Buzzer:
Like the number plate on this one, Buzzer
Loveley photo of this Bedford 3 Tonner new in 1935, My old great uncle had this model when I was still at school & I had many a ride in delivering coal, Happy days, Keep them coming Buzzer they are brilliant photos, Regards Larry.
Lawrence Dunbar:
woodstock:
Can any of you older drivers remember the old garage / filling station at the bottom of Lobley hill bank about opposite or close too the Wagon team pub, would think it was cleared to make way for the Western bypass early 1970s think it may have been owned by Deighton Bros. but not sure?.Any photo of this garage would be good or history, I remember this as a kid now 57 I have googled it and looked on old Gateshead sites but can’t find anything.
cheers…
Well Crowbar is the man to ask as he bought Deighton Bros out & still has a Dennis in their livery which was used in the Katherine Cookson story called the Round Tower, Regards Larry.
Regards Larry.
Cheers Larry
I did speak with Crowbar last year but he didn’t have much info on this, so think it may not be the same Deightons?
From the Greater Manchester area, thanks to David Dixon.
Oily
Hi Oily, Good to see that Ross’s still run a Fodens or two, am I right in thinking the company is now owned by Leith’s. ?
Cheers, Leyland 600
Another truck from Lincolnshire this time, Buzzer.
that number plate brought back memories buzzer , i once owned a marina bra 880 k , or bra 88 ok as the plate read
Leyland600:
Hi Oily, Good to see that Ross’s still run a Fodens or two, am I right in thinking the company is now owned by Leith’s. ?
Cheers, Leyland 600
Hi Leyland600, Aye , just had a look on Leith’s website and acquisition was 2012, I actually thought it was earlier, anyway previously dyed in the wool Foden people, now with a few Volvos.
Oily
Thanks to Buzzer for the pics 
, a few more Bedfords thanks to SG2012.
Oily
This was an ex ROSS’s Foden 4wheeler up the ramps. Marchbank had two or three from them I believe he used to tell them to let him know when a 4wheeler was due for sale as they were well looked after and clean.
The other photo is a model I built of a Marchbank Foden in 1/24th scale. Eddie.
Hi Buzzer, this ERF of Pendeton and Hare’s from Felton near Morpeth is show lorry attending rallys. not sure if the load is empty pallets or a frame to provide overnigt accommodation. Owner Raymond Hare driving with his daughter Emma riding shotgun. Emma now has her own vehicle to attend vintage rallys in the shape of a Bedford HA van.
Eddie, the Marchbank model Foden your handiwork ? It certainly looks good.
Cheers Leyland 600.
A few pictures taken yesterday at a Services for Lorries in Brasil. Carry a bit of weight do some of these.
Just looked at the pictures, I have’nt a clue why they came out upside down. They have been fine on Facebook and on eMails, so it can’t be because we are South of the Equator. It must be Trucknet.
Hi Leyland600 thanks for the info on the P&H ERF, talking of Bedford HA van’s I once drove one for a feed merchant delivering small lots of feed to keep farmers going until the big lorry delivery made it, and one night coming across the open New Forest I went into a herd of cattle, it killed two and they had to put down three more down. I must explain most of the roads were not fenced and I had been at work since 4am and must have dosed off at the wheel,
I was a trainee sales rep for the company and lost me job and me licence after that little episode. The HA was worse for ware to boot one of the cows going up through the roof, all I can say is I was a lucky boy only getting superficial cuts, cheers Buzzer.
erfguy:
This was an ex ROSS’s Foden 4wheeler up the ramps. Marchbank had two or three from them I believe he used to tell them to let him know when a 4wheeler was due for sale as they were well looked after and clean.The other photo is a model I built of a Marchbank Foden in 1/24th scale. Eddie.
One or two down this way had those lime trailers with a back actor fitted Eddie, haven’t seen any this way for years. There is one firm tipping lime onto the floor and re-loading with bob-cats, but most just ramp and tip straight into the spreader.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Dave , Talking of Lime spreaders I noticed a tractor and power take off driven spreader driving past my house a couple of times the other day. It was originally owned by a local haulier and lime spreading contractor who has retired but maybe still does a bit of spreading. What caught my eye was the lettering on the front of the trailer “LANDRIVE TRAILER” and the contractors name painted on the side. These powered trailers were developed by a small engineering firm at Rowanburn just over the Scottish border in what is known as the “Debateable Lands” as the English and Scots fought over this district for hundreds of years These were the original Border Reivers. Getting back to the trailers they were quite effective on soft ground and this one must be at least 40 years old if not more. The contractor in question was from Bewicks home district.
Cheers, Leyland 600.
