PAUL GEE's PHOTO COLLECTION (Part 1)

[moomooland]

DEANB:
Paul dont know if you have seen these Edward Beck pics

Yes have them both on the website thanks. Edward Beck & Son Ltd.

Here’s a better picture of ‘Katy’

Edward Beck & Son Ltd Scammell Constructor 6x6 heavy haulage ballast tractor Reg No HJA 148F named ‘Katy’.

Seen here on the A49 Mill Lane, adjacent to Newton-le-Willows railway station. it is hauling a 1850 H.P Diesel Electric Locomotive from the nearby Vulcan Works destined for Ghana Railways & Ports in South Africa.

[tubbysboy]

moomooland:
1These are a couple of Seddon Atkinson press release shots featuring Ray Beardsley, transport manager for Courtaulds Northern Spinning, when eight brand new Seddon Atkinson 400 Series tractor units were introduced into the fleet in 1975.
The large depot was located next to the British Areospace factory on Greengate, Middleton, Manchester.
0Dean have you noticed the huge dent in the offside front of the brand new 400 Series above?
It’s been airbrushed out for the advertisement.

Great photos on this thread,

Bit before my time, but as a Braintree boy I remember courtaulds very well. They used to have big mill in Bocking and one at halstead.

The old hospital in braintree, where I was born, was William julian courtauld hospital.

I never knew until this afternoon how big a company they were. So thanks !

[carryfast]

VALKYRIE:
Do you know the exact year or years when these evocative photographs were taken? So what time period? Please

VALKYRIE

Going by the contemporary traffic scenes often/usually mid-late 1970’s.The Atki tanker has an ■■■■■■ Mk 2 behind it for example.Like the car world it seems to have been a time of very large swings between oldest types of vehicles being used together with newest types.Which seems to fit my own experience of it being nothing unusual for late 1950’s/early 60’s types of vehicles to still be common on the roads even as late as 1980 for example.Whereas 20 - 30 year old + vehicles are now a relatively much rarer rare sight on the roads.From memory parts supply for those older types seeming to be much more plentiful then as opposed to now for example.

[hayday]

240 Gardner:

Paul John:

240 Gardner:

rward:
The White 88 with red stripes was ex import Cardiff anyone remember them regards rowly

At Rhymney, weren’t they, with a depot in the Warrington area, and later in a white & pale yellow livery?

I had a driver at Bowker, who told me that Ex-Import was owned by his brother

240 Gardner, and Rowly. Yes Rowly I remember ex-import they were based off Newport Rd late 80s with a number of F7s.
That may well of been a Rumney Cardiff address 240, not Rhymney Heads of the Valley. The Rhymney river passes through there before hitting the sea.

Thanks for that - I do remember them having F7s - I was right about the white and pale yellow livery? I’m trying to remember where their northern depot was - somewhere around Warrington, I think.

And I should have googled before:

Ex-Import Transport (GB) Limited
Waters Edge Industrial Estate
Rumney River Bridge Road
Cardiff
South Glam

They did indeed have a large warehouse on Woolston Grange Warrington, which I think became part of the Salstream buildings (M&S clothing)

[boatchaser]

Ex-import Transport
They were next door to were I worked when I was with Baxter Healthcare ( 1978- 1990 ish ) 4 Kingsland Grange, we were next to the weird shaped building which stored money then us then Ex-import from what I remember when they left it was empty for some time looking on Google Maps the building has changed and now belongs to Fedex. Baxters ( Travenol Labs ) was the first company in that building then moved to Northampton and at some point DODD,S had it again on google maps its DHL , I don,t remember it being part of Salstream

[deanb]

moomooland:
1These are a couple of Seddon Atkinson press release shots featuring Ray Beardsley, transport manager for Courtaulds Northern Spinning, when eight brand new Seddon Atkinson 400 Series tractor units were introduced into the fleet in 1975.
The large depot was located next to the British Areospace factory on Greengate, Middleton, Manchester.
0Dean have you noticed the huge dent in the offside front of the brand new 400 Series above?
It’s been airbrushed out for the advertisement.

It always amazes me how often a new motor seems to get ■■■■■■■ like that ? I bet that driver was in
the mire. Thanks great pics as always Paul !

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
J

Lawrenson Atkinson Black Knight ■■? tanker.

