Chris Webb:
Well,it turns out that the picture is of Sheffield Wholesale market…there was something about the scene that made me think again.
As soon as I had mentioned Liverpool I looked at the photo again and recognized the scene,taken from the bottom of Broad Street.There is a sign above the wagon that says Ron Boler and he was still going when I worked out of the new Parkway Market in 1969.L Kay was the forerunner of Enos Kay who had a pitch in the new market as well. The name on the Thames van also jogged my memory as E A Stevenson were fuel merchants and ran a sizeable fleet of tippers.
The top picture was taken in 1961,I left Sheffield in 1956.
Chris that was only because you had no option and I think the car could be a Chrysler as my dad had one in the 50s and it looks very similar
No,no,I didn’t get run out of town,you’ve got it all wrong.
That car - is it a Ford V8 Pilot maybe? By the way,the market was called Castlefolds,you wouldn’t recognize any of that scene now.
I love these old street scene photographs, so much going off if you just take the time to look. I know Sheffield reasonably well as we did a lot for the council but cant place the location, or where it was, it did well to survive the Blitz though. I guess that the original pic is early post war and I would go with the car being a Chrysler Airflow (or Airstream) as they were quite popular in the UK?
windrush:
I love these old street scene photographs, so much going off if you just take the time to look. I know Sheffield reasonably well as we did a lot for the council but cant place the location, or where it was, it did well to survive the Blitz though. I guess that the original pic is early post war and I would go with the car being a Chrysler Airflow (or Airstream) as they were quite popular in the UK?
Pete.
Pete,if you went into Sheffield City Centre with the Bus station on your left and Midland Sation on your right,keep going past Ponds Forge on your left and that market was on your left before you get to the Parkway roundabout.
windrush:
I love these old street scene photographs, so much going off if you just take the time to look. I know Sheffield reasonably well as we did a lot for the council but cant place the location, or where it was, it did well to survive the Blitz though. I guess that the original pic is early post war and I would go with the car being a Chrysler Airflow (or Airstream) as they were quite popular in the UK?
Pete.
Pete,if you went into Sheffield City Centre with the Bus station on your left and Midland Sation on your right,keep going past Ponds Forge on your left and that market was on your left before you get to the Parkway roundabout.
Thanks Chris, must have been somewhere near the ‘new’ swimming centre that was erected for the Student Games back in the 90’s. They certainly spent some money then, we were running aggregate to both Tilcon’s plants (Hillsborough which was Rossington Concrete, though Tilcon used it until the work was over and then Rossington had it back, and Warren Street off Attercliffe Road) daily keeping up with all the swimming centre and Don Valley arena work, plus tarmac to all the housing complexes that were being modernised to house the student’s. We also laid wet mix on the arena track through a paving machine, though Tarmac surfaced it afterwards but their wet mix didn’t come up to spec so they had to use ours from Ballidon!
Greetings,All.
The car in the market photo is a Chrysler Airflow.The first time I ever saw one was in Beaufort Street,Chelsea in about 1947.Hope this elps,regards,900X20.
900X20:
Greetings,All.
The car in the market photo is a Chrysler Airflow.The first time I ever saw one was in Beaufort Street,Chelsea in about 1947.Hope this elps,regards,900X20.
lurpak:
Hi Piston Broke, did you get the e-mail I sent you ref these
This is what hes driving now running out from Swindon
Cheers Ade
Hi Ade
Yeah mate, I did get your mail…I just forgot to reply at the time, sorry Thank you for taking the time to answer…
Thats a tidy old yoke your mate is running now. Tarmac’s colours do seem to the best of them - very smart and lend themselves to some personalisation,which is always a good thing… Far better than the nondescript white of all the others
Great to see this pic of Dunkerley’s… Another firm sadly gone They had some nice kit…
I know they had a couple of tractor units like this - I took this pic at Truckfest when this one was on the stand, fresh out of the box… I don’t think its the same one though…
I seem to remember an article somewhere years ago about these and Dunkerleys saying what a versatile machine it was… They could drag 150 tonnes around one day and the next they could hook up to one of their block trailers and do a decent days work with no loss of payload or any modifications whatsoever. Good lorries…
and I think the car could be a Chrysler as my dad had one in the 50s and it looks very similar
