A bit of trivia
There was a program on TV some years ago, (think it was hosted by Noel Edmonds) in the audience was Lancashire Dairies longest serving driver. At the end of the show he was surprised with a brand new unit for his loyalty to the Company. It was a bonneted Merc/Volvo/Scania, can’t remember which one. When presented with it he replied, in true Driver fashion…………won’t get that in half the places I go. 
Ray
Lancashire Hygenic Dairies–I did 2 days for LHD as it was called then in 1976 working in the garage They put me in a shed on my own and told me to get a dseries ford ready for MOT,apparently it had been in there for 4 month stripped down by the mechanic who had then gone off sick (bloody nightmare finding the bits).2nd day was an early start 4am to make sure all vehicles were started and ready for there days work(no problem) once this was done it was a case of just hang around until the other fitters started at 8am,while waiting it was release time at the local nick(strangeways) and the cons came up past the loading bays and just took bottles of milk + orange and went on there way with no one saying anything,apparently it was an everyday occurance,2pm came and I put my tools in my car saying I had a job to do at home and never went back,that was a tuesday started new job following monday and stayed there for 24years.HAPPY DAYS.
Bubbs great work please keep it up it all brings back memories, i was wondering if you had any Woodside Brothers pictures in your vast collection, i have serched in vain trying to find some but no cigar, heres hoping. Tankerian
tankerian:
Bubbs great work please keep it up it all brings back memories, i was wondering if you had any Woodside Brothers pictures in your vast collection, i have serched in vain trying to find some but no cigar, heres hoping. Tankerian
Are Woodside still going Tankerian? I knew one of their Bamber Bridge drivers in the 80s,he was called Duggie - a scotsman and he used to come into GGD Maltby and load Belfast/Derry when they had the Littlewoods contract.He finished up with a 3-axled Merc unit in the early 90s.
Sorry no photos of my own but I’m sure I’ve seen some on here somewhere.
A couple of photos from the 1980,s.
Same thing as Bubbs with the photos , I never got to Gaydon but saw copies of some of my photos for sale at an auction last weekend.
Rough night in Bath coach park July 1982.
Ushers brewery April 1982.
Avonmouth.
Avonmouth
Febry,s yard (Soding Chippbury) just before closure
Bristol July 1985.
Phil 43 years on tankers what is a rope.
Hello,here dunno if it was just me but I couldnt get trucknet up on my pc for the last 2 days,everything else but not trucknet…wierd,anyway cos I’ve just managed to get on heres a few quick pics before I set off for work,oh yeah good pics Phil and tankerian,dont recall any woodsides in my collection…sorry.
Sorry no captions.
Cheers Bubbs. 
Hiya Marcus,Sorry we didnt have more time for a natter at Gaydon, it seemed to be over very quick, but theres always next year! keep on posting mate i enjoy your post more than the morning papers
bubbleman:
Cheers Bubbs.
Could someone tell me what the angled pice of sheet metal,welded to the o/s side door was for?
I’ve seen it before on Marathons but never knew its purpose.
Is it part of a ‘Middle East pack’ or something?
Davnic:
bubbleman:
Cheers Bubbs.
Could someone tell me what the angled pice of sheet metal,welded to the o/s side door was for?
I’ve seen it before on Marathons but never knew its purpose.
Is it part of a ‘Middle East pack’ or something?
Think it was some sort of dirt defelector to keep the side windows clean, but not sure
T B
Hello,my pc is playing up lads,I just cant get trucknet up on it,been trying since 10 o’clock to get on…trucknet is the only site that wont let me on,everything else is fine…perhaps I’m not welcome any more 
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Anyway because of this problem I aint got much prepared,heres a few clippings.
Ergo cabs which the Marathon is based on ,were notorious for the amount of muck thrown up onto the doors ,after a couple of years of production the Leyland group decided to relocate the mirror arms to the front windscreen pillars to help keep the mirrors clean,problem was with that was the sweep of the wiper never cleaned the part of the screen you looked through to see it…anyway as we know the routes along the middle east were no more than dirt tracks so the amount of crap thrown up was a great deal more than your average M1.Leyland made this side deflector which can be seen a bit clearer in the last cutting to combat this problem…I suppose this worked to some degree…dont know if Norman Ingram who drove one of the above can clarify this.I hope this answers the question. 
Cheers Bubbs.
bubbleman:
Hello,my pc is playing up lads,I just cant get trucknet up on it,been trying since 10 o’clock to get on…trucknet is the only site that wont let me on,everything else is fine…perhaps I’m not welcome any more
Anyway because of this problem I aint got much prepared,heres a few clippings.