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One of several elderly motors which Gilbert Lawrenson of Bootle ran into the early 90s, mainly contracting for Bibby’s Edible Oils, as I recall

Thanks for the info “240 Gardner”

240 Gardner:

DEANB:
Borderer of Econofreight.

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Similar motor, maybe even the same one:
sleeper cabbed borderer by Terry, on Flickr

Apparently, Econofreight’s MD, Tom Llewellin, used to insist on removing the Big A, as did Marley Tiles and Whitbread

“240 Gardner” Although i cant think of one at the momment there were quite alot of big companies that
never liked the truck name/badge on the front of there trucks.

240 Gardner:

Bewick:
Did Pandoro not have a firm vehicle buying policy Chris i.e. stick mainly to one Marque or was it just a case of going out to tender for X number of units of a similar spec at any given time ? Cheers Dennis.

It was fairly firm for many years, Dennis, inherited from its constituent companies, Northern Ireland Trailers and Ferrymasters (Ireland)

At the start, it was 220 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Borderers and A Series, with 6-speed David Brown gearboxes (not a happy combination, in my opinion). There was a solitary Marathon form the NIT fleet and, strangely, a pair of Mercedes tractors on Northern Irish plates, one of which was based in Fleetwood.

They were followed by 250-engined 400 Series, RR265 & 265L ERF B series and a solitary Buffalo, followed by a batch of 10 Marathons and 20 Buffaloes, the latter to satisfy a requirement for light tractors. For the next few years it remained fairly straightforward as SA and ERF.

The Buffaloes were an utter disaster (I recall the day when 16 of the 20 were VOR, many awaiting parts), and were swiftly replaced with 32T SA 300 Series tractors, Pandoro having participated in the development. They weren’t much cop either, but the requirement went away in 1983 with the weight increase to 38T.

I left in 1982, and the fleet seemed to become rather more cosmopolitan in the years thereafter.

Thanks for your comments !

ramone:

moomooland:
2This Seddon 32/4 heading South down the M6 at Keele Bank would have been based at Furzebrook Knitting Company in Wolverhampton which was a member of the Courtaulds group and had around 200 knitting machines in operation until it closed in 1982.

Amongst many other plants Courtaulds also had large rayon production facility, called the Red Scar mill in Preston, which produced tyre cord and employed around 4,000 people until it closed in 1980.
By the late 1980’s the manufacture of clothing was quickly moving to South East Asia and China by which time Courtaulds had closed many of its UK factories and moved production to cheaper Asian sites were labour costs were low.
The company which employed around 20,000 people was broken up in 1990 into Courtaulds plc and Courtaulds Textiles Ltd but later disappeared after the chemical merger with Akzo Nobel.

Courtaulds Ltd Northern Spinning Division had a large transport depot next to the British Areospace factory on Greengate, Middleton, Manchester.

10Ray Beardsley transport manager for Courtaulds Northern Spinning along side the old and the new.

My dad went to Courtaulds at Greenfield North Wales in the60s and 70s regular for Henry Longs , Courtaulds had a place in Bradford too at Westcroft which is now a Tescos and they also ran to Coutaulds near Grimsby

Thanks for your input Ramone !

[deanb]

again Paul, i take it Tom is back from his holidays then !! is and he said that was a superb ‘on the road’ image, i have most details on file for the fleet but for some reason had nothing on URN 420R.

4This Foden S36 ELU 971J was originally registered new in October 1970 and remained on the road for twenty years until September 1990.
It’s pictured below in later life still operated by Pat Collins with an updated body and livery.

3Photograph courtesy of John Gibbs

Thanks Paul for the pic and the info. That motor lasted well,cant knock 20 years. Mind you in that line of
work the mileage but be very low as sat all week in one place before they move on to the next town.

TruckNetUK.Old Time Lorries.Paul Gee’s Photo Collection.Fairground Vehicle Mileage.Atkinson.VALKYRIE.Wednesday,30th August,2017.

Thanks for publishing the great photographs of those very interesting fairground vehicles Fairground Vehicles are just as much Commercial
Vehicles as any other type of commercial vehicle operated by commercial vehicle operators

Foden S21 Spaceship Sputnik Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,ULU 809F,painted yellow,with red relief,pulling a Meteorite Ride was
operated by Billy Roberts & Sons.It was originally operated as a bulk tanker by Blue Circle Portland Cement,Cement Marketing Company.

