cattle wagon man:
Hi Bubbleman ,
Many thanks for the posting of the livestock vehicles.
The Mercedes-Benz 1617 of R. Cox & Sons , - now that is a blast from the past for me.
I regularly used to tranship livestock onto that at Sandbach Services late at night.
Thanks for the (happy) memories, mate.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Hi CWM,
who did you drive for in your livestock days?
Regards
IIRC CWM had a dog,a crook and a big pair of wellies for driving sheep,but he needed a wheel barrow when working with cattle ( well young fit heifers out of Dentdale!!) Anon1.
Daryl (Mahala)(
cattle wagon man:
Hi Bubbleman ,
Many thanks for the posting of the livestock vehicles.
The Mercedes-Benz 1617 of R. Cox & Sons , - now that is a blast from the past for me.
I regularly used to tranship livestock onto that at Sandbach Services late at night.
Thanks for the (happy) memories, mate.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Hi CWM,
who did you drive for in your livestock days?
Regards
IIRC CWM had a dog,a crook and a big pair of wellies for driving sheep,but he needed a wheel barrow when working with cattle ( well young fit heifers out of Dentdale!!) Anon1.
Daryl (Mahala)(
It must be true then CWM !! Cheers Dennis.
If you are referring to one of your younger drivers with the initials I.W., then it IS true , Dennis .
She was a cracker, …and STILL is.
cattle wagon man:
Hi Bubbleman ,
Many thanks for the posting of the livestock vehicles.
The Mercedes-Benz 1617 of R. Cox & Sons , - now that is a blast from the past for me.
I regularly used to tranship livestock onto that at Sandbach Services late at night.
Thanks for the (happy) memories, mate.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
Hi CWM,
who did you drive for in your livestock days?
Regards
IIRC CWM had a dog,a crook and a big pair of wellies for driving sheep,but he needed a wheel barrow when working with cattle ( well young fit heifers out of Dentdale!!) Anon1.
Daryl (Mahala)(
It must be true then CWM !! Cheers Dennis.
If you are referring to one of your younger drivers with the initials I.W., then it IS true , Dennis .
She was a cracker, …and STILL is.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
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Hi C W M
did you get the reply to the email you sent me,not sure if it went or not.
regards Driveforce 1
Cracking pic of Woodfords 6 legger - thanks for that. That was the same one that I was referring to that overtook us on Hardenhuish Hill in Chippenham while John was desperately trying to find some forward motion with the Daf demonstrator - he was as savage as a bear
tribsa:
Hi Marcus
Are you advertising the doo on here? Do you need anything
Cheers Rich
Hello Rich,thanks for the offer mate but everything is under control,try to be there for 4pm when the lorry pics start .we got loads of stuff to auction
Cheers Bubbs,
bubbleman:
Hello again lads,heres a few more livestock lorries again,not great quality but hope they’re ok,Cheers Bubbs,
Great Pics,The georges scania is me. J990BYA, I had here new,looks like pic taken on A303 just before podimore roundabout.
Hi again,Driveforce…I took it on the M5 north bound mate near Gordano…note the hard shoulder,more livestock motors today including our moderator Denis F,s Renault(I deleted the reg and phone number Denis),Cheers Bubbs,
bubbleman:
Hello again lads,heres a few more livestock lorries again,not great quality but hope they’re ok,Cheers Bubbs,
Great photos Bubbleman, well remember the Williams Scania’s, never knew they had Mack’s until I saw them on here. I have a photo of that Scania of Cobden’s with different trailer. Good to see the old one’s again. I take a lot of photos at Thame sheep sales, so I will try to put some on one day, if I canget my youngest to show me how, lol
Can remember Webbs of Brinkworth,think they finished their days on a farm at Common Platt running a couple of units on magazine work Another livestock haulier that springs to mind from that area was Lionel Pike- anybody else remember them. . think they ran Commers?
Suedehead:
Can remember Webbs of Brinkworth,think they finished their days on a farm at Common Platt running a couple of units on magazine work Another livestock haulier that springs to mind from that area was Lionel Pike- anybody else remember them. . think they ran Commers?
