PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[windrush]

DeanB wrote about Waters and Siddall’s: 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.

Had a word with my mate who drove for Waters in the 60’s and knew George Siddall from the 40’s when he lived in Stanton in Peak where they were based. He was busy this morning, his elderley farmer friend lives on his own and was having problems with a cow calving so he got up early to go and assist with the calving tackle, at the age of 82 and not in the best of health he still likes to get his hands dirty and mother and child are doing well!

Anyway George Siddall moved his base from Stanton down to Darley Bridge in the fifties and built a garage there, Waters already had a small yard there and the two companies were run seperately. George Siddall had a house there as well. They ran all makes of vehicles, Atkinson, Seddon, Maudsley, Foden, ERF, Leyland and Bedfords. Later George’s wife died and I suppose he was getting on in years as well, as were most of the drivers that I remember, so decided to sell up in the seventies and Waters bought the premises as they were expanding steadily.

One reason why Waters kept the Siddall name on was so they could expand the fleet by using both companies as Waters on their own had reached their licensing limit and doing this made it easier.

Pete.

[arcdaz]

DEANB:
We have had a few of Mixconcrete motors on here.

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Nice pictrues here Dean of mix concrete trucks love there Daf skip lorry Happy Days

[arcdaz]

DEANB:
“FLOURPOWER” One of Heygates ERF’s.
Heygates Flour tankers we see them regular on our roads were we live in heartfordshire they mostly have all Dafs in there fleet now which replaced the Fodenalphas and there Erf fleet
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Bennett Heavy Haulage Volvo.
Bennett Heavy Haulage are another regular for us too they park up over night at South Mimms truck services
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Tidy DAF of W.A.Humphreys.

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

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Mansel Davies Volvo.

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

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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.

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

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

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A.E.Parker Merc from Chichester.

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[paul_c_gee]

windrush:
DeanB wrote about Waters and Siddall’s: 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.

Had a word with my mate who drove for Waters in the 60’s and knew George Siddall from the 40’s when he lived in Stanton in Peak where they were based. He was busy this morning, his elderley farmer friend lives on his own and was having problems with a cow calving so he got up early to go and assist with the calving tackle, at the age of 82 and not in the best of health he still likes to get his hands dirty and mother and child are doing well!

Anyway George Siddall moved his base from Stanton down to Darley Bridge in the fifties and built a garage there, Waters already had a small yard there and the two companies were run seperately. George Siddall had a house there as well. They ran all makes of vehicles, Atkinson, Seddon, Maudsley, Foden, ERF, Leyland and Bedfords. Later George’s wife died and I suppose he was getting on in years as well, as were most of the drivers that I remember, so decided to sell up in the seventies and Waters bought the premises as they were expanding steadily.

One reason why Waters kept the Siddall name on was so they could expand the fleet by using both companies as Waters on their own had reached their licensing limit and doing this made it easier.

Pete.

Windrush - thanks for the information - I often wondered what the tie up was with the same livery and operating base - Brilliant!!!

All the best Paul

[robthedog]

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.

Hanbury Davies trucks were based in Marchwood, not Eling wharf

[finbarot]

Hi Dean
back in the 60’s Drinkwater had about 200 vehicles.When they amalgamated with Sabey’s in 1978 they had about 35 with Sabey slightly less.The late Stan Ennor owned Drinkwater Sabey and the fleet was being steadily replaced/increased when he suddenly died and the company was taken over by Attwoods and then BFI I think.
They introduced a new livery and before long the Drinkwater Sabey name was gone.

[coomsey]

Just for you Dean, I’m spoiling you nmp

[deanb]

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

Thanks for the info Steve,good stuff chap.

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.

Ok Chris, PD Storage does not ring a bell were they on the docks ?

tastrucker:
“DEANB”

One from your way Trevor. Lloyds of Ludlow.

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.

Thanks for the comments 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.

Its amazing how many fairly decent sized fleets have been bought up by one of the big boys. Its a shame all these smaller
companies are disappearing bit like when Framptons were taken over.

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

Thanks for the link Chris,heres one of there ERF’s.

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”

We have had a few of Mixconcrete motors on here.

Nice pictrues here Dean of mix concrete trucks love there Daf skip lorry Happy Days

Cheers Daz.

robthedog:
“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.

