Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[buzzer]

One for you boys in the North/East, Buzzer.

[oiltreader]

John West:

backsplice:
Ahh John West … Allison,s Transport Dundee where I learnt the stocking trade roping and sheeting etc the Maudsleys were all gone when I started (64) a great mob who later became Allisons Freightlines there were a lot of worthies drove for them … there was some good gear on the Colvilles steel contract I inherited a Mercedes 1418 when it came off contract and the freightline colors went from blue to green I had an AEC Mandator before that !!

Hey Backsplice!

Noticed that it was Allisons Transport Dundee, on the Maudsley, but that was obviously before my time.

Loved the ‘Freightlines’ - thought it was very modern sounding!

All the ones I remember were blue, have no memory of any green ones. Trying to grab the mental pictures of those Sunday afternoons. Many AECs I think, but the old style cab, not the Ergo (sorry, I’m not as good with the memory as many on here for detail) mostly 8 leggers I think. Were you still driving for them in summer '69?

John.

A few links here for backsplice and John West

The Brian Edgar website
public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … reightlin/
public.fotki.com/kerso/golden-ol … /aec9.html
public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … ine-2.html
and a bit o’ chit chat here… public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … ments.html
Oily

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer and robert1952 for the pics

Thornycroft J Type line up outside some posh gaff for a photo shoot, I guess when out and about they would have been screening silent movies.
I can remember Saturday afternoon matinees when I was youngster with stars like Tom Mix and William Boyd, not forgetting Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, also the Keystone Cops. I can recall the dramatic doom music that was played when danger lurked and the shouts from stalls like “watch yer back” or “he’s roond the corner” booing the baddies and cheering the goodies, the fanfare of trumpets when the cavalry/posse was on its way, hey I digress again
Oily

[john_west]

oiltreader:

John West:

backsplice:
Ahh John West … Allison,s Transport Dundee where I learnt the stocking trade roping and sheeting etc the Maudsleys were all gone when I started (64) a great mob who later became Allisons Freightlines there were a lot of worthies drove for them … there was some good gear on the Colvilles steel contract I inherited a Mercedes 1418 when it came off contract and the freightline colors went from blue to green I had an AEC Mandator before that !!

Hey Backsplice!

Noticed that it was Allisons Transport Dundee, on the Maudsley, but that was obviously before my time.

Loved the ‘Freightlines’ - thought it was very modern sounding!

All the ones I remember were blue, have no memory of any green ones. Trying to grab the mental pictures of those Sunday afternoons. Many AECs I think, but the old style cab, not the Ergo (sorry, I’m not as good with the memory as many on here for detail) mostly 8 leggers I think. Were you still driving for them in summer '69?

John.

A few links here for backsplice and John West

The Brian Edgar website
public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … reightlin/
public.fotki.com/kerso/golden-ol … /aec9.html
public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … ine-2.html
and a bit o’ chit chat here… public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … ments.html
Oily

Thanks for that Oily,

Very evocative and interesting.

John

[oiltreader]

John West:

oiltreader:

John West:

backsplice:
Ahh John West … Allison,s Transport Dundee where I learnt the stocking trade roping and sheeting etc the Maudsleys were all gone when I started (64) a great mob who later became Allisons Freightlines there were a lot of worthies drove for them … there was some good gear on the Colvilles steel contract I inherited a Mercedes 1418 when it came off contract and the freightline colors went from blue to green I had an AEC Mandator before that !!

Hey Backsplice!

Noticed that it was Allisons Transport Dundee, on the Maudsley, but that was obviously before my time.

Loved the ‘Freightlines’ - thought it was very modern sounding!

All the ones I remember were blue, have no memory of any green ones. Trying to grab the mental pictures of those Sunday afternoons. Many AECs I think, but the old style cab, not the Ergo (sorry, I’m not as good with the memory as many on here for detail) mostly 8 leggers I think. Were you still driving for them in summer '69?

John.

A few links here for backsplice and John West

The Brian Edgar collection
public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … reightlin/
public.fotki.com/kerso/golden-ol … /aec9.html
public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … ine-2.html
and a bit o’ chit chat here… public.fotki.com/Scottishtruckph … ments.html
Oily

Thanks for that Oily,

Very evocative and interesting.

