROF. I had a spell while on BRS multi drop to shops delivering the pesky things .i remember out of Reading think Huntley and Palmers, had to pick up empties and give credit notes -trouble was picking up empties filled the space every drop and constantly moving empties to find the delivery --a real nightmare with loose tins everywhere .-------------------- toshboy.
Used to get sent over the road to the Standard Club with two empty R Whites bottles by my grandad - they had an off sales hatch and the barmaid would fill them, with a funnel, full of Ansells Mild - my instructions were NOT to run home with them (purely in the interests of my safety you understand … 
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Oh and here’s an ERF 8 legger being built at the Sun Works so Oily doesn’t tell me off!
Covent Garden, 1952
Ready to Roll!
What a perfect photo to start a new page. That motor must have had a good floor in it. I used to wear bicycle clips to keep the draught out in a Mk111.
Thanks to adr, Gardner 120 and robthedog, fine lot of pics 
and to ROF and Gardner120, no good being on here if there’s no room for nostalgia, me I’m all for it. My dad used to send me round to the village shop for a packet of five Woodbines which cost tuppence ha’penny and came in an open top paper(not cardboard) pack, my dad and older brother smoked (I don’t) and I had a fine collection of cigarette cards and also the cigarette packet size silk flags, hey I’d better go and find some pictures
Oily
robthedog:
Any ideas, spotted in Lithuania last week
Hi robthedog, To me the wrapround windscreen says Russian Zil, mebbe, mebbe not 
Oily
oiltreader:
robthedog:
Any ideas, spotted in Lithuania last weekHi robthedog, To me the wrapround windscreen says Russian Zil, mebbe, mebbe not
Oily
Had a look on Wiki and found this a ZIL 130.
Oily
oiltreader:
oiltreader:
robthedog:
Any ideas, spotted in Lithuania last weekHi robthedog, To me the wrapround windscreen says Russian Zil, mebbe, mebbe not
OilyHad a look on Wiki and found this a ZIL 130.
Oily
yes Zil, had a look on truck manufacturers list.
Les.
VALKYRIE.
INFORMATION ON AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF:-
SCAMMELL 100-TON 4x2 HEAVY HAULAGE LOWLOADER ARTICULATED LORRY,KD 9168.
DAF,OSHKOSH AND SCAMMELL LORRIES.
STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES.
DAF AND SCAMMELL ROAD LOCOMOTIVES.
Oiltreader:
These were kindly sent to me thanks to lLurpak
Oily
Quote:- Bewick » Mon Oct 28, 2013 10:30 pm
Leyland600 wrote:
Hi Bewick, Yes I think you are right about Copper Knob and the Furness Railway.
Cheers, Leyland 600
I believe this old engine now resides in the National Rail museum in York,during WW2 it got bombed out of the glass case it had been kept in at Barrow
station.Cheers Bewick.
VALKYRIE replies:-
This the actual Furness Railway No.3 COPPERNOB:-
FURNESS RAILWAY,BURY,CURTIS,EDWARD,KENNEDY AND COMPANY,0-4-0 TENDER STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE,FURNESS RAILWAY,No.3 COPPERNOB,1846:-
The preserved steam railway locomotive being transported by Reid Freight is:-
Furness Railway No.20 was originally built like this:-
FURNESS RAILWAY,SHARP STEWART AND COMPANY,A5 0-4-0 TENDER STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE,Engine No.1448,Furness Railway,No.20,1863. 1:-
In 1870,along with Nos.17,18,19,25 and 26 - all of the same class,No.20 was sold to the Barrow Haematite Steel Company.All these locomotives were converted
into 0-4-0ST Saddle Tank Steam Railway Locomotives,No.20 became BHSC No.7.and here it is as 0-4-0ST:-
FURNESS RAILWAY,SHARP STEWART AND COMPANY,A5 0-4-0 TENDER STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE,Engine No.1448,Furness Railway,No.20,1863.As 0-4-0ST BHSC No.7. 3:-
Furness Railway No.25,Engine No.25 - BHSC No.17 has also survived,and is now currently preserved as a 0-4-0ST at Steamtown,Carnforth.
