finnly300:
Hi Dunc
I remember you in there loading or should i say i remember your lorries round the front loading bags,you must have been in there around the same time as Rebel on Tony Lewis`s also with his sed ak
Cheers Fin
dieseldunc:
finnly300:
pimmer73:
heres a pic of my dads old F7 he had from brand new in 1979 working out of avonmouth mill it was his first bulker after nearly 20 years on bags ! semi retired was his saying ! anyone got any more posts or know of anyone who worked out of avonmouth or crossfields in bridgwater be good to here from you ?
Ican remember a few Dalgety Drivers from Avonmouth ,Mick Bishop ,Berty Mills ,Con ,Jerry Kieth from Reading,Dennis had a FL7 from south of Avonmouth Dave England ,Dave Orchard
cheers Fin
hi finnly300
during the nineties i worked for my dad ,teme valley transport,knighton.potatoes to bristol or south wales and feed ex dalgety avonmouth ,fords or vitamealo for dalgety hereford [gary] or knighton.i remember the bulk drivers also robin,■■■■ durbin ,john barnett also wyatts,brian meeks and brian mattews and his dad [david i think],with teir imaculatley turned out bedfords.yes ive spent many an hour loading at dalgetys.good days
regards dieseldunc
Not the best pic Dunc,original out on loan.When I get it back,I will scan it to full screen size.
Cheers Dave.
in reply to mole power i remember fowler bros south chard e e hawkins shepton beauchampton dobles wrantage warens taunton bowings bridgwater any photos would be good
Ashurst Whalley. They had a M-Deutz 16 Tonner that appeared in a few ads at the time
Richard Battersby Heywood. Still around but seems to be mainly petfood. I used to deliver sides of beef across the road and saw their bottom discharge Mercury backed in.
Bannister Laneshawbridge. They have or did have, a restored Mercury bulker
Bibbys used to deliver into us with Leyland Comet and Ford 1614 flats in the late 60’s.
Neil B:
in reply to mole power i remember fowler bros south chard e e hawkins shepton beauchampton dobles wrantage warens taunton bowings bridgwater any photos would be good
i used to haul straights into fowler bros & sometimes a small rare load out when they sold they had an old leyland octopus in the shed as well as a leyland freighter, bother 4 wheelers Sheldon Jones at Wells was another that fell by the wayside
finnly300:
Hi Dunc
I remember you in there loading or should i say i remember your lorries round the front loading bags,you must have been in there around the same time as Rebel on Tony Lewis`s also with his sed ak
Cheers Fin
dieseldunc:
finnly300:
hi finn
yes ive spent many an hour with rebel,( a real carachter).as im in shrewsbury on middle/long distance work i havent seen h
im for years . i think my brother kevin sees him now and again as he was in nash rocks,now hes on for countrywide.
regards dunc
finnly300:
Hi Dunc
I remember you in there loading or should i say i remember your lorries round the front loading bags,you must have been in there around the same time as Rebel on Tony Lewis`s also with his sed ak
Cheers Fin
dieseldunc:
finnly300:
pimmer73:
heres a pic of my dads old F7 he had from brand new in 1979 working out of avonmouth mill it was his first bulker after nearly 20 years on bags ! semi retired was his saying ! anyone got any more posts or know of anyone who worked out of avonmouth or crossfields in bridgwater be good to here from you ?
Ican remember a few Dalgety Drivers from Avonmouth ,Mick Bishop ,Berty Mills ,Con ,Jerry Kieth from Reading,Dennis had a FL7 from south of Avonmouth Dave England ,Dave Orchard
cheers Fin
hi finnly300
during the nineties i worked for my dad ,teme valley transport,knighton.potatoes to bristol or south wales and feed ex dalgety avonmouth ,fords or vitamealo for dalgety hereford [gary] or knighton.i remember the bulk drivers also robin,■■■■ durbin ,john barnett also wyatts,brian meeks and brian mattews and his dad [david i think],with teir imaculatley turned out bedfords.yes ive spent many an hour loading at dalgetys.good days
regards dieseldunc
Here’s Rebel,still driving for Tony Lewis on this FL6.
Does anyone remember Chas Draper Grain in Bulk from Leicester. Yellow with black writing red chassis, they used to run Leyland buffalo 8 leggers and T45 roadtrain artics .
Hi Folks
This Sed/Atki belonged George Lawty of Helperthorpe near Malton the registration is B241SNW it appeared at 1985 yorkshire show they did alot of work for Bradshaws flour mill at Driffield Lawty’s were taken over by Clugston around 1988.
andyrichardson:
Sniffy:
Some older feed trucks
Maybe One for Wheelnut - presume the first is a Timms truck ready for livey ?
