Pete, that F88 was supplied by my pal Rob Owens, but it was not the first F88 in Shropshire, that honour went to Cyril Forrester at Whixall Moss…used it for two years only around the farm, before he registered it for the road.
Russell and Gordon were friends with Cyril, and that is how they came to get into Volvo…and then there were no more Atkinson Borderers with 180 Gardners, and 18802 Eaton back ends…with those two speeds they were easy 70 mph cruisers…and Gordon had more spares for Atkinson, than any of the Dealers in his shed at Morda!..He did the same thing with Volvo much later!
Cheerio for now.
Morning Saviem,
There was a few 88’s sold around that area then, Caddies,Forrester’s and S.M Tymms Bronnington, Forrester’s 88 would have been on a H or J plate then!
Pete, that F88 was supplied by my pal Rob Owens, but it was not the first F88 in Shropshire, that honour went to Cyril Forrester at Whixall Moss…used it for two years only around the farm, before he registered it for the road.
Russell and Gordon were friends with Cyril, and that is how they came to get into Volvo…and then there were no more Atkinson Borderers with 180 Gardners, and 18802 Eaton back ends…with those two speeds they were easy 70 mph cruisers…and Gordon had more spares for Atkinson, than any of the Dealers in his shed at Morda!..He did the same thing with Volvo much later!
Cheerio for now.
Hello pete and saviem , do you good gentleman remember B&C Transport from Oswestry , they too had a F88 on a G plate as well as aF86 which i think was on a F plate , did mostly steel work, and in later years had a Roman artic , thank you Trevor ,
Pete, that F88 was supplied by my pal Rob Owens, but it was not the first F88 in Shropshire, that honour went to Cyril Forrester at Whixall Moss…used it for two years only around the farm, before he registered it for the road.
Russell and Gordon were friends with Cyril, and that is how they came to get into Volvo…and then there were no more Atkinson Borderers with 180 Gardners, and 18802 Eaton back ends…with those two speeds they were easy 70 mph cruisers…and Gordon had more spares for Atkinson, than any of the Dealers in his shed at Morda!..He did the same thing with Volvo much later!
Cheerio for now.
Hello pete and saviem , do you good gentleman remember B&C Transport from Oswestry , they too had a F88 on a G plate as well as aF86 which i think was on a F plate , did mostly steel work, and in later years had a Roman artic , thank you Trevor ,
Sorry Trevor I have not heard of them,Cheer’s Pete
Pete, that F88 was supplied by my pal Rob Owens, but it was not the first F88 in Shropshire, that honour went to Cyril Forrester at Whixall Moss…used it for two years only around the farm, before he registered it for the road.
Russell and Gordon were friends with Cyril, and that is how they came to get into Volvo…and then there were no more Atkinson Borderers with 180 Gardners, and 18802 Eaton back ends…with those two speeds they were easy 70 mph cruisers…and Gordon had more spares for Atkinson, than any of the Dealers in his shed at Morda!..He did the same thing with Volvo much later!
Cheerio for now.
That reminds me that Cyril also in the 60s bought an ERF 8 legger that he did not use for several years . And that the rumour was that he fell out with Fodens when a 8 legger broke down on the M6 , and Fodens took all day to recover it ! thank you Trevor .
Hey pete smashing pic . Yes i do remember Cadwalleders from Rodington especially those early Scania 75s hauling sand down to S Wales as well components from GKN Sankey Hadley .
As well as ERFs and Fodens , they had im sure an Atki Viewline artic . They had in fact a smashing fleet thanks , regards Keith .
Hi Keith yes you’re right about veiwline I don’t remember it my brother Paul does was very smart twin steer he is restoring aki borderer at moment going to be in cadwallader livery bit to go yet .
It was nice surprise to see that erf pic when it popped up as none of us had seen that before.
Spent my childhood in 76 then 110 cheers ian cad
Them sharples boys were tidy boys them fodens were in port talbot steelworks everyday loading for the midlands they never broke down always an 18 tonne load for Birmingham
caddy1:
Hi Keith yes you’re right about veiwline I don’t remember it my brother Paul does was very smart twin steer he is restoring aki borderer at moment going to be in cadwallader livery bit to go yet .
It was nice surprise to see that erf pic when it popped up as none of us had seen that before.
Spent my childhood in 76 then 110 cheers ian cad
Hi Ian , yes that was a magnificent shot that Pete provided of that ERF 8 legger . The Atki you are restoring will be impressive in your familys colours !
Am i correct in saying that you hauled scrap from GKN Hadley down to S Wales ? regards Keith .
I can remember that firm they did salt from Middlewich area , and worked along with Cyril Forrester , another smart Shropshire lineup . thank you Trevor .
Hi Keith and Trevor yes your right about GKN sankey used to run south Wales 24hr operation I don’t remember akinson but remember foden had 2 stroke twin steer as well as erf remember my dad John cad rip having scania 76 we ended up having five of them then he had 110 not many photos keep hoping some of the older stuff will turn up .I remember going south Wales on a Sunday with Cyril foresters tank got pic somewhere .
Cheers ian
caddy1:
Hi Keith and Trevor yes your right about GKN sankey used to run south Wales 24hr operation I don’t remember akinson but remember foden had 2 stroke twin steer as well as erf remember my dad John cad rip having scania 76 we ended up having five of them then he had 110 not many photos keep hoping some of the older stuff will turn up .I remember going south Wales on a Sunday with Cyril foresters tank got pic somewhere .
Cheers ian
Cheers Ian , thanks for that , would look forward to seeing pics of the 76s if you have any , regards Keith .
. Robert
