Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

macdangerous · 2 June 2009 14:01

First class again Bubbs.
I’m building up my own collection of photos just from this thread. Cheers mate!

I remember that J&R Wright’s Argyle. It had metal decking on it and in the end they had to fit twistlocks to it to let it take containers. They maybe ran it in A&J Clark’s colours too, later on. They weren’t a great success though were they? Seemed a bizarre time to bring out a small production run vehicle just at the time when the whole world was buying F86s.

bubbleman · 3 June 2009 12:04

Hello again,I came across a box with mags that I’d took apart and were ready to be dumped,being nosey I went through it and found a few interesting(to me) bitz,its not the usual pics today but have a look and think this all came from the 60s

Like I said,its not the normal stuff,but it did escape the bin

Cheers Bubbs.

wheel_nut · 3 June 2009 13:09

mushroomman:
Aachen Sud maybe, definately not Aachen Nord and I bet that Dave Devonport knows it.
Aachen Sud, wasn’t that near The Wally Stop where they used to serve half a bucket of mussels and chips every Tuesday night or was that at Lokeren tank wash, hopefully Wheelnut or Bestbooties will know .
Best regards Steve.

Ah. Mussel volante or Moules non stop my favorite meal in Belge.

They do mussels everywhere in Belgium, especially in season.

But the question about Aachen Sud / Eynatten being close to the Wally Stop is correct. Aachen Nord / Heerlen is the top border.

dieseldog6 · 3 June 2009 15:46

Thanks for the Morton’s pic Bubba, priceless. I was born on the corner of Rowley Rd, in a house before anyone makes any wisecracks.

bubbleman · 4 June 2009 10:49

Hiya.a mixture today.

Note the containers on the Atki and the A.E.C are held on by ropes.

Cheers Marc.

wheel_nut · 4 June 2009 11:44

bubbleman:

Note the containers on the Atki and the A.E.C are held on by ropes.

Cheers Marc.

That was the way I remember it up until about 1974

The dockers finally put a stop to it in Hull

dieseldog6 · 4 June 2009 15:42

Merriworth Trailers at Dartford, one of my first jobs as a driver of a new mercedes 306, 35cwt, was to collect trailer spares from Merriworth and deliver them all over the country, thats when I found out how heavy landing legs were.

straight_eight · 4 June 2009 23:34

Cant even see a rope on that Atki!!! just dont roll back and hit the brakes!

240_gardner · 5 June 2009 07:37

bubbleman:
Hiya.a mixture today.

Note the containers on the Atki and the A.E.C are held on by ropes.

Cheers Marc.

And the 30’ box is sitting neatly on a 28’ trailer!

Must have been an MAT thing…

bubbleman · 5 June 2009 11:46

Hello again,Thanks for that 240,amazing the things that went on back then

Another mixture.

The last ones for Jessicas dad,sorry for the bad quality.

Cheers Bubbs.

harry_gill · 5 June 2009 11:58

hiya,
bubbs, bet henley’s eight legger took a bit of getting round corners, also bet it had power steering, wouldn’t fancy pulling a drawbar with that.
thanks harry long retired.

dave_the_renegade · 5 June 2009 12:42

I second what Harry say’s, although she does look loaded fairly heavy on the back end.

harry_gill · 5 June 2009 13:25

hiya,
dave the arse end heavy bit could be the drivers attempt at installing power steering, i know thats what i would have done and to hell with axle weights.
thanks harry long retired.

dave_the_renegade · 5 June 2009 13:31

We didn’t need to go pumping iron, to build the biceps up years ago Harry, as you know, the steering on some of the wagons would build your arm muscles up, as would the handballing.

240_gardner · 5 June 2009 16:21

harry_gill:
hiya,
dave the arse end heavy bit could be the drivers attempt at installing power steering, i know thats what i would have done and to hell with axle weights.
thanks harry long retired.

Don’t fret, Harry - MLL 570L has power steering!

harry_gill · 5 June 2009 17:05

hiya,
thanks for the power steering info 240, dave we don’t need to volunteer for extra handball and we can whiz the chest expanders out,now mate it’s a race for the handlebars.
thanks harry long retired.

dessert_driver · 5 June 2009 20:07

Hi boys

240 Gardner:

bubbleman:
Hiya.a mixture today.

Note the containers on the Atki and the A.E.C are held on by ropes.

Cheers Marc.

And the 30’ box is sitting neatly on a 28’ trailer!

Must have been an MAT thing…

Not just a MAT thing My father worked out of Irish Sea Ferries Garston Dock Liverpool in the early seventies. They started with Lancashire flats which were 24ft flat bodys with four lifting eyes that pulled out of the side.The dock crain lifted them off with wire ropes and D shacles. Some were in box form as apposed to flats. It was common practice to not fasten them down to the truck until one day he lost an empty one in the docks while going over the railway lines. So in the future he used to rope oppersite corners to keep them on, but only when they were empty. He said the weight would stop them coming off when they were loaded. A man of great faith my dad.Vosa eat your heart out This practice continued with ISO containers for some years until the dockers strike when they made you have twist locks.

Regards Keith.

bubbleman · 6 June 2009 11:13

Hello once again…whats the silly fat git gonna put up today then…I know,Leyland stuff.

Hope these are of interest.

Cheers Bubbs.

bonkeydollocks · 6 June 2009 14:22

bubbleman:
Hello once again…whats the silly fat git gonna put up today then…I know,Leyland stuff.

Hope these are of interest.

Cheers Bubbs.

BEH in it’s natural environment loaded with black !

bubbleman · 7 June 2009 16:56

Hi again,nice pic Bonkey…havent seen you on here for a bit,thanks for the input…I’m doing my head in at the minute try to find some old Leyland Journals but came across some old mags that were starting to fall apart,heres some cuttings from them.

Weren’t Highway trailers from Eastliegh…s’pose that makes it a Southampton motor then.

Hope these are of interest.

Cheers Bubbs.