PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[kempston]

I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

[arcdaz]

DEANB:

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”

I am too good to you Daz.

Hi Dean you are a star mate i have to say you have been very good to me over the xmas period and now seeing this picture today it sure has put the iceing on the cake for me birthday thanks agaiin keept them coimg

Happy Birthday Daz.

Had a word with Paul and dont think we have any more McArdle motors at the moment,however you never know whats coming
in the next batch !

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Cheers Dean for the birthday wishes much appreciated and many thanks for having a chat with Paul about more McArdle photos great post of the man poster Regards Daz

[smallcoal]

Kempston:
I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

Is that shanks/mcewan green trucks as I worked for shanks in swansea

[deanb]

Buzzer:
Dean maybe wrong but think the Renault was run by the car parts place they ran in this country, I have pulled loads of SCAC trailers mainly from Pompey first to there Reading distribution depot and there after to there purpose built new place at Swindon, usually it was containers on skelly’s.
Waters Bros were based at Cadnam and worked soley for R.F.Giddings at Bartley, two Brothers Dave & Mike who had a son who think still does a bit, as for Giddings that became a big concern making alot of fencing supplies, went by last week and now owned by a new company. Waters started out with a feather in the cap GUY six wheeler and installed a HIAB loader on it then eventually moved on to the Scania’s, cheers Buzzer.

Thanks for the info Buzzer. Were Giddings situated on the main road A336 from Cadnam heading towards Totton as i seem to remember there
was a timber yard there on the left. Used to be a cafe on the RHS just past the large layby on the left but that has been shut for years now.

pete smith:
Morning Dean,
Phil Jenkins where from Bilston West Midlands or Staffordshire in old money. The driver of that ERF works for me now so I’ll show him the pic when he gets back to yard. Cheer’s Pete

Thanks for the info Pete,hope he liked the pic.

Heres one from your part of the world Pete.

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Ray Smyth:
“DEANB”

Anyone know where the Murrays Scania is from ■■

Hi Dean, The Murrays Scania is from some where in ■■■■■■■■■■■ I believe the area, along with Westmorland is
now called ■■■■■■■■ Dennis will know exactly where Murrays are from. Happy new Hogmanay, Ray Smyth.

Thanks for the comments Ray and Happy New Year to you mucker.

vwvanman0:
Star transport were/are from Thetford Norfolk.

Great photos as ever Dean

Steve

Cheers Steve,heres a couple more that Paul sent me today.

tyneside:
I think Murray’s were based at Longtown

Tyneside

Thanks “tyneside”

windrush:
“windrush” Trouble at the quarry Pete ! (1991)

Yes Dean, Michael is actually contributor on this forum, and owned one of the few firms that I would have worked for if my circumstances had been different. He may comment about the article if he reads this but it was a bad time, and anyone who had tippers in any UK quarries would agree with that. I doubt that things are much different these days either, Mick packed in a few year ago with the lorries but tippers have always been the ‘poor relatives’ in road haulage. It became far worse when the quarries got rid of their own transport and relied solely on hired hauliers. The quarry gets a large order: “Plenty of work for you lads” they would tell you. Then you get the rate, nearly always cut to the bone as the first thing cut was the rate, the price of material usually came later. So you had plenty of work, but you either did it for the rate given or stopped at home. Tarmac would have ‘SR’ printed on their tickets meaning ‘Special Rate’ which was not good to see! One case: Tilcons quarry near Kington on the Welsh Borders (near where Dave the Renegade rip lived) had a massive order for stone to the M5 widening yet the rate was so poor that many local hauliers refused to do it and just sat in the weigbridge all day hoping better work would come on. Tilcons own fleet based there had been sold. So we (now working for a haulier who purchased Tilcon tippers at our quarry and ran them himself) were sent down from Derbyshire to cart it, two drivers lodged down there all week at one time and others like myself did a few loads when in the area but hundreds of tonnes daily didn’t get delivered. In the end our gaffer realised that he was also losing money on it and we stopped going, I don’t know if the rate ever went up though?

Pete.

Thanks for the comments about that article Pete,i thought you might know about it.

tastrucker:
“DEANB”

Dont remember having a Clwyd Transport motor on before.

Anyone know where D.P.S. Transport are from ■■

Hello DEAN ,i have been catching up some lovely pictures ,Clwyd transport are from Wrexham ,DPS you have featured before are from Yockleton betwwen Montgomery and Shrewsbury , and in that Foden article is Clay colliery they were from Dawley Shropshire before that area became Telford ,thank you and best wishes to you and Paul for 2021 ,Trevor

Thanks for the info Trevor. Where have you been mucker ? Your not allowed to go AWOL ,i do that !!

Pete Smith has been filling in for you on trucks from your area.

Heres one from your part of the world.

Oswestry Waste Paper DAF.

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”

Nice to see Guppy’s old Commer. Been running around for years although off the road now,but no doubt they still have it.
Based in Corfe Mullen near Wimborne.

