PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[punchy_dan]

Paul C Gee:

Punchy Dan:
Morning Dean is there a picture of the B series day cab following the Carlisle sleeper cab ERF cheers Dan .

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As if by magic!!!

Note the Ball component sticker at the top of the windscreen

[pete_smith]

Hi Dean,
Those BT Bedfords were nicknamed Romell’s Raiders by the crews as they believed they had come from surplus army stock! I think they were in production well in to the 1980’s and a few may have been badged as AWD’s after Bedford’s demise.

[windrush]

Punchy Dan:

Paul C Gee:

Punchy Dan:
Morning Dean is there a picture of the B series day cab following the Carlisle sleeper cab ERF cheers Dan .

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As if by magic!!!

Note the Ball component sticker at the top of the windscreen

I think that most of had one of those Dan! I even gave one to my brother down south to annoy mother. I wonder if they are still in business?

Pete.

[finbarot]

Hi Dean
you are dead right mate, that is a cracking shot.I think its a close second place to the Drinkwater Foden s39 Dumpmaster shot of yours, but not by much
Thanks again.

[punchy_dan]

windrush:

Punchy Dan:

Paul C Gee:

Punchy Dan:
Morning Dean is there a picture of the B series day cab following the Carlisle sleeper cab ERF cheers Dan .

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As if by magic!!!

Note the Ball component sticker at the top of the windscreen

I think that most of had one of those Dan! I even gave one to my brother down south to annoy mother. I wonder if they are still in business?

Pete.

They became GKN Driveline and are now Powertrain Products I think ,I use Firow in Holmes Chapel now .

[buzzer]

Dean a memory jerker just for you mate, the mill was driven by water from the upper reaches of the river Hamble, chairs Buzzer

[deanb]

Does anyone know the tie up between Waters and Geo Siddall. I assume one of the companies bought the other
one out as they have the same colour scheme and share the same yard ?

[oiltreader]

Donny bypass credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Oily

[birdie4x4]

windrush:
B.J Waters were big Guy operators, they had both Invincibles and Big J eight leggers plus a four wheeler Big J that a friend drove for a year until he couldn’t stand the pace any longer and left to go and drive powder tankers for another local firm!

Pete.

Toft Brothers and Tomlinson were a large firm consisting mainly Guy lorries, I started there on a Guy 4 wheeler ,progressing up to the 6 wheeler Guy and finally the Artic with 180 gardner. I remember the Waters 4 wheeler and drag very well.
Steve

[birdie4x4]

This was one of mine, it mainly subbed to Waters carrying coal and scrap.
Steve

[windrush]

Re: PAUL GEE’s PHOTO COLLECTION

Unread postby DEANB » Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:26 am
Does anyone know the tie up between Waters and Geo Siddall. I assume one of the companies bought the other
one out as they have the same colour scheme and share the same yard ?

They were seperate companies at one time Dean, Siddall’s were based at Stanton in Peak years ago and my mate who later drove for Waters has pics of the prewar fleet mainly engaged on council work. Later they moved to Darley Bridge by Waters yard. When I moved to to the area in the seventies Siddall’s were running four wheeler Sed ak 200’s and Commer Commando tippers in a red livery, they had a few powder tankers as well, but I’m not sure how the tie up with Waters came about. My mate will know though.

One of Siddall’s drivers lived at Wensley village just up from their yard and my mate and a couple of other lads gave him a lift home one day in my mates van. They played a trick on him, when they got to his house two of them held him down in the back of the van while my mate went and told his wife that he was nighting out and wouldn’t be home. She came out of the house with his roast dinner and tipped it all into the dustbin, he wasn’t too happy about that!

Pete.

[birdie4x4]

DEANB:
Does anyone know the tie up between Waters and Geo Siddall. I assume one of the companies bought the other
one out as they have the same colour scheme and share the same yard ?

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I remember them being two separate companies, there yards were next to each other, now all one, I can only presume Waters took over Siddall’s many years ago.
Steve

[deanb]

Punchy Dan:
“Paul C Gee” “Punchy Dan”
Morning Dean is there a picture of the B series day cab following the Carlisle sleeper cab ERF cheers Dan .

