curnock:
can you repost that brochur again cause its cut some of it owf !!!
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Hello again,hey the Crusaders went down well …heres some old stuff I found…the first pic is just how the drivers in the 60s were,boiler suits were the order of the day…I bet old Harry wore them
bubbleman:
Hello again,hey the Crusaders went down well …heres some old stuff I found…the first pic is just how the drivers in the 60s were,boiler suits were the order of the day…I bet old Harry wore them
Cheers Bubbs,
I preferred boiler suits to the two piece thingys.Up to last year I had a boiler suit from 1968.
That’s a great picture of the Bowker Atki.
bubbleman:
Hello again,hey the Crusaders went down well …heres some old stuff I found…the first pic is just how the drivers in the 60s were,boiler suits were the order of the day…I bet old Harry wore them
Cheers Bubbs,
I preferred boiler suits to the two piece thingys.Up to last year I had a boiler suit from 1968.
That’s a great picture of the Bowker Atki.
hiya,
Yes wore a boilersuit and wore it when driving that old girl, a proper motor.
thanks harry long retired.
Another few posts taking me down memory lane again today! When I was a nipper around the end of the war, I remember my dad always wore brown bib and brace overalls. One pair had a big patch on the pocket which came about in slightly amusing circumstances. His wagon at the time, I can’t recall the make, had to be started on the starting handle, which on a large motor was not too easy. He used to say “you can only pull it up and never downwards, 'cos if the bugger kicks back it’ll break ya bloody wrist”. On one such operation the said motor did kick back with the handle just brushing past his leg and in doing so came into contact with a box of red matches in his pocket, In an instance the whole lot went up and set his overalls alight! Things were tight in those days, so mother had done what was always done and found a suitable piece of cloth (not necessarily the same colour) to carry out a repair.
That pic was taken in Macclesfield, and I think Bill Bowker told me many years ago that it was probably 1966. He remembered overtaking it heading south as he and his brother, Ken, were on their way to Earls Court for the Commercial Motor Show, which was a bi-annual event held on even years. He particularly remembered how they were slightly overawed by the length of the trombone trailer - everything else on the fleet was still trailers of 33’ or less, of course, and artics had only really started to come to the fore after the 1964 Transport Act in any case.
No.36 was a standard 30/32 ton fleet tractor, with a 150 bhp Gardner 6LX. The Land Rover in the background was their service vehicle too.
hi lads my mate took this photo last week somewhere nr hexham its still doing a days grafft pull tree out of the forrest should bring memories back for harry gill., .keep up the good work bubbs. bumper
Bewick:
Hiya Bubbs you “Star Man”, boy your going to turn a couple of old Pickfords/BRS hands into blubbering wrecks with this last post of yours!!! I never would have thought that many different firms ran Crusaders.Although I never had anything to do with Scammell Iv’e got to give credit where its due for their production of a cracking advert at that time.I didn’t see one of Pickfords (Sheffield depot) featured!!!Excellent work Bubbs,you just keep lifting the bar ! so what chance have we got! Regards Dennis.
I never knew Smith and Robinson had any and I worked in the same group.
Dave the Renegade:
I was another that wore a boilersuit,except in the hot weather.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave nice clean one at the start of the week and always a grotty old pair tucked in a carrier bag for times when loading mucky cargo, well you had to look your best, but i have to admit i grew to like the BRS two piece uniform did look a lot smarter in my opinion.
thanks harry long retired.
Dave the Renegade:
I was another that wore a boilersuit,except in the hot weather.
Cheers Dave.
hiya,
Yes Dave nice clean one at the start of the week and always a grotty old pair tucked in a carrier bag for times when loading mucky cargo, well you had to look your best, but i have to admit i grew to like the BRS two piece uniform did look a lot smarter in my opinion.
thanks harry long retired.
Always had two boilersuits Harry,one for the week,the other in the wash.Didn’t have that many dirty loads on the tipper work I was on.Got to admit the two piece uniform looks more modern and smarter.
Cheers Dave.
Hi Bubbleman, I would just like to say thanks again for your hard work and forethought in saving all this stuff. Every now and then there is a wagon that I recognise and this one that was in amongst the Scammells is one of those. I used to park my wagons in this yard which was the operating centre of Joe Nugent, the owner of this wagon. Joe retired in the late 80s I think but he gave up running tippers long before he finished. He was running Marathons when I first moved in there in 1986. The yard was still in the same condition when I left in 1998
Hi Bubbs, very nice shot of NMUs ERF ADN730K. Seen leaving York along Blossom street with Micklegate Bar in the back ground. For those of you that used to dig in York the ERF is about to pass the Lion and Lamb pub on the left hand side opposite the Odeon cinema. The ERF fleet number 1838 was powered by a 205 ■■■■■■■ driving through a 10 speed Fuller box and was driven by the late Sammy Whincup who got the motor new. Keep 'em coming Bubbs there’re brilliant.
Regards Tony H.
hiya,
Why the BRS tipper painted “parcels green”■■,
That thought crossed my mind Marc i never came across one of those, bet somebody knows and also which depot.
thanks harry long retired.