From 1996 to 1998 No.20 was rebuilt in to original form and condition,and is the oldest working standard gauge steam railway locomotive in Great Britain.
Furness Railway No.20 is currently based at Locomotion,Shildon.No.20:-
FURNESS RAILWAY,SHARP STEWART AND COMPANY,A5 0-4-0 TENDER STEAM RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE,Engine No.1448,Furness Railway,No.20,1863. 2:-
QUOTE:-
Post by Tyneside » Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:47 pm
Few more may be of interest Attachments
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Is this an all girl band ■■?
VALKYRIE replies:-
OSHKOSH MTVR 6x6-4 ARTICULATED WHEELED TANKER.British Army:-
Variants
20000 L (5,280 gal.) Close Support Tanker (CST)
18000 L (4,755 gal.) Close Support Tanker for Water (CSTW)
15000 L (3,960 gal.) Tactical Aircraft Refueller (TAR)
OSHKOSH WHEELED TANKER.
Lurpak » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:31 pm
Here’s another Reid Freight parked at Whitecroft Going to Norchard Dean Forest Railway
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VALKYRIE replies:-
DAF XF-105 SUPER SPACECAB 6x4 HEAVY HAULAGE LOWLOADER ARTICULATED LORRY,M3 RFS.Reid Freight Heavy Haulage,transporting GWR 1450,QV next photograph:-
GWR CLASS 14■■ 0-4-2T STEAM RAILWAY TANK LOCOMOTIVE,Great Western Railway No.1450,1935:-
DAF XF-95 SUPER SPACECAB 8x4 HEAVY HAULAGE BALLAST ROAD LOCOMOTIVE,T500 AHH.Allelys Heavy Haulage.Hauling Newcastle Metro Railcar Units,4018:-
SCAMMELL S26 6x4 HEAVY HAULAGE LOWLOADER ARTICULATED LORRY,E727 BRG.Allelys Transport Heavy Haulage.Transporting a railcar-carriage:-
SCAMMELL 100-TON 4x2 HEAVY HAULAGE LOWLOADER ARTICULATED LORRY,KD 9168.Marstons Road Services.1930.This Vulcan export steam railway locomotive was the first one ever to be transported by road:-
SCAMMELL JUNIOR CONSTRUCTOR 6x4 HEAVY HAULAGE BALLAST ROAD LOCOMOTIVE,VXD 530,RESOLUTE,1958.Pickfords M2070.Hauling GWR Star Class 4-6-0 Steam Railway Locomotive,No.4003,LODE STAR,in 1962 in Swindon:-
SCAMMELL JUNIOR CONSTRUCTOR 6x4 HEAVY HAULAGE BALLAST ROAD LOCOMOTIVE,VXD 530,RESOLUTE,1958.Pickfords M2070.Now preserved:-
VALKYRIE
Hi Gardner 120, A rare photo of a Cleator Transport ERF in the J.A. Pickthall family livery from Cleator Moor well known livestock hauliers diversifying into pantechnicons for shoe transport from the Cockermouth and Cleator shoe factories also Kangol hats and helmets.
Cheers Leyland 600
Leyland 600
Well I’ll be! I took that photo at 13 probably March 1977 at Corley Services on the M6 - never had a clue about the wagon’s history - it must be an artic although the body looks very close to the cab but in the other photo it looks too long to be a 6 legged rigid. It also looks like a Gardner 120 badge but could be 150 I suppose.
Thanks for the info mate 
adr:
Ready to Roll!
I note the lads have got “the heaters” on.
Ta, that clears that up esp as LT was part of Russia
lespullan:
oiltreader:
oiltreader:
robthedog:
Any ideas, spotted in Lithuania last weekHi robthedog, To me the wrapround windscreen says Russian Zil, mebbe, mebbe not
OilyHad a look on Wiki and found this a ZIL 130.
Oilyyes Zil, had a look on truck manufacturers list.
Les.