In regard to fairground vehicle mileage:Many fairground vehicles travel from funfair to funfair on an established funfair-fairground circuit on a
yearly basis.But also many other fairground vehicles make long distance journeys to funfair-feasts all over the United Kingdom.
For example, showmen in South Yorkshire travel up to Newcastle for the famous Town Moor Funfair,and go back to South Yorkshire or wherever to another feast.The Pat Collins fun fair outfit is based in the Midlands,and amongst the funfairs that they regularly attend in the September-October period are the famous Nottingham Goose Fair and Hull Funfair…So fairground vehicles eat up the mileage on the A1,A1-M,M1,M62,M6,M61,M25,M18,M74,M73,M90,M3,M4,M5,M20 and many other major routes - not to mention A and B Roads.

Abie Danter and his Air Ride and his other attractions,based in Moreton Valance,Gloucester,travel over the place to attend funfairs,including
the Great Dorset Steam Fair.Matthew and Douglas Taylor,of Motherwell,Scotland,trading as M & D Leisure,Stevens Fun Fairs,Staines-upon-Thames,
Manning’s Funfairs,Feltham,for example,have all been known to attend the Nottingham Goose Fair year after year.This funfair,along with the
Hull Funfair are not only prestigious,and the largest travelling funfairs in the United Kingdom,also attract some or all of the latest high-tech rides
and other attractions.Another reason for the high milages of fairground vehicles,because some of these latest ride come from afar - and also from Europe on occasion!
The Nottingham-based Mellors Group,have expanded into fixed fairground and leisure parks,but this fairground family still attends funfairs,and
are also the providers of some of the Big Ferris Wheel’s that have periodic stays in the middle of UK towns and cities.

I love this slogan and the carrier of this slogan - My Glory Is Hauling And Lighting The Fair,QV photograph:-

Burrell DCC 3 5 NHP Showmans Steam Road Locomotive,Engine No.3926,NO 4999,Essex,March 1922,MARGARET.Henry Thurston & Sons,Northampton.MY GLORY IS HAULING AND LIGHTING THE FAIR - A great statement :-
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I bet this Showmans Steam Road Locomotive travelled some long distances on the feast-funfair fairground circuit when it was a working
fairground vehicle - as did many other showmans steam road locomotives…

Foden S21 Spaceship Sputnik,Luton Girderframe-Bodied,8x2 or 8x4 Lorry,350 DRX,Berkshire,December 1962-April 1963.Feltham,Middlesex-based Peter Manning’s Foden and his Caterpillar Ride were regular visitors to Nottingham Goose Fair :-
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This Foden is now preserved I remember seeing this Foden many times at the famous Nottingham Goose Fair

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DEANB QUOTE: Lawrenson Atkinson Black Knight ■■? tanker.UNQUOTE.

It’s a:-
Atkinson L1786X Mk1-Cabbed,Tanker-bodied,Rigid 8x2 or 8x4 Lorry,852 AMR,Wiltshire,July-September 1962.Lawrenson.A good-looking and well-kept Atkinson.Mark S.Bailey:-
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Do you know the exact year or years when these evocative photographs were taken? So what time period? Please

VALKYRIE

Hello VALKYRIE, thanks for your in depth comments,very intresting. I will pop some more fair ground pics
on. However i cant agree with “high mileage” on that type of vehicle. Compared to normal trucks very
low as stood most of the week and not tramping day in day out. On another note the traction engines
that you see at the steam fairs is a rich mans hobby these days. I was talking to a owner at Dorset Steam
Fair last year and he was telling me the best ones were fetching £ 750,000 and upwards !

Paul was taking photos all the way through the 70s and used to like taking alot of pics in early August as
he used to like to see the new registerations.

Bewick:

240 Gardner:

Bewick:
Did Pandoro not have a firm vehicle buying policy Chris i.e. stick mainly to one Marque or was it just a case of going out to tender for X number of units of a similar spec at any given time ? Cheers Dennis.

It was fairly firm for many years, Dennis, inherited from its constituent companies, Northern Ireland Trailers and Ferrymasters (Ireland)

At the start, it was 220 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Borderers and A Series, with 6-speed David Brown gearboxes (not a happy combination, in my opinion). There was a solitary Marathon form the NIT fleet and, strangely, a pair of Mercedes tractors on Northern Irish plates, one of which was based in Fleetwood.

They were followed by 250-engined 400 Series, RR265 & 265L ERF B series and a solitary Buffalo, followed by a batch of 10 Marathons and 20 Buffaloes, the latter to satisfy a requirement for light tractors. For the next few years it remained fairly straightforward as SA and ERF.

