rigsby:
I might give you a call on saturday the 12th as i am bringing the wife to macc hospital to have her cataract done . she goes in at 12-30 so i shall be at a loose end about 1pm until called for . Bit late for breakfast , but lunch is on me . I was so moved by your desperate circumstances i felt it was the least i could do . Dave
Sounds good to me. Macc Hospital have a decent canteen which is open to all. Arrive early to allow for three days looking for a ■■■■■■■■■■■■!
No problem , park free somewhere and i’ll pick you up . I have the magic blue badge
pete smith:
Various sites around Telford area, don’t know if they are still in business,
Hello pete , yet another gem !! That clay colliery Foden is from Little Wenlock , they had quite a few Fodens with tippers working on the actual open cast site . They supplied coal to mainly Buildwas power station , and think they finished up trading as Lion Transport from tha same area , thank you Trevor .
pete smith:
Various sites around Telford area, don’t know if they are still in business,
Hello pete , yet another gem !! That clay colliery Foden is from Little Wenlock , they had quite a few Fodens with tippers working on the actual open cast site . They supplied coal to mainly Buildwas power station , and think they finished up trading as Lion Transport from tha same area , thank you Trevor .
Morning Trevor,
I have loaded off Clay Colliery at a site in Dawley in the early 90’s, the last motor of there’s I remember was a Volvo F7 8 legger that parked in Wheaton Aston,livery was silver cab and red sign writing, Cheer’s Pete
pete smith:
Various sites around Telford area, don’t know if they are still in business,
Hello pete , yet another gem !! That clay colliery Foden is from Little Wenlock , they had quite a few Fodens with tippers working on the actual open cast site . They supplied coal to mainly Buildwas power station , and think they finished up trading as Lion Transport from tha same area , thank you Trevor .
Morning Trevor,
I have loaded off Clay Colliery at a site in Dawley in the early 90’s, the last motor of there’s I remember was a Volvo F7 8 legger that parked in Wheaton Aston,livery was silver cab and red sign writing, Cheer’s Pete
Hello Pete , that is the same company , i can remember those Volvos , but on thinking Lion Transport was a different outfit , thank you Trevor ,
pete smith:
Various sites around Telford area, don’t know if they are still in business,
Hello pete , yet another gem !! That clay colliery Foden is from Little Wenlock , they had quite a few Fodens with tippers working on the actual open cast site . They supplied coal to mainly Buildwas power station , and think they finished up trading as Lion Transport from tha same area , thank you Trevor .
Hi Trevor , yes i can remember Lion transport ,they had black Fodens and in the season were on the sugar beet . Would see them at Kiddy , regards Keith .
Pete Hi , another Telford haulier , by the way have enjoyed your pics on the Foden thread , cc .
Aaron where was this picture taken ? Is it Blockleys , as their was a haulier called Frank Rawson the other side of Oakengates who had wagons in their colours and were AECS Albions and Scammells , he also did work out of GKN taking components up to the Albion works in Scotland .
Pete can you remember F Rawson ? ,thank you Trevor .
Hey pete , have since seen another shot of this Foden ,it had been cut down as an artic ! regards Keith .
Hi Keith,
Could not find any of it cut down, but here are a couple of it post Bulmer’s,
Cheers pete , always like to see Bulmers Fodens , several ended up in S Wales , Sam Bowkett had a couple , and a few in the Swansea area , regards Keith .
Hey pete , have since seen another shot of this Foden ,it had been cut down as an artic ! regards Keith .
Hi Keith,
Could not find any of it cut down, but here are a couple of it post Bulmer’s,
Cheers pete , always like to see Bulmers Fodens , several ended up in S Wales , Sam Bowkett had a couple , and a few in the Swansea area , regards Keith .
