rubberduck26:
Does anybody remember or used to drive for a couple of tipper companies. Mcgarries, not sure where they were based and haleray based in stockwell road, handsworth.
mcgarries are in bilston somewhere
143topline:
i can remember ej davis in stockwell road handsworth. the yard was behind a sweet shop where you could buy single ciggys on your way home from school!!
further towards perry barr a e morris had a yard in wellington road and they became part of smith of maddiston group
Haleray’s yard was further up on the right behind the houses. I remember the front wall of the house next to the driveway constantly being rebuilt after minor altercations with the wagons!!
rubberduck26:
curnock:
the scania xjn thats an essex registration !!,petes haulage still goingyeh, they still run scania’s too. still had some 3 series last time i saw.
They only have a couple of 3sreies left know the rest $ and R series on the fleet
Any one remember Henry Joiner? coal haulers back in 50 s and 60 s
Hi Paul,
Some great companies there, all of whom I also fondly remember, and similarly to you grew up in the area and started on the spanners. The company with the yellow and blue Scanias was Jack Jones Transport (JAJ Transport) and they used to deliver for Britvic as well as bricks / tiles etc. JAJ finished when the land on the Thornleigh was bought for the Dudley by pass.
PauliePaul:
Loving this thread… grew up in (and still live in) Dudley…Did my work experience from school at Hingleys in 1990, then went straight onto the spanners for Priests in Woodside in 1991. I went over to Adam Jones when they bought out Priests in 1992… didn’t stay long though. Moved to William Round after for a short period before deciding that I didn’t like getting me hands dirty!! Came out of transport for a few years, but returned on agency driver’s mate work and then into the office at ACS&T in Wolves… stayed for 7 years before going off on other projects (running my own tippers etc)… now back in the office for N.R.Evans in Aldridge…
Companys I remember seeing locally…
A. Hingley, Highfield Haulage, Hayward, A.R.Davies (Kingswinford - green/red Scania + DAF flats), JHC (Pensnett - blue Volvo F88’s + Scania with brick trailers), Male and Son (Pensnett - red Leyland tippers - loads of them too!), D.J.Leddington (Pensnett - blue/red Sedd Atki + coiler) T.R.Mitchell (Hartshill/Brierley Hill - red Scania 110 with coal/coke trailer), Barry Birch +J.B. (Hartshill/Brierley Hill - purple F10’s + F86’s), Timmins (Hartshill/Brierley Hill - white motors, DAFs etc), Hudsons (Hartshill/Brierley Hill - black/red Scania heavy haulage), William Round (Hartshill/Brierley Hill - red/white Bedfords, Leylands, Mercs, Dodge furniture vans), R.W. Priest (Woodside - red/yellow/blue Scanias with flats on steel), C.Brown Steel (Woodside - light blue Leyland, Guy, Seddon Atki on steel), W.J.Daniels (Brierley Hill - red/white/blue ERF with curtain trailers), H.Hancox (Thornleigh Trading Estate - two tone green Ford D series tipper, Volvo powder tanks), Round Oak Motor Services (Gornal - red/green Scanias, flats, skips), Robinsons Steel (Brierley Hill - dark blue Daf 2800/Guy Big J4/ Fiat tractors and flats), Jenkins (Tipton - dark blue Leylands etc flats)…
There are loads more that I can remember… will have to put another list together… and some of my photos up!!
Three more which I used to see regularly which still really stand out are Applebys of Wolverhampton… I used to wait on the Pedmore Road to see these pass… 'Mississippi Showboat" was a Scania 141 usually with a bulk tipper in tow. The there was the Danish Bacon Scania fridges that used to always look like they were speeding!! Finally there was a company with a number of yellow and and blue Scanias, 111’s, 112’s etc based on the Thornleigh Trading Estate, their name escapes me right now, but they used to tug brick trailers with cranes on… ring any bells with anyone?
r slicker:
here is a blast from the past for you.i worked at stokes drums in west brom. are they still going ?. 2 ford cargo tractor units all steel drums handball on handball off. thats how i honed my crown green bowling skills rolling them off.
yes mate they still there my dad drove for them in the early 80’s they still had a d series then they brought there first cargo a 2517 a A reg which my dad had from new i use to go with on school holidays up to the pennines to drop of and load a single axle 40ft box trailer but some time it was the cage trailer when i get time i’ll scan a couple of photos i have of the trucks. scotty
marathon1975:
Petes haulage brum
The 2 Scania’s were both ex Brain Haulage - hence the Chelmsford reg’s and had both been based at Castle Vale. Pete used to do odd days for Brains, as well as Geo. Davies and ACT. When I first knew him he had an ex BT (yellow) Leyland Marathon
J T Payne Scania FX04EUF by fryske, on Flickr
DudleyMix LEYLAND DAF CF 75 T381BPP by fryske, on Flickr
Shakespeares DAF CF MX06FZK by fryske, on Flickr
A Hingley MAN BX06GZL by fryske, on Flickr
Rayven Foden tipper NU52LUA by fryske, on Flickr
Rayven Volvo YJ03EVL by fryske, on Flickr
Rayven Transport Seddon Atkinson X237RJS by fryske, on Flickr
Rayven Transport DAF CF Y371KNC by fryske, on Flickr
One from today:
Bobglen LTD Leyland DAF 55 by fryske, on Flickr
Heres two more from the archives. The first was taken around mid 91 and the Leyland belonging to RH&L Horton of Lower Gornal had just come out from being re-painted.
The second dodgy quality photo was taken in May 92 at the Gornal yard of B&G Transport following a successful trip to Truckfest at Peterborough.
Let’s hear it for the beer! by fryske, on Flickr
jase:
Heres some more pictures of P.J.Butlers & sons trucks.
Moving on from the Leyland Marathons.to the Leyland Roadtrains,the Scanias and finally Seddon Atkinson Strato.Heres my dads Roadtrain,ex Curries of Dumfries,absolute cracking truck,loaded with paper reels,all roped and sheeted,not many curtainsiders then.
Then came the Scanias,makes me chuckle how we managed to sleep 3 in a p cab lol!!,first pic was taken at the site of the National Eistedfford at Portmadog in 1987,first trip for it to collect some Portakabins.
and then back in the yard
Then came the Sed Ak stratos,tipping timber in Birmingham,back in the yard,all waxed and cleaned.
In between the Y reg Roadtrain and the Scania,he had a c reg Roadtrain which i thought was useless,so i never took any pics of it.
Great photos jase mate … Andy Bennett my old man was at Butlers a few yrs and we all did the second man on the portakabns.
Any photos of Adam jones or Butlers wagons would be greatly appreciated…
Ergomatic leads Motor panels by fryske, on Flickr
Guy Big J UET130S by fryske, on Flickr
WILLENHALL:
how bout this willenhalls franky burton now stopped trading
What even pigeon flyer franky has gone for a burton (sorry !) now ?
Trev_H:
WILLENHALL:
how bout this willenhalls franky burton now stopped tradingWhat even pigeon flyer franky has gone for a burton (sorry !) now ?
i think it was on the cards when james bridge copper works closed down he had a lot of work out of there. 
Hi Alex,I remember your dad,I’ll try and sort out some more pics of Butlers for you.