Leyland 680:
Dead right there Dennis found an old truck & driver Fleet Focus about Brady’s1996 rate of pay £ 4 an hour
Hang on there Frank,but it was “Bradys” £4 an hour plus---- a big dollop of Bull ----,so that must have been worth a few bob extra as well 
Dennis.
WHERE’S FRANK ? A shot of one of two Badgers BEO 852C and BEO 923C both new into service 1/12/65 but 923C was disposed of in less than three years on 25/7/68 so it could have come to a sticky end ? Whereas 852C didn’t leave the fleet until 31/1/72.Any info Frank / cheers Dennis.
Bewick:
WHERE’S FRANK ? A shot of one of two Badgers BEO 852C and BEO 923C both new into service 1/12/65 but 923C was disposed of in less than three years on 25/7/68 so it could have come to a sticky end ? Whereas 852C didn’t leave the fleet until 31/1/72.Any info Frank / cheers Dennis.
BEO 852C Peter Shaw had it BEO 923 C think Derek Turner had it ■■? Been told FEO 84F Tom Sharp had it
Other photo FEO 267 driver under front wing Ken Chadwick ( Chady ) top driver for Brady’s Rony Ashburner
Among other motors he had was HCW 197 8 wheel AEC The comet I told you got re reg hit the bridge before
Dixon arms before they widened it .Carnt reply tonight out for a pint ok Dennis
Leyland 680:
Bewick:
WHERE’S FRANK ? A shot of one of two Badgers BEO 852C and BEO 923C both new into service 1/12/65 but 923C was disposed of in less than three years on 25/7/68 so it could have come to a sticky end ? Whereas 852C didn’t leave the fleet until 31/1/72.Any info Frank / cheers Dennis.BEO 852C Peter Shaw had it BEO 923 C think Derek Turner had it ■■? Been told FEO 84F Tom Sharp had it
Other photo FEO 267 driver under front wing Ken Chadwick ( Chady ) top driver for Brady’s Rony Ashburner
Among other motors he had was HCW 197 8 wheel AEC The comet I told you got re reg hit the bridge before
Dixon arms before they widened it .Carnt reply tonight out for a pint ok Dennis
Then don’t forget to leave me “a pint in” Frank,Cheers Dennis.
adr:
Ready to start work
According to the fleet reg info I’ve seen this particular unit had a short life on the Brady fleet from September '65 to December '66 I don’t know the reason,maybe an accident, Leyland 680 would probably re-call why.
Visiting our yard in the Scottish borders, I’m not sure if he’s delivering or collecting, but he was a regular…
Jeff…
I was hoping to find a photo of my old Beaver, LEO 481, but no luck, I started with Brady’s at Felixstowe in 1968 with Jack Mully as manager, some of the drivers were, Mick Jones, Buch Dowsett, Jock Arnott, Tony Bailey sadly most have booked digs upstairs, good mates all, I left after about two years but returned in the late 70’s to do the night trunk to West Brom, six nights a week, young Bob was manager at the time, good old davs, and so many stories.
Joe Potter:
I was hoping to find a photo of my old Beaver, LEO 481, but no luck, I started with Brady’s at Felixstowe in 1968 with Jack Mully as manager, some of the drivers were, Mick Jones, Buch Dowsett, Jock Arnott, Tony Bailey sadly most have booked digs upstairs, good mates all, I left after about two years but returned in the late 70’s to do the night trunk to West Brom, six nights a week, young Bob was manager at the time, good old davs, and so many stories.
Can’t help you with a photo Joe but I can with the reg. details,LEO 481 Leyland Beaver first reg.23/3/64 chassis no.L20479,scrapped 31/7/73. I hope this info is of interest.Cheers Bewick.
Joe Potter:
I was hoping to find a photo of my old Beaver, LEO 481, but no luck, I started with Brady’s at Felixstowe in 1968 with Jack Mully as manager, some of the drivers were, Mick Jones, Buch Dowsett, Jock Arnott, Tony Bailey sadly most have booked digs upstairs, good mates all, I left after about two years but returned in the late 70’s to do the night trunk to West Brom, six nights a week, young Bob was manager at the time, good old davs, and so many stories.