Hi Dean another cracking pictrue I all so like is Guppys old commer grab tipper great to here this news it been running around for years i hope they kept hold of it that would be a nice classic to take out at shows.

Yeah cracking old motor Daz.

Kempston:
I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

smallcoal:
“Kempston” I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

Is that shanks/mcewan green trucks as I worked for shanks in swansea

Not ringing any bells John,but no doubt someone will know.

[piston_broke]

Hi Dean

Cracking pics again…

The last pic with the fairground selection is a little gem - the Kv on the left was owned by a lovely fella called Sam Godwin. He passed away a good few years ago. He restored the lorry on his driveway and made a lovely job of it. His wife did all the interior off the cab - she made a beautiful red leather buttoned bonnet cover for it and did all the dash as well, it was really smart. I never knew what happened to the lorry after Sam died, I haven’t seen it since… Next to it is Bo Martins old Seddon. A lovely old thing powered by a Perkins P6… Bo also passed away some years ago and the lorry disappeared until last year when a distant relation of his bought it. It will be back on the show circuit when we’re allowed back out to play!

Syms of Calne. What can you say? Cracking firm with some really nice kit, proper general hauliers, long gone but never forgotten…

The ARC routeman. Not sure if this was taken after its ARC life but it was a Chipping Sodbury lorryfrom new, usually driven by Pip Godwin. It was the last of the routemans in Sodbury, ARC then started buying Leyland Constructors on ‘W’ regs…

Happy New Year to you, Paul and Mark

Thank you all, yet again, for all the memories

[kempston]

smallcoal wrote:
“Kempston” I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

Is that shanks/mcewan green trucks as I worked for shanks in swansea

Yes that’s the one, we used do mainly hazardous stuff, went down to pontypool quite frequently, think it was called Rechem. We had at least one load a day out of Avonmouth. Best paying job I had, we had London Brick terms and conditions which were excellent as Shanks around Brogborough and Stewartby were morphed from London Brick Landfill.Couple of photos here nmp.

[deanb]

Piston broke:
Hi Dean

Cracking pics again…

The last pic with the fairground selection is a little gem - the Kv on the left was owned by a lovely fella called Sam Godwin. He passed away a good few years ago. He restored the lorry on his driveway and made a lovely job of it. His wife did all the interior off the cab - she made a beautiful red leather buttoned bonnet cover for it and did all the dash as well, it was really smart. I never knew what happened to the lorry after Sam died, I haven’t seen it since… Next to it is Bo Martins old Seddon. A lovely old thing powered by a Perkins P6… Bo also passed away some years ago and the lorry disappeared until last year when a distant relation of his bought it. It will be back on the show circuit when we’re allowed back out to play!

Syms of Calne. What can you say? Cracking firm with some really nice kit, proper general hauliers, long gone but never forgotten…

The ARC routeman. Not sure if this was taken after its ARC life but it was a Chipping Sodbury lorryfrom new, usually driven by Pip Godwin. It was the last of the routemans in Sodbury, ARC then started buying Leyland Constructors on ‘W’ regs…

Happy New Year to you, Paul and Mark

Thank you all, yet again, for all the memories

Thanks for the info chap on the 2 old motors. I am also a fan of Syms of Calne,is a shame so many of the old names have disappeared.
Companies like Cadwalladers,Swains,Atkins etc. Will pop some stuff on about Syms soon !

[deanb]

Kempston:
smallcoal wrote:
“Kempston” I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

Is that shanks/mcewan green trucks as I worked for shanks in swansea

Yes that’s the one, we used do mainly hazardous stuff, went down to pontypool quite frequently, think it was called Rechem. We had at least one load a day out of Avonmouth. Best paying job I had, we had London Brick terms and conditions which were excellent as Shanks around Brogborough and Stewartby were morphed from London Brick Landfill.Couple of photos here nmp.

Thanks for the info and pics “Kempston”

[buzzer]

Dean your bang on with the location of Giddings saw mill, mention of the cafe just before there mill where the old radio mast used to stand brought back memories as I went to Bartley secondary school a little further up the road to Cadnam, when we had to endure a cross country run round Winsor and the back lanes me and a couple mates thought sod that and we waited till the throng had gone and slipped out the back gate down to that cafe and ordered up sausage and chips, our plan was to eat this and join the tail enders but the PE instructor got wind of our ploy and caught us red handed just as the plates were put on the table, needles to say a couple truck drivers benefitted from a free meal, Mary Hopkins moment right there, Buzzer.

[deanb]

Buzzer:
Dean your bang on with the location of Giddings saw mill, mention of the cafe just before there mill where the old radio mast used to stand brought back memories as I went to Bartley secondary school a little further up the road to Cadnam, when we had to endure a cross country run round Winsor and the back lanes me and a couple mates thought sod that and we waited till the throng had gone and slipped out the back gate down to that cafe and ordered up sausage and chips, our plan was to eat this and join the tail enders but the PE instructor got wind of our ploy and caught us red handed just as the plates were put on the table, needles to say a couple truck drivers benefitted from a free meal, Mary Hopkins moment right there, Buzzer.

