Now we are going even nearer the olden times!
Another wagon my Dad had was a 1953 Bedford S type tipper with a U body.Reg LED 634
ex Coopers Sand from Liverpool [Who remembers them?]
It was petrol !!!
I may have a pic of it somewhere.
Any S type pics■■?
dashman:
Now we are going even nearer the olden times!Another wagon my Dad had was a 1953 Bedford S type tipper with a U body.Reg LED 634
ex Coopers Sand from Liverpool [Who remembers them?]
It was petrol !!!
I may have a pic of it somewhere.Any S type pics■■?
Took my RAF test in one in 1964,Singapore and this is the only pic I’ve got of one that I took one day on Colliers Quay about 1965.Plenty of “S” Type photos about better than mine I’m sure 
S Type Bedford I have only got these at the moment
John
Stanfield:
S Type Bedford I have only got this one x 3.
John
Hi John,Turners of Soham ran “S” types in the early 60s from Collyhurst Manchester depot on Grantham and Newark trunks complete with four-in - line trailers.I used to get lifts with them when in the RAF in Norfolk - why didn’t I have a bloody camera?
Answer - always bloody skint!!! 
We were still driving them in the Seventies in Northern Ireland, much better than the later MK’s and trotted on a bit. The Army certainly got their moneys worth out of them. Franky.
Nice pics of the Cheshire Lime S type, it was the later model with the mesh grille
Here is a pic of my Dads 1953 model.
note the greedy boards,lack of indicators and 1 wiper.
Pic was taken circa 1958 at a yard next to Walton Motors in Liverpool, nr Evertons football ground.
[for the photo buffs, using a Kodak Brownie 127 !]…I took the picture, its my brother by the wagon.
This is a S type.
JOHN
1958 S Type Bedford belonging to Shell-Mex
Pickfords S type
1951 S Type Bedford.
A.E.Evans ran one as well,made a change from AECs I suppose.
Driven by John Cross for S W Brisbane of Knighton, Radnorshire.
An older S Type driven by John Cross.
Derek Gough of A E Gough & Sons Ltd of Llandrindod Wells Radnorshire,with one their S Types.
Gaydon 2010.
hi, heres a pic of whitworths s type bedford that my dad drove.
in the fiftys whitworths flour millers had a large fleet of s types, they normally carried ten tons on a seven tonner. they were powered by the perkins r6 engine which was one of the most unreliable engines ever made. in 1958 bedford used whitworths to trial the then new bedford 300 series engine, which would later power the new tk series. i recall converting several s types to bedford engines. but these early engines were just as unreliable as the perkins and less powerfull too
cheers diesel
Here’s a couple more
last years Truckfest
the old man’s truck
Just noticed your from Exmoor
Do you know anything about Hudsons coal and Haulage from Ilfracombe
The two sons ran a couple of Scania 110s to the Middle East in the 70s
Eric
dashman:
Just noticed your from Exmoor
Do you know anything about Hudsons coal and Haulage from Ilfracombe
The two sons ran a couple of Scania 110s to the Middle East in the 70s
Eric
Sorry dashman, don’t know anything about them !
Dashman Another 3 S types for you
This S type has had the chassis lengthened and an extra axle fitted by Primrose making the overall length 22ft and a gross weight of 15ton
JOHN
Stanfield:
Dashman Another 3 S types for you
This S type has had the chassis lengthened and an extra axle fitted by Primrose making the overall length 22ft and a gross weight of 15ton
JOHN
The S type Bedford had the real American look about them,no wonder they were called the big Bedford when they were launched in the early 50’s,the firm my dad drove for had three of them with the Perkins R6 engine.
Cheers Dave.
The pics are really good.
I am amazed at the quality and amount of pics that are presented on here.
I for one , really appreciate them and realise how shortsighted I was never to record my adventures on camera !
The pic of the S type being loaded by a 22RB “navvy” brought back memories when I was kid, my Dad often loaded under similar non hydraulic excavators when he was on hire for Hard Lane Quarry co.of Billinge nr Wigan in the late 50`s,[they used to frighten me to death,dropping bloody great rocks into the back, good job we had a cab guard]
He also worked on contract for James Bennett of Warrington, red wagons, some "hell drivers"Dodges in the fleet, the ones with the curved bonnets.
dashman:
The pics are really good.
I am amazed at the quality and amount of pics that are presented on here.I for one , really appreciate them and realise how shortsighted I was never to record my adventures on camera !
The pic of the S type being loaded by a 22RB “navvy” brought back memories when I was kid, my Dad often loaded under similar non hydraulic excavators when he was on hire for Hard Lane Quarry co.of Billinge nr Wigan in the late 50`s,[they used to frighten me to death,dropping bloody great rocks into the back, good job we had a cab guard]
He also worked on contract for James Bennett of Warrington, red wagons, some "hell drivers"Dodges in the fleet, the ones with the curved bonnets.
Hi dashman,
There’s plenty of tipper pic’s with quarry scenes on the Welsh Border thread,both old and new stuff.I didn’t carry a camera either,just borrowed the older pics.
Cheers Dave.
I remember going with my brother during the early sixties on a S Type artic - I think the gross weight
would have been around 20 tons - Jesus was that a bone shaker, drivers of today would NOT believe
it.
The truck was based in Bermondsey, South East London and was owned by J.J. Halpin (Hauliers) Ltd
although it was signwritten Plumstead Transport Ltd who they bought out for their ‘A’ licences.
Good memories
K
