Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[leyland600]

Coaches fitted with Foden Two Stroke Engines and Gardner alternative. These brochures from my 1950s collection.
Cheers, Leyland 600

[buzzer]

Few more today, the first three are Locks from Headcorn, Kent Buzzzer

[rastone]

Leyland600:
Coaches fitted with Foden Two Stroke Engines and Gardner alternative. These brochures from my 1950s collection.
Cheers, Leyland 600

Good to see my photo of the Cargo again

Tony

[rastone]

rastone:

Leyland600:
Coaches fitted with Foden Two Stroke Engines and Gardner alternative. These brochures from my 1950s collection.
Cheers, Leyland 600

Good to see my photo of the Cargo again

Tony

Sorry didn’t meen you

Tony

[windrush]

barrywaddy:
Hi, Folks , Is the Dodge 6 wheel tanker got an AEC ,or 354 Perkins in ,Cheers Barry

It was before my time at Ballidon Barry, I know that Bill Bennet was the driver and it was built as a four wheeler but engine-wise I don’t know alas. If Barry Fearn reads this he will know for certain, he worked there many years before me. I would bet on a Perkins 6.354 myself.

One of the older fitters told me that he went to Derby with Bill and the Dodge for its annual test and called at a cafe on the way back. There was a minibus full of passengers in the truck park and Bill went to the rear of the tanker, opened the discharge flap and shouted to the inside of the tank; “we are just going for a brew, we wont be long” making out there were passengers inside! The folk on the minibus didn’t know what to make of it all!!!

Pete.

[bewick]

barrywaddy:
Hi, Folks , Is the Dodge 6 wheel tanker got an AEC ,or 354 Perkins in ,Cheers Barry

and has it got an Albion DD or is it a YORK or Primrose conversion ! Cheers Dennis.

[kevmorrow]

Taken A149 North Norfolk coast.
Regards Kev

[barrywaddy]

Hi, Folks , The 6 wheel Dodges that ran with us out of Halkyn , where the 354 s had 8 stud front wheels and either eaton 2 speed 8 stud and trailing axle ,or an Albion d/ drive ,8 stud , the ones with the AEC had 10 stud front and a big Heavy duty eaton 2 speed d/drive also 10 stud ,just a bit of usless info , Cheers Barry

[windrush]

Bewick:

barrywaddy:
Hi, Folks , Is the Dodge 6 wheel tanker got an AEC ,or 354 Perkins in ,Cheers Barry

and has it got an Albion DD or is it a YORK or Primrose conversion ! Cheers Dennis.

Pretty sure that it was a Primrose conversion Dennis. When I started there in April 75 Tilcon had been in charge for several years (I think the group was formed around 1970?) and it was an all Foden eight wheeler fleet of around 40 trucks and 100 cars, busses and vans, although there were a few old four wheeler TK’s still in BALLIDON livery on the scrap pile and one AEC Marshal powder tanker used internally to empty the tar plant.

Pete.

[rigsby]

windrush:

Bewick:

barrywaddy:
Hi, Folks , Is the Dodge 6 wheel tanker got an AEC ,or 354 Perkins in ,Cheers Barry

and has it got an Albion DD or is it a YORK or Primrose conversion ! Cheers Dennis.

Pretty sure that it was a Primrose conversion Dennis. When I started there in April 75 Tilcon had been in charge for several years (I think the group was formed around 1970?) and it was an all Foden eight wheeler fleet of around 40 trucks and 100 cars, busses and vans, although there were a few old four wheeler TK’s still in BALLIDON livery on the scrap pile and one AEC Marshal powder tanker used internally to empty the tar plant.

Pete.

Ah , you’re only a stripling then Pete . When I was on the spreaders at Beswicks we sometimes did the same farms , us with quicklime and Ballidon with dust on those "old TKs ". after the spreader had done his first load the TKs had to be unloaded into the spreader , by hand ! Poor sods were soaked in sweat in summer and there could be several tippers queueing up . Ballidon liked their pound of flesh from the drivers . Dave

[windrush]

Yes I am still only a young lad Dave, spreading had finished when I started there and the old spreader drivers etc were found other jobs either in the quarry, blockplants, in the offices or in the garage. A few stayed on the road driving tippers or tankers though. Some contractors still continued spreading and had their lime from Ballidon or Kevin quarry, Eric Barker from Pikehall was one regular with his Albion four wheeler and his wife and lads worked just as hard as he did! The family are still in haulage nowadays.

Pete.

[deanb]

Leyland600:
Coaches fitted with Foden Two Stroke Engines and Gardner alternative. These brochures from my 1950s collection.Cheers, Leyland 600

Cracking brochure “Leyland600” Coaches had a lovely look about them back then !

[deanb]

[5thwheel]

DEANB:
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A cracking picture Dean,well done!!

David

[kevmorrow]

A couple more from Norfolk
Kev

[kevmorrow]

Sleeper cab 1920s

[oiltreader]

Thanks to pv83, Leyland600, Buzzer, kevmorrow and DEANB for the pics

Livestock wagons.
Oily

[kevmorrow]

First photo of 1953 floods Norfolk. Kev

[erf-ngc-european]

Quite like this picture of one of Richard Read’s snow ploughs . The American’s would write snow plow - makes more sense except they’d still pronounce it sno plow . Unlike we English who know it as a snough plough (pronounced snuff pluff ) - no, ■■■■, got that wrong. Well, you know what I mean (ie u no wot I meen ). Robert

[froggy55]

pv83:
Apologies if these have been posted before

I guess the first one is a Leyland Beaver? Strangely, I have no recollection seeing these smart bonneted Leylands durin my 8-year stay in London (1965-73), and thought they were made for export only.