As if by magic!!!
Thanks Dean ,Frank Carlisle carried grain .

No worries Dan,Paul popped that on for you.

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”

“finbarot” Talking about Drinkwater Sabey how about this cracking pic.

Daz, One of your favourites.

Dean Many thanks for the mention of the Don Bush on six wheel Leyland Constructor tipper superb pictures again i love the site clearance job with the Drinkwater Constructor and the two poclain excavators Great old times for me Daz

Yeah that was a good pic Daz. Not sure how many motor’s Don Bush operated but i dont think it was many so its surprising
just how many we have had on here.

pete smith:
Hi Dean,
Those BT Bedfords were nicknamed Romell’s Raiders by the crews as they believed they had come from surplus army stock! I think they were in production well in to the 1980’s and a few may have been badged as AWD’s after Bedford’s demise.

Surprised they were still making them in the 80’s Pete,considering they came out in the 50’s. Thats a fair old production
run chap. Mind you if they are still selling you are going to carry on building them.

Punchy Dan:
“windrush” “Punchy Dan”

Morning Dean is there a picture of the B series day cab following the Carlisle sleeper cab ERF cheers Dan .

Note the Ball component sticker at the top of the windscreen

I think that most of had one of those Dan! I even gave one to my brother down south to annoy mother. I wonder if they are still in business?
Pete.

They became GKN Driveline and are now Powertrain Products I think ,I use Firow in Holmes Chapel now .

Thanks for the comments Dan & Pete.

finbarot:
Hi Dean
you are dead right mate, that is a cracking shot.I think its a close second place to the Drinkwater Foden s39 Dumpmaster shot of yours, but not by much
Thanks again.

We have had alot of there motors on here Tony,do you know how large the fleet was as i imagine it was pretty big ■■

Buzzer:
Dean a memory jerker just for you mate, the mill was driven by water from the upper reaches of the river Hamble, chairs Buzzer

Nice pics Buzzer,about 42 years ago was the last time i was there !

oiltreader:
Donny bypass credit to Richard Says for the photos.
Oily

Thanks for the pics Oily.

Birdie4x4:
“windrush” B.J Waters were big Guy operators, they had both Invincibles and Big J eight leggers plus a four wheeler Big J that a friend drove for a year until he couldn’t stand the pace any longer and left to go and drive powder tankers for another local firm!

Pete

Toft Brothers and Tomlinson were a large firm consisting mainly Guy lorries, I started there on a Guy 4 wheeler ,progressing up to the 6 wheeler Guy and finally the Artic with 180 gardner. I remember the Waters 4 wheeler and drag very well.
Steve

Thanks for the info and pic of the Volvo,good stuff Steve.

windrush:
Re: PAUL GEE’s PHOTO COLLECTION

Unread postby DEANB » Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:26 am
Does anyone know the tie up between Waters and Geo Siddall. I assume one of the companies bought the other
one out as they have the same colour scheme and share the same yard ?

They were seperate companies at one time Dean, Siddall’s were based at Stanton in Peak years ago and my mate who later drove for Waters has pics of the prewar fleet mainly engaged on council work. Later they moved to Darley Bridge by Waters yard. When I moved to to the area in the seventies Siddall’s were running four wheeler Sed ak 200’s and Commer Commando tippers in a red livery, they had a few powder tankers as well, but I’m not sure how the tie up with Waters came about. My mate will know though.

One of Siddall’s drivers lived at Wensley village just up from their yard and my mate and a couple of other lads gave him a lift home one day in my mates van. They played a trick on him, when they got to his house two of them held him down in the back of the van while my mate went and told his wife that he was nighting out and wouldn’t be home. She came out of the house with his roast dinner and tipped it all into the dustbin, he wasn’t too happy about that!

Pete.

Thanks for the info Pete,if you do speak to your mate about the tie up between the two companies can you let me know
as Paul wanted to know.

