Hello again lads,good pics from Dai again…well done chap,Dennis…I remember Wareham transport also,but I’ve no cuttings mate,heres todays stuff,Cheers Bubbs, 
Trev_H:
The trader looks to be running on bigger than standard tyres ?
Ithink it was on 900/20 rather than 8.25/20 which most of the fleet of John Bournes that my dad worked for had fitted. Boy they seemed big to a little boy when helping to change wheels.
With reference to the Bedford VAL, I actually drove the one used in “The Italian Job”. I was test driving it for someone who was thinking of starting a student service from London to Athens!
It had no seats in it and the back doors were loose. I drove it round north London and was impressed with the steering but the whole vehicle was shaky. almost as though someone had balanced it on the side of a cliff!
The basic reason he didn’t buy it was that they couldn’t find all the seats!
Jazzandy:
With reference to the Bedford VAL, I actually drove the one used in “The Italian Job”. I was test driving it for someone who was thinking of starting a student service from London to Athens!It had no seats in it and the back doors were loose. I drove it round north London and was impressed with the steering but the whole vehicle was shaky. almost as though someone had balanced it on the side of a cliff!
The basic reason he didn’t buy it was that they couldn’t find all the seats!
Someone found some for it! Lots more info about it here (click on the pic):
ALR 453B by jwakefield63, on Flickr
and also here:
George Ewer Group . Battens Coaches . ALR453B . Wash Lane Coach Station , Clacton-on-Sea , Essex . by AndrewHA’s, on Flickr
I was pinted in the direction of this thread after searching for Parkers Transport of Surfleet, my dad, worked there for years, I spent most of my childhood with my Dad in various lorries, I even had a knitted jumpers with a variety of local hauliers on that my dear Nan knitted for me!
Here’s a photo of me and him together in front of his MAN!
A few cuttings of eight wheel work horses from The Good Old Days.
Mike.
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A few cuttings of eight wheel work horses from The Good Old Days.
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The shot of the Lucas Scammell 8 wheeler brings back memories of the early 60’s.Lucas used their agents premises in Kendal as base for a motor like that,it was driven by a chap called Archie Boardley and he ran to Birmingham and back one day and then up to Glasgow and back to Kendal the next.It was always loaded with stillages,new and recon gear going North and returns of stuff for recon to B’ham.Cheers Bewick.
Apart from photographing the commercial motor scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Roger Kenney also attended LDoY events.
Here is a great looking AEC MkIII of Adams Butter. I know most of those who look at the Old Time Lorries forum are more interested in the vehicles from more modern times and colour pictures but there are those who appreciate being reminded of what went before.
retriever:
Apart from photographing the commercial motor scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Roger Kenney also attended LDoY events.
Here is a great looking AEC MkIII of Adams Butter. I know most of those who look at the Old Time Lorries forum are more interested in the vehicles from more modern times and colour pictures but there are those who appreciate being reminded of what went before.
hiya,
Not me retriever the older the better stopped doing the shows because
the stuff on display was what you can see up and down the highways and
byways any day of the week and for free, and all the shine and the bling
do nothing for me, would love to see “the pete” that’s different and looks
the business all blinged up, a credit to Andrew,it doesn’t get up this part
of the world and I don’t travel very far now so the chances of look-see
are very slim. Ah’ well.
thanks harry, long retired.
harry_gill:
retriever:
Apart from photographing the commercial motor scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Roger Kenney also attended LDoY events.
Here is a great looking AEC MkIII of Adams Butter. I know most of those who look at the Old Time Lorries forum are more interested in the vehicles from more modern times and colour pictures but there are those who appreciate being reminded of what went before.
hiya,
Not me retriever the older the better stopped doing the shows because
the stuff on display was what you can see up and down the highways and
byways any day of the week and for free, and all the shine and the bling
do nothing for me, would love to see “the pete” that’s different and looks
the business all blinged up, a credit to Andrew,it doesn’t get up this part
of the world and I don’t travel very far now so the chances of look-see
are very slim. Ah’ well.
thanks harry, long retired.
