Scrapbook Memories (Part 1)

even more great pics lads…

WOW… that Robson’s of Carlise pic …Border Ophelia… that takes me back to when i had me own collection of truck mags years ago…once read an article that Robson’s had a fleet list of all the vehicles they had ie. reg number and their name like Border Ranger and so forth… sent away a stamped address envelope and a wee note how much i liked their vehicles and when i was bigger that i wanted to be a lorry driver … lol… :blush: :blush: … week later got the list with all the names … wow that list would be gold dust know methinks lol…

how sad am i … :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Stravaiger really like how you have captured the screen shots … looks amazing mate… :sunglasses: :sunglasses:

Good news everyone i spoke to Marcus last night.

All being well he should ne back on line later today :smiley:

He has finally managed to get his wheels back on and just needs a bit of fine tuning before he gets back in top gear :slight_smile:

Regards Paul Anderson Northwest Trucks

Hello flatman thank you for posting my old Jess B Woodcock leyland beaver on the scrapbook site seeing the old girl brought back some wonderful memories of my time working for them it is the only job that i ever regret leaving not one bad thing to say about it unlike others i worked for.Once again flatman thanks.

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NHT 318 was my first vehicle as I was not 21 at the time I joined the company in late 1955. 24HP Saurer engine, no brakes and a top speed of about 35MPH but I still did long-distance work with it for 7 months. The day that I was 21 I took over UHY 511 and it was my regular vehicle for six years. Over that time I did a lot of miles with each of the others but the Bedford was mine alone and no-one else was allowed near it. As it says, this was my pride and joy. I did all routine mechanical maintenance, painted the plywood roof with white lead paint twice a year and wax polished the bodywork as an ongoing chore. With a full load of corrugated rolls aboard the load weighed 37.5 cwt but a load of corrugated boxes would have been considerably more. We were on C licence and always ran back empty except during the 1957 fuel crisis when restrictions were lifted and we were allowed to carry back-loads for customers. It’s a great pity that I have no other picture of WHY 779. This was the largest artic van in Bristol at the time. Was 13’6" high overall on a step-frame chassis with half timber sides and canvas above and very fast with a cable-operated 2 speed axle. The big downfall with this one was that the trailer brakes were rod operated but being so low to the ground they were pemanently seized. XHT 686 also had a fixed trailer on a phosphur-bronze coupling and fat singles which made for a very uncomfortable ride when empty at a maximum 38MPH and a screaming engine. 90 BHT was built on a Thames Trader 6D. Reasonably quiet and very fast. It had a electric operated 2-speed axle and could leave anything standing but the body was built cheaply by Taskers as the boss decided that the price of a replacement Bedford with an Oldland body was too expensive but I am sure that this must have been a very false economy. In '62 I became TM of the company and packed it all in in 1967. Happy Days.

Hurry back Marcus - but you will note that I have got these pics on at last. I’ve only been trying for 18 months.

(So there we have it and any more stories or snaps welcome.Benny? intertype7? flatmans already flatout :slight_smile: …jim)

It’s been a pleasure to help keep the thread going Jim with you and all the others that have contributed while Marcus has been off-line. Hopefully as Moomooland says he will be back this weekend

John

Hi, Stravaiger.
The two handbrakes were ,one as a handbrake that worked on the rear axle of the unit in the normal way, the other was the trailer brake whichb worked on the trailer only and wobetide you if you pulled the wrong one in the wet. I first came across this arrangement when I was detailed to shunt CL 1 from Greenhays Depot BRS, Manchester, when I was at BRS Cressy Road Depot, Hampstead, and my normal shunt CJ 46, a Bristol Artic, was in the workshop for a service. CL 1 was, as its fleet number indicates, the oldest waggon at Greenhays, which had some very old waggons, This Schammel had besides the usual gate change and two hand brakes, thermometer on top of the rad., a starting handle sticking out of the front, remember this was a bonneted waggon, it also had a hand throttle as well as a normal pedal, small front wheels on the tractor and balloon tyres on the drive and on the bow fronted box trailer, and as old and peculiar as this might sound I soon began to enjoy driving this old motor around and could then understand why the old hands would really praise those old Schammels. Yes I know younger Drivers are very critical of these old motors but perhaps should compare more like for like, I.e. a MKv AEC with the 11.3 and 6 speed box in the late fiftie’s and early sixty’s could do as much as 70mph in good fettle and a good pump man would get a lot more, and it had a comfortable driving position for the time, remember Trunk and Shunt waggons ran 24 hours a day so did not require sleeping facilities, just the ability to keep going.

