bubbleman:
Hi again,looks like its “have a pop at Retriever time” again,keep the pics coming Rob,I for one dont mind no info on the pic,I just like to look at a shot and remember the days when paint and decent signwriting was put on a lorry…not like todays white and stickers turn out.Well done to all who put pics on ,Cheers Bubbs,
Hear to that bubbs,some of the trucks in earlier yrs were shear works of art.Personally i think the scotch firms were some of the best.
Keep on posting retreiver the more the merrier.
regards dave.
A busy street scene in the 1950s, two years after my family moved from Uxbridge to Taunton. In this instance I can provide information for this Arthur Ingram picture which was taken in July 1957
The location is Taunton, Somerset and we are looking down East Street towards the Parade. The Wincanton AEC tanker is ‘Caliph’ and it is heading east along what was the route of the A38. It has just passed Economy House furnishers and further down the road on that side is the unmistakeable facade of a Woolworths branch. The pavement ramp on the immediate left foreground was for the showroom of the Taunton Motor Company who represented Austin in the town. I do not know where the Wincanton vehicle might have made a bulk collection although the nearest milk factory/processing unit was only six miles west in Wellington. Maybe a Wincanton man can enlighten us.
In the distance around the position of the County Hotel is, I believe, a Maynards Wine Gums delivery van. Possibly a bonneted Commer or a Guy from memory, but again I may be wrong. Apart from the Standard, two Morris’s and the Austin van the rest of the traffic appears to be of pre-war vintage. Is that another Standard in front of its modern counterpart?
Sadly a very poor example of this image appeared in a recent Wincanton publication, so it is nice to show the original as scanned from Arthur’s negative which is part of the Roundoak/Ingram collection.
In closing, I do not want to be the cause of disharmony amongst members, all I want to do is post great images from the past from time to time in order to support Marcus, his forum and those members who would rather look back to a different era. If others can provide information to support these pictures then I am very grateful for their input. Otherwise just enjoy them for what they are.
You are correct about SEO 255M Dennis, I can remember it coming home around 1976/77 and it looked a lot better in Brady’s colours.
The bloke who had it worked it hard but didn’t take too much pride in its appearance as you can see. Just look at the line across the front where he had “shown it to the washing-down brush”. Cheers Haddy.
LB76:
good old firm they were! Don’t hear of Templemans from Stamford either - did they fold?
I don’t know about Templemans Bill,I suppose they’ve pulled the pin by now.
I used to see Musgroves regular on the A1 and on the old A616 between Ollerton and Newark with coal from the Notts/Derbys pits along with Allcocks (I think) from King’s Lynn and somebody from Boston Dock with TK Bedfords,the name escapes me.
haddy:
You are correct about SEO 255M Dennis, I can remember it coming home around 1976/77 and it looked a lot better in Brady’s colours.
The bloke who had it worked it hard but didn’t take too much pride in its appearance as you can see. Just look at the line across the front where he had “shown it to the washing-down brush”. Cheers Haddy.
Was the driver called H. Gill,by any chance ? Cheers Dennis.
haddy:
You are correct about SEO 255M Dennis, I can remember it coming home around 1976/77 and it looked a lot better in Brady’s colours.
The bloke who had it worked it hard but didn’t take too much pride in its appearance as you can see. Just look at the line across the front where he had “shown it to the washing-down brush”. Cheers Haddy.
Was the driver called H. Gill,by any chance ? Cheers Dennis.
hiya,
No way Dennis, can’t be me you can still see the signwriting, give me credit
I can get them where you can’t see the colour let alone the lettering, never
once did I find a pristine motor able to out perform my mucky mess, but you
could eat your breakfast off the bonnet and park your arse on the passenger
seat no piles of manky bed making materials in my shed.
thanks harry, long retired.
haddy:
Here’s another old Norfolk firm that ran up to the pits every day for coal, they were certainly early birds. Cheers Haddy.
I remember them Haddy. I also think that the British Industrial Sand Octopussies out of Castleton near King’s Lynn backloaded coal after tipping sand at Yorks glassworks.
LB76:
That looks like one of Musgrove’s from Stamford in the photo of the longnose Bedford.
Hi Bill,I was trying to work H M and S out and forgot about H Musgrove and Son. I remember “Lincolnshire Poacher” and “Why Worry” and “Keep Smiling”.
Lincolnshire lass as well chris --a Keith Hudson print
Well Alan,that Lincolnshire Lass is better looking than another Lincolnshire Lass - the Grantham Gobbler.
I think Musgrove was still running Sabrinas in the late 60s.
LB76:
That looks like one of Musgrove’s from Stamford in the photo of the longnose Bedford.
Hi Bill,I was trying to work H M and S out and forgot about H Musgrove and Son. I remember “Lincolnshire Poacher” and “Why Worry” and “Keep Smiling”.
Lincolnshire lass as well chris --a Keith Hudson print
Well Alan,that Lincolnshire Lass is better looking than another Lincolnshire Lass - the Grantham Gobbler.
I think Musgrove was still running Sabrinas in the late 60s.
I bow to your superior knowledge,of ladies of the road chris,I was young & innocent then,& one of the few greens drivers who never gave a ride to a certain resident of Ripley
Lawrence Dunbar:
Harry you are a STAR, To say the least, how many times do you wash your car, or did it rain on the way to Blackpool, & the way back ? Regards Larry.
hiya,
I don’t Larry, if anybody doesn’t like my jam jar the way it is they can walk
but I do have a hogger and washing materials so if they want it cleaned
they can go ahead and do it, I’ve had this motor about a year now and have
never washed it but we have had loads of rain and like so many lorries that
I’ve driven over the years spit and polish doesn’t make them perform any
better, I did spend an afternoon once cleaning and polishing “my pride and
joy” it didn’t go faster or drink less fuel but that was 1958, that put me off.
thanks harry long retired.
,Cheers Bubbs,
Mike.
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