Birdie4x4:
“DEANB”

Does anyone know the tie up between Waters and Geo Siddall. I assume one of the companies bought the other
one out as they have the same colour scheme and share the same yard ?

I remember them being two separate companies, there yards were next to each other, now all one, I can only presume Waters took over Siddall’s many years ago.
Steve

Thanks Steve,hopefully Pete will find out for certain.

[deanb]

“FLOURPOWER” One of Heygates ERF’s.

Bennett Heavy Haulage Volvo.

Tidy DAF of W.A.Humphreys.

Hanbury Davies MAN. Looks like the Winchester bypass. Think they park on Southampton docks ?

Mansel Davies Volvo.

Anyone recognise the Scania,few thousand spent on extra’s so possibly an owner driver ?

Mouland runs some tidy motors. There yard is at St Leonards between Ringwood and Ferndown.
I think the fleet is all Scania now,dont remember seeing anything else recently.

Pete Smith, one from your way. Shirley’s. Posted an article on page 487 about Shirley’s.

Boughey MAN. Seen these motors about,anyone know where they are based ?

A.E.Parker Merc from Chichester.

[vwvanman0]

Hi Dean,
Boughey distribution are from Wardle in Cheshire near Nantwich, they have recently opened a new warehouse in Crewe.

They get containers in with items like princes tinned foods, pallet the goods up,then the pallets get distributed to supermarkets and cash and carrys etc.

Used to sub out of there in early 2000s they had moved to volvo from erf and fodens at that time.

Steve

[deanb]

We have had a few of Mixconcrete motors on here.

Clickon pages twice to read.

[chris_webb]

“Chris Webb ,did you ever go to the Texaco depot on Poole docks,where this Merc is heading back to. They used to
run Marathon’s and Roadtrains which i remember well. The Merc’s i dont remember which is odd so i wonder if they
were trailing them and never bought many ?”

Hi Dean.No,only PD Storage.The only Texaco depots I went in were Llanelli and Canvey Island.

[tastrucker]

DEANB:
One from your way Trevor. Lloyds of Ludlow.

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Elliotts MAN in Poole.

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I think we have had J.T.Marsden motors on before but cant remember where they are from ■■

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F & A Carlisle ERF. Imagine there was a grain mill nearby as we have had alot of bulkers on this road.

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Another one of those mystery blue tippers seen around Poole & Bournemouth. It looks a bit like a Drinkwater Sabey
motor but would have been sign written.

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“finbarot” Talking about Drinkwater Sabey how about this cracking pic.

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Daz, One of your favourites.

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Chris Webb ,did you ever go to the Texaco depot on Poole docks,where this Merc is heading back to. They used to
run Marathon’s and Roadtrains which i remember well. The Merc’s i dont remember which is odd so i wonder if they
were trailing them and never bought many ?

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Cracking pic of the Bedford with crew cab. Think it was a J type Bedford,still selling them on a R reg which
surprises me as i thought they had stopped making them by then ?

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Anyone recognise the DAF with all the crap in the windscreen ■■ Wonder he could see where he was going.

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Hello DEAN ,yes Tony Lloyd has several old lorries in his collection ,and thankyou for those GUY clippings amongst them was Farmore from Craven Arms who used to trade as South Shropshire farmers ,and im sure they had a drawbar Guy J as well ,Trevor.

[240_gardner]

DEANB:
Hanbury Davies MAN. Looks like the Winchester bypass. Think they park on Southampton docks ?

Didn’t they used to run the Southampton motors out of Eling Wharf (like so many others)? Having said that, they sold out to Wincanton many years go, anyway.

[240_gardner]

vwvanman0:
Hi Dean,
Boughey distribution are from Wardle in Cheshire near Nantwich, they have recently opened a new warehouse in Crewe.

They get containers in with items like princes tinned foods, pallet the goods up,then the pallets get distributed to supermarkets and cash and carrys etc.

Used to sub out of there in early 2000s they had moved to volvo from erf and fodens at that time.

Steve

Boughey is a subsidiary of NWF Group, formerly known as North Western Farmers, and has been for many years.

nwf.co.uk/about-us/history