Tony

Check out the poser in the HUMBER McVEIGH Renault. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

altitude:
Check out the poser in the HUMBER McVEIGH Renault. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Publicity Shot methinks :stuck_out_tongue: or someone else did his roping and sheeting :slight_smile:

Suttons Tony:
Hi, Stravaiger.
The two handbrakes were ,one as a handbrake that worked on the rear axle of the unit in the normal way, the other was the trailer brake whichb worked on the trailer only and wobetide you if you pulled the wrong one in the wet. I first came across this arrangement when I was detailed to shunt CL 1 from Greenhays Depot BRS, Manchester, when I was at BRS Cressy Road Depot, Hampstead, and my normal shunt CJ 46, a Bristol Artic, was in the workshop for a service. CL 1 was, as its fleet number indicates, the oldest waggon at Greenhays, which had some very old waggons, This Schammel had besides the usual gate change and two hand brakes, thermometer on top of the rad., a starting handle sticking out of the front, remember this was a bonneted waggon, it also had a hand throttle as well as a normal pedal, small front wheels on the tractor and balloon tyres on the drive and on the bow fronted box trailer, and as old and peculiar as this might sound I soon began to enjoy driving this old motor around and could then understand why the old hands would really praise those old Schammels. Yes I know younger Drivers are very critical of these old motors but perhaps should compare more like for like, I.e. a MKv AEC with the 11.3 and 6 speed box in the late fiftie’s and early sixty’s could do as much as 70mph in good fettle and a good pump man would get a lot more, and it had a comfortable driving position for the time, remember Trunk and Shunt waggons ran 24 hours a day so did not require sleeping facilities, just the ability to keep going.

Tony

When you look at the old pictures, you wonder why some things were changed. No one is going to jump out of that motor and forget to put the handbrake on, not without a broken skull anyway :stuck_out_tongue: just look at the design, gauges and switches fall easily to hand, Non slip walk through cab

Wheel Nut:

altitude:
Check out the poser in the HUMBER McVEIGH Renault. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Publicity Shot methinks :stuck_out_tongue: or someone else did his roping and sheeting :slight_smile:

I’ll bet he was the salesman with the demonstrator.

Hello everyone,its been a while to get the VOR board off but I’m back now so normal service can return,many thanks to all who’ve kept this old thread going,gonna put something on later… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Cheers Bubbs :laughing:

bubbleman:
Hello everyone,its been a while to get the VOR board off but I’m back now so normal service can return,many thanks to all who’ve kept this old thread going,gonna put something on later… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Cheers Bubbs :laughing:

Welcome back, that old demo truck they used has done sterling work while you was in t’garage :laughing:

Hello again,once again thanks to everyone who kept the thread going,heres a few pics then. :laughing:


Hope this works

Cheers Bubbs

Its working Bubbs and welcome back.+ a big thanks to flatman001he put some cracking pictures on and everyone else who kept it going.

bubbleman:
Hello everyone,its been a while to get the VOR board off but I’m back now so normal service can return,many thanks to all who’ve kept this old thread going,gonna put something on later… :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
Cheers Bubbs :laughing:

Regards Pat

Welcome back Bubbleman, looking forward to seeing more of your great pics, love the Scammell three wheeler, think it was called the Townsman, a more modern version of the Scarab?.

John

bubbleman:
Hello again,once again thanks to everyone who kept the thread going,heres a few pics then.

Hope this works

Cheers Bubbs

To think these were rated at 40 tonnes!When I was driving one at 32 tonnes they were gutless,hence the many nicknames,German Atki,Hitlers revenge,recycled Meschersmit,(sp).

Hi Jim
You were right on most of what you said, Archbold of Leeds old Yard before that P&S Contracts, Paterson&Stark you see some of thier Macks on here ,we never relocated we went out of the Game thats another story considering we were doing so well, anyway I went to James Hemphill P&O Tanks till I finished Driving.Remember your Dundee Tyre Wagon around quite a lot then but never associated it with Motherwell as you said always thought it was Dundee,remember Peter Macaulay and i must know your Brother think I remember the Lad that did repairs for him,also Tommy Walsh bought the Handyman in the Picture from him,knew Tommy well we met when we Drove for Yiddel Davis at Riggend Depot Airdrie in the 60s would you know if if they are still about.Was a great old Scammell did a power of work with it, when first got it ,it was Maroon but only for a short time then got it Painted as in Picture,have got a few Davis Bros Pictures I will put on here I am in one you might remember me,very nice to have heard from you Jim.

Benny