The Buffaloes were an utter disaster (I recall the day when 16 of the 20 were VOR, many awaiting parts), and were swiftly replaced with 32T SA 300 Series tractors, Pandoro having participated in the development. They weren’t much cop either, but the requirement went away in 1983 with the weight increase to 38T.

I left in 1982, and the fleet seemed to become rather more cosmopolitan in the years thereafter.

Many thanks for the comprehensive explanation Chris ! I seem to recall Ian Fowler telling me Scotts Of Nottingham sold P & O a number of Atky tractor units. As regards that terrible spec CU220/ DB 6:600/ Group axle I recall that I had three Borderers on the fleet with that poxy gear box, '73, '74 & '75. The later ones did a decent job from memory, one had the D85 diff and the other had the Eaton 2 speed axle. But the '73 unit was the worst Atky we ever operated, maybe double shifting it brought out it’s failings quicker but we had problems with the Group axle and we changed the DB box twice from memory and then finally the engine gave problems over heating ! It was 18 months old when I sold it ! And what “rubbed the salt in” was it was a unit I had to beg for at the time when they were in short supply, I paid “List” plus £250 notes sweetner ! Happy days ! Cheers Dennis.
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A shot of the “offender” when it was new.

Thanks for your comments Dennis !

kenfig bill:

DEANB:
“Kenfig Bill” Heres one for your dad, Geraint !

Hello DEAN …super shot TWN 920N …that F86 spent most of its working life hauling motor panels from the former RTB Llandore plant in Swansea…formally known as the Cwmfelin press works …they supplied panels and bonnets to Land rover…Triumph at both Coventry and Speke as well as Ford …that shot is a little gem …RTB had a similar plant at Gorseinon …many thanks from us both …Geraint

Thanks for the comments Geraint !

moomooland:

DEANB:
Paul dont know if you have seen these Edward Beck pics
Yes have them both on the website thanks. Edward Beck & Son Ltd.

Here’s a better picture of ‘Katy’

Edward Beck & Son Ltd Scammell Constructor 6x6 heavy haulage ballast tractor Reg No HJA 148F named ‘Katy’.

Seen here on the A49 Mill Lane, adjacent to Newton-le-Willows railway station. it is hauling a 1850 H.P Diesel Electric Locomotive from the nearby Vulcan Works destined for Ghana Railways & Ports in South Africa.

Tidy looking motor Paul,thanks for the pic !

Tubbysboy:

moomooland:
0These are a couple of Seddon Atkinson press release shots featuring Ray Beardsley, transport manager for Courtaulds Northern Spinning, when eight brand new Seddon Atkinson 400 Series tractor units were introduced into the fleet in 1975.
The large depot was located next to the British Areospace factory on Greengate, Middleton, Manchester.
Dean have you noticed the huge dent in the offside front of the brand new 400 Series above?
It’s been airbrushed out for the advertisement.

Great photos on this thread,

Bit before my time, but as a Braintree boy I remember courtaulds very well. They used to have big mill in Bocking and one at halstead.

The old hospital in braintree, where I was born, was William julian courtauld hospital.

I never knew until this afternoon how big a company they were. So thanks !

Thanks for your comments “Tubbysboy”

Carryfast:

VALKYRIE:
Do you know the exact year or years when these evocative photographs were taken? So what time period? Please

VALKYRIE

Going by the contemporary traffic scenes often/usually mid-late 1970’s.The Atki tanker has an ■■■■■■ Mk 2 behind it for example.Like the car world it seems to have been a time of very large swings between oldest types of vehicles being used together with newest types.Which seems to fit my own experience of it being nothing unusual for late 1950’s/early 60’s types of vehicles to still be common on the roads even as late as 1980 for example.Whereas 20 - 30 year old + vehicles are now a relatively much rarer rare sight on the roads.From memory parts supply for those older types seeming to be much more plentiful then as opposed to now for example.

hayday:

240 Gardner:
The White 88 with red stripes was ex import Cardiff anyone remember them regards rowly

At Rhymney, weren’t they, with a depot in the Warrington area, and later in a white & pale yellow livery?

I had a driver at Bowker, who told me that Ex-Import was owned by his brother

240 Gardner, and Rowly. Yes Rowly I remember ex-import they were based off Newport Rd late 80s with a number of F7s.
That may well of been a Rumney Cardiff address 240, not Rhymney Heads of the Valley. The Rhymney river passes through there before hitting the sea.

