sm240:
Hi guys
do you have photos of trucks of Italian and French origin?
Thank you so much !!!
Have a look at Saviems fan club thread, you should get all you want on there, Buzzer
Retired Old ■■■■:
windrush:
Talk of Cadbury reminded me of the many hours spent at Bourneville when Tilcon’s West Midlands based surfacing gangs (ex Val de Travers lads mainly) were resurfacing most of it. Coach loads of women used to arrive to buy stuff in the ‘cut price’ factory shop, however (according to the workers there) it was cheaper in supermarkets!Cadbury also had a works at Knighton that we sometimes delivered chatter or scalpings to when they had buildiing work going on, it was on the canal network and even at that late stage (1980’s) still sent barges down to Bourneville.
Still there but now owned by Knghton Foods it seems;
Pete.
When I was knee high to a grasshopper I used to go with my old chap to take the milk from the Three Counties Show to Cadbury’s Frampton-on-Severn chocolate plant (wrote a bit about it on here somewhere a few weeks ago. This must have been late 1950s I would think and Cadbury’s smart narrowboats were still doing the “trunk” from there to Bournville via the Gloucester & Sharpness Ship Canal, River Severn to Worcester, then the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
A pic of Cadbury’s Knighton Wharf on the Shropshire Union Canal,
Buzzer:
The Blue & White Foden has a Cornish registration so pretty sure it was ex English China Clay, Buzzer
bluenosebulls:
“DEANB”
“bluenosebulls” Paul sent me this pic overnight. This is the odd looking tankers that Cadbury’s used to run.That’s a great pic, they do look good. They ran them similar in the 90s I think they were volvos, coming from leominster, they always stood out. Thanks
Glad you liked the pic chap ! 
gingerfold:
That’s a great pic, they do look good. They ran them similar in the 90s I think they were volvos, coming from leominster, they always stood out. ThanksThey were more of a special tipper than a tanker and used for transporting chocolate crumb, which was made at Marlbrook. The story was, and it might be a myth, that chocolate crumb had to be made at a separate factory to Bournville, because if crumb and liquid chocolate were made on the same site then the chocolate wouldn’t set. Sounds like a tale to me but bulk sugar delivering drivers were told that at Marlbrook. And they did, and still do, take a lot of sugar every day.
Thanks for the info Graham.
Retired Old ■■■■:
I had rather a weird job for a couple of weeks back in the 1980s: Cadbury’s at Marlbrook used to -probably still do- have their imported sugar delivered in ISO containers from Bell Lines at Newport. After tipping the “boxes” there would still be about a tonne of product left in the container which wouldn’t flow out due to the design of the system. Of course, being foodstuff, it couldn’t be shifted by the usual method of sending a chap inside with a shovel!
I was tasked with he job of taking these “bits” of loads from Newport to Marlbrook. Bell Lines had a gantry which I parked my powder tank underneath, Their straddle-carrier would then mount one of the “almost empty” containers on the gantry, which was then tipped by hydraulic ram while a couple of their chaps perched on top heaving the polythene liner out from the box as it went up. Health & Safety? Do me a favour!
This process was repeated throughout the day until about 4.00pm when I was dispatched to tip at Marlbrook the next morning, then return to Newport to start all over again.
As I recall, I was on this job for about a week. Presumably someone else got the job after that.By the way, Dean, thanks for the 88- I’ve almost stopped shaking now!
Thanks for the comments “ROF”
ArcDaz:
“Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz” M.J.Turner Routeman.
Dean that M. J. Turner Routeman is a beauty never heard of that name before paul Mark and you have great material that you post on this thread some thing different all time i love the old post office trucks as well remember them from my young days thanks for thinking of me Kind Regards Daz
Thanks for the comments Daz,i thought someone may have driven for the post office on here.
Mark R:
Hi… It’s equally enjoyable looking at the old cars in the background,… Check out the Hilman Hunter behind the Scammell and the old Cortina Mk1 behind the Ferrymasters Volvo!
Lovely stuff,… MR.
I know what you mean “Mark R” i am always looking at the vehicles in the background of these photos. 
windrush:
Talk of Cadbury reminded me of the many hours spent at Bourneville when Tilcon’s West Midlands based surfacing gangs (ex Val de Travers lads mainly) were resurfacing most of it. Coach loads of women used to arrive to buy stuff in the ‘cut price’ factory shop, however (according to the workers there) it was cheaper in supermarkets!
Cadbury also had a works at Knighton that we sometimes delivered chatter or scalpings to when they had buildiing work going on, it was on the canal network and even at that late stage (1980’s) still sent barges down to Bourneville.
Still there but now owned by Knghton Foods it seems;
knightonfoods.com/who-we-are
Pete.
You got about a bit Pete on Tilcon’s ! I like the bit about Cadbury’s chocolate being cheaper in the supermarkets than the “cut price” factory shop !
