The guys loading the catnic trailers were Carl Taylor and his brother Clive good guys now echo 1 was a awesome driver top man bloody nuts CB mad great mate got buried on my 143 scania lost his wife Anne never got over it went down hill we worked together 20 years laughed most of the time small scanias biggest money and then came along dai echo and his son both top of the range kids I was so privalleged to work with him and 20 more drivers stuck together like cack to a blanket regards rowly
The photos of the catnic lorises reminds me of the best years of my life one big regards rowly
HRS:
240 Gardner:
moomooland:
HRS:
The time has come, !! could you educate me on the models please, ie Borderer, black knight, Silver whatever as although I remember the trucks I never knew the model line up.
Thanks in advance⌠HarveyThe best i can do is thisâŚ
The name âBordererâ was dreamed up in May 1970 by the late Frank Whalley who was the publicity manager for Atkinson Vehicles.
It was one of six names used by the company to identify the different models being built at the time.
The range consisted of tractor units âBordererâ (4x2) and âVenturerâ (6x4),
Two-axle chassis âRaiderâ.
Three-axle chassis âSearcherâ
Four-axle chassis âDefenderâ.
The new model for this generation at the time being the twin steer tractor unit âLeaderâ (6x2).Anything earlier and Chris Gardner is the man to put you right.
Almost⌠Iâve written it somewhere else, so I will try to find it and then paste it in, because Iâm lazy. No, actually, busy!
Leader wasnât wholly new, though, as it was a full re-work of the earlier âRear Steerâ tractors, designed for 38 tons rather than the 32 of the earlier version
The âRaiderâ name was never actually used in period, as far as I can ascertain, although it was certainly the intended name for the 2-axle rigid. The new range was unveiled at the Earls Court Commercial Motor Show in October 1970
Thank you M M L & 240 Gardiner, so the white knight etc depicts the model of the cabs involved, we called the twin steer 6x2 tractors, a chinese six.
It must have been nice to have a name for each model, Thanks again. I will now go and check I have the right number for the Samaritons. Harvey
moomooland:
1Storey Bros were from Monton Eccles and were the main contractor for Taylor Bros & Co Ltd who had a huge train wheel manufacturing works at Trafford Park Manchester which closed in 1999.0This James Wilkinson Foden DG 6 wheeler, powered by a Gardner 6LW engine, is seen here with complete wheels and axles from Taylor Bros & Co Ltd in Trafford Park which was in fact a sub-contracted load from Storey Bros.
The guy on the left of the picture is George Bradburn senior, while on the right is a young Austin Wilkinson driving one of his dads four Fodenâs.
The picture was taken in 1946 /47 prior to British Transport nationalisation when it cost just 3 shillings (15p) for the diesel to go to Derby and back.A video showing the manufacturing of the last railway wagon wheel manufactured in 1999 at Taylor Brothers can be seen HERE
Good stuff Paul,thanks for posting,looks like the Foden has got a fair bit of weight on there ! 
smallcoal:
DEANB:
You may find this of intrest Rowly.7
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Ken One of the catnic drivers had echo 1 on it ,after driving he had a CB shop in Caerphilly called triple c he used to fit all the Cb,s in all the wagons he knew is stuff sadly he has passed on RIP echo 1 ,his boys got trucks which they take to shows ,one got a scania l8 Eco rowly will tell you a good family ,I bought many items of him for my truck
Thanks for the input and picsâs John !
smallcoal:
DEANB:
Thats a shame John,that after 90 years the son screwed the company up !!1
Looks like one of his Bedfordâs here chap !!
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Jwn23l was still on the road up until he finished he only had 3 new trucks they were gbo626w,mbo779x,both fords ,and e360tth a Bedford all the rest were old trucks he ran m reg,l reg,p reg ,still running strong,even the old Albion used to do 2 Bathgate every week cheers John
rward:
Ps best family in the world
rward:
The guys loading the catnic trailers were Carl Taylor and his brother Clive good guys now echo 1 was a awesome driver top man bloody nuts CB mad great mate got buried on my 143 scania lost his wife Anne never got over it went down hill we worked together 20 years laughed most of the time small scanias biggest money and then came along dai echo and his son both top of the range kids I was so privalleged to work with him and 20 more drivers stuck together like cack to a blanket regards rowly
Sounds like you had a good crack there Rowly !
rward:
The photos of the catnic lorises reminds me of the best years of my life one big regards rowly
Woodside Bros Volvo F86
Anyone recognise the Guy â â ?
