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Progressive:
bubbleman:
Hiya all,Fresh back from a few days away,heres a bunch of clippings including one for new member Progressive,Cheers Bubbs,
Very much appreciated Bubbs
Hi all, my mother was operations manager for PWD then Leigh environmental from the 70’s to the 90’s. Any old drivers around here?
Pproche:
Progressive:
bubbleman:
Hiya all,Fresh back from a few days away,heres a bunch of clippings including one for new member ProgressiveVery much appreciated Bubbs
Hi all, my mother was operations manager for PWD then Leigh environmental from the 70’s to the 90’s. Any old drivers around here?
Hi Pproche,
My dad drove for PWD in the late 70’s to early 80’s his name was Steve Comley from Stoke on Trent. I remember a guy called Ray from Eccleshall, he drove a Leyland Buffalo if I recall. My dad drove a Maggie 8 wheeler. There are 5 or 6 pictures on this site of Progressive waste disposal trucks and I’m always looking for more if you have any. Trying to rack my brain for names he used to mention and I think Barbera springs to mind, could be wrong though. I have good memories of being in my dads truck as a kid and the pictures on here are brilliant. Hope you guys don’t mind but here are the ones I’ve come across so far:
bubbleman:
Hi again,more old stuff…Cheers Bubbs,
Another nice batch of pics Bubbs.
The A E Evans AEC MK3 Mammoth Major was based at Barking depot,still running in 1970.
Chris Webb:
bubbleman:
Hi again,more old stuff…Cheers Bubbs,Another nice batch of pics Bubbs.
The A E Evans AEC MK3 Mammoth Major was based at Barking depot,still running in 1970.
Is that your Mini in the background Chris, with the bonnet up ? “gis a push mate” 
Cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
Chris Webb:
bubbleman:
Hi again,more old stuff…Cheers Bubbs,Another nice batch of pics Bubbs.
The A E Evans AEC MK3 Mammoth Major was based at Barking depot,still running in 1970.
Is that your Mini in the background Chris, with the bonnet up ? “gis a push mate”
I couldna afford a car in them days Marra,I hadn’t accumulated enough dodgy night out money. 
That J.W.Fantom Bedford looks like it would have been very smart,looking at the sign writing
which is even on the body. A colour pic of it would be nice.
bubbleman:
Hi again,more oldies …Cheers Bubbs,
Great pictures again Marcus, The steam locomotive is 71000 Duke Of Gloucester,
The number 5A on the smokebox door is/was the shed code for Crewe North.
The SC indicated “Self Cleaning” Firebox. Regards, Ray Smyth.
Hi Marc
Was the TK of Vitovis anything to do with Vitmealo, do you know? Just wondering because I’ve never seen that name before…
Great pic of the Albion of Stan Fields. I’m sure you can remember when they were going down the Spiers route of just running ancient but tidy Mandators… I seem to remember them getting a couple of S/A 400’s but packing up shortly after that… Shame really, another good old firm gone 
bubbleman:
Hi again,more oldies …Cheers Bubbs,
Hiya,
Bubbs the first pic the BRS Maudslay looks very much like one I drove nearly
62 years ago as a newby driver and she was pulling a drawbar trailer I didn’t
last very long I’ve never worked so hard in my life, great pic thank you.
thanks harry, long retired.
Hello again,Glad to see a bit of feedback…pleased Harry G liked the Maudsley…and to Paul with the Vitovis TK…I always this wagon was something to do with Hovis the bread people ,perhaps on the bulk side and I do remember Fields of Wick and their second hand Mandators…their yard had a poxy entrance 
,Heres todays stuff,Cheers Bubbs,
Pictured here heading into Manchester on the A5103 Princess Parkway in 1968 is one of Wynn’s Pacific 6x6 heavy duty prime movers Reg No GDW 277 ‘Dreadnought’
Along with two more Pacific’s, assisting at the rear, they are moving an electrical transformer.
This location is barely recognisable today as it is beneath Junction 5 of the M60 at Northenden.
Wynn’s Pacific’s were originally built between 1942 and 1945 by the Pacific Car & Foundry Company of Renton Washington who supplied many heavy six wheel drive armoured tractor units to the US Army for tank recovery.
After the war most were cut up with only a handful of them later being sold on and employed on civilian heavy haulage operations.
One such company to take advantage of these surplus WW2 vehicles was Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd of Newport South Wales who became renowned for their six superbly converted examples.
Costing £120 each, when the equivalent Scammell at that time was around £6000, they were an absolute bargain and paid for themselves over and over again.
All six were registered for UK road use and were given the following names…
‘Challenger’ (Reg No YDW 356)
‘Conqueror’(Reg No HDW 122)
‘Dreadnought’ (Reg No GDW 277)
‘Enterprise’(Reg No ADW 228B)
‘Helpmate’ (Reg No GDW 585)
‘Valiant’ (Reg No 1570 DW)
Powered by ■■■■■■■ NHRS6B six cylinder in line supercharged diesel 250 bhp engines Wynn’s designed and built the crew-cabs and ballast boxes themselves.
In 1968, not long after the picture above was taken, GDW 277 was taken into Wynn’s own workshops at Newport South Wales and was completely rebuilt using a number of Scammell Contractor components and emerged as Reg No NDW 345G, which can be seen in Bubblemans picture below. while the other five were all withdrawn.
bubbleman:
Hello again,Glad to see a bit of feedback…pleased Harry G liked the Maudsley…and to Paul with the Vitovis TK…I always this wagon was something to do with Hovis the bread people ,perhaps on the bulk side and I do remember Fields of Wick and their second hand Mandators…their yard had a poxy entrance
The master , more great pics , do you have any Henry Long photos ?
bubbleman:
Hello again,Glad to see a bit of feedback…pleased Harry G liked the Maudsley…and to Paul with the Vitovis TK…I always this wagon was something to do with Hovis the bread people ,perhaps on the bulk side and I do remember Fields of Wick and their second hand Mandators…their yard had a poxy entrance
Hi Bubbleman,
Excellent photo of the Bakers of Southampton ERF, my uncle Phil Dibden RIP drove this amongst many others over the years with them.
Good to see the Rosser’s AEC . Highly polished and blinged-up, as usual!