Ergo cabs which the Marathon is based on ,were notorious for the amount of muck thrown up onto the doors ,after a couple of years of production the Leyland group decided to relocate the mirror arms to the front windscreen pillars to help keep the mirrors clean,problem was with that was the sweep of the wiper never cleaned the part of the screen you looked through to see it…anyway as we know the routes along the middle east were no more than dirt tracks so the amount of crap thrown up was a great deal more than your average M1.Leyland made this side deflector which can be seen a bit clearer in the last cutting to combat this problem…I suppose this worked to some degree…dont know if Norman Ingram who drove one of the above can clarify this.I hope this answers the question.
Cheers Bubbs.
Hi Marc,
Have had the same problem getting on trucknet from time to time,never mind,good pics from you,as per usual.
Cheers Dave.
Hi then,heres another bunch of my old pics…hope they’re of interest.
R.A.Thomas’s Atki WYD656M parked at Yate.
Next time I go to Yate the same reg off the Atki WYD656M is on this Volvo,the following week it was back on the Atkinson
N.H.Ts Transcon in Avonmouth.
“B” series ERF at Yeovil
Avon truck hires Saviem on hire to Whitwills.
4OO Sed/Atk in Avonmouth.
Frank Chivers Marathon from Devizes.
John Withred from Suffolk.
N.G.Williams 140 outside Steels Commercials Kingswood,Bristol…this wagon was driven by a woman,pretty rare those days.
Cornwall Bros F88 at Aust services,old Severn bridge.
Cheers Bubbs.
bubbleman:
Hi then,heres another bunch of my old pics…hope they’re of interest.Next time I go to Yate the same reg off the Atki WYD656M is on this Volvo,the following week it was back on the Atkinson
Classic! In my early Pandoro days, the ministry man (who was resident on site at Fleetwood quay, along with Special Branch) had nabbed a pair of F88s from the same Irish firm and had them parked up side-by-side… with the same plates on! Apparently, he’d been suspicious for a while and was biding his time till they were daft enough to let them meet up! One had just shipped in whilst the other had just arrived to ship out.
Chris Webb:
tankerian:
Bubbs great work please keep it up it all brings back memories, i was wondering if you had any Woodside Brothers pictures in your vast collection, i have serched in vain trying to find some but no cigar, heres hoping. TankerianAre Woodside still going Tankerian? I knew one of their Bamber Bridge drivers in the 80s,he was called Duggie - a scotsman and he used to come into GGD Maltby and load Belfast/Derry when they had the Littlewoods contract.He finished up with a 3-axled Merc unit in the early 90s.
Sorry no photos of my own but I’m sure I’ve seen some on here somewhere.
Chris to answer your question woodsides are still operating as woodside haulage, the driver you knew was a guy called Doug Wilson who has since left the company and moved back to Scotland.
I have put some pictures on Big Als Site but unfortunatly i cant find any more.
hi bubbleman , just a quick one ,in reference to one of your earlier pics which is this freightline 85 scania b518 wou
a friends timber haulage company in the new forest has the sister truck b519 wou , seen here at truckfest in the late 90’s (next to armstrong leyland daf) cheers 
Great Pics Bubbleman, as a Bristolian its great to see some pics of my home town and names of the past.
bubbleman:
would anyone know if that motor was run by superior at offord cluny please? it’s a hunts registration and i know dijco (part) owned them
Dont know for certain if that motor was run by them Andy, but it might have been run by a subbie. i think that pic was taken at superiors depot at offord.
Cheers
Bill
Hello again,reference the Dijco Leyland ,if you look back to page 114 you’ll see the same wagon with a Superior trailer on its back…all these were took on Pucklechurch tdg estate.The first pic today is a Big J at Pucklechurch.
Morgan Overland Merc…werent they called Ibis too?
Hercocks F88 just loaded at DRG Fishponds,Bristol.
Severnside Continental Freighters parked at Morley road,Staple Hill.Bristol.
Fiat 170 parked on the approach to Truckline Ferries Poole.
Saviem of Watts seen at Ashton gate,opposite the City ground.
Showerings Sed/Atk.
Slades Merc at Calne.
PTs M.A.N seen at Westbury,Wilts
L.T.B Thears F88 seen at Aust sevices ,old Severn bridge.
Hope these are ok
Cheers Bubbs.
KW:
I always liked the F.B.Atkins livery,smart,well turned out and traditional,they certainly looked the part especially the Merc’s and Fiat’s they ran on continental work.
I remember the left-■■■■■■ Iveco 220-38’s they had in Felixstowe on container work,but I think they had gone over to the plain yellow livery by then.
Any more Atkins pics?And does anybody remember a guy called Don Priest? I think he came from the Derby/Nottingham area (possibly Long Eaton) and drove for Atkins and then went to Taylor Barnard.
Hi KW this is a picture of a Atkins Int. truck when British Int. took over Atkins Int. After a few months they were in
the same livery as the one in front. When they were taken over they had no UK units so British Int. brought a load of
Iveco’s based at Hilton and Poole. They had some French reg trucks based in Cherbourg then later they moved to Caen
Regards Kev
