pete smith:
Fryske,
Yes, Holdens had two B Series I think,one with a Gardner and he had the one with the L10 in,it may have a Hiab fitted now, Cheer’s Pete
I went there a couple of years back - the ■■■■■■■ powered one was still working and there was a derelict one in the yard
fryske:
W M Baker B series a couple of years ago
I last saw it about 2002 ish whilst collecting a gearbox from Paul Mason .
Punchy Dan:
fryske:
W M Baker B series a couple of years ago
I last saw it about 2002 ish whilst collecting a gearbox from Paul Mason .
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With Saviem talking about the Richardson Brothers on another thread, most of what you see in this photograph was purchased by them and turned in to the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill,
pete smith:
With Saviem talking about the Richardson Brothers on another thread, most of what you see in this photograph was purchased by them and turned in to the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill,
Pete, they should have named it Merry Hell, you wouldn’t get me near the place not even for a gold clock 
Trev_H:
Pete, they should have named it Merry Hell, you wouldn’t get me near the place not even for a gold clock
I remember being sent to Cradley Castings with foundry stone one afternoon a few years ago two days before Christmas and battling with the traffic around that blooming hole, never seen so many vehicles in one place before! 
Pete.
Trev_H:
pete smith:
With Saviem talking about the Richardson Brothers on another thread, most of what you see in this photograph was purchased by them and turned in to the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill,Pete, they should have named it Merry Hell, you wouldn’t get me near the place not even for a gold clock
I’ll second that ! regards Keith .
kingswinford kit:
Trev_H:
pete smith:
With Saviem talking about the Richardson Brothers on another thread, most of what you see in this photograph was purchased by them and turned in to the Merry Hill shopping centre in Brierley Hill,Pete, they should have named it Merry Hell, you wouldn’t get me near the place not even for a gold clock
I’ll second that ! regards Keith .
I agree gents, blocks all the roads in 10 mile radius near Christmas
Here you go pete a couple more .
Punchy Dan:
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Here you go pete a couple more .
Bloody hell Dan, Kenny Grainger and that M series well you know who owns that now don’t you?
pete smith:
Some more of Oakley’s
Evening all,
That yard of Oakleys could be a monkey to get into in frosty weather!..If you look at the last picture you can see just how hilly the Black Country really is!
Those little 81 Scanias did them well, big payload, and economic on local work. B&W tried very hard from Pensnett, but they were already losing ground to Hartshorne, the F86 6 wheeler was a pure Black Country lorry, and was everything that the AEC Marshall should have been. Scania simply did not have anything to compete, and ERF and Atkinson were too heavy, too expensive, and simply impossible to buy quickly…but the bare bones, rag a muffin Big J Guy was a good cheap alternative…and did great service, best ever chassis that the AEC .505 was ever powering!
Dan, a Ken Grainger Commer, real screamers, yet some had .6354 Perkins in them. Lovely tidy little fleet, and then Paul`s ERF, in its Dudley days…boy that lorry did some work, and was well looked after by Mr Hughes!
Cheerio for now.
Saviem:
pete smith:
Some more of Oakley’sEvening all,
That yard of Oakleys could be a monkey to get into in frosty weather!..If you look at the last picture you can see just how hilly the Black Country really is!
Those little 81 Scanias did them well, big payload, and economic on local work. B&W tried very hard from Pensnett, but they were already losing ground to Hartshorne, the F86 6 wheeler was a pure Black Country lorry, and was everything that the AEC Marshall should have been. Scania simply did not have anything to compete, and ERF and Atkinson were too heavy, too expensive, and simply impossible to buy quickly…but the bare bones, rag a muffin Big J Guy was a good cheap alternative…and did great service, best ever chassis that the AEC .505 was ever powering!
Dan, a Ken Grainger Commer, real screamers, yet some had .6354 Perkins in them. Lovely tidy little fleet, and then Paul`s ERF, in its Dudley days…boy that lorry did some work, and was well looked after by Mr Hughes!
Cheerio for now.
Wow I did notice that was Mr A’s motor .
Punchy Dan:
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Here you go pete a couple more .
Note the seddon Atki in the background in factory colours ,perhaps with a Wilcox body .
