PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[deanb]

windrush:
Thank’s for the pic of Slaters headquarters Dean, that was how I remember it and the buildings were still standing the last time I went past. They were in the Tilling group at that time obviously and had two training vehicles, a short wheelbase 1968 reg Foden tilt cab eight wheeled tipper and a similar tractor unit and trailer which had the bonnet cut away to make three seats in the cab. We had the rigid as there were no artics on our fleet at that time, the non-driver perched on the bonnet with a board across the dash to stop their feet hitting the windscreen and there was no power steering but an hydraulic throttle which lost pressure occasionally so had to be ‘pumped up’ during the day. The tractor unit and trailer were booked out all week for two local farm lads but neither of them turned up so it stood idle all week! We lodged at Mrs Mook’s guest house on Scarborough Road in Pickering, most of the occupants were working on the North York Moors Railway as that was nearing the end of its restoration. Pickering in the Winter of 1976 was an exciting place to be… Pete.

Good memories Pete,thanks for posting. How the hell did you remember “Mrs Mook’s guest house” !

Ray Smyth:
Hi Dean, I have just noticed that today, March 6th, is the 11th anniversary of you joining TrucknetUK. Happy Anniversary, Ray.

Cheers Ray, i would never have noticed that !

5thwheel:

DEANB:
Smith for Service ERF.

Hi Dean,After all this time,this is the first working photo of a SoM truck,that I have seen,a Grangemouth depot ERF.
Thanks Dean. David

I never relaised that was the first one,there may be some more !

kenfig bill:

DEANB:
Caswell from South Wales Volvo F88.

Hello DEAN ,…excellent shot of Issac Caswell F88 …think he had 4 mostly on Coopers filters work mostly serving the Midlands …nice to see an F88 of Williams Bros !! …Geraint

Tidy looking motor Geraint, thanks for your comments !

Stanfield:
Don’t know if anyone has any of A.E.R. Inskip transport from Bedford ? They did quite a bit of work for me towards the end.
Here you go will this do

Nice pic “Stanfied” thanks for posting !

Stanfield:
Anyone recognise the ERF ■■?
The ERF used to be owned by a good friend and ex workmate of mine Geoff Woodcock who is based in the Oldham area.This was one of his Volvos. And this is one of his that he runs now

Cheers ,more good pics !

Kempston:
Thanks Stansfield, great photo. They were a nice family owned business with good drivers, sadly no more.

smallcoal:

DEANB:
Some adverts.
P.J.Butler & Son.

Hi dean that article win £25 if you spot your truck a lot of money in them days then ,I wonder how many spotted their trucks ? cheers John

Thanks for your comments John, i bet a fair few drivers did chap as the mags were always in the cafe’s etc !

moomooland:
2 Nice shot of the Hoveringham Leyland Octopus Dean.
Here’s a couple more of their motors.

Nice pic’s Paul, thanks for posting !

windrush:
Bottom two are Dene quarry trucks, Cromford market place and the little layby at Stonedge on the road avoiding Slack Hill.Pete.

nomiS36:
Still waiting for a Taylors of martley…oh no, here comes a rolling eyes emoji…[emoji57]
Given in my taylors days we used to do a lot of South Wales from Worcester I’m surprised there aren’t any given our prolific truck photographer took A LOT of photos around Ross on wye.

I expect one will turn up chap !

[deanb]

dieseldave:
To all the +1s and the rolly eye brigade, I’ve moved the ‘offending’ posts.

Rolly eyes and +1s aren’t very helpful because they don’t benefit anybody, so here’s some back at ya!!
That’s because I then had to move the quoted posts too.

If you’d have used the ‘report’ button, it would have got it dealt with far quicker.

For those interested, the heavy haulage posts have been moved to the… heavy haulage topic.

The others are in the topic called “Past Present and in Between in Pictures”

The posts will appear in time/date order within the topic that they’ve been moved to, so they won’t necessarily be just tacked on the end.

So i come back from having a few days away and see that posts and pics have been removed ■■?

Why have Kempston’s pics been moved !!! Not happy about that !

I have always encouraged people to put there pics on here, and who ever complained about them should
stop looking at this thread if they dont like that . People need to remember that apart from being
intresting to other members Paul Gee loves to see other people photos and the articles etc !

Who actually complained ■■?

[moomooland]

Hi Dean, Paul & Mark thought i give your great thread a kick start as things seem to have gone a bit pear shaped this last week.

This ERF you pictured Paul was operated by a friend of mine Geoff Woodcock of Oldham.
Geoff has been in business for donkeys years for as long as i can remember the company was started in the 1920’s by his grandfather.

Pictured here in his old yard at Heyside Oldham a young Geoff Woodcock is about to set off with this load of Flax, a plant fibre which is a raw material used by the paper industry for the use of printed banknotes and also rolling paper for cigarettes and tea bags.
It was destined for the nearby Robert Fletcher paper mill at Greenfield in Saddleworth were they produced cigarette paper.

This Seddon Diesel 32/4 tractor unit Reg No NND 867H was the first brand new vehicle that Geoff Woodcock bought back in 1969.
Pictured here when new and fresh out of the paint shop it is seen here pulling out of Garden Street onto Bell Street Oldham after
collecting its first load which was a full load of brand new pallets from pallet manufactures ‘Factory Reconstruction’.

More pictures of Geoff Woodcocks old motors can be found in the Northwest Trucks collection on Flickr

Today Geoff runs around seven tractor units this and the pictures below were taken in his yard in June 2009.

[smallcoal]

moomooland:
Hi Dean, Paul & Mark thought i give your great thread a kick start as things seem to have gone a bit pear shaped this last week.

