Birmid Qualcast (formerly Qualcast) were in Victory Road, Derby. ‘N’ plate Atki would have been supplied new by Scotts from Nottingham.
Originally, the Qualcast lawnmower factory was in Sunnyhill, Derby, just off Stenson Road.
Steve
Ste46:
Birmid Qualcast (formerly Qualcast) were in Victory Road, Derby. ‘N’ plate Atki would have been supplied new by Scotts from Nottingham.
Originally, the Qualcast lawnmower factory was in Sunnyhill, Derby, just off Stenson Road.Steve
I think Qualcast at Smethwick ran AEC’s as the dealer was only round the corner,right on the island on JCN 1 M5, and Qualcast at Crane Foundry had AEC’s also but I can remember seeing Atki’s in there and later on they had Seddon Atki’s 6 legger’s,Pete
Leyland600:
Hi Oily, I thought coke was something you either drank from a bottle or sniffed off a saucer not something you shovelled off a wagon ■■ An acquaintance of mine who runs a transport cafe tells the tale of while he was clearing tables one day a group of drivers from across the North Channel were sitting laughing and joking, when he got to their table they asked if he would like to buy some coke, declining the offer he carried on clearing up. A bit later while doing another round of table clearing he was asked again by this group if he wanted to buy some coke. Innocently replying “No thank you I can buy as much as I like, even a pallet full at the local cash and carry store”. What it is to innocent or quick witted !!
Cheers Leyland 600.
Aye Leyland600, I get yer gist, in Aberdeenshire, our recreational “highs” were often referred to as a wee snifter, which was oot o’ a bottle and legit 
Oily
Thanks to Buzzer, lurpak, pete smith and servo88 for the pics 
Thanks to John Wakely for these photos from the '70s/80s and mostly around South London.
Oily
george of perth brings back a few memories . in the 90s we backloaded off ally george , and he from us , met up with ally a few times and transhipped his load to take south . by then he did the locals and his son did the distance work . a bit of a character was ally if all the tales i heard were true , but then again most of the scots were similar back then . dave
Hi Oily, that is a good looking Leyland Retriever of Naylors and tidily sheeted and roped. They are still on the go I believe.
heers Leyland 600.
Have delivered many a time to Wadham Coachbuilders at Waterlooville, chassis scuttles, sometimes referred to as front ends for conversion to ambulances, they had a car pound there as well, so probably 3 cars and 2 front ends per load.
Oily
oiltreader:
Have delivered many a time to Wadham Coachbuilders at Waterlooville, chassis scuttles, sometimes referred to as front ends for conversion to ambulances, they had a car pound there as well, so probably 3 cars and 2 front ends per load.
Oily
Hi Oily, that brings back a memory, it was a regular drop with glass when I worked at Solaglas, Bradford, back in the 80s. Les.
Not a very good picture - a Spanish low-emissions urban artic engaged in town centre collections of waste cardboard:-
Steve
An old Scania 113M 360 seemingly abandoned on a street in Santa Pola, Alicante - it’s been stood on this same spot for over two years, anyway! From the bodywork, it appears to be a showman’s lorry.
Steve
Ste46:
Birmid Qualcast (formerly Qualcast) were in Victory Road, Derby. ‘N’ plate Atki would have been supplied new by Scotts from Nottingham.
Originally, the Qualcast lawnmower factory was in Sunnyhill, Derby, just off Stenson Road.Steve
Steve we sold them a second hand box van to take the mowers to warmer climates in the winter and where the grass grew to test them.They also ran quite a fleet of Transit short wheelbase dropsiders.
The chap we dealt with was Frank Rose
Tony
Qualcast at Victory Road had 20 tonne of 50mm limestone every day from Ballidon quarry, not a bad drop really as long as you were not behind three of B.J Waters artics loaded with coke from (I think?) Spain! To avoid that they had their delivery before 6am if possible. Their foundry at Smethwick also had a six wheeler load daily, the less said about that blooming sh*t hole the better and if Health and Safety had seen where we were expected to tip limestone they would have shut the place down. Nobody liked going there, and it was virtually impossible to get banned from there as well and many tried! 
Pete.
windrush:
Qualcast at Victory Road had 20 tonne of 50mm limestone every day from Ballidon quarry, not a bad drop really as long as you were not behind three of B.J Waters artics loaded with coke from (I think?) Spain! To avoid that they had their delivery before 6am if possible. Their foundry at Smethwick also had a six wheeler load daily, the less said about that blooming sh*t hole the better and if Health and Safety had seen where we were expected to tip limestone they would have shut the place down. Nobody liked going there, and it was virtually impossible to get banned from there as well and many tried!Pete.
Hi Pete,
Here is a Smethwick based ERF, note the Trilex wheels,Cheer’s Pete