MANTRONIC:
Hi ,Roger Marshall from Newport ,did a lot out of Bellport ,he would deliver suger to a factory up in Merthyr they made chocolate products,with his Crusaders ,awesome machines . G D J Price from Nash Newport hauled sugar up to the breweries in Burton on trent , DEAN any more from Roger Marshall ? MT
Thanks for the info “MT” Not sure if there are any more Roger Marshall trucks i will have a word with Paul.
marktaff:
“MANTRONIC”
Hi ,Roger Marshall from Newport ,did a lot out of Bellport ,he would deliver suger to a factory up in Merthyr they made chocolate products,with his Crusaders ,awesome machines . G D J Price from Nash Newport hauled sugar up to the breweries in Burton on trent , DEAN any more from Roger Marshall ? MTHi MT,
The chocolate factory in Merthyr would be been OP Chocolates
Regards Mark
Thanks for the name Mark.
kenfig bill:
DEAN …always good feed back regarding S Wales …Bell line hauliers …like the Glyn Phillips Newport F10 a couple of pages back …had forgotten him ! …yes Marktaff OP chocolates …the factory had blue tanks …didnt they make chockie brazils …yum yum !! …lol …Geraint
pete smith:
“Retired Old ■■■■”When I was knee high to a grasshopper I used to go with my old chap to take the milk from the Three Counties Show to Cadbury’s Frampton-on-Severn chocolate plant (wrote a bit about it on here somewhere a few weeks ago. This must have been late 1950s I would think and Cadbury’s smart narrowboats were still doing the “trunk” from there to Bournville via the Gloucester & Sharpness Ship Canal, River Severn to Worcester, then the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
A pic of Cadbury’s Knighton Wharf on the Shropshire Union Canal,
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Nice memories “ROF”. Thanks for the pic Pete !
sm240:
Hi guys
do you have photos of trucks of Italian and French origin?
Thank you so much !!!
Heres some foreign ones “sm240”
Spanish Pegaso.
Spanish Mercedes.
Italian FIAT.
French Renault.
French Volvo.
French Renault.
Spanish Mercedes.
Spanish Pegaso.
Spanish DAF.
Italian Scania.
Framptons ERF from Shepton Mallet.
J.H.Rose & Sons ERF tipper. Think they are from Gillingham,Dorset.
Derek Davis DAF.
George Jenkins MAN from the Isle of Wight.
Clarke Transport Volvo.
Clearers DAF skip truck.
P.D.International Transport DAF.
British Gypsum MAN.
SK International Haulage Volvo.
Anyone recognise the Volvo tipper ■■?
Dawson Freight F88.
Farrant Haulage Volvo F7 from Hastings.
Thos Woods Seddon Atkinson. Anyone know where they were from ■■?
Francis Davis Mercedes.
Great pic of a working truck. Sid Thutch Leyland Bison from Shepton Mallet.
R.A.Gander Seddon Atkinson.
Mr Webb who does the Mercedes tanker belong to ■■? 
Buzzer,any idea who the Southampton bedford belonged to ■■?
Move Hire Mercedes from Wales.
Lifestyle Upolstery Volvo FL7.
Hi, Dean
thank you so much for the pictures !!!
are beautiful !!!
P.S: do you have any other 2/3 similar?
DEANB:
Dawson Freight F88.4
Farrant Haulage Volvo F7 from Hastings.
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Thos Woods Seddon Atkinson. Anyone know where they were from ■■?
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Francis Davis Mercedes.
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Great pic of a working truck. Sid Thutch Leyland Bison from Shepton Mallet.
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R.A.Gander Seddon Atkinson.
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Mr Webb who does the Mercedes tanker belong to ■■?
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Buzzer,any idea who the Southampton bedford belonged to ■■?
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Move Hire Mercedes from Wales.
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Lifestyle Upolstery Volvo FL7.
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Hi Dean, The Seddon Atkinson of Thos. Woods was from Little Lane in Wigan.
The trailer belongs to T.Armstrong, whose depot was on Warrington Road,
about 1 mile away, near to Junction 25 of the M6. Regards, Ray.
J.H.Rose of Gillingham were a regular sub contractor to Robert Baillie of Horndean
when the Guernsey Tomato work was extremely busy. This J.H.Rose Seddon Atkinson,
is loaded with Guernsey Tomatoes, probably for a fruit & veg market up north. Ray.
Hi Dean, Some very interesting pictures and script that I have just looked at on the “Liverpool” thread.
I met Jim Murphy several times about 15 years ago at The Merseyside Transport Trust at Burscough.