5This ERF you pictured Paul was operated by a friend of mine Geoff Woodcock of Oldham.
Geoff has been in business for donkeys years for as long as i can remember the company was started in the 1920’s by his grandfather.

4Pictured here in his old yard at Heyside Oldham a young Geoff Woodcock is about to set off with this load of Flax, a plant fibre which is a raw material used by the paper industry for the use of printed banknotes and also rolling paper for cigarettes and tea bags.
It was destined for the nearby Robert Fletcher paper mill at Greenfield in Saddleworth were they produced cigarette paper.

3This Seddon Diesel 32/4 tractor unit Reg No NND 867H was the first brand new vehicle that Geoff Woodcock bought back in 1969.
Pictured here when new and fresh out of the paint shop it is seen here on Bell Street Oldham after collecting its first load which was a full load of brand new pallets from pallet manufactures ‘Factory Reconstuction’.

2Today Geoff runs around seven tractor units this and the pictures below were taken in his yard in June 2009.

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Hi Paul,like the two removal vans parked up what company are they cheers John

[moomooland]

smallcoal:
Hi Paul,like the two removal vans parked up what company are they cheers John

Hi John, the firm was Waterhead Conveyance whose premises were on Garden Street, Mumps Bridge in Oldham.

[jakey]

moomooland , that old removal wagon looks a beast , high on the backend ? I wonder what size tyres they were ?

[smallcoal]

JAKEY:
moomooland , that old removal wagon looks a beast , high on the backend ? I wonder what size tyres they were ?

Thanks for that Paul, I ,bet it was fun turning that into a narrow street

[deanb]

moomooland:
Hi Dean, Paul & Mark thought i give your great thread a kick start as things seem to have gone a bit pear shaped this last week.
This ERF you pictured Paul was operated by a friend of mine Geoff Woodcock of Oldham.
Geoff has been in business for donkeys years for as long as i can remember the company was started in the 1920’s by his grandfather.
here in his old yard at Heyside Oldham a young Geoff Woodcock is about to set off with this load of Flax, a plant fibre which is a raw material used by the paper industry for the use of printed banknotes and also rolling paper for cigarettes and tea bags.
It was destined for the nearby Robert Fletcher paper mill at Greenfield in Saddleworth were they produced cigarette paper.

This Seddon Diesel 32/4 tractor unit Reg No NND 867H was the first brand new vehicle that Geoff Woodcock bought back in 1969.
Pictured here when new and fresh out of the paint shop it is seen here pulling out of Garden Street onto Bell Street Oldham after collecting its first load which was a full load of brand new pallets from pallet manufactures ‘Factory Reconstruction’.
More pictures of Geoff Woodcocks old motors can be found in the Northwest Trucks collection on Flickr
Today Geoff runs around seven tractor units this and the pictures below were taken in his yard in June 2009.

Nice pics and info Paul. My uncle used to have a zepher car like the one in the pic !

Thanks “JAKEY” and John for your comments !

[moomooland]

240 Gardner:
I believe that Mr Llewellin, the MD of Econofreight, used to insist on the Big A being removed - presumably he let them take the publicity shot first!

Here’s a shot of another Econofreight Atki Chris, again with the Big A removed.

A few companies always removed the badges from the front of their lorries another that springs to mind was Bass Brewery below…

[deanb]

One for the Welsh drivers.

Click on pages twice.

[moomooland]

DEANB:
My uncle used to have a zepher car like the one in the pic !

There were alot of them about at the time.
Manchester police ran quite a few of them in the 1960’s

[deanb]

Taylor barnard Volvo.

Alliance Medical Volvo FH12.

Tuffnells Volvo draw-bar.

Gregory DAF.

TNT Man.

Would imagine that the F10/12 was fairly rare being a non sleeper ?

Fergusons Man.

Unigate ERF

Marriotts ERF.

Berwyn Volvo.

[deanb]

Fine looking Foden Kempstone !

I think i have an article about London Brick but have not found it yet.

[moomooland]

[smallcoal]

DEANB:
One for the Welsh drivers.

Click on pages twice.

Hi dean they were Cardiff based they were orange and white in colour cheers John

[deanb]

moomooland:
I believe that Mr Llewellin, the MD of Econofreight, used to insist on the Big A being removed - presumably he let them take the publicity shot first!

Here’s a shot of another Econofreight Atki Chris, again with the Big A removed.
A few companies always removed the badges from the front of their lorries another that springs to mind was Bass Brewery below…
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There were a fair few companies that did not like to advertise the truck make on there trucks like you
say Paul. Heres another one of a Bass Brewery Guy.

Double Diamond were another.

[deanb]

moomooland:
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Well found Paul,Kempstone will like that pic !

smallcoal:

DEANB:
One for the Welsh drivers.

Hi dean they were Cardiff based they were orange and white in colour cheers John

Nice pic John ! Looks like it was a unit converted.

[deanb]

W.H.Malcolm MAN.

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[deanb]

Anyone recognise the Leyland tipper ■■?

Tidy Foden,possibly on contract to Tilcon ■■?

The Welsh Dragon Maggie has been on here a few times.

J.R.Margrett ERF. Looks heavy on the pin.

E & N Ritchie ERF

Watts Truck Centre Guy wrecker.

Foley’s Scania.

W.G.Davies Marathon.

Bert Ivans DAF from Cardiff.

Shepherds Atkinson bulker.

[kempston]

moomooland:
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Thanks for this moomooland, you probably can’t tell by the photos but I used to polish it every time I went out for the day in it. Memories are great aren’t they.