Happy days Buzzer, That cafe was good and it was a large layby so you could normally get parked ok. I cant remember the radio mast
but to be fair it was not a road i used alot. Classic story about being caught by the PE instructor.

[deanb]

Curran Merc from Ireland.

Think we have had this company on before from Shropshire,but cant remember the name ■■

Anyone recognise the Volvo bulker ■■

Owens Volvo.

Lloyds Feeds DAF.

W.J.Capper DAF. Cant remember if we have had one on before ■■

Anyone recognise the ERF ■■

Anyone know where Stephen J Weaver are from ■■

Always nice to see a Pentons motor who still keep there great livery.

Hansons ERF.

[smallcoal]

Kempston:
smallcoal wrote:
“Kempston” I used to drive for Shanks out of brogborough, Mcardles used to be in and out of there all day long. Always smart motors for tipper work.

Is that shanks/mcewan green trucks as I worked for shanks in swansea

Yes that’s the one, we used do mainly hazardous stuff, went down to pontypool quite frequently, think it was called Rechem. We had at least one load a day out of Avonmouth. Best paying job I had, we had London Brick terms and conditions which were excellent as Shanks around Brogborough and Stewartby were morphed from London Brick Landfill.Couple of photos here nmp.

Hi kempston,we had the recycling and waste vehicles I used to drive a roll on off or the skips sometimes the tanker here’s some pics courtesy of Ron or chris

[deanb]

Bit more on steel / aluminium haulage.

Oakley & Illoyd Thomas were both regular hauliers operating from Meal Box Neath.

Oakley had a mixed fleet.

Illtyd Thomas liked there ERF’s.

[deanb]

Metal Box operated there own trucks.

Entress Volvo at Neath.

Metal Box Atkinson 1964.

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Metal Box at Wisbech 1967.

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[deanb]

E & J Meeks ERF.

Tarmac Volvo.

Anyone recognise the ERF from Stoke on Trent ■■

Dont think we have had a J.W.Owen motor on before,cant make out where they are from on the door ■■

K.Berrisford ERF. Think that ERF may have been on the cover of a brochure.

Have not had a British Salt Foden on for a while. Posted an article on page 85.

Dont remember having a Barlow Handling motor on before. Looks like it may be a fork lift carrier ? Anyone know where they are from ?

E.F.Phillips Volvo from Parkstone,Poole.

Texaco Roadtrain on its way back to the depot on Poole docks.

Bloody white trucks ,anyone recognise the truck/reg number ■■

[smallcoal]

This is the Bedford I drove for rotherwas which was one of the Oakley brothers we used to pull out of mb neath and the abbey,I used to take the can ends to harlesden every day

[kempston]

DEANB:
Curran Merc from Ireland.

Think we have had this company on before from Shropshire,but cant remember the name ■■

Anyone recognise the Volvo bulker ■■

Owens Volvo.

Lloyds Feeds DAF.

W.J.Capper DAF. Cant remember if we have had one on before ■■

Anyone recognise the ERF ■■

No idea who it belongs to now but looks like one of Thory’s from Peterborough/Whittlesey old ones.

Anyone know where Stephen J Weaver are from ■■

Always nice to see a Pentons motor who still keep there great livery.

Hansons ERF.

[240_gardner]

DEANB:

240 Gardner:
“DEANB”
Not had a Rhys Davies motor on for a while.

Not likely to be any new ones either, by the sound of it, since they went into administration earlier this month. It seems that the new owners who bought it last year, aren’t actually supporting it

DEANB:
Yeah bad news Chris.

Rhys Davies Logistics was acquired by Cathay Investments Limited as recently as October 2019, and operated alongside other Cathay businesses such as Amethyst Logistics. This was the scene at the industrial estate in Wellesbourne yesterday, near Amethyst’s warehouse:

This is the kit lying in Amethyst’s staff car park:

[ray_smyth]

Hi Dean, Great info and pictures of Elddis Transport. I seem to recall a transport company quite a few years ago
that was called Siddle C.Cook. Somebody mentioned that it was re-named to Elddis if you take a squint at the
reverse spelling. Was I dreaming ? Was somebody winding me up ? or perhaps it was true ■■

Best wishes to you and yours for 2021.

Cheers, Ray Smyth.

[blue_estate]

240 Gardner:

DEANB:

240 Gardner:
“DEANB”
Not had a Rhys Davies motor on for a while.

Not likely to be any new ones either, by the sound of it, since they went into administration earlier this month. It seems that the new owners who bought it last year, aren’t actually supporting it

DEANB:
Yeah bad news Chris.

Rhys Davies Logistics was acquired by Cathay Investments Limited as recently as October 2019, and operated alongside other Cathay businesses such as Amethyst Logistics. This was the scene at the industrial estate in Wellesbourne yesterday, near Amethyst’s warehouse:

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This is the kit lying in Amethyst’s staff car park:
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Very very very wrong , [emoji49] so they’re all gonna get re liveried up in Amethyst’s colours then ?

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