John

[oiltreader]

Brockway wagons.
Oily

[david_miller]

Re: The ERF with Cornish registration.

Having scratched the grey matter I can tell you that that truck belonged to a haulier called Dennis Thomas.

David

[buzzer]

Right then VALKYRIA lets see how you get on with the history on this one, Buzzer.

[windrush]

Buzzer:
Right then VALKYRIA lets see how you get on with the history on this one, Buzzer.

Owned by the GWR and (assuming that it was a tipper, most were) probably based at Theale gravel pits which was railway owned back then for ballast. Biggest ‘outside’ contract was delivering hundreds of tons of gravel and sand to the reservoir at Tilehurst, you can still see the water tower from the M4.

Pete.

[backsplice]

Ah John West I was with Allison,s at that time I left a couple of years later and went back to sea for a stint … My Merc was C reg so was 66 model … when they took over Spinks of Darlington it was about then the color changed ( 69 ) I remember well the Sundays down the A74 all the boys from Aberdeen /Dundee and the likes loaded up with multi drops for all over …fine in summer and bloody cold all winter still we,re here to talk about it …have a look on this link

public.fotki.com/scottishtruckph … reightlin/

cheers

[john_west]

backsplice:
Ah John West I was with Allison,s at that time I left a couple of years later and went back to sea for a stint … My Merc was C reg so was 66 model … when they took over Spinks of Darlington it was about then the color changed ( 69 ) I remember well the Sundays down the A74 all the boys from Aberdeen /Dundee and the likes loaded up with multi drops for all over …fine in summer and bloody cold all winter still we,re here to talk about it …have a look on this link

public.fotki.com/scottishtruckph … reightlin/

cheers

Great pictures, The AECs and the Invincibles.

Here’s a cheery wave from the other side of the carriageway, 45 years on.

In '69 I was 21 and called the road my own
I don’t know where I’m running now, just running on,
Running on, running on empty.

Good times to be young!

John

[buzzer]

Any one to tell the history, looks like a Scania turbo intake on trailer before milling ! ! ! cheers Buzzer.

[retired_old_fart]

Now then, Buzzer, It’s got to be the prototype turbo intake that was planned for Gardner 8s as fitted to Big Js. This was a futile attempt to get a reasonable amount of power out of an engine originally designed to replace the 848cc unit in BL Minivans. It may well have had some success apart from the fact that the turbo unit would not quite fit between the rear of the Guy cab and the trailer.

[valkyrie]

Buzzer:
Right then VALKYRIA lets see how you get on with the history on this one, Buzzer.

Hello Buzzer. All that I can tell you about this lorry is that it’s a Thornycroft JC,Dropside-bodied,10-Ton Rigid Six-Wheeler Lorry dating from
from 1929 or early 1930s.The registration appears to be a London GC series dating from December 1929 - February 1930. It could
be operated by one of the Big Four Railway Companies - GWR,SR,LMSR or LNER.

[buzzer]

Any one remember this trader plying his wares, where did he come from any one remember, when I was a lad we had a fish monger call once a week and he had a Trojan van three wheeler with handlebars, Buzzer.

[system]

Buzzer:
Any one remember this trader plying his wares, where did he come from any one remember, when I was a lad we had a fish monger call once a week and he had a Trojan van three wheeler with handlebars, Buzzer.

Yew Tree House, Snape, North Yorkshire DL8 2TJ
according to google
regards dave.

[cattle_wagon_man]

dafdave:

Buzzer:
Any one remember this trader plying his wares, where did he come from any one remember, when I was a lad we had a fish monger call once a week and he had a Trojan van three wheeler with handlebars, Buzzer.

Yew Tree House, Snape, North Yorkshire DL8 2TJ
according to google
regards dave.

I thought I should recognise the Carrick name , an old-established family business .
They have (or had) stalls at Leyburn and Bedale markets , and probably others in the North Yorkshire area
I think they also had fruit and vegetable stall at the same markets , - rigids pulling c/c vending trailers.
Can anyone confirm the location of the photograph , please ?

Thanks to “Dafdave” for beating me to to it !!

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[buzzer]

OK who’s going to identify this little van, where were they based, lets see who gets there first, Buzzer.

[trev_h]

Ford model AA ?

[windrush]

Ford based at Orsett (it says so on the body) do I get my tenner now?

Pete.