moomooland:
When it was laid in 1965, concrete was considered the way forward but by 1986 it had been ripped up.[/b]
I remember when I was doing a lot of South Wales in the early '70’s in an Atki Borderer, and the M50 was all concrete,before it was all replaced from one end to the other.
As much contra flow then than there is now!
I remember sat in the passenger seat with my old man driving and the sound of the concrete under the wheels making me dose off. badum badum badum badum for about 120 miles ha ha
Hello Longdrag, I think you are correct about the Gt.Yarmouth photo being from the late fifties as the Co-op mobile shop waiting on the roundabout was driven by my late brother-in-law around this time. He would go round the local villages and this vehicle ( a Morris Commercial ) was a welcome sight to many who were more or less isolated as there were not many busses and very few people had a car. Incidently the old swing railway bridge in the background is now the site of Breydon Bridge which takes all through-traffic away from the town centre. I have two other photos taken from the town hall in later years, I will trawl through the collection and get them scanned. Regards Haddy.
Any one remember the large sign in the 1970’s just south of Junction 13 on the M6 which said ‘Start of experimental road surface’
It was there for years.
Some experiment that was they didn’t dig it up until 2007.
Concrete train during construction of the M6
I spent a fair time hauling mot stone to the M5 when they added the third lane between J5-J7.
Retired Old ■■■■:
I spent a fair time hauling mot stone to the M5 when they added the third lane between J5-J7.
You and me - and a lot of others - both, ROF 
About 4 or 5 months non stop wasn’t it? Diving in between the cones to tip - followed by numptie car drivers 
- then out by going left, up over the embankment and out onto the A38… Rally cross with tippers!
Not half, matey! Good fun. Unfortunately one day when it had been raining for about a week I was directed on to the Southbound side at J5 by some numptie who hadn’t realised that the previous layer hadn’t been rolled. I had to wait about an hour for the big Cat & chain to pull me out of the axle-high muck! Then I got a boocking from the foreman for making a mess of his graded surface. Then I got another one from my boss who went past on the opposite side and spotted me bogged down. I got the final boocking from yer man in the quarry when I tried to wash off some of the mess with their hosepipe.
Happy days 
Hi everybody, the D series wrecker is the sister motor to VWH374T that I drove at Fashionflow York depot and is also probably ex Fashionflow !
Regards Tony H.
There’s a name from the past- ■■■■ Hampton. I suspect it was some sort of made-up title? And what happened to them?
Retired Old ■■■■:
There’s a name from the past- ■■■■ Hampton. I suspect it was some sort of made-up title? And what happened to them?
You would only hope it was a made up title. What would any young lady expect of you with a name like ■■■■ HAMPTON. 
Retired Old ■■■■:
There’s a name from the past- ■■■■ Hampton. I suspect it was some sort of made-up title? And what happened to them?
■■■■ Hampton was the man who ran a very successful muck shifting company in the 60’s & 70’s. I never met him but did see him in a site I was on. He retired and sold the business to Costain.
Mr Scammell:
Retired Old ■■■■:
There’s a name from the past- ■■■■ Hampton. I suspect it was some sort of made-up title? And what happened to them?■■■■ Hampton was the man who ran a very successful muck shifting company in the 60’s & 70’s. I never met him but did see him in a site I was on. He retired and sold the business to Costain.
■■■■ Hampton’s was sold to Cementation in 1972
Evening all, …Gentlemen, if you could hear the racket eminating from Weston Park this evenings V Festival “performance”…well truly you would know that the art of music making is totally dead if you were subjected to such a wall of uninteligable sound…it sounds like some explosion of the Ghettoes of New York…my Hens are all sleeping with their heads under their wings, (no eggs for breakfast tommorow)! …Beyonce…what is that…some form of enviromental polution…should be a law against such discordant sound!!!
Chris, Rounds used that image on a lot of their adverts, but it was a long way from reality! You would be amazed at what weight a Mk 1 150 Gardner could cope with around the Black Country!
Thanks for the memory.
Cheerio for now…even the Bollinger will not drown out this racket!!!
Saviem:
Chris, Rounds used that image on a lot of their adverts, but it was a long way from reality! You would be amazed at what weight a Mk 1 150 Gardner could cope with around the Black Country!
Thanks for the memory.
A bit of editing then, John? This drawing seems to be a Mk.2 Rear Steer
Dieseldog66:
Mr Scammell:
Retired Old ■■■■:
There’s a name from the past- ■■■■ Hampton. I suspect it was some sort of made-up title? And what happened to them?■■■■ Hampton was the man who ran a very successful muck shifting company in the 60’s & 70’s. I never met him but did see him in a site I was on. He retired and sold the business to Costain.
■■■■ Hampton’s was sold to Cementation in 1972
That’s solved the mystery for me. Thanks for that. Brings back memories of Johnny Walker Transport from Cheltenham. It was rumoured that there was no such person but that the owner of the firm liked a wee dram sometimes!
Ah! The memmories you evoke ROF. The illustrious and inimitable Bill Way , proprietor of “Johnny Walker” Transport ,I did a lot of subbing for him- fruit from Cardiff to Covent Garden, Spitalfields, Borough, Brentford (before Western International) and Stratford Markets. He was very abrupt, never wasted words and called a spade a spade’ a bit like John Clark ( J E Clark & Co - Chipping Sodbury ). I’d say tongue in cheek that what you said about Bill’s fondness of a wee dram would probably be correct . The company still exists, albeit as a fruit and veg wholesaler run by Bill’s two sons ,Bill junior and Josh. Keep those memmories alive and keep them coming! Regards
I am unsure of the location area of this unfortunate demise of this cattle wagon, other than its on a riverbank ! :unamused: I was told many years ago that it happened near the Sedbergh area , but the wagons owner remains unknown.
The cab has suffered severe damage , and the driver would have been very lucky to survive, unless he bailed-out before
the rollover. Can anyone please identify the make or supply any details , please ?
There`s plenty of onlookers ( early versions of TNUK C.S.Is. ) gawping over the bridge wall , and the
H. & S. patrol have already erected the safety barriers.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
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