Is it all to do with the era that we were involved with, perhaps? My favourites are from the late sixties and seventies but I do enjoy seeing older AND more modern lorries - at the same time I love reading about ‘The Good Old Days’ from some of the older generation… Some of the humour that comes out with an old tale of life on the road is fabulous… 
That is a cracking photo, retriever
Harry. Get your old logbook out and stand by a roundabout - you’ll be down in South Wales in a few hours
One day, a long time ago, a fair rolled into my village… Obviously, as a small boy ( Ok, not that small… ), I had more interest in the lorries than the candy floss…
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PHILBUTLER:
v7victor:
bumper:
oilreader, cracking photos of septimius cook he was siddle’s brother my mate Norman todd worked for septimius for a while reckoned he was a hard taskmaster, but warn’t them all
The other man on the right in the photo is Siddle C !
yes siddle cook ran half cab leylands with 33 seat bodies used to have a photo but ex wife destoyed all my pics
Did Septimus Cook or Siddle C Cook used to run old buses / Coaches ?.
IIRC, i was told Bob Smith used to work there, years before he started out on his own at Langley Park!.Cheers
Phil.
Ray cook Siddles son went into caravans(Elddis) at Langley Park,Siddle was also involved in this,
This one is a friend of mines first attempt at being his own boss. Howard has got diesel in his veins and thankfully it has transferred to both his sons 
retriever:
Apart from photographing the commercial motor scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Roger Kenney also attended LDoY events.
Here is a great looking AEC MkIII of Adams Butter. I know most of those who look at the Old Time Lorries forum are more interested in the vehicles from more modern times and colour pictures but there are those who appreciate being reminded of what went before.
[/quote]Whoa, steady now, a hell of a lot of us old lads PREFER the older machines against todays modern “lorries”. I recently had a ride in a big new modern Scania and I wasn’t impressed. Real drivers like to feel what the motor is doing, you can’t do that in the modern stuff.
Keep the stories and the pictures of the older motors coming.
,Cheers Bubbs, 
A few more for you…
This was on the Leyland Daf stand at Truckfest around '90 I think… On an ‘H’ plate, my mate Roy drove it until he retired a while ago… 260 horses and 1 mule , Spicer box and a bloody good payload. Good lorry…
Roy seen tipping on the machine - up on the Fosseway between Cirencester and Stow IIRC…
One day we had word that Roy had had a bump. Thankfully he was ok but the lorry was in a bit of a mess. Apparently a car overtook another and stayed on the wrong side of the road! I seem to remember it was a foreign driver and he swerved to the right - as he naturally would - and Roy swerved to the left - as he naturally would… Some serious injuries in the car unfortunately… Roy arrived back in the quarry behind this beast…
Piston broke:
harry_gill:
retriever:
Apart from photographing the commercial motor scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Roger Kenney also attended LDoY events.
Here is a great looking AEC MkIII of Adams Butter. I know most of those who look at the Old Time Lorries forum are more interested in the vehicles from more modern times and colour pictures but there are those who appreciate being reminded of what went before.
hiya,
Not me retriever the older the better stopped doing the shows because
the stuff on display was what you can see up and down the highways and
byways any day of the week and for free, and all the shine and the bling
do nothing for me, would love to see “the pete” that’s different and looks
the business all blinged up, a credit to Andrew,it doesn’t get up this part
of the world and I don’t travel very far now so the chances of look-see
are very slim. Ah’ well.
thanks harry, long retired.Is it all to do with the era that we were involved with, perhaps? My favourites are from the late sixties and seventies but I do enjoy seeing older AND more modern lorries - at the same time I love reading about ‘The Good Old Days’ from some of the older generation… Some of the humour that comes out with an old tale of life on the road is fabulous…
That is a cracking photo, retriever
Harry. Get your old logbook out and stand by a roundabout - you’ll be down in South Wales in a few hours
One day, a long time ago, a fair rolled into my village… Obviously, as a small boy ( Ok, not that small…
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Hi Pistonbroke,would that be the “rec” in Marshfield?..chris
Wheel Nut:
This one is a friend of mines first attempt at being his own boss. Howard has got diesel in his veins and thankfully it has transferred to both his sons
Is this the same Howard who works for Ray Thorne now and his son works for air products out of salt end?
norfolktrucker:
A few more
got the bartrums photo in my collection bought it off ebay