Oakley Transport Marathon.
Anyone recognise the Atkinson â â ?
Richard Read ERF
S Johnston Seddon Atkinson.
Tidy DAF of M & B Ltd.
SW Bowkett Foden.
J H Whitehead ERF
Anyone recognise the ERF â â ?
HRS:
Thank you M M L & 240 Gardiner, so the white knight etc depicts the model of the cabs involved, we called the twin steer 6x2 tractors, a chinese six.
It must have been nice to have a name for each model, Thanks again. I will now go and check I have the right number for the Samaritons. Harvey
Donât bother Harvey, itâs permanently engaged. Must be all the TNUK members who read Carryfasts posts? 
Pete.
The above B series looks rather like Applebys Wolverhampton ?
windrush:
HRS:
Thank you M M L & 240 Gardiner, so the white knight etc depicts the model of the cabs involved, we called the twin steer 6x2 tractors, a chinese six.
It must have been nice to have a name for each model, Thanks again. I will now go and check I have the right number for the Samaritons. HarveyDonât bother Harvey, itâs permanently engaged. Must be all the TNUK members who read Carryfasts posts?
Pete.
Harvey, prior to the Mk11 receiving Frank Whalleyâs names at the beginning of the seventies, the chassis were designated as either Silver Knight, Black Knight or Gold Knight depending on the intended function. Chris knows the associations for each - Iâve forgotten them although theyâre in a book somewhere but I canât remember where I left itâŚ
Morning dean ,the Oakley marathon consisted of 3 brothers Trevor,Arthur,roger,Trevor started rotherwas transport pulling out of metal box and bsc p talbot ,Trevor and roger are in jail last I heard stealing plant equipment only Arthur is still in bisiness they from Hereford, I drove for Trevor he put the firm in liquidation and done a runner we had to chase the liquidators for wages holiday pay and all expenses cheers John ,
I think the Guy Big J transporter might have been one of Lathams or one of their old ones. It looks like the right color and I know they had them. Great pictures today, thanks.
windrush:
HRS:
Thank you M M L & 240 Gardiner, so the white knight etc depicts the model of the cabs involved, we called the twin steer 6x2 tractors, a chinese six.
It must have been nice to have a name for each model, Thanks again. I will now go and check I have the right number for the Samaritons. HarveyDonât bother Harvey, itâs permanently engaged. Must be all the TNUK members who read Carryfasts posts?
Pete.
Heres a few bits. Robert posted the first one earlier on this thread.
A couple more just to confuse everybody !!
Click on pages twice to read.
Punchy Dan:
The above B series looks rather like Applebys Wolverhampton ?
Dont think so Dan,although similar colours they had a signwritten emblem in the circle on the front in
that era â â Unless it had not been signwritten â â
marky:
windrush:
HRS:
Thank you M M L & 240 Gardiner, so the white knight etc depicts the model of the cabs involved, we called the twin steer 6x2 tractors, a chinese six.
It must have been nice to have a name for each model, Thanks again. I will now go and check I have the right number for the Samaritons. HarveyDonât bother Harvey, itâs permanently engaged. Must be all the TNUK members who read Carryfasts posts?
Pete.
Harvey, prior to the Mk11 receiving Frank Whalleyâs names at the beginning of the seventies, the chassis were designated as either Silver Knight, Black Knight or Gold Knight depending on the intended function. Chris knows the associations for each - Iâve forgotten them although theyâre in a book somewhere but I canât remember where I left itâŚ
They are a nigtmare ! Atkinson will be good enough !
smallcoal:
Morning dean ,the Oakley marathon consisted of 3 brothers Trevor,Arthur,roger,Trevor started rotherwas transport pulling out of metal box and bsc p talbot ,Trevor and roger are in jail last I heard stealing plant equipment only Arthur is still in bisiness they from Hereford, I drove for Trevor he put the firm in liquidation and done a runner we had to chase the liquidators for wages holiday pay and all expenses cheers John ,
Thanks for the info and pics John,sound like a right dodgy family ! 
