Kingtrucker143:
Having a break top of birdlip before dual carriageway was built
Birdlip’s great fun when descending loaded with the Jake Brake growling away, but the best sound I’ve heard along there is the sound of 3 Oshkosh tank transporters fully loaded going up to Cirencester
Iused to go up that hill to Cirencester a few years ago with 23 tons of glass,i had a Renault 290GT ,i had to stop at the bottom and blindfold it to get it up,i got a Foden with a 320Gardner in after that thing and the blindfold was binned
Couple more from my days on Thompsons, first one with a back load of paper reels stood on end in South Shields docks, the second one with two steel coils on a 33ft York. (With a skinnier fitter me posing)
Numbum:
The last of my Malta photos.
How old is this venerable machine still earning a daily crust. It has just reached the top of a steep climb
on a new bypass to Gozo ferry. It still has the climb to Sleima to come.
If anyone is planning a trip to Malta soon the annual vehicle show at Ta Qal airfield is on May 21st
when many vehicles normally locked away will be on display.
Cheers Phil.
Hi Numbum,
Thanks for the photos of the Maltese trucks. I am going to Malta, arriving early on May 21 !!! Whilst the family are unpacking, I ll head off to Ta Qali. I have not been fortunate to see the past truck shows so this will possibly be too good to miss. I have many photos from previous visits, so I will post some of the more-interesting on this Scrapbook Memories thread. Sadly, it wont be long before the older trucks will be forced to retire because of E U regulations.
Cheers, cattle wagon man.
This wagon’s the centrefold in CVC this month. I’m sure Altitude’ll correct me but I think Miller Bros (lechlade) became Chris Miller Haulage. If so, he packed up recently but one of his blue 8w Scanias is still about I think its ?8 CMT. They used to do a lot out of Johnsons siding at Wooton Bassett and out of the Lechlade gravel pits.
altitude:
Anyone know if Millers of Lechlade are still going.
No I don’t think they are John I’m sure they packed up not long after Chick came to Davies Trans. I have a feeling that may have been his GUY.
Yeah your right there mate, they did I remember now, I just can’t remember the GUY, I seem to remember old Chick and his mate ( I think his name was Dennis ) in 8 legger Ivecos or were they Maggies, going back a bit now I know.
cheers
This wagon’s the centrefold in CVC this month. I’m sure Altitude’ll correct me but I think Miller Bros (lechlade) became Chris Miller Haulage. If so, he packed up recently but one of his blue 8w Scanias is still about I think its ?8 CMT. They used to do a lot out of Johnsons siding at Wooton Bassett and out of the Lechlade gravel pits.
Hi Nathan
You got me there mate, I never realised Chris Miller was anything to do with Miller Bros Lechlade, they had a Highworth address so I didn’t connect it, I can remember them running out of Lechlade and Johnsons at Bassett. ( any news on the little Nathen yet )
cheers
Yeah your right there mate, they did I remember now, I just can’t remember the GUY, I seem to remember old Chick and his mate ( I think his name was Dennis ) in 8 legger Ivecos or were they Maggies, going back a bit now I know.
cheers
John.
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I seem to remember a pair of Maggies, always looked smart in the two-tone green. It was a loong time ago though…
Piston broke:
Yeah your right there mate, they did I remember now, I just can’t remember the GUY, I seem to remember old Chick and his mate ( I think his name was Dennis ) in 8 legger Ivecos or were they Maggies, going back a bit now I know.
cheers
John.
I seem to remember a pair of Maggies, always looked smart in the two-tone green. It was a loong time ago though…
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Yeah that’s the ones mate, as you said always looked smart.]
This wagon’s the centrefold in CVC this month. I’m sure Altitude’ll correct me but I think Miller Bros (lechlade) became Chris Miller Haulage. If so, he packed up recently but one of his blue 8w Scanias is still about I think its ?8 CMT. They used to do a lot out of Johnsons siding at Wooton Bassett and out of the Lechlade gravel pits.
Hi Nathan
You got me there mate, I never realised Chris Miller was anything to do with Miller Bros Lechlade, they had a Highworth address so I didn’t connect it, I can remember them running out of Lechlade and Johnsons at Bassett. ( any news on the little Nathen yet )
cheers
John.
Not yet John, the wife says it’s “stubborn, like the father”
Piston broke:
Yeah your right there mate, they did I remember now, I just can’t remember the GUY, I seem to remember old Chick and his mate ( I think his name was Dennis ) in 8 legger Ivecos or were they Maggies, going back a bit now I know.
cheers
John.
I seem to remember a pair of Maggies, always looked smart in the two-tone green. It was a loong time ago though…
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Dennis Hatton was his name.
Piston broke:
Yeah your right there mate, they did I remember now, I just can’t remember the GUY, I seem to remember old Chick and his mate ( I think his name was Dennis ) in 8 legger Ivecos or were they Maggies, going back a bit now I know.
cheers
John.
I seem to remember a pair of Maggies, always looked smart in the two-tone green. It was a loong time ago though…
Dennis Hatton was his name.
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I never new his second name, going back about 15/20 years maybe longer, I was in Cricklade one night having a few beers, and Dennis turned up all done up in a white suit he looked like one of the Bee Gee’s PMSL said he was on a date Is he still about?
cheers
John.
Re’ the Maltese pics; If there is a tightening of emissions regs, will there be some reimporting of classic lorries into the UK? Thought of this judging from the number of ones shipped back from New Zealand that seem to appear in CVC Classifieds…
they had a Highworth address so I didn’t connect it, I can remember them running out of Lechlade and Johnsons at Bassett. ( any news on the little Nathen yet )
he looked like one of the Bee Gee’s PMSL said he was on a date 
Is he still about?
