ramone:
And heres Denniss first motor , he couldn`t spell Bewick properly , but always the helpful chap he is you can just make him out on top of the horse n cart helping a fellow driver
Hi Ramone, Conditioning House seen the photo before its great, you can smell the atmosphere, fumes out of the old wagons, horse s–t, wool bales, wasn’t much better when I used to load there only no horse s–t.
Just been talking to Malcolm Booth ex Solaglas he was asking how you were, told him id seen you in the Red Lion, what a day that was, Les
Hell i haven`t seen him in ages give him my regards next time you see him
ramone:
And heres Denniss first motor , he couldn`t spell Bewick properly , but always the helpful chap he is you can just make him out on top of the horse n cart helping a fellow driver
Hi Ramone, Conditioning House seen the photo before its great, you can smell the atmosphere, fumes out of the old wagons, horse s–t, wool bales, wasn’t much better when I used to load there only no horse s–t.
Just been talking to Malcolm Booth ex Solaglas he was asking how you were, told him id seen you in the Red Lion, what a day that was, Les
The “Well and Bucket” Bethnell Green, Mike Reed the comedian was a regular on the stage here long before “Eastenders” made him a household name. Definitely the bluest act my sensitive Geordie ears had heard in my sheltered life Ps. I’m still a shy innocent soul now!!! Regards Kev. Oops sorry!! I tagged this on the wrong quote, should have been the Bethnal Green Road one.
Hi Kev, I think its time you got back onto your Irish Nectar My man Regards Larry.
Nice shot there Dan’l but pity about the “garish” sheet mate Anyway, what was the spec, looks like a straight chassis and not the tapered one ? I always recall that the tidiest fleet of 4 wheel ERF’s was operated by the great Gordon Plant from North Rode, now there was a proper general haulier from the old school. I used to get in among his many 4 wheeler ERf’s down the A5 on a Sunday afternoon when running down to London, they were real beauts ! immaculately painted and lettered and always sheeted and roped perfectly even though their traffic was all shapes and sizes. The spec of Plants 4 wheelers were the 16ton GVW tapered chassis Gardner 100,DB box and Eaton 2 speed. Mind you I could walk by them with the D1000 “pop,pop,pop” coming through the n/s window !! But they probably did twice the MPG to the ■■■■■■■ V8 Happy Days Cheers Dennis.
Nice shot there Dan’l but pity about the “garish” sheet mate Anyway, what was the spec, looks like a straight chassis and not the tapered one ? I always recall that the tidiest fleet of 4 wheel ERF’s was operated by the great Gordon Plant from North Rode, now there was a proper general haulier from the old school. I used to get in among his many 4 wheeler ERf’s down the A5 on a Sunday afternoon when running down to London, they were real beauts ! immaculately painted and lettered and always sheeted and roped perfectly even though their traffic was all shapes and sizes. The spec of Plants 4 wheelers were the 16ton GVW tapered chassis Gardner 100,DB box and Eaton 2 speed. Mind you I could walk by them with the D1000 “pop,pop,pop” coming through the n/s window !! But they probably did twice the MPG to the ■■■■■■■ V8 Happy Days Cheers Dennis.
That was N reg ,180 gardner ,David brown 6 over drive ,2 speed eaton ,draw bar spec ,and correct big chassis .
Hi Ramone, remember the company well, but not me, I have a question to ask you what are these bales called, and don’t cheat and ask your dad as he will have loaded thousands of them at Henry Longs. Les.
greek:
Red Lion Aldgate Greek Godess my money went straight into the Jar sorry lads wrong thread.
Well it is the wrong thread but the banter’s good can’t be serious all the time, being a lorry driver wasn’t always serious we had a lot of fun as well, Les.
Hi Ramone, remember the company well, but not me, I have a question to ask you what are these bales called, and don’t cheat and ask your dad as he will have loaded thousands of them at Henry Longs. Les.
ramone:
It was the clue you gave that gave it away , not sure why they were called squares though do you ■■?
Hiya,
Had that load been cotton, that little wagon would have been well freighted at top
of cab height, if you didn’t land cotton bales exactly they stayed where they had
landed no second chances with the Scouse dockland “jiggers”, where you allowed
it to settle was it’s final resting place and a nightmare if you didn’t have a handhook
(I soon got one) in the words of Frazer you were doomed, I say doomed.
thanks harry, long retired.
ramone:
It was the clue you gave that gave it away , not sure why they were called squares though do you ■■?
Hiya,
Had that load been cotton, that little wagon would have been well freighted at top
of cab height, if you didn’t land cotton bales exactly they stayed where they had
landed no second chances with the Scouse dockland “jiggers”, where you allowed
it to settle was it’s final resting place and a nightmare if you didn’t have a handhook
(I soon got one) in the words of Frazer you were doomed, I say doomed.
thanks harry, long retired.
First load of Monty’s I loaded out of the slings at Liverpool docks I should have had a police ■■■■■■ on the East Lancs Road, the load was a disaster, as you say Harry where they dropped they stayed, and no good asking a Liverpool docker for a hand pushing them in with the forks, you were lucky to see them move let alone help. Les.
ramone:
It was the clue you gave that gave it away , not sure why they were called squares though do you ■■?
Hiya,
Had that load been cotton, that little wagon would have been well freighted at top
of cab height, if you didn’t land cotton bales exactly they stayed where they had
landed no second chances with the Scouse dockland “jiggers”, where you allowed
it to settle was it’s final resting place and a nightmare if you didn’t have a handhook
(I soon got one) in the words of Frazer you were doomed, I say doomed.
thanks harry, long retired.
First load of Monty’s I loaded out of the slings at Liverpool docks I should have had a police ■■■■■■ on the East Lancs Road, the load was a disaster, as you say Harry where they dropped they stayed, and no good asking a Liverpool docker for a hand pushing them in with the forks, you were lucky to see them move let alone help. Les.
Hi Les, Those Liverpool Dockers were they most idle set of ■■■■■ I ever came across, They were very good at watching drivers sweating their ■■■■■■■■ off doing all the hard graft that they should have been doing themselves, I wonder if any of them are still breathing & perhaps read their life stories on this thread ■■, Regards Larry.
What were the solid smaller bales called , were they china bales ? I once took a full load to Legnano near Como on 1 of my rare ventures abroad . I had to clear customs in what could have been an old railway yard that i think was in the centre of Como , it was a tight yard to turn round in and after clearing i noticed i had a puncture on the trailer . They plugged it at a nearby tyre shop and eventually off to Legnano , i arrived at around 4pm pulled into the warehouse ,they helped me open the curtains both sides and preceded in pushing the bales off straight onto the floor from 1 side , i`ve never seen anything like it , i was tipped in about 15 minutes paperwork signed and off it must have been the quickest turnaround i ever had .Then it was off to Pifferettis at Casnate con Bernate where i met up with a couple of our drivers and off to a bar for Frisante and Pasta
Les
Happy Days Cheers Dennis.