Hi Suedehead
Raymond Webbs always had some tidy motors, didn’t they? I can remember another firm with the same colours - was it Brinds? - and I think I can vaguely recollect Lionel Pike…where they blue lorries? Or am I getting them mixed up with the blue brick and block lorries? Other than that, there was Lionel C Pike from Bridgewater…I’m confused!
Some more from Supertruck.Hopefully a little more interesting today…
Suedehead:
Can remember Webbs of Brinkworth,think they finished their days on a farm at Common Platt running a couple of units on magazine work Another livestock haulier that springs to mind from that area was Lionel Pike- anybody else remember them. . think they ran Commers?
Can’t remember the colour or the make of Pike’s vehicles, but I remember the name well. And there was Northover’s from Pilning (brown & cream) and H.Allan Jones from Hanley Swan(off-white) who sold to Allely’s on retirement- just look at the size of the things they’re running now! Another firm was Vivien Young from Brimscombe (my uncle was their fitter) and Ted Warner from Aston-on-Carrant (green) who was related by marriage to G.G.(Grampy) Gilder whose grandsons we see flying up & down the country in Swedish machinery these days. And I doubt if anyone will remember Mrs. M.E.Field, a one-woman outfit who my father drove for when he arrived in God’s Own County from South Wales looking for a better life (should have kept going!)
Over the border in Herefordshire we had the likes of F.J.Williams (brown Seddon- driver Peter had sideburns down to his knees!), Howard Colman from Burley Gate & Sid Jobbins (always with a dog named Pup) who was a regular at Ledbury market.
We always saw the same faces, week in, week out at the local markets, Hereford, Ross on Wye, Ledbury and Gloucester and at the sheep sales further North at Talgarth & Craven Arms.
Howard Coleman back in the 70’s ran km and tks Bedfords he was the local coal merchant co lemans for coal he’s wife used to drive around in a Daimler v8250 everywhere at 20mph I used to over take her on me 3speed chooper
graham schroeder:
Howard Coleman back in the 70’s ran km and tks Bedfords he was the local coal merchant co lemans for coal he’s wife used to drive around in a Daimler v8250 everywhere at 20mph I used to over take her on me 3speed chooper
I remember Coleman’s from Burley Gate hauling grain in sacks to Cardiff straight off the field in the early 60’s with a TK Graham.
F J Williams from Preston on Wye ran several lorries up until the late 1970’s.
Cheers Dave.
Suedehead:
Can remember Webbs of Brinkworth,think they finished their days on a farm at Common Platt running a couple of units on magazine work Another livestock haulier that springs to mind from that area was Lionel Pike- anybody else remember them. . think they ran Commers?
remember my gramp running on bedford tk in the late 70s .loved going to the cattle market with him.believe RAYMOND WEBB AND SONS finished off near little somerford (hillview farm)my family ran the business years ago.i remember the Parfitts that worked there many years ago
Suedehead:
Can remember Webbs of Brinkworth,think they finished their days on a farm at Common Platt running a couple of units on magazine work Another livestock haulier that springs to mind from that area was Lionel Pike- anybody else remember them. . think they ran Commers?
Yeah Lionel Pike from Wotton Bassett, green Commer Maxiloads hauled hanging meat, always going like ■■■■.
graham schroeder:
Howard Coleman back in the 70’s ran km and tks Bedfords he was the local coal merchant co lemans for coal he’s wife used to drive around in a Daimler v8250 everywhere at 20mph I used to over take her on me 3speed chooper
Reminds me of the publican’s wife at my local where I used to live. Dead ringer for Hyacinth Bucket, spoke with a theatrical high class accent, drove round in a V8 Daimler very slowly, usually wearing a big hat with flowers and stuff on it, in every conversation managed to slip in a reference to “may Deemlar”.
Bernard
Another livestock haulier that springs to mind from that area was Lionel Pike- anybody else remember them. . think they ran Commers?
- and I think I can vaguely recollect Lionel Pike…where they blue lorries? Or am I getting them mixed up with the blue brick and block lorries? Other than that, there was Lionel C Pike from Bridgewater…I’m confused! 
