PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[deanb]

pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Great set of pics as usual,
The Scammell was owned by Joe Davies from Wolverhampton, 2nd pic is what he used to pull round the shows with her, 28 mph top speed!
Joe replaced the Scammell with an ERF a series which is being currently restored, Joe sadly passed away 2/3 years ago.

Thanks for the pics and comments Pete. That must have been hard work on a long trip 28mph.

smallcoal:
Morning dean ,the tanker is thompsons of Devon ,the asw steyers I don’t know how long they were going for some good pics today ,a few scary ones coming round the bend looks like they will topple cheers John

Thanks for the name John.

Ray Smyth:

DEANB:
Cant make the name out on the Renault tanker. Think it says Devon on the headboard.

Hi Dean, The Red Renault looks like Thompsons of Moretonhampstead, Devon. The ERF 8 wheeler tanker could be Co-op. Regards, Ray.

Cheers Ray for confirming what John said as well.

moomooland:

DEANB:
The steyrs were allied steel and wire tremorfa Cardiff asw cheers John.
Thanks for your comment John. I assume that they were not that good John as i dont remember seeing too
many of them on the road ■■?

A few companies ran Steyr tractor units including W.H. Malcolm who ran about ten of them.

Thanks for the pic Paul,dont know anything about them. I dont imagine they were that good as i dont
think they sold very well here,as cant remember seeing that many of them ? Anyone ever drive one on
here ■■?

moomooland:
3Drove a few of those back in the day we always had plenty of Volvo’s and DAF’s in the depot at Middleton at peak.
Today are one of the biggest single purchasers of commercial vehicles in the country
who also own one of the largest contract hire fleets,

Thanks for the pics and info chap !

Chris Webb:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the ERF ■■
Hi Dean. The ERF tanker with a Manchester reg is a Co-op milk wagon.

Thanks for the name Chris.

oiltreader:
Thompsons of Moretonhampstead Devon at Teignmouth thanks to to Barry Lewis.Oily

Thanks for the pics Oily.

FLOURPOWER:

DEANB:
Anyone recognise the ERF ■■?
could be Wilson king flour Liverpool

Thanks for the possible name “FLOURPOWER”

[deanb]

“smallcoal” John this may or may not intrest you.

[deanb]

DPP Mercedes.

Jordans Scania

Dudman Scania

QS Mercedes.

Buildbase Mercedes.

Mackintosh & Partners DAF

W & S Recycling Volvo

Severn Trent Water Iveco.

Wincanton ERF

Anyone recognise the tanker ■■?

[deanb]

This may intrest some of you,especially “FLOURPOWER”

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[deanb]

One for the tipper boys. I posted a similar article about one of these that Don Bush operated on page 134.

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[deanb]

Anyone recognise the ERF bulker ■■?

A new Roadtrain.

Keedwell Transport Saviem.

Jeffreys haulage tidy Foden.

M & M Lowloaders.DAF looks well loaded.

Meeks F7

Looks like GEG on the door of the smart F10.

Laingfreight Bedford.

Raymond Webb & Son livestock DAF.

Holmans Mercedes.

[pete_smith]

Morning Dean,
Jordans were from Newhaven, I loaded frag out of there in early 90’s for Sheerness Steel and Jordans drivers was moaning about wages etc so the main man told them if they don’t like it he will put solid tyres on their vehicles and have them shunting the yard all day, the trucks were Merc 1735’s!
Jordans was bought out by EMR probably 10+ years ago, Cheer’s Pete.
ps. that bonneted Merc of Holmans, did Truck magazine do a feature on one, late 80’s? Seem to remember it was a Devon company.

[240_gardner]

DEANB:
1973. Another bit about P & O Chris that may intrest you.

Splendid, thank you Dean!

[smallcoal]

DEANB:
“smallcoal” John this may or may not intrest you.

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Morning dean ,port talbot never used these they had ladle carriers ,and torpedo trains cheers John

[pete_smith]

smallcoal:

DEANB:
“smallcoal” John this may or may not intrest you.

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Morning dean ,port talbot never used these they had ladle carriers ,and torpedo trains cheers John

Morning John,
When you were waiting at the train crossings the heat off those torpedo trains you could feel through the confines of your cab!

[smallcoal]

pete smith:

smallcoal:

DEANB:
“smallcoal” John this may or may not intrest you.

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Morning dean ,port talbot never used these they had ladle carriers ,and torpedo trains cheers John

Morning John,
When you were waiting at the train crossings the heat off those torpedo trains you could feel through the confines of your cab!

Morning Pete,yes you can feel the heat as they pass the molten larva you can see bubbling in the torpedo from the top

[pete_359]

smallcoal:

pete smith:

smallcoal:

DEANB:
“smallcoal” John this may or may not intrest you.

