Hello then,well I’m a bit surprised that my old pics have gone down ok…do I carry on for a bit with these or go back to the cuttings which I must point out the best of them have been put up. …let me know,but I do warn you my old stuff isn’t that good…ok
This dates from 1961,my dad is the chap on the left …I inherited his haircut
This one was parked by the football ground at Keynsham,a cafe was/is opposite.
Superior ran this Leyland Lynx from their Pucklechurch base.
G.B Transportations Big J at rest in Downend,Bristol.
Wincombes Maggie 232 under the M5 bridge Avonmouth.
W.Smiths Mastiff parked outside the drivers house in Kingswood,Bristol.
Another Smiths,this time a Big J in Coronas factory,Kingswood,Bristol.
Same location as the last pic but an ERF this time…why didnt I get closer
bubbleman:
Hello then,well I’m a bit surprised that my old pics have gone down ok…do I carry on for a bit with these or go back to the cuttings which I must point out the best of them have been put up. …let me know,but I do warn you my old stuff isn’t that good…ok
Ok,hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
The pics are terrific!! But there again, so are the cuttings!
harry_gill:
hiya,
240 has taken the words out of my mouth Marc, just keep em’ coming, thanks for everything so far, long may it last.
thanks harry long retired.
The bestest ever thread on these forums, keep them coming, not to take anything away from Trucker Ash 1980’s Dover thread but Bubble has the edge.
More of anything you have got, and a picture of your missus to show the rest of us what a tolerant understanding wife looks like
bubbleman:
Hello then,well I’m a bit surprised that my old pics have gone down ok…do I carry on for a bit with these or go back to the cuttings which I must point out the best of them have been put up. …let me know,but I do warn you my old stuff isn’t that good…ok
This dates from 1961,my dad is the chap on the left …I inherited his haircut
I enjoy seeing both … but this one really captures the feel of things with those old Ford vans around, it brings to mind that warm smell of diesel in the cab missing from todays lorries.
Bye the way what did they call this type of Atki, I remember an 8 wheeler tipper of this type still working around the Staffordshire gravel pits in the late 60’s with “Uggly Mug” signwritten below a headlight.
It’s a bow-front - which was still available as an option from the factory until around 1962 - even though the Mk I Silver Knight glass-fibre cab which replaced it was launched in 1958.
Keep them coming Marc,used to go to Keynsham as a kid in the late fifties with my Dad to Vitamealo for flake maize,used to seem a fair old trip in those days,before the Severn Bridge and the motorways,now they would do two load a day…
Cheers Dave.
bubbleman:
Hello then,well I’m a bit surprised that my old pics have gone down ok…do I carry on for a bit with these or go back to the cuttings which I must point out the best of them have been put up. …let me know,but I do warn you my old stuff isn’t that good…ok
This dates from 1961,my dad is the chap on the left …I inherited his haircut
This one was parked by the football ground at Keynsham,a cafe was/is opposite.
Superior ran this Leyland Lynx from their Pucklechurch base.
G.B Transportations Big J at rest in Downend,Bristol.
Wincombes Maggie 232 under the M5 bridge Avonmouth.
W.Smiths Mastiff parked outside the drivers house in Kingswood,Bristol.
Another Smiths,this time a Big J in Coronas factory,Kingswood,Bristol.
Same location as the last pic but an ERF this time…why didnt I get closer
Ok,hope these are ok.
Cheers Bubbs.
well done bubbs,excellent piccs of Smiths of hanham,and low and behold my last motor with them before i left, the Mastiff,had it from new,but i had it with a M+g single wheeled tandem,last saw that motor in 1972!..chris
Those pics are brilliant Bubbs, love that old Bees Transport Atki. I remember their old Mercurys with a very early version deflector - strange looking beasts.
Keep up the good work - best thread ever. Thanks again for all your effort - you’re making a lot of old guys very happy (and maybe some younger ones too).
A Couple of nice looking D308 LAD cabbed Dodge 6 wheelers from the 60s.
actually the C reg may be a D309 just cant tell if it’s got 10 stud wheels or 8 stud.
Hello lads,Hey what nice comments…lets do some more,these are slightly better as I started to get used to the camera,obviously a cheap Kodak instamatic is’nt the best to take wagons with
Ok,the first ones for my old pal Dave the Renagade
This one was parked up at Gloucester lorry park,its ex Frank Tucker,Exeter
Guests 1st 400 Sed/Atk parked at their yard in Bath.
Pyetrans Dodge at Pucklechurch,bet it struggled with that trailer when it got loaded.
P.H.Antells old girl was around for years,it grew a sleeper cab later in life.
One of my favorite welsh fleets,sadly missed,Davies’s Crusader on Aust services.
Gloucester lorry park again,1 of 3 BSC Crusaders parked there,I’ll put the others on another day.
S.A.Bells “B” series parked overnight Bristol docks.
Seen at Newlyn harbour,Penzance Andrew “Uggy” Newports Big J basks in the morning sunshine.
Allways carry the camera wherever you go
Stanfield:
A Couple of nice looking D308 LAD cabbed Dodge 6 wheelers from the 60s.
actually the C reg may be a D309 just cant tell if it’s got 10 stud wheels or 8 stud.
Drove one of them for Ameys when I was a young lad, ( far too many years ago ) thought I was the top man in that.
Stanfield:
A Couple of nice looking D308 LAD cabbed Dodge 6 wheelers from the 60s.
actually the C reg may be a D309 just cant tell if it’s got 10 stud wheels or 8 stud.
Looks like the C reg is 10 stud while the B reg is probably 8 stud.
I use to play in one of those while the driver was seeing to our kitchen cleaner in my dads pub
bubbleman:
P.H.Antells old girl was around for years,it grew a sleeper cab later in life.
New to Wreford’s, I believe, and still being run by Antell’s now, the last of 3 interesting Atkis they once ran. The others were a 6x2 Leader, converted to double-drive and a Borderer, said to be the last Borderer (but not the last Atkinson) ever built. Both these had 240s and sleeper conversions.
…let me know,but I do warn you my old stuff isn’t that good…ok