Thanks for that - I do remember them having F7s - I was right about the white and pale yellow livery? I’m trying to remember where their northern depot was - somewhere around Warrington, I think.

And I should have googled before:

Ex-Import Transport (GB) Limited
Waters Edge Industrial Estate
Rumney River Bridge Road
Cardiff
South Glam

They did indeed have a large warehouse on Woolston Grange Warrington, which I think became part of the Salstream buildings (M&S clothing)

Thanks for your input “hayday”

Boatchaser:
Ex-import Transport
They were next door to were I worked when I was with Baxter Healthcare ( 1978- 1990 ish ) 4 Kingsland Grange, we were next to the weird shaped building which stored money then us then Ex-import from what I remember when they left it was empty for some time looking on Google Maps the building has changed and now belongs to Fedex. Baxters ( Travenol Labs ) was the first company in that building then moved to Northampton and at some point DODD,S had it again on google maps its DHL , I don,t remember it being part of Salstream

Thanks for your comments “Boatchaser”

[deanb]

Willie Roadstar:

DEANB:
One for Willie Roadstar !

Dean

Fantastic photo and rare too, this must have been a Moorlock subbie, as they had all Volvo themselves- can’t quite make out what it says on the door, but figures as he’s pulling a Carman trailer so must have been subbing for both

Thanks for posting

Cheers Ant

No worries Ant, i see it hit facebook pretty quick !

Looks like RJM or R & M on the door ■■?

[deanb]

Some pics.

Atkinson.

Scammell

AEC

AEC

Scammell

Atkinson

GUY

Atkinson

Atkinson

GUY

[willie_roadstar]

DEANB:

Willie Roadstar:

DEANB:
One for Willie Roadstar !

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Dean

Fantastic photo and rare too, this must have been a Moorlock subbie, as they had all Volvo themselves- can’t quite make out what it says on the door, but figures as he’s pulling a Carman trailer so must have been subbing for both

Thanks for posting

Cheers Ant

No worries Ant, i see it hit facebook pretty quick !

Looks like RJM or R & M on the door ■■?

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Yes mate - someone will have the answer on there

Cheers Ant

[deanb]

Truflo Bedford

New Foden chassis.

Foden chassis

King Leyland. Nice P6 Rover overtaking.

Anyone recognise the Foden ■■?

Leggett freightways Seddon Atkinson.

Smith & Robinson Volvo N10

Derek Todd Transcontinental.

Volvo F10

Cannon’s F88 bulker.

[moomooland]

Legget Freightways Ltd had a large depot in Bredbury near Stockport which closed in 2009.
They also had depots across the country at Bothwell, Peterlee, Bridgend, Swindon, Bridgewater, Faversham, Thetford, Southampton and Enfield.
On the 13th of January 2011 Leggett Freightways Ltd (not to be confused with Leggett Logistics) appointed administrators.

Three of Leggett’s Seddon Atkinson 401’s pictured at Bredbury depot.
Photograph courtesy of Carl Jarman.

[gazsa401]

moomooland:
1Legget Freightways Ltd had a large depot in Bredbury near Stockport which closed in 2009.
They also had depots across the country at Bothwell, Peterlee, Bridgend, Swindon, Bridgewater, Faversham, Thetford, Southampton and Enfield.
On the 13th of January 2011 Leggett Freightways Ltd (not to be confused with Leggett Logistics) appointed administrators.

0Three of Leggett’s Seddon Atkinson 401’s pictured at Bredbury depot.
Photograph courtesy of Carl Jarman.

They also had a depot on London Road in Nottingham it was used for filming the TV show “Boon”
At Stirlands we often stored film props and sets in our warehouses for the ITV regional broadcaster Central

[pete_smith]

gazsa401:

moomooland:
1Legget Freightways Ltd had a large depot in Bredbury near Stockport which closed in 2009.
They also had depots across the country at Bothwell, Peterlee, Bridgend, Swindon, Bridgewater, Faversham, Thetford, Southampton and Enfield.
On the 13th of January 2011 Leggett Freightways Ltd (not to be confused with Leggett Logistics) appointed administrators.

0Three of Leggett’s Seddon Atkinson 401’s pictured at Bredbury depot.
Photograph courtesy of Carl Jarman.

