JAMESWILSON:
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Great pics Jamie, do you know if ‘our’ Rigsby the driver or mate in that first pic? 
I wonder if Spillanes are still going, I remember their trucks well enough?
Pete.
BonkeyDollocks:
Windrush, was this you tipping at Ringway airport in '92?
I think this will be Woodford Tilcon spent a lot of time there every year.
JAMESWILSON:
BonkeyDollocks:
Windrush, was this you tipping at Ringway airport in '92?I think this will be Woodford Tilcon spent a lot of time there every year.
Could very well be Woodford Jamie, we did do a lot of work there from Ballidon. That is not a Ballidon truck though, Weaste depot is more probable.
Pete.
windrush:
JAMESWILSON:
210Great pics Jamie, do you know if ‘our’ Rigsby the driver or mate in that first pic?
Pete.
cheeky bugger , our family never worked for common hughes bros , they were at the posh end up at hillhead , my dad and both his brothers and i went in the garage from school . soon figured out you got paid more for bending them than mending them though .i still recall the joys of lying in a foot of slurry changing a propshaft on a dumper in winter . dave
youtube.com/watch?v=kw5ZUo5vLEo Large load to Dowlow Buxton
JAMESWILSON:
32R M C Hindlow1Smalldale Quarry0 Glad we had the on board camera the car driver swore blind it was Richards fault.
cameras ? Sounds like Richard Cox ?
Anyone else noticed the Foden Alpha300 6 wheel tractor unit of W H Ratcliffe’s (Draycot in the Clay, Sudbury) offered for sale by a dealer in Larkhall, Lanarkshire on fleabay?
It’s a long way from home!
Steve
Steve do you know why a comet mixer lorry would say Hilton gravel on but have punch lane bolton on the door address ?
Ste46:
Anyone else noticed the Foden Alpha300 6 wheel tractor unit of W H Ratcliffe’s (Draycot in the Clay, Sudbury) offered for sale by a dealer in Larkhall, Lanarkshire on fleabay?
It’s a long way from home!Steve
If you were John Ratbag would you want to sell one on your doorstep ? I recon he makes the drivers stand up At the wheel !
Punchy Dan:
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Amazing pic Dan, if you look at the yard now, you could never imagine getting an artic between the garage and road, let alone have a bit of room at the side 
Punchy Dan:
Steve do you know why a comet mixer lorry would say Hilton gravel on but have punch lane bolton on the door address ?
Hilton Gravel sold out to Blue Circle in 1989ish and ceased to exist in any form as B C immediately erased the name and even fired all the hauliers who had worked for H G for donkey’s years, literally on a week’s notice. I was never aware of them having any depots away from this area.
Incidentally, Hilton Gravel was a private company, owned solely by Mr J M Spurrier of Marston on Dove. His brother was Henry Marston Spurrier of the Lancashire Steam Motor Company, the foundation of Leyland Motors.
Steve
Punchy Dan:
Ste46:
Anyone else noticed the Foden Alpha300 6 wheel tractor unit of W H Ratcliffe’s (Draycot in the Clay, Sudbury) offered for sale by a dealer in Larkhall, Lanarkshire on fleabay?
It’s a long way from home!Steve
If you were John Ratbag would you want to sell one on your doorstep ? I recon he makes the drivers stand up At the wheel !
Never thought of it that way, Dan. At least the driver’s seat would still be VGC, even after 222,000 miles!
Steve
Punchy Dan:
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That’s a Leicester reg on that, UNR, Who did it start life with ?
gunnerheskey:
Punchy Dan:
That’s a Leicester reg on that, UNR, Who did it start life with ?
Punchy Dan:
0gunnerheskey:
Punchy Dan:
1That’s a Leicester reg on that, UNR, Who did it start life with ?
Come to think of it now Dan, I think you’ve told me that before .
When did Ferodo finish its fleet ?
When did Ferodo finish its fleet ?
About 1988. The trailers were then transferred to Sam Longsons and pulled by Longson liveried units. I seem to think some of the drivers came over too.
CabacS80:
When did Ferodo finish its fleet ?About 1988. The trailers were then transferred to Sam Longsons and pulled by Longson liveried units. I seem to think some of the drivers came over too.
Cheers ,i thought Robert Somerset did it now .
Not sure but I think James Pugh at macclesfield had that work for a while.