Hanbury Davies trucks were based in Marchwood, not Eling wharf

Thanks for confirming Rob.

finbarot:
Hi Dean
back in the 60’s Drinkwater had about 200 vehicles.When they amalgamated with Sabey’s in 1978 they had about 35 with Sabey slightly less.The late Stan Ennor owned Drinkwater Sabey and the fleet was being steadily replaced/increased when he suddenly died and the company was taken over by Attwoods and then BFI I think.
They introduced a new livery and before long the Drinkwater Sabey name was gone.

Thanks for the info Tony,a big old concern back in the 60’s.

Heres one of there Foden’s from 1964.

coomsey:
Just for you Dean, I’m spoiling you nmp

Very good “coomsey” you are certainly spoiling Paul !

[deanb]

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”
One of Heygates ERF’s.

Heygates Flour tankers we see them regular on our roads were we live in heartfordshire they mostly have all Dafs in there fleet now which replaced the Fodenalphas and there Erf fleet

Thanks for the comments on Heygates Daz.

Heres some more for you and “FLOWERPOWER”

Bought this pic in part of a collecion.

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[finbarot]

Hi Dean
Thanks for the Drinkwater S20
That one unusually for them, as they were committed Gardner users, had a Foden 2 stroke which kept cracking its heads.It was used as a demonstrator for potential customers as the Powell Duffryn system was new in the UK.

[oiltreader]

finbarot:
Hi Dean
Thanks for the Drinkwater S20
That one unusually for them, as they were committed Gardner users, had a Foden 2 stroke which kept cracking its heads.It was used as a demonstrator for potential customers as the Powell Duffryn system was new in the UK.

Another one for you finbarot.
Oily

[deanb]

Dairy Crest DAF

Royal Mail DAF

Ready Mix ERF.

Dont think we have had a Ponden Mills motor on before.

Anyone recognise the Welsh Volvo tipper ■■

Someone may recognise the reg number on the Iveco ■■

Midland Bulk Services Volvo bulker.

Not sure if “Old road garage” is the name of the company,looks more like an address ■■

Anyone recognise the tall hay Scania.

B H Freight ERF

[finbarot]

Thank very much Oily
Thats brightened up an otherwise rubbish morning!!
Cheers

[deanb]

“MaggieD” Richard i reckon you may have know these when you were doing timber ?

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[deanb]

Anyone recognise the Volvo F7 ■■

Possibly one of Gary Parsons from New Milton.

Portland Plant Volvo.

Lynx Volvo FL7.

Texaco ERF.

Some oldies at the fair ground.

[maggied]

DEANB:
“MaggieD” Richard i reckon you may have know these when you were doing timber ?

Hi Dean,

Hope you and Paul are keeping safe and well, this thread gets better and better thanks for all your hard work and time.

Barker and Geary are still going strong in Kings Somborne I don’t think they run any transport now but are well known for their fencing and gates in the area.Used to meet them in different forests in the South,a chap named Peter Phippen drove for them at one time.

Regards
Richard

[coomsey]

DEANB:

ArcDaz:
“DEANB”
One of Heygates ERF’s.

Heygates Flour tankers we see them regular on our roads were we live in heartfordshire they mostly have all Dafs in there fleet now which replaced the Fodenalphas and there Erf fleet

Thanks for the comments on Heygates Daz.

Heres some more for you and “FLOWERPOWER”

Bought this pic in part of a collecion.

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Check this link I posted today, there’s one of Heygates on the move cheers Coomsey

[buzzer]

Hi Dean Kings Sombourne was the home of Barker and Geary midway between Romsey & Stockbridge, there yard was behind what I assume was the family bungalow only a small yard in the beginning but they specialised in making automated gates and general fencing materials, Chairs Buzzer.

[flourpower]

DEANB:
“FLOURPOWER” One of Heygates ERF
Thankyou Dean Heygates have a nice fleet got some life out of them tankers!!!

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Bennett Heavy Haulage Volvo.

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Tidy DAF of W.A.Humphreys.

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

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Mansel Davies Volvo.

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

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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.

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

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

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A.E.Parker Merc from Chichester.

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[flourpower]

DEANB:
Dairy Crest DAF

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Royal Mail DAF

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Ready Mix ERF.

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Dont think we have had a Ponden Mills motor on before.

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Anyone recognise the Welsh Volvo tipper ■■
This looks like an Ex Keyway of Gloucester tipper.

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Someone may recognise the reg number on the Iveco ■■

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Midland Bulk Services Volvo bulker.

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Not sure if “Old road garage” is the name of the company,looks more like an address ■■

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Anyone recognise the tall hay Scania.

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B H Freight ERF

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