Praills of hereford, then they opened a place in ■■■■■■ swansea. the main agent for Atkinson in swansea was J&P Bevan.
daibootsy:
Clive Davies, he did the Metal Box Perywood run. one of the drivers was named mock, cant place norman, but will found out.
Good to see old Terry Wogans still about, he was on here a while back. 
240 Gardner:
bubbleman:
Heres a few more pics then
Cheers Bubbs,
Excellent pic of the Vabis, thanks Marc!
Parked in Hollin Bridge Street, Blackburn, with the Hamilton Arms in the background. With an Atki just peeping over the wall of what we used to call “the land”, across the road from the main depot side.
Bloomin’ 'eck!! I was in the Hamilton Arms 2 weeks ago. My son lives in Hamilton Street. It’s weird how you look at something and immediately know where it is. I didn’t see the lorry though.
hiya,
I’ve put a few pay packets over the bar of the Hamilton in my single days
not my Vabis but the Atki peering o’er the wall might have been mine.
thanks harry long retired.
bubbleman:
Hello,heres my first attempt with a different way of putting pics on. Cheers Bubbs
Nowt wrong with them Marc,keep them coming mate.
Cheers Dave.
bubbleman:
Hello,heres my first attempt with a different way of putting pics on. Cheers Bubbs
Patten Bros. Mandator - fantastic!!
Thanks Marcus, Andrew.
3300John:
Hiya… this is a Bill Clewes photo but unfortunatley not a 8 LXB Guy but looks OK
John
I think this is the Critchlows I’ve been looking for, did they change to canary yellow C and E series ERF’S in the 80’s? Any pics by any chance?
Yes they did change their colours to yellow later on,
Years before gardners started fitting turbo’s I remember Critchlows experimenting with a turbo on a 180 in one of those big j’s (may have been that one it had a sleeper), I asked the driver Len what it went like on a run to Scotstoun, he said it went up Shap just like any of the other 180’s except it whistled.
Not much success there then !
Barry Waddy ,HI Trev H ,do you know iff Critchlows fitted a 6 LW Gardener in to a Leyland Beaver with a L A D cab ,we baught it and i think it belong to them and poss ,Bewick had it has a shunter ?, yours Barry Waddy
bubbleman:
Hello again,heres a few more from my collection.Cheers Bubbs,
bubbs,good to see the John Hatheralls old ERF,nearly as tidy as the FL10 i sold him a few years ago.
Cockney Pete3:
3300John:
Hiya… this is a Bill Clewes photo but unfortunatley not a 8 LXB Guy but looks OK
John
I think this is the Critchlows I’ve been looking for, did they change to canary yellow C and E series ERF’S in the 80’s? Any pics by any chance
Hiya are we good to you lads…that guy big J went to moss and lovatt rushton spencer. i think thats the one been restored,if it ever happens.
heres the ERF you asked for its another photo of Bill Clowes collection…
jack run a fleet of scammells with 3 axle trailers but with the 10.00x20 tyres for the 32 ton thing in the late 60’s sorry no piccies
John
Youve come up trumps again bubbs.Love the pic of Dunnes Scammels.
shakysteve:
bubbleman:
Hello again,heres a few more from my collection.Cheers Bubbs,bubbs,good to see the John Hatheralls old ERF,nearly as tidy as the FL10 i sold him a few years ago.
Are they still trading? I used to see them running out of Chipping Sodbury and Wick quarries but not seen them for a while.
Muckaway:
shakysteve:
bubbleman:
Hello again,heres a few more from my collection.Cheers Bubbs,bubbs,good to see the John Hatheralls old ERF,nearly as tidy as the FL10 i sold him a few years ago.
Are they still trading? I used to see them running out of Chipping Sodbury and Wick quarries but not seen them for a while.
not sure if there going,theres a J Hatherall driving for Downtons !!l
3300John:
Cockney Pete3:
3300John:
Hiya… this is a Bill Clewes photo but unfortunatley not a 8 LXB Guy but looks OK
JohnI think this is the Critchlows I’ve been looking for, did they change to canary yellow C and E series ERF’S in the 80’s? Any pics by any chance
Hiya are we good to you lads…that guy big J went to moss and lovatt rushton spencer. i think thats the one been restored,if it ever happens.
heres the ERF you asked for its another photo of Bill Clowes collection…
jack run a fleet of scammells with 3 axle trailers but with the 10.00x20 tyres for the 32 ton thing in the late 60’s sorry no piccies
John
Thanks for your help John, those ERF’s always stood out in the queue loading at Lovell’s, very simple and understated livery but also effective, certainly catches the eye
daibootsy:
LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO PULL…
Drove one of these when I worked on Keele msa when it was a Blue Star garage.It had Holmes 750 wrecking gear and was awesome,did some amazing recovery with it.
We also bought one for Commercial Engineers,(The FIAT agents in Stoke),from a guy in Leek,must be 40 years ago now.