Hi Joe
I started as a trailer mate in 1964 at T Brady’s only went to Felixstowe a few times new Jack Mally very well as you now he later came back to Barrow also new Jock Arnott did you mean Tony Bates who moved to Bridewater and became Brady,s shunter at BCL Bridgewater Any way haven’t got a photo of LEO 481 but here is one of LEO 555 put on road same time as your beaver a little memory of Felixstowe for you with the UNIT LOADS tilt type containor on I to became a night trunker in 1972 trunking to Westbrom till they sold the depot Brady,s made every one redundent in 1998 PS did Brady have a couple of Beaver,s signrote
UNIT LOAD at Felixstowe Sorry Joe will have to send photo separate
Thanks to Bewick and Leyland 680.
I well remember one event when there was no trunk one Friday night, young Bob gave me a lift to Barrow in his Jensen Interceptor to pick up a spare unit and three Bowden trailers, not much frightens me, but Bob did, 140mph, plus, all the way, I had to have a small drink in the Rifleman just to get my nerve back, there was a lady in Barrow who did digs for Brady’s lads, no matter what time we had to start she insisted we had a breakfast.
Joe Potter:
Thanks to Bewick and Leyland 680.
I well remember one event when there was no trunk one Friday night, young Bob gave me a lift to Barrow in his Jensen Interceptor to pick up a spare unit and three Bowden trailers, not much frightens me, but Bob did, 140mph, plus, all the way, I had to have a small drink in the Rifleman just to get my nerve back, there was a lady in Barrow who did digs for Brady’s lads, no matter what time we had to start she insisted we had a breakfast.
Hi Joe
No what you mean about young Bob he was a fast driver.He still like,s fast car,s today he has a Aston Martin along with a few other,s
Bewick:
adr:
Ready to start workAccording to the fleet reg info I’ve seen this particular unit had a short life on the Brady fleet from September '65 to December '66 I don’t know the reason,maybe an accident, Leyland 680 would probably re-call why.
Hi Dennis
It was on tanker work out of I C I Thornton with driver from that are.It ran out of brakes some where in Lancashire may be Burnley It hit a house the chassis was bent like a banana so you can imagine what the cab was like They were a ■■■■ motor with that 150 Gardner
hi, I also worked for Brady out of Ellesmere Port and then Northwich after they took over Caffeys, I was still with them when they went down, returning back from tipping somewhere down south, told to take the rig ( I had a new R reg MAN ) up to Barrow, On arrival was told Bradys had gone into administration and we , the drivers , were brought back to Northwich in taxis to collect our own cars and that was that, never did get paid for the last week I worked there which included setting off Sunday as well …
exsilentnight:
hi, I also worked for Brady out of Ellesmere Port and then Northwich after they took over Caffeys, I was still with them when they went down, returning back from tipping somewhere down south, told to take the rig ( I had a new R reg MAN ) up to Barrow, On arrival was told Bradys had gone into administration and we , the drivers , were brought back to Northwich in taxis to collect our own cars and that was that, never did get paid for the last week I worked there which included setting off Sunday as well …
Well I was told by a firm that I subed for a week before Brady,s Went down That it was on the cards then, I must say It was a great shame that a long established firm as they were bit the dust, Regards Larry.
Photos from Bob Hobbs site transportphotos.com/road/photos
ste sleds:
georgeking:
ste sleds:
georgeking:
Whats the story here having Ellsmere Port on the trailers instead of Barrow In Furness? And they have changed the colour back to blue!These were old tautliners that went to boalloy to have a recondition, and we’re shunt trailers for Bridgewater paper ex bowaters factory at ellesmere port and just took reels of newsprint into next door manisty wharf for storage.
Steve.Thanks again Ste, when I was a teenager I used to love travelling down the ■■■■■■■■ Coast to visit T Brady at Duke Street. At that time a large percentage of their trailers were orange can you remember these orange trailers?
Originally they were orange so the drivers could tell they were the new 40 foot length trailer.
Steve
There is a shot else where on the TN of Nobby Clark coupling up his Mandator to a yellow/orange 30/33ft Boden tandem so the claim that the colour was used to denote a 40ft trailer in later years is bollox ! My own opinion of how the " colour" came about is that The Big’un" drove such a hard bargain he had to agree to let Boden use whatever ■■■■■■ colour of paint they had languishing in the back of their paint store ! Well that’s what I reckon anyway ! 
Cheers Bewick.
Dennis there are 2 Brady Sks in that book but one says a different name on the doors ,I can’t reach it now or I’d tell you what it says .