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Morning dean ,port talbot never used these they had ladle carriers ,and torpedo trains cheers John

Morning John,
When you were waiting at the train crossings the heat off those torpedo trains you could feel through the confines of your cab!

Morning Pete,yes you can feel the heat as they pass the molten larva you can see bubbling in the torpedo from the top

Hi all,
I remember approaching a busy junction in the Abbey (known locally as Piccadilly)solo one night and someone had brought the torpedoes outside in the rain,all I remember was a brief flash and a noise on the tin Merc roof,as If stones had landed on it.several minutes later back at Joint,s yard on the fuel pump, I climbed up and saw it was lots of molten slag that had landed on the roof and made the noise.one of the Joint quarry drivers had been approaching Piccadilly at the same time as me,though from a different direction and when he got to the yard there wasn’t a window left in the heavily damaged cab.I later heard a similar accident in Scunthorpe years earlier had killed several people.
Regards Andrew.

[windrush]

I wonder if Grace’s are still trading, we used to encounter them a lot around the various London mills in the sixties with their BMC’s, ERF chinese sixes with half tilt bodies and Fodens. I believe that they also had a Foden agency at one time as well?

Pete.

[sm240]

Hi, Dean
I really like the Berliet TR / GR and the Pegaso 2080.
Do you have trucks from the 70s and 80s of ONATRA and MAHE French?
thanks Dean
Good weekend
bye
MIMMO

[flourpower]

Nice article on grace thanks for posting Dean,heres a selection today.

[deanb]

pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Jordans were from Newhaven, I loaded frag out of there in early 90’s for Sheerness Steel and Jordans drivers was moaning about wages etc so the main man told them if they don’t like it he will put solid tyres on their vehicles and have them shunting the yard all day, the trucks were Merc 1735’s!
Jordans was bought out by EMR probably 10+ years ago, Cheer’s Pete.
ps. that bonneted Merc of Holmans, did Truck magazine do a feature on one, late 80’s? Seem to remember it was a Devon company.

Thanks for your comments Pete. Funny enough i thought i had posted an article about Holmans but it was a
similar looking Merc of Bowdens. The article is on page 109. If i do find an article for Holmans sometime i
will pop it on.

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
1973. Another bit about P & O Chris that may intrest you.

Splendid, thank you Dean!

smallcoal:

DEANB:
“smallcoal” John this may or may not intrest you.

Morning dean ,port talbot never used these they had ladle carriers ,and torpedo trains cheers John

Cheers John, i see Port Talbot never came out too good on the pollution survey they have just done. It is the
most polluted place to live apparently.

pete 359:
Hi all,I remember approaching a busy junction in the Abbey (known locally as Piccadilly)solo one night and someone had brought the torpedoes outside in the rain,all I remember was a brief flash and a noise on the tin Merc roof,as If stones had landed on it.several minutes later back at Joint,s yard on the fuel pump, I climbed up and saw it was lots of molten slag that had landed on the roof and made the noise.one of the Joint quarry drivers had been approaching Piccadilly at the same time as me,though from a different direction and when he got to the yard there wasn’t a window left in the heavily damaged cab.I later heard a similar accident in Scunthorpe years earlier had killed several people. Regards Andrew.

Thanks for your input Andrew,must have shook the driver up and injured him.

windrush:
I wonder if Grace’s are still trading, we used to encounter them a lot around the various London mills in the sixties with their BMC’s, ERF chinese sixes with half tilt bodies and Fodens. I believe that they also had a Foden agency at one time as well? Pete.

No idea Pete if they are still going,maybe someone knows ■■?

FLOURPOWER:
Nice article on grace thanks for posting Dean,heres a selection today.

Thanks for the pics “FLOURPOWER”

Heres one for you.

[deanb]

Tesco Scania

RDL Distribution Renault.

W.M.Parry ERF

King Iveco

Travis Perkins Leyland/DAF

Geoff Harris ERF

H.M.T. Shipping Volvo

Wincanton ERF tanker.

Wyvern Cargo Scania.

J.R.Foster Foden.

[smallcoal]

Hi dean,port talbot got the nickname port toilet ,when I was on the Coke internal with Meeks the smell of rotten eggs used to linger on your clothes in hot weather it used to drift all over port talbot that’s the pollution plus the smoke out off the chimneys cheers John

[deanb]

smallcoal:
Hi dean,port talbot got the nickname port toilet ,when I was on the Coke internal with Meeks the smell of rotten eggs used to linger on your clothes in hot weather it used to drift all over port talbot that’s the pollution plus the smoke out off the chimneys cheers John

Morning John, i can remember that smell when passing Port Talbot.

[deanb]

Heres one for the tipper boys.Anyone remember them ■■

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