Mark R:
I think the Guy Big J transporter might have been one of Lathams or one of their old ones. It looks like the right color and I know they had them. Great pictures today, thanks.
Thanks Mark for the name, Oily may be able to confirm he knows his car transporters !
Just to add a little more confusion to the Atkinsonâs ,this article mentions the âRaiderâ !
Click on pages twice to read !
"Oily may be able to confirm he knows his car transporters " Iâd give way to dieseldog66 and transporterman on that one Dean, though not sure if transporterman looks in on this thread. Still keeping an eye open for Progressive transporters
Cheers
Oily
smallcoal:
Morning dean ,the Oakley marathon consisted of 3 brothers Trevor,Arthur,roger,Trevor started rotherwas transport pulling out of metal box and bsc p talbot ,Trevor and roger are in jail last I heard stealing plant equipment only Arthur is still in bisiness they from Hereford, I drove for Trevor he put the firm in liquidation and done a runner we had to chase the liquidators for wages holiday pay and all expenses cheers John ,
Smallcoal, my Dad recalls that Arthur was father to Trevor and Roger, and that he passed away many years ago. My Dad drove for Trevor in around 1970 for a short while, he drove an ERF reg OVJ 888 G, 180 Gardner & 5 spd Splitter box. The ERF was bought by Graham Roberts , of Ross Roadways / Roberts Transport.
kmills:
smallcoal:
Morning dean ,the Oakley marathon consisted of 3 brothers Trevor,Arthur,roger,Trevor started rotherwas transport pulling out of metal box and bsc p talbot ,Trevor and roger are in jail last I heard stealing plant equipment only Arthur is still in bisiness they from Hereford, I drove for Trevor he put the firm in liquidation and done a runner we had to chase the liquidators for wages holiday pay and all expenses cheers John ,Smallcoal, my Dad recalls that Arthur was father to Trevor and Roger, and that he passed away many years ago. My Dad drove for Trevor in around 1970 for a short while, he drove an ERF reg OVJ 888 G, 180 Gardner & 5 spd Splitter box. The ERF was bought by Graham Roberts , of Ross Roadways / Roberts Transport.
Hi k mills Arthur still got his name on the trucks I was in there last year and one of the staff told me go see Arthur where the pallet was to go I will check to see did Trevor treat him alright cause we never saw him till he wrapped up cheers John ,who was you father
Smallcoal, my Dad is Ken Mills (Iâm Keith) - he was only at Oakleyâs for a short while, so perhaps not long enough for anything untoward to happen - but he describes the Oakleyâs as âcolourful charachtersâ. He reeled off various âinterestingâ stories, as much to do with their personal lives as the transport. Itâs a shame that my dad wont use the computer and doesnât have a phone, so he never visits TNUK - and I live in Aus, but Iâm visiting the mother country at the moment, so Iâm able to ask him about the past.
Cheers Keith
Hello Dean,you asked whoâs Atkinson this wasâŚwell I can tell you who it used to belong toâŚRon Dunne from Swindon,I asked my pal Adrian Cypher who photographed most of his lorries and he tells me that this Atki was a second hand acquisition and he only saw it when Ron Dunne took over part of the old Vickers site in Swindon and only behind locked gates therefore being one that got awayâŚthe giveaway is the fact that on all of his motors he wrote âdelivered on timeâ across the front of the lorry somewhere and if you look real close you can see it scrawled across the top of the radiatorâŚsorry to waffle on,Cheers Bubbs,
Mark R:
I think the Guy Big J transporter might have been one of Lathams or one of their old ones. It looks like the right color and I know they had them. Great pictures today, thanks.
The Car Transporter is one of Cartransport (BRS) from Coventry, they had a number of them on S,T plates, your right about the colour though, after the take over of Lathams, they all got painted that colour Blue. Cliff
Dean
Love the Woodside Brothers F86.
My late step father worked for Woodsides for over 30 years, canât make out if its him.
Thought i was the only person with any Woodsides pictures, Iâve put a few on TrucknetâŚ
My day has been made, a very happy chappy