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The Birds Eye frozen food box van with SPD on the door stands for " Speedy Prompt Delivery " which was part of the Unilever group.
They had a large depot on the south end of the Dock road in Liverpool till the locals broke in one night and burnt it to the ground
Regards
John
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I guess I m showing my age now but I ve had experience driving a morris j type and a three wheeled reliant. In the summer of love 1967 I had just got my car licence and drove ice cream vans for Erics ice cream in leicester for a few weeks . I drove several j type morris vans all around 1952 models three speed gearbox but we had an austin similiar model with a 4 speed box Great job a quid a day and 2 bob in the quid commision. One plate I remeber was MAD 18 Later on in 1974 I bought a c reg reliant van for 60 quid bad mistake the wind caught the drivers door and blew it off You get what you pay for.
The early Morris Commercial J Types (JR actually) had the sidevalve engine the same as the MO Oxford car and three speed g’box. After the merger with Austin they were then rebadged as simply a Morris JB and the ‘commercial’ part was removed from the grille badge, the wheelbase was altered and the Austin OHV engine and four speed box fitted. An Austin version labelled as the 101 was added but with a different front grille. When I worked for a BMC dealership in the sixties we still saw plenty of them.
Pete.
Hello Mushrooman, Those O Model Bedford atics loaded with reels for the Express, Would I be correct in saying they called the haulage co, Law Bros ? Regards Larry.
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I bet that Colston Hall is called something else if the hall is still there!
David
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Hello Mushrooman, Those O Model Bedford atics loaded with reels for the Express, Would I be correct in saying they called the haulage co, Law Bros ? Regards Larry.
Hiya Larry, I am afraid that Law Brothers is a name that I don’t remember. Harry Gill might remember them and hopefully, if he turns up in the Newcastle Labour Club tomorrow you can ask him and can you buy him a drink from me. 
My brother-in-law used to drive an O type Bedford back in the fifties and he would often take us with him in the school holidays. Happy days. 
OLDHAM.
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BuzzerThe Birds Eye frozen food box van with SPD on the door stands for " Speedy Prompt Delivery " which was part of the Unilever group.
They had a large depot on the south end of the Dock road in Liverpool till the locals broke in one night and burnt it to the ground
Regards
John
I wonder if this is the depot Paul McCartney worked from as a van boy.
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J.F.G:
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BuzzerThe Birds Eye frozen food box van with SPD on the door stands for " Speedy Prompt Delivery " which was part of the Unilever group.
They had a large depot on the south end of the Dock road in Liverpool till the locals broke in one night and burnt it to the ground
Regards
John
I wonder if this is the depot Paul McCartney worked from as a van boy.
I went to the same primary school as Paul McCartney in the early 1950s. The school was Joseph Williams Primary School
on Sunnyfield Road on Belle Vale prefab estate on the outskirts of Liverpool. Paul is almost 2 years older than me, his
younger brother Michael was in the same class as me, He went on to be in " The Scaffold " doing " Lily the pink ".
Paul passed the 11 Plus Scholarship exam and then went on to Liverpool Institute Grammar school.
Cheers, Ray.
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I went to the same primary school as Paul McCartney in the early 1950s. The school was Joseph Williams Primary School
on Sunnyfield Road on Belle Vale prefab estate on the outskirts of Liverpool. Paul is almost 2 years older than me, his
younger brother Michael was in the same class as me, He went on to be in " The Scaffold " doing " Lily the pink ".
Paul passed the 11 Plus Scholarship exam and then went on to Liverpool Institute Grammar school.Cheers, Ray.
Hi Ray, Thanks for the information, the lad Paul done quite well in his career.
I think his Brother Michael used the name Mike McGear whilst in the Scaffold, this was to distance himself from Pauls fame & make his own career.
This is one of Seddon Diesel’s anomalies, they seemed to love to mix n match during the 50’s, in this case they appear to have used the earlier light chassis of the Mk7 but fitted a later style cab, Metal Box being a big user of the Seddon make also had these light weight units, however I haven’t come across a Mark number for this model (maybe even Seddon didn’t know!). It was out around the time of the Mk15/10, SD4, Mk14 and 15 and the ‘Seven-tonner’, all of these had differences in cab styles and lead to Seddon rationalising their models by the beginning of the Sixties to make things easier for buyers and salesrooms when choosing or selling vehicles. Franky.
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This is one of Seddon Diesel’s anomalies, they seemed to love to mix n match during the 50’s, in this case they appear to have used the earlier light chassis of the Mk7 but fitted a later style cab, Metal Box being a big user of the Seddon make also had these light weight units, however I haven’t come across a Mark number for this model (maybe even Seddon didn’t know!). It was out around the time of the Mk15/10, SD4, Mk14 and 15 and the ‘Seven-tonner’, all of these had differences in cab styles and lead to Seddon rationalising their models by the beginning of the Sixties to make things easier for buyers and salesrooms when choosing or selling vehicles. Franky.
Quite surprised to see pallets in that era.
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Workhorses of industry these Guy’s