They also had a depot on London Road in Nottingham it was used for filming the TV show “Boon”
At Stirlands we often stored film props and sets in our warehouses for the ITV regional broadcaster Central

Any souveniers from Auf Weidersehen pet Gaz?!

[240_gardner]

Bewick:
Many thanks for the comprehensive explanation Chris ! I seem to recall Ian Fowler telling me Scotts Of Nottingham sold P & O a number of Atky tractor units. As regards that terrible spec CU220/ DB 6:600/ Group axle I recall that I had three Borderers on the fleet with that poxy gear box, '73, '74 & '75. The later ones did a decent job from memory, one had the D85 diff and the other had the Eaton 2 speed axle. But the '73 unit was the worst Atky we ever operated, maybe double shifting it brought out it’s failings quicker but we had problems with the Group axle and we changed the DB box twice from memory and then finally the engine gave problems over heating ! It was 18 months old when I sold it ! And what “rubbed the salt in” was it was a unit I had to beg for at the time when they were in short supply, I paid “List” plus £250 notes sweetner ! Happy days ! Cheers Dennis.
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A shot of the “offender” when it was new.

Now then Dennis, it may well be that Scotts (Penrith depot) sold them some motors - I think that, in the pre-Seddon days, N.I.T., at least, was a Head Office account with Atkinson, and wouldn’t have had to buy through a dealer. Mind you, as you allude, you’d be trying to get motors from anywhere you could at that time, and they were certainly buying them in large numbers.

Concerning the spec, with the ■■■■■■■ max torque being at 1500rpm, but falling away below that, it was OK on the level, as you’d change up at max revs and it drop nicely onto 1500 rpm in the next gear, except… the gap between 4th and 5th was such that it picked up in the next gear at more like 1350, and after a longer pause in the change, so upward changes from 4th gear on any kind of climb were a bit of a non-starter unless it was a gentle climb and the clutch brake worked. It was better with a Gardner, though, and its almost flat torque curve.

Bowker used to spec them with DB 6-speed for trunk motors and Fuller for roamers, on the grounds that the night trunk men couldn’t handle a Fuller! The experience with the DB box also, was that the bearings couldn’t handle the ■■■■■■■ at max torque - I see you mention gearbox changes.

[240_gardner]

DEANB:
“240 Gardner” Although i cant think of one at the momment there were quite alot of big companies that
never liked the truck name/badge on the front of there trucks.

Indeed so! Bass was another

[moomooland]

Scammell Highwayman Reg No 247 BGO was originally registered new to Shell/BP in 1962.
247 BGO is pictured below at Banbury Steam Rally, Bloxham on the 25th of June 2000.

Photograph courtesy of Adam Floyd

[moomooland]

Registered new on the 5th of March 1958 Scammell 15MU Ballast Tractor Reg No UYL 920 was saved for preservation.
Seen below at Rushden Cavalcade on the 29th of April 2017.

Photograph courtesy of Kevin Quick.

[gazsa401]

pete smith:

gazsa401:

moomooland:
1Legget Freightways Ltd had a large depot in Bredbury near Stockport which closed in 2009.
They also had depots across the country at Bothwell, Peterlee, Bridgend, Swindon, Bridgewater, Faversham, Thetford, Southampton and Enfield.
On the 13th of January 2011 Leggett Freightways Ltd (not to be confused with Leggett Logistics) appointed administrators.

0Three of Leggett’s Seddon Atkinson 401’s pictured at Bredbury depot.
Photograph courtesy of Carl Jarman.

They also had a depot on London Road in Nottingham it was used for filming the TV show “Boon”
At Stirlands we often stored film props and sets in our warehouses for the ITV regional broadcaster Central

Any souveniers from Auf Weidersehen pet Gaz?!

Haha no mate but I did meet Leslie Crowther on a few occasions when he was hosting “The price is right” I often took sets from our yard to the massive Central studios just down the road
I did once meet Stephenie Beecham as one of our 401s was used in the opening scene of her programme “Connie” which was about the rag trade
It was set in Nottingham (when we did have a clothing industry)
They used my Dad’s lorry he had to drive the lorry stop then a actor got in and said a few words
Then my Dad drove off afterwards
I think it’s still on YouTube

[900x20]

Greetings,All.
Ref. the Scammell Reg. No. UYL 920,it looks familiar.I may be wrong but did it belong to the Union Cartage Company for a time? Be interesting to know.
Regards,900x20.