I had a good look round at his Schweppes Atkinson Borderer which was completely restored and ready
for the road. I seem to recall that Jim said it was a 2 pedal motor. Every now and again I phone Jim
for a chat and a catch up. During my short time with Jarvis Robinson Transport in Bootle, there was
a driver called Danny Murphy, who I found out was related to Jim Murphy. Regarding the John Mason
removal van, I used to live about 2 miles from their office in the Wavertree district of Liverpool.
Regards, Ray.
Hi Dean.
The Merc tanker is one of Tankfreights,you can just make out their logo on the door.
Lovely photo of the Francis Davis Mercedes… I believe our friend Robert used to drive for them.
Ray Smyth:
I met Jim Murphy several times about 15 years ago at The Merseyside Transport Trust at Burscough.
I had a good look round at his Schweppes Atkinson Borderer which was completely restored and ready
for the road. I seem to recall that Jim said it was a 2 pedal motor.
It is indeed a two-pedal motor, although I believe it has changed hands now
Mark R:
Lovely photo of the Francis Davis Mercedes… I believe our friend Robert used to drive for them.
Indeed I did! I was an occasional driver for them, mostly driving their 1619, 1625 and 1626 artics. Robert
The Mercedes PDC 121R is indeed Tankfreights, when I started work at Harold Woods in 1978 we he about 10/12 of them, ‘DC’ was a Teesside registration, so this was probably based there at sometime, they (Mercs) were all on the black oil contract with Phillips Petroleum and did not take kindly to 24/7 running, some were scrapped after 2 years. I drove one for a shift and the brakes put the fear of god up me! This one in the photo must have escaped to an easy life at another depot because I don’t remember any being painted into the then new Tankfreight colours. They were replaced by SedAk 400’s.
Surprised no one remembered Exonia with the boats. They were regulars through Poole back in the 80’s.
sm240:
Hi, Dean
thank you so much for the pictures !!!
are beautiful !!!
P.S: do you have any other 2/3 similar?
Have a look at page 309.
Ray Smyth:
“DEANB”
Thos Woods Seddon Atkinson. Anyone know where they were from ■■?Hi Dean, The Seddon Atkinson of Thos. Woods was from Little Lane in Wigan.
The trailer belongs to T.Armstrong, whose depot was on Warrington Road,
about 1 mile away, near to Junction 25 of the M6. Regards, Ray.
Thanks for the info Ray good stuff.
Ray Smyth:
J.H.Rose of Gillingham were a regular sub contractor to Robert Baillie of Horndean
when the Guernsey Tomato work was extremely busy. This J.H.Rose Seddon Atkinson,
is loaded with Guernsey Tomatoes, probably for a fruit & veg market up north. Ray.
Well thats a great pic Ray. I never knew they run flats as i have only ever seen tippers in there fleet.
Glad you liked the Liverpool article.
Chris Webb:
Hi Dean.
The Merc tanker is one of Tankfreights,you can just make out their logo on the door.
240 Gardner:
“Ray Smyth”
I met Jim Murphy several times about 15 years ago at The Merseyside Transport Trust at Burscough.
I had a good look round at his Schweppes Atkinson Borderer which was completely restored and ready
for the road. I seem to recall that Jim said it was a 2 pedal motor.It is indeed a two-pedal motor, although I believe it has changed hands now
Thanks Chris for your comment.
ERF-NGC-European:
"Mark R"Lovely photo of the Francis Davis Mercedes… I believe our friend Robert used to drive for them.Indeed I did! I was an occasional driver for them, mostly driving their 1619, 1625 and 1626 artics. Robert
Thanks for the comment “Mark R” and for the pic Robert.
mizzo:
The Mercedes PDC 121R is indeed Tankfreights, when I started work at Harold Woods in 1978 we he about 10/12 of them, ‘DC’ was a Teesside registration, so this was probably based there at sometime, they (Mercs) were all on the black oil contract with Phillips Petroleum and did not take kindly to 24/7 running, some were scrapped after 2 years. I drove one for a shift and the brakes put the fear of god up me! This one in the photo must have escaped to an easy life at another depot because I don’t remember any being painted into the then new Tankfreight colours. They were replaced by SedAk 400’s.
Good stuff “mizzo”. Surprised that the Mercs were scrapped after 2 years ! 
Heres a few bits and bobs on Harold Wood “mizzo” since you drove for them.
Heres a Seddon Atkinson 400 like you would have driven for them.
Click on page twice to read.
Dean I remember Exonia think they were from Devon way possibly Exeter hence the name, they were up here quite a bit in the boat yards at Swanwick near where I live especially when the Southampton boat show was on, cheers Buzzer
Buzzer:
Dean I remember Exonia think they were from Devon way possibly Exeter hence the name, they were up here quite a bit in the boat yards at Swanwick near where I live especially when the Southampton boat show was on, cheers Buzzer
Thats them Buzzer they were always through Poole